Most successful captain of the modern era

[francaisvolantsparis]

Let's look at the most successful (team awards) NHL captains in post-lockout era. If Ovechkin win one more Cup, can anyone touch him in next five/ten/twenty years? McDavid?

Team	# Presidents' Trophies + Stanley Cups	Captain
Chicago Blackhawks	4	Jonathan Toews
Washington Capitals	4	Alexander Ovechkin
Detroit Red Wings	3	Nicklas Lidstrom
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	Sidney Crosby
Boston Bruins	2	Zdeno Chára
Los Angeles Kings	2	Dustin Brown
Vancouver Canucks	2	Henrik Sedin
Carolina Hurricanes	1	Rod Brind'Amour
Anaheim Ducks	1	Scott Niedermayer
Buffalo Sabres	1	-
San Jose Sharks	1	Patrick Marleau
New York Rangers	1	Ryan McDonagh
Nashville Predators	1	Roman Josi
Tampa Bay Lightning	1	Steven Stamkos
Calgary Flames	0	-
Dallas Stars	0	-
New York Islanders	0	-
Edmonton Oilers	0	-
Ottawa Senators	0	-
Philadelphia Flyers	0	-
St. Louis Blues	0	-
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	-
New Jersey Devils	0	-
Florida Panthers	0	-
Montreal Canadiens	0	-
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	-
Arizona Coyotes	0	-
Colorado Avalanche	0	-
Minnesota Wild	0	-
Winnipeg Jets	0	-
Vegas Golden Knights	0	-

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[Machinehead]

I don't think you can equate Stanley Cup with Presidents Trophy.

Either way, in terms of team success, it's Jonathan Toews.

 

[Prince Pasta]

cup wins and cup appearances as captain its crosby and toews, depends if a perfect record or more trips is your thing.

 

[tony d]

For me it's Crosby.

 

[Pay Carl]

did you forget who the captain of the Bruins was and just give up from there?

 

[CascadiaPuck]

Yeah, I don't think much of this metric. I honestly like both Ovechkin and Crosby. But Crosby's 3 Cups > Ovechkin's 1 Cup + 3 Presidents trophies.

In terms of team accolades alone, I would suspect even Caps fans would agree with that.

 

[Steven Toast]

Interesting idea, but Presidents trophy isn't nearly as important as a Cup. I think total playoff wins/playoff rounds won is a better metric to compare rather than the Presidents trophy.

Its between Toews and Crosby.

 

[Foppberg]

Presidents Trophies shouldn't be included. The captain doesn't select the team.

 

[bubbaman]

thats a tough one. im a chicago fan but i think Crosby takes it

 

[ClydeLee]

Crosby remember he willed the win in 2016 to earn his conn smythe

 

[Aurinko]

Not the greatest captain imo, but definitely successful: Crosby

 

[CartographerNo611]

Toews, Crosby, Brown, Lidstrom, and Chara.

 

[Ivo]

Between Crosby and Toews. I would lean towards Crosby since his team has been at the top for longer, same number of cups and Crosby has been to the finals one more time. No one really cares about the president trophy, as a fan of the team that recently won it I can honestly say even just an appearance in the finals (without winning) is better than a president's trophy followed by a choke.

 

[Aurinko]

Toews, Crosby, Brown, Lidstrom, and Chara.

The 2M$ contract Chara made with Bruis for next year...

Mother Teresa would be proud.

 

[Zuluss]

I'd support Presidents' Trophy as a good measure of a captain's success, even if fans do not care as much about the award.
Motivating the team for consistent effort over 82 games is hard, and that's the bigger part of a captain's job. Teams don't select captains just for playoffs.
It is possible for a deserving team to exit playoffs early because of a couple of unlucky OT bounces, running into a hot goalie, someone taking a random high-stick/delay-of-game penalty late in the game, etc. Not reaching SCF is often a thing of chance.
Winning a Presidents' Trophy is never a thing of chance though.

 

[JustinCase]

I'll go with Crosby. He was named Captain in 2007, and since then his team has not missed the playoffs for 13 straight seasons.
The next closest teams are Washington and Nashville at 5 consecutive seasons.
In 2009 Crosby was the youngest captain ever to hoist the Stanley Cup.

In addition he has captained team Canada at the World Juniors, World Cup, and Olympics.

He's got the best resume in the modern era.

 

[Red Dread]

I'd say Crosby. Don't know enough about Toews

 

[Bouboumaster]

It's Crosby

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Crosby because he as a gold medal to go along with those three cups, plus was captain for all of them.

 

[Turin]

Hilarious metric.

 

[Clatartar]

Hmm

 

[Kreegz2]

There was a lockout in 1994. The post lockout era started with the abbreviated 1995 season. Scott Stevens was the most successful captain in that timeframe. I believe the term you were looking for is "Salary Cap Era"

 

[JETZZZ]

Umm I believe somebody is forgetting about the prestigious Mark Messier Leadership Trophy, the one true way to determine the greatest captain in the game.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Lidstrom easily

Ovie and Crosby are way too overrated by homers as amazing players as they may be

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Crosby asked Toews for his permission to captain team Canada.

It's Toews