Sparty
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Hate it when teams don't name captains. Make Kronwall the captain for a year and then figure it out next year.
The only issue with Kronwall is that he is very likely to be just about done. Meaning he might just end up riding the bench because injuries have taken their toll.Hate it when teams don't name captains. Make Kronwall the captain for a year and then figure it out next year.
The only issue with Kronwall is that he is very likely to be just about done. Meaning he might just end up riding the bench because injuries have taken their toll.
It's more about Kronwall being deserving of the honor than anything else to me. The guy is all heart and just the fact that he's going to give it a go this year to me says it's the right thing to do.
Thank you sir this is a fun, fun fact that I did not know and will tell my friends about it as if I discovered it myself.From the 1973-74 season when Redman was named captain, the DRW had a different captain each year for 19 straight years, including Dennis Polonich, Terry Harper, Paul Woods, Red Berenson, and Errol Thompson. I like the suggestion to make Kronwall captain for 1 year though I don't know how he is in the locker room.
A list of all DRW captains: Detroit Red Wings Captains | Hockey-Reference.com
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There's probably a good chance Kronwall ends up on LTIR. His knees are pretty bad. Not sure what value you get from a captain who can't play anymore. I don't want Larkin to have it this year given how awful we are going to be. Let this year be a year of transition and then give it to Larkin next year when we are hopefully headed in a better direction and - fingers crossed - we have new leadership across the board.Hate it when teams don't name captains. Make Kronwall the captain for a year and then figure it out next year.
There's probably a good chance Kronwall ends up on LTIR. His knees are pretty bad. Not sure what value you get from a captain who can't play anymore. I don't want Larkin to have it this year given how awful we are going to be. Let this year be a year of transition and then give it to Larkin next year when we are hopefully headed in a better direction and - fingers crossed - we have new leadership across the board.
You can see Larking emerging as the "go to" player for the media. Don't the player get to decide or at least have input? Abby seems to be popular in the clubhouse.3 A's, but I would like to see Larkin get an A rather than give to another veteran dude like Nielsen.
I can understand not having a guy wear the C this year, given the circumstances. But I fail to see why Larkin shouldn't get an A.
He's already a huge focus of the team. The team is already bad, and even if the bottom really drops out this year, it should also be the first year that guys from "the next core" provide major reinforcements in so many waves.
This season is all about Larkin and Mantha, and AA and Bertuzzi, and Rasmussen and Hronek, and (at some point) Zadina and maybe even Cholowski. Will the Nielsen's of the world provide stability and guidance? Sure. But this is THE year that, win or lose - and lose and lose and lose - the rebuild first steps off the sandbar, and a bunch of kids start to sink or swim.