Well how would you know really?Best to ask the people in the NHL the importance of leadership as none of us can really quantify the importance of it as we have no experience in this type of environment.
And no, it is my belief that there are maybe 3-4 players max that can wear that C.
Weber
Price
Gallagher
actually it’s 3 in my estimation.
These are about the only players “all” players will look up to and listen when they talk.
Chiarot, Petry, Edmundson, Suzuki, Toffoli can all lead in their own little way but to command the presence of everyone in that room.....hmmm....I think that distinction belongs to 3 players only.
Nobody really viewed Gionta as a real captain and yet we had one of the best Po runs since winning the cup under him eliminating the two favorites in back to back series.