So do we know who our captain is yet?

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Backlund is the longest tenured Flame but I'm not sure he's the best option. Whose team is it going forward? Toffoli?

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[Backlund]

I don't think there should be a captain named yet.

 

[Iggys Dome]

Give it to Phat Ras. Dude is a solid D and plays like he gives a shit.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

The captain that we need, not the one we deserve.

Edited for the other thing that I was thinking about.

 

[Kranix]

Stetcher

 

[super6646]

Sutter

 

[Janks]

The captain that we need, not the one we deserve.

Pelts for Calder and Captain

 

[Roadrage]

Haven't had a captain since 20/21 season. It's like the thought is that no one is good enough to wear the "C" or something. Backlund has been wearing the "A" for the past 5 seasons, everyone prior to this season that has either worn the "C" or "A" is gone.

Perhaps their is a leadership void on this team.

 

[Master Bill]

As soon as Backs signs an extension he should be given the C

 

[crackdown44]

Backlund is the best option and I’d love to see him retire a flame but quite frankly he deserves better and should be traded

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Makar.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Sutter's narcissism, ego, and over all fear of of repeating the infamous events in LA (aka getting locked out by that leadership group) means there won't be a captain until he's fired.

If they do the right thing and send him back farm, then I'm gonna guess Andersson gets it. He's a genuine homegrown top pairing defenseman that's also signed for a while longer. And he's young enough to be part of retool/rebuild if that was the direction they wanted to go in.

 

[ChrisOsullivan]

Sutter's narcissism, ego, and over all fear of of repeating the infamous events in LA (aka getting locked out by that leadership group) means there won't be a captain until he's fired.

If they do the right thing and send him back farm, then I'm gonna guess Andersson gets it. He's a genuine homegrown top pairing defenseman that's also signed for a while longer. And he's young enough to be part of retool/rebuild if that was the direction they wanted to go in.

And just so we know, who and where is that infamous LA Kings leadership group, now? What did that elite membership of free-thinkers accomplish after the infamous event?

 

[Some Other Flame]

And just so we know, who and where is that infamous LA Kings leadership group, now? What did that elite membership of free-thinkers accomplish after the infamous event?

They are currently in a playoff spot while Darryl Sutter and the Flames are not

And in that entire time frame, they have all of one less playoff series win than the vaunted and apparently uncriticizable Darryl Sutter & the Flames

 

[Kranix]

Sutter's narcissism, ego, and over all fear of of repeating the infamous events in LA (aka getting locked out by that leadership group) means there won't be a captain until he's fired.

If they do the right thing and send him back farm, then I'm gonna guess Andersson gets it. He's a genuine homegrown top pairing defenseman that's also signed for a while longer. And he's young enough to be part of retool/rebuild if that was the direction they wanted to go in.

You think the players are incapable of banding together against sutter if they don't have a captain?

 

[Some Other Flame]

You think the players are incapable of banding together against sutter if they don't have a captain?

It makes it harder no

 

[Kranix]

It makes it harder no

How so?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

You guys need to take one of them "lead from the bottom" workplace training classes, where it tells you that "you don't need to be the boss to be a leader" and that's it that's the course thanks for taking 4 hours of my life

But no, seriously, whoever everyone looks to as the leader is not being acknowledged by the organization. Whoever that may be. That's morale killing too.

 

[Some Other Flame]

How so?

No one to rally behind. Easier for someone like Dutter to divide and conquer.

Captains tend to be the bridge between the coaches and players. No, the letter doesn't grant some magical power but it gives a certain amount of authority to that person when speaking to the coaching staff about issues. And players are more likely to be comfortable speaking to the captain as opposed to the coach about a coaching issue.

Now the Flames have leaders on the team, even if they don't have a C on there jersey. It was rumored one of them went to management over Dutter's head when he was playing his childish games with Pelletier. And that was the reason he finally got to play (which subsequently led to Dutter throwing his public tantrum for being overruled).

But that leadership is diluted. It's spread out and importantly, voluntary. As opposed to the captain, whose responsibility is helping out with strife between the players and coaches.

 

[ChrisOsullivan]

They are currently in a playoff spot while Darryl Sutter and the Flames are not

And in that entire time frame, they have all of one less playoff series win than the vaunted and apparently uncriticizable Darryl Sutter & the Flames

Who's they? Kopitar, Doughty and Kempe?
I know Kempe, as a 20 year old during Sutter's last year in LAK, has said a few things, but Kopitar and Doughty prefer the current Oil retread coach they have now? or the Vancouver one they had prior instead of winning cups? LAK haven't won a thing since Sutter left, last year they managed to go out in round 1 after leading the series. Out of the 8 teams in the playoffs in the west this year, my dream, until extinguished, was meeting them in Round 1.
Sutter isn't without fault, but bringing up a team he lead to 2 cups, then surprisingly misses the playoffs with in 14-15, having 95 points, returning to the playoffs in 15-16 and losing to the SJ Sharks, who went to the finals, is a damn good run and something they won't mimic with their current group.

 

[Mobiandi]

The captain is, you, the fans <3

 

[InfinityIggy]

I am on team Chaos, Sutter names Ritchie the captain as his final gesture before riding his tractor back to the farm.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Haven't had a captain since 20/21 season. It's like the thought is that no one is good enough to wear the "C" or something. Backlund has been wearing the "A" for the past 5 seasons, everyone prior to this season that has either worn the "C" or "A" is gone.

Perhaps their is a leadership void on this team.

I think there is a void. I like Backlund but I don't know if he has the... je ne sais quoi for the role.

 

[Some Other Flame]

Future captain


That's Pelletier (along with Duehr and Coronato)

 

[Iggys Dome]

Who's they? Kopitar, Doughty and Kempe?
I know Kempe, as a 20 year old during Sutter's last year in LAK, has said a few things, but Kopitar and Doughty prefer the current Oil retread coach they have now? or the Vancouver one they had prior instead of winning cups? LAK haven't won a thing since Sutter left, last year they managed to go out in round 1 after leading the series. Out of the 8 teams in the playoffs in the west this year, my dream, until extinguished, was meeting them in Round 1.
Sutter isn't without fault, but bringing up a team he lead to 2 cups, then surprisingly misses the playoffs with in 14-15, having 95 points, returning to the playoffs in 15-16 and losing to the SJ Sharks, who went to the finals, is a damn good run and something they won't mimic with their current group.

But haven't you heard? Sutter is a cancerous dinosaur and is the worst thing to ever happen to this franchise, and it's completely his fault for how this season has gone. Once we fire him and promote Mitch Love we're guaranteed cup champs!!!