There WILL be a new Captain, as GMBG says he doesn't believe in holding off in naming one, so 3 A's is not an option...
Guerin says there’s no timetable to name a captain other than the decision will be made before training camp. So, likely soon.
Guerin has given no indication as to which player will receive the honor. And during a Zoom last Thursday with the Wild beat writers, he offered no hints other than this perhaps-read-between-the-lines quote: “I think for me it’s important that the captain is somebody who everybody respects, somebody that shows up every night, somebody that’s got the team’s best interest at heart and somebody you can count on. I think we’ve got some good options, I really do. We’ve got some good people here. It’s an important role.
Jared Spurgeon: 3-1
He’d be the antithesis to Koivu, both in size and demeanor. He’d definitely be kinder and gentler than the sometimes-surly predecessor, and local scribes and electronic media would love him because they wouldn’t have to walk on eggshells with every question after a loss.
Zach Parise: 5-1
In a lot of ways, Parise, who played his 1,000th career game back in February, makes the most sense.
Well, he has done it before.
Not only has he been “Captain America” for USA Hockey at the 2014 Olympics and worn a letter in Vancouver for the silver-medal-winning Americans in 2010, he wore the “C” for the New Jersey Devils at age 27 in 2012 and captained them to the Stanley Cup Final.
Goes even more in depth than what I clipped. Goes on to give Suter 10-1 and the field 50-1Marcus Foligno: 8-1
If Foligno, 29, had signed an extension this offseason by now, his odds would probably be higher.
Although, to be fair, Guerin did say on last week’s Zoom that he’d have no problem giving the captaincy to a player in the last year of his contract, and Guerin was well aware that the context of the question regarding “a player being in the last year of his deal” had to do specifically with Foligno.
