Barkov as Florida's Captain

[Dread Clawz]

Barkov is the captain only in the sense that he has the letter on his back...

Tkachad joins and we have our 2 best postseason runs in franchise history. Coincidence? I think not.

Aleksander will always and forever be known as Beta Barkov.

The team is still better with Barkov with the C. Chuck pushes him to be the best he can be imo, he knows a motivated Barkov is what this team needs to be pushed over the edge. Like Maurice says, Chuck has a keen sense of gamesmanship and what the team needs during a specific game or period...but I believe he can scan a room and tell what a room needs as well to be most successful.

 

[CHGoalie27]

Barkov is the captain only in the sense that he has the letter on his back...

Tkachad joins and we have our 2 best postseason runs in franchise history. Coincidence? I think not.

Aleksander will always and forever be known as Beta Barkov.

@I am not exposed you liked this shit?

All i needed to ever hear, even just once, to not put up with any of the above?

"CAPTAIN ALEKSANDER BARKOV- COME GET THE STANLEY CUP"

The Beta thing is dumb. Barkov is the most talented player and most valuable to this teams success overall. Watching the NHL Faceoff series, its obvious Tkachuk is the public face and heart of this franchise. You can have a debate on whether you prefer a vocal leader or not, but there is no doubt Barkov is the man.

Got that right!

After June 24, 2024...i just can't with some ppl...

If Barkov scores an own goal, kills my mom, and rapes my dog- I bow say thank you and drop to my knees to apologize for not having another mom and dog to offer our Stanley Cup Championship winning Captain.

Betas don't captain Stanley Cup Championship winners.

 

[I am not exposed]

@I am not exposed you liked this shit?

All i needed to ever hear, even just once, to not put up with any of the above?

"CAPTAIN ALEKSANDER BARKOV- COME GET THE STANLEY CUP"

Got that right!

After June 24, 2024...i just can't with some ppl...

If Barkov scores an own goal, kills my mom, and rapes my dog- I bow say thank you and drop to my knees to apologize for not having another mom and dog to offer our Stanley Cup Championship winning Captain.

Betas don't captain Stanley Cup Championship winners.

No, I loved it.

 

[KW]

Barky is definitely ALPHA dog on ice.

Off-ice, everyone has an opinion, just like everyone has an asshole. Doesn’t matter much.

 

[IdleTraveller]

The Beta thing is dumb. Barkov is the most talented player and most valuable to this teams success overall. Watching the NHL Faceoff series, its obvious Tkachuk is the public face and heart of this franchise. You can have a debate on whether you prefer a vocal leader or not, but there is no doubt Barkov is the man.

I think they're the two sides of this franchise, and what makes this team so amazing - and we need both. It's easy to caricature Tkachuk as the heart, guts and compete of the team, and Barkov as the skill, intelligence and conscience - but they're obviously much more similar with those qualities than they are different. Athough they show it in very different ways, I think fundamentally they are both team-first players, and that shows up in how they lead and how they play on the ice.

PS. There's just something about how Barkov is so bloody talented yet so humble and self-effacing that makes me almost feral in defense of him. It's like "HOW DARE YOU NOT RECOGNISE HIS GREATNESS YOU MOTHAf***ERS!!!!!! f*** YOU!! And other well-reasoned arguments on the internet...