Its hilarious to see random HF users pretending like they know more about a player than the actual organization that interacts with him almost everyday of the year.
I always found the Captaincy to be one of the most overestimated things in hockey. At the end of the day, its doesn't matter if a 4th line center is wearing the letter, the only letters that matter are the "W"s in April.
Yeah. A lot of people have played team sports where team captains are a function of some kind of politics and the real leader(s) is someone else entirely.
In this case, it does feel like an effort to appear that theyre making meaningless changes hoping to appease the blue mob.
But another way to intetpret this is to ask whether this is mgt saying its the end of the big 4. Are they saying its Matthews and his supporting cast? Does this signal moving on from Tavares and Marner?
The thing thats creepy and weird about this is that mgt thinks its necessary to elaborate on Tavares' feelings. The guy is paid enough. Hes been in the game a long time. He should be a pro and the mentioning of his feelings just is over the top PC. Just say that you took him out for ice cream and now everything is ok.
