Nick Foligno
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He had 3 fights this season, all 3 TKOs. Another two with Clifford and Beaulieu.
Yeah Folignos got to fight guys who are 20 lbs heavier. It's not a fair fight for guys in his own weight class.
http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com...production-burden-of-leadership-position.html
Sure as heck sounds like there could be a new captain next year. I like Foligno, seems like a good guy and he's not as bad as he's been this season (nor as good as he was last season), but Nick is not the captain this team needs. My guess is Torts lobbies hard for 17 or 38 as the next player to wear the C.
Sure as heck sounds like there could be a new captain next year. I like Foligno, seems like a good guy and he's not as bad as he's been this season (nor as good as he was last season), but Nick is not the captain this team needs. My guess is Torts lobbies hard for 17 or 38 as the next player to wear the C.
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I doubt they take the C away unless Nick asks them to. His selection was definitely a good representation of the Jackets as an organization
- conservative, middle of the road, etc. I'm guessing Torts' would prefer Dubi. Jenner may be too even keeled for him.
I still don't think the C means that much. The Jackets are going to finish worse this season with one than they did last season without one.
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IMO: The big contract $oftened Foligno. Its only natural, as its happens to many-many professional athletes. Nick will have to "re-set" this Summer and next season will show what he is all about.
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What gives you this impression? Is it the part where Torts is quoted as saying "Nick is our captain. There has been zero discussion of (changing captains)."
It's Torts saying the room has to change.....a change in captaincy could effectuate this. Also Nick's teammates saying the burden of being a captain has impacted him. Thr article also says Torts haa stripped a captaincy before. Look, Foligno may very well still be captain next season, but I think there will be a change, no matter what people are saying today.
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I really don't get this idea of the personality of "the Jackets organization". If you hire a president and GM from somewhere else, it's their personality coming to work. They have their own ideas built up from decades-long experience, and they don't give much of those up right after they move to a new town. Middle-of-the-road people don't call out their players for being lazy, and they don't hire people like John Tortorella.
I haven't seen him soften up much. The guy will take a hit, give a hit, fight. I see a lot more frustration from him but not softening. His hitting is slightly down, but I actually see many players on this team are hitting much less since "the injury season". And for all the talk about Torts' toughness his team doesn't hit as much as Richie's did.
I think Dubi and Jenner deserve extra credit for maintaining their ruggedness, but it's still hard to look at Foligno's work and use the word "softened".
Jenner having a career year. Should give him the C. 
I don't really care who the captain is. If Foligno wearing it really isn't the right call for the locker room, then yeah change it. Otherwise, not that big of a deal.
I don't really care who the captain is. If Foligno wearing it really isn't the right call for the locker room, then yeah change it. Otherwise, not that big of a deal.
Jenner having a career year. Should give him the C.
I don't really care who the captain is. If Foligno wearing it really isn't the right call for the locker room, then yeah change it. Otherwise, not that big of a deal.
That's a good one, I'll admit it. 
