Player Discussion Patrik Laine
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Captain Mountain
Formerly Captain Wolverine
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The Gr8 Dane
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2024 Sasha Barkov
2023 Mark Stone
2022 Gabriel Landeskog
2021 Steven Stamkos
2020 Steven Stamkos
2019 Alex Pietrangelo
2018 Alex Ovechkin - Not boring
2017 Sidney Crosby
2016 Sidney Crosby
2015 Jonathan Toews
2014 Dustin Brown
2013 Jonathan Toews
2012 Dustin Brown
2011 Zdeno Chara
2010 Jonathan Toews
Captains of recent cup winners.
There's only one guy on the entire list who shows a pulse.
I almost fell asleep just reading these guys names and thinking about their character. zzzzz
le_sean
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Not a lot. Ovechkin, Tkachuk, Marchand, Stone, Benn
It’s just not something I really thought of until now is all.
I wouldn't go judging people's personalities strictly by what they give in shitty, paint by numbers sports interviews. These guys are coached into saying nothing because the media scene is toxic.
The Gr8 Dane
L'harceleur
Totally agree . I don't think their personality matters anyways
Captain Mountain
Formerly Captain Wolverine
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Its pretty clear that the context provided is that boring=boring/dull interviews.
The NHL needs more star players who generate media clicks, but I care about how engaging a captain is in interviews/the media slightly less than I care about the colour of a goalie's pads or what shade of blue Montreal uses on the third jerseys (if they use them).
SirClintonPortis
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Media is toxic.
Fans also tend to hyper-analyze and judge a person's character very heavily with just the slightest bits of communication.
Also opens the door to defamation lawsuits.
David Suzuki
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Suzuki has the perfect personality to be captain in Montreal. Never too high never too low.
Tabarouette
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not putting in a lot of effort in that clip
is he lazy?
does he want out of Montreal?
did we lose the trade?
winnipegger
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Glad he landed in a Canadian market again. If he can reach his potential he is an all star. He is an enigma. Nobody really knows why he stopped scoring at will. November 2019 he scored 5 goals in one game, then went on to have a very disappointing season. If he's not playing well, you'll notice the play die on his stick and he won't move his feet. When he's playing well you'll notice him using his hands and trying to make plays. I'll be cheering for him.
The Great Weal
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They kind of have to appear that way to the public. Let's not forget how Weber came up with the nickname "The Cock" for Caufield in his rookie year. I'm sure they are a lot more fun than they appear.
sampollock
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JianYang
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Kovalev was interim captain for a bit. He's far from boring as well.
BLONG7
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Reminds me of Price, and how he handles it all so well.
Very Chill
GHJimmy
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Knowing he was off the ice for 9-10 months I'm sure he'll be a bit rusty at the start, so I don't have high expectations but confident they can get in form in the meantime
Redux91
I do Three bullets.
Naslundforever
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Bruce Granville
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cphabs
The 2 stooges….
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LaP
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I'd rather have a colonoscopy than listen to Toews doing an interview.
Hins77
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Can’t wait to see Michkov and Torts. They are the anthesis. At the end, if Michkov give 40 goals, you don’t care about his defensive play. But, in reality, Im sure Torts is the kind of guy of to yell/reprimand about his defensive game even is if score 40.
Longer video of Laine practising. Looks amazing. I’m getting flustered
