Radko Gudas named captain of the Anaheim Ducks

[91Fedorov]

To be fair, only bad teams have captains that aren't star players. Also, Gudas is definitely the least skilled out of all captains. The only Captains that I would categorize with Gudas would be Foligno and Lowry, and even those two have had more skill/production in their careers. So Gudas is an out of ordinary 'goon' captain....

Anaheim Ducks -- Radko Gudas
Boston Bruins -- Brad Marchand -> All Star = Playoffs
Buffalo Sabres -- No captain
Calgary Flames -- Mikael Backlund
Carolina Hurricanes -- Jordan Staal -> Former All Star = Playoffs
Chicago Blackhawks -- Nick Foligno
Colorado Avalanche -- Gabriel Landeskog (although he's been out last year) > All Star = Playoffs
Columbus Blue Jackets -- Boone Jenner
Dallas Stars -- Jamie Benn -> Former All Star = Playoffs
Detroit Red Wings -- Dylan Larkin -> All Star = Playoffs
Edmonton Oilers -- Connor McDavid -> All Star = Playoffs
Florida Panthers -- Aleksander Barkov -> All Star = Playoffs
Los Angeles Kings -- Anze Kopitar -> All Star = Playoffs
Minnesota Wild -- Jared Spurgeon -> All Star = Playoffs Last Year
Montreal Canadiens -- Nick Suzuki- > All Star
Nashville Predators --Roman Josi -> All Star = Playoffs
New Jersey Devils -- Nico Hischier -> All Star = Playoffs Last Year
New York Islanders -- Anders Lee -> All Star = Playoffs
New York Rangers -- Jacob Trouba -> Former All Star = Playoffs
Ottawa Senators -- Brady Tkachuk -> All Star
Philadelphia Flyers -- Sean Couturier -> Former All Star
Pittsburgh Penguins --Sidney Crosby -> All Star = Playoffs Prior years
San Jose Sharks -- Logan Couture -> Former All Star - Previous Seasons
Seattle Kraken -- No captain
St. Louis Blues -- Brayden Schenn -> Former All Star = Playoffs
Tampa Bay Lightning -- Victor Hedman -> All Star = Playoffs
Toronto Maple Leafs -- Auston Matthews -> All Star = Playoffs
Utah Hockey Club -- No captain
Vancouver Canucks -- Quinn Hughes -> All Star = Playoffs
Vegas Golden Knights -- Mark Stone
Washington Capitals -- Alex Ovechkin -> All Star = Playoffs Prior year
Winnipeg Jets -- Adam Lowry


Anyhow, Gudas isn't here to help us win. He's here to help with culture of competing and hopefully get us out of the bottom 10 shitter in the next 2 years. Maybe we can be playoff caliber by 2028.... But his most important job is to help groom the next captain and leaders.

I think, from that list, Schenn and Trouba have some direct comparable qualities.