Who is the next captain ?

[GREMLIN]

Patch and PK could be captains, I just don't think it's in the best interest of the team to have one of those two, both have stretches where they struggle throughout the year and the pressure would be ridiculous when they go through tough times.

Gallagher should be the captain, no one could ever question him being the right guy.

My fear is that Patches takes it the wrong way, he strikes me as a guy that could be a crybaby about it the way he was clearly lobbying for the position all year long. I don't have that feeling about Subban.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

I wonder what the precedence is to move a letter from one player to another during the playoffs?

I mean, it's not a big deal at all but I'm just curious. Patches gave a lot of lip service about the honour of "maybe being a captain" but I really, really don't think he deserves an A. Just do your sniping thing, and maybe play a bit better than crap in the playoffs and focus on goal-scoring Max.

i dont mean like choose right now but Gallagher is the definition of 'bringing it' in all situations the only downside is people messing with our captain and NOONE ever steps in to defend him

Pacioretty is close kind of tied with Subban to me for the C close behind Gallagher

between Patches Subban my choice is Subban for C? even now i just changed my mind twice between pacioretty and subban

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

i dont mean like choose right now but Gallagher is the definition of 'bringing it' in all situations the only downside is people messing with our captain and NOONE ever steps in to defend him

Pacioretty is close kind of tied with Subban to me for the C close behind Gallagher

between Patches Subban my choice is Subban for C? even now i just changed my mind twice between pacioretty and subban

Snipers, even if they are 200ft players, shouldn't be captains. We don't pay Patches to play the PK, we pay him to score. We rely on him to score. It's a lot of pressure and he doesn't need to worry about team morale on top of it.

Subban is a different case - he has all the mental capacities and everything is ideal for him to be our captain from now until he retires... but he's a selfish player and prone to hotheadedness that infuriates his coach and teammates and degrades his "lustre" among other players. Maybe they'll go off the board and allow Subban to be a "new generation" of captain but I'm not sure - Bergevin and especially Therrien are conservative people.

Gallagher has warts too - he has a ceiling to his talent and he's going to need to be protected much like Gionta needed that (I hate that in a captain) but his effort is consistent and the way he scores goals is different than Patches the sniper. His role is to crash, bang and get dirty and no one can look at him and say he doesn't do his job - same with Subban - but you can look at Patches this past series and point out many, many instances where he didn't do his job.

 

[JustAHabFan]

I would give it to Gallagher. His work ethic is off the chart.

 

[Miller Time]

Pacioretty again showing why he isn't captain material on-ice.

Ducks and avoids the physical play far too much.

PK is the obvious choice, but Gallagher would be my second vote, not max

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

I would give it to Gallagher. His work ethic is off the chart.

The question is, is work ethic all there is to it? Is there not another, ephemeral quality to captains like Joe Sakic, Jean Beliveau, Yzerman, Messier etc.? Who has it?

 

[GREMLIN]

People need to remember Patches might still be having concussion issues, this is the playoffs don't fall for the "he's been cleared" talk.

My pick is Gally but let's not completely dismiss him yet, most of you guys wanted him as captain when he was scoring goals all year, if this was still the regular season he probably would've stayed on IR for a longer time, I'm fine with him being careful if he still feels he has to be, played his best game yesterday, he should be a force in round 2.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

The playoffs are definitely stirring up the pot on this debate with Pacioretty being meh like last year. If Patches doesn't step up his game and start producing, I don't think he'll get it. With Bergevin's quote last off-season about guys that get you to the playoffs and guys that get you through them, I'd like to think that Bergy would want a guy who applies to both to be his captain.

 

[Team_Spirit]

I'm glad more people realize Gally should be the captain.

Re-up the poll and im sure more than 15 people will vote for him.

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[bigtimehockeyfan999*]

honestly....keep the A's. or don't and throw it on whoever you want because we already have our captain and everyone knows who that is.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

I'm glad more people realize Gally should be the captain.

Re-up the poll and im sure more than 15 people will vote for him.

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Gallagher's hit on Ryan in game 2-3? was EPIC

 

[Kraken Jokes]

Snipers, even if they are 200ft players, shouldn't be captains. We don't pay Patches to play the PK, we pay him to score. We rely on him to score. It's a lot of pressure and he doesn't need to worry about team morale on top of it.

Subban is a different case - he has all the mental capacities and everything is ideal for him to be our captain from now until he retires... but he's a selfish player and prone to hotheadedness that infuriates his coach and teammates and degrades his "lustre" among other players. Maybe they'll go off the board and allow Subban to be a "new generation" of captain but I'm not sure - Bergevin and especially Therrien are conservative people.

Gallagher has warts too - he has a ceiling to his talent and he's going to need to be protected much like Gionta needed that (I hate that in a captain) but his effort is consistent and the way he scores goals is different than Patches the sniper. His role is to crash, bang and get dirty and no one can look at him and say he doesn't do his job - same with Subban - but you can look at Patches this past series and point out many, many instances where he didn't do his job.

Good analysis! I voted Plekanec because the only possible reason against him is that he's already 32 years old. I would nominate Weise as well, he deserves to be in this conversation now that he has been with the Habs for at least a year.

 

[Brainiac]

Yeah, Patches is good, but doesn't strike me as being 100% captain material.

Subban, well, he rubs too many people the wrong way accross the league. If I'm MB/MT, I still give it to him. Part of it would be for the lols, but more seriously, hockey needs more Subbans and less boring players that celebrate a goal with an humble nod towards a teammate.

And as some others said: anyways, the captain of this team is Carey Price.

 

[PricePkPatch*]

Gallagher is the right choice IMO.

Much disagreed.

Not questionning Gallagher's abilities or willingness. But its simply that Gally takes so much abuse by the opposing team.

And.. Well, fact is, you dont let your Captain being abused. Just like you dont let someone wipe their feet on your flag. Its a statement that has to be answered, and i dont think we can afford scrumming every time Gallagher gets abused.

 

[mus1cx]

Honestly, the silent C is already on Price's jersey. No one leads like that guy. I'm okay with A's for the others until someone really emerges as a C.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Don't name one. As long as Price is on this team, he's the captain IMO. Just roll with the alternates as we do.

 

[PricePkPatch*]

For the two posters just above

Tell me why we would lose Price's leadership if we has someone else wearing the C?

Price will remain a.leader, no matter what. So stop saying these silly platitudes and accept that we need a C skater

 

[M.C.G. 31]

For the two posters just above

Tell me why we would lose Price's leadership if we has someone else wearing the C?

Price will remain a.leader, no matter what. So stop saying these silly platitudes and accept that we need a C skater

Why do we "need" a C skater? What we have now works just fine. Why do we need to put added pressure on someone like Pacioretty or Subban by putting the C on them when having four As works just fine? We don't "need" to put a C on anyone.

 

[Rapala]

honestly....keep the A's. or don't and throw it on whoever you want because we already have our captain and everyone knows who that is.

Who was rumoured to be swearing vociferously after game 5

I'd actually like to see how Max progresses through round 2.
He seemed to have more spark last night.
Keep him away from DD for starts and we shall see.

My worry is MT will have too much time between rounds and we see Max and DD reunited again.

 

[InglewoodJack]

I like Gallagher, but if you give him the C, I feel that he's going to be another Gionta-type. When he's on, he's loved, but when we realize that he's always going to be a mid-20 goal undersized guy, the fans will turn pretty easily on him. I definitely think that with a good centre, he can score 30, but this team really needs a superstar captain. I bet putting the C on Subban would elevate his game even higher.

 

[Analyzer*]

Pacioretty again showing why he isn't captain material on-ice.

Ducks and avoids the physical play far too much.

PK is the obvious choice, but Gallagher would be my second vote, not max

While Pacioretty hasn't been good, but it wouldn't have anything to do with just coming back from a concussion.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

I like Gallagher, but if you give him the C, I feel that he's going to be another Gionta-type. When he's on, he's loved, but when we realize that he's always going to be a mid-20 goal undersized guy, the fans will turn pretty easily on him. I definitely think that with a good centre, he can score 30, but this team really needs a superstar captain. I bet putting the C on Subban would elevate his game even higher.

I turned on Gionta because he wouldn't change his game and he didn't hit the dirty areas as often as he should have - and he was a mercenary chasing top dollar.

Gallagher is homemade and signed on for 6 years at a really reasonable rate and his bread and butter is hitting the dirty areas.

But I get what you're saying, he is a bit undertalented to be captain - I had the same concerns about Koivu toward the end. At some point, you need someone to take over a must-win game - Patches refuses to implicate himself when games matter and while Subban can definitely do so but has other warts.

 

[Devourers]

Maybe do a player vote? I wouldn't mind if they decided the captain by voting. Would be cool to know what the majority of the team thought. Just as long as it doesn't end up being stupid with everyone voting Price. A goalie shouldn't be the captain.

 

[FF de Mars]

No captain next year. Carey is the real captain.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Gallagher is definitely captain material, but I would not make him captain. I think it would restrict his game. To be effective, he sort of needs to be undignified and troll opponents on occasion. Its not captain behaviour.