Captain

Flames announce Mikael Backlund as captain (Photo Credit: CTV News)

Backlund’s Back, Alright!

The Calgary Flames have gotten to work with training camp and the 2023-24 preseason. At the same time, the Flames and current general manager Craig Conroy aren’t going to be looking too heavily at their contracts and salary cap situation right now. Mikael Backlund was among the few players with a contract expiring at the […]

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All NHL Team Captains & Alternates Heading Into The 2023-24 Season

The 2023-24 season is upon us, and each team has their captains and alternate captains set. Currently, there are five teams that don’t have a captain. Some teams also don’t meet the minimum of two alternate captains for the regular season. At the same time, some other teams have more than three alternate captains but […]

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Adam Lowry Named Captain of the Winnipeg Jets

It’s official: the Winnipeg Jets now belong to Adam Lowry. Early on Tuesday morning, the Winnipeg Jets officially announced that Adam Lowry has been named the third captain in the Winnipeg Jets 2.0 franchise history. Lowry has served on the Jets leadership group as an alternate captain for a few seasons before being named team […]

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Vancouver Canucks Make Quinn Hughes Captain

After months of heavy speculation and excited debates, the Vancouver Canucks have named their newest team captain. In an announcement that came today shortly after 8 am Vancouver time, the team informed the hockey world that Quinn Hughes would take over the role as the newest team captain of the Vancouver Canucks. The news comes […]

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Jared Spurgeon Really Is That Good

When it comes to Jared Spurgeon, there’s only one reason national media usually mention him: he’s uncharacteristically small for a defenseman. Specifically for a good defenseman. They treat his typically outstanding stats as some sort of oddball marvel because of his size. His size, unfortunately, is also the reason why he’s chronically NOT included on […]

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Who Should Be the Next Captain of the Winnipeg Jets?

The latest topic of conversation with the Winnipeg Jets is who should be the next captain of the team. Names like Joshua Morrissey, Adam Lowry, Mark Scheifele, and Kyle Connor have been thrown around, but which of the four should receive the captaincy? Mark Scheifele The first of the Winnipeg Jets’ first-round draft picks that […]

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Jamie Benn Isn’t Captain Material

Some Dallas Stars fans said that forward Logan Stankoven is the team’s next captain, and I respectfully disagree. Here’s what I think about the “Jamie Benn isn’t captain material” topic. Stars captain and forward Jamie Benn is the longest-tenured player in Dallas Stars’ history. But Benn’s also one of the most controversial players in the […]

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The Captain has done it! Steven Stamkos reaches 1,000 Career NHL Points

Steven Stamkos joined an elite group tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers. He reached 1,000 Career NHL Points, with only 94 other players for the company, of which only eight are still active in the NHL. His 1,000th point came as an assist on Nick Paul’s 11th goal of the season in the second period. He […]

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Player Profile: Dylan Larkin

With the 15th pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings selected Dylan Larkin for the University of Michigan. Having grown up in nearby Waterford, Michigan, Larkin would become a hometown kid who stared and stars for the team he grew up cheering for. In his time in Detroit, Larkin transformed his game […]

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The Alternate Captaincy Carousel

The Boston Bruins have chosen to go with a rotating alternate captaincy to start the 2021-2022 season in the wake of David Krejci leaving to go back to the Czech Republic. Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak, Brandon Carlo, and Taylor Hall have all worn the A at some point during the season. I wouldn’t be surprised […]

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