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It pretty much is unless player X is traded. Stripping Larkin of the C down the road is worse than appointing Glendening for a few years IMHO.

Yeah I think Glendening is the right age and would make an admirable sorta interim captain while we wait for everyone else to age up The biggest argument against Larkin for C is Seider, clearly. Basically my entire argument around Glendening for C rests on the real goal of creating time for Seider to receive the C. If Seider was just another great - but typical quiet passive European personality the Wings are used to drafting - I'd be much more inclined to just say Larkin's been groomed, he's the hometown lad, just give it to him. But Seider isn't that guy at all. We've all seen his big personality on camera, and we've seen his leadership on the ice now, and it's impressive. Impressiveness enough that I want to wait. Before the draft I really just liked Seider for his play. There was a few comments out there from his coach about how mature and confident he was, but you kinda take that with a grain of salt. Then he gets drafted and it's immediately clear, wow, this kid lights up a room. He's glowing. Maybe his coach wasn't joking. Then if you remember prospect camp, he comes right in and is telling guys where to go and what to do, jabbering on the bench at everyone, and gets aggressive with the Hawks Dach immediately. You could tell the moment he came out of that lockerroom, he was the quarter back, he was the big dick, and despite older guys like Smith being out there he was gonna lead the boys. Down the line he gets named captain of the German team and plays like a half hour a game leading the German juniors. He steps on to the Griffins and is immediately arguably the best player on the team. The picture of a future NHL captain is being painted here. Larkin had the same picture painted for him, but Larkin's was mostly based on being a normal guy who's just really good at hockey. I would definitely say - even if Seider turns out to be less valuable of a player than Larkin is - he exhibits way more true qualities of leadership and more propensity to being a captain. I would hate to find ourselves in a situation in the future where Larkin clearly isn't the lockerroom leader anymore but still has the C. I just want us to get this decision right the first time. Going without a captain for 1 or 2 more years while we suck and tank isn't that bad of a cost to pay even if we end up choosing Larkin anyway. Who know's, maybe we get Lafren and he outshines both Larkin and Seider by a mile. It will be kinda sucky if we have the next Mario Lemieux on our roster but we rushed to name Larkin captain before he could earn it.

I wouldn't name a captain soley so we can name Seider captain the season after With coaches also consider that maybe Yzerman wanted Lambert out of NYI. Yzerman had till today to exercise his buyout option on Blash, but Lambert has to get ready to coach the Islanders playoffs now. Rona threw a huge wrench directly into that timeline if that's the case. Best to just stick with the bald idiot.

I don't disagree that Larkin would make a fine captain on the ice. It's the captains job to whine and complain to the refs, and Larkin has certainly proved he's a whiney lil ***** most of the time with all his stick slamming and helmet tossing. I just wonder how his fussy little tantrums rub off on the guys in the lockeroom. I gotta think behind closed doors a more manly cool guy like Bertuzzi is the one guys really look up to.

Not murdered, crippled. Which begs the question; Is ChrisReevesLegs opposed to a captain that puts opponents in wheelchairs?

Lazy Larkin will NEVER captain this hockey team. C: Bertuzzi A: Glendening A: Dekeyser (soon replaced by Seider)

Okay. Glendog is retarded. Fair enough. Now that the bait has been taken, it's time for the switch; Tyler Bertuzzi should be captain of the Detroit Red Wings. Larkin was on pace for 61 pts this year, Bertuzzi was on pace for 55. Bertuzzi is a more fearless leader on the team, and Bertuzzi has more personality than the rest of the team combined. He's one of the few players on this team that showed up for all 71 games. Besides Glendening I'm not sure we have a more hardworking or resilient player than him. Plus instead of slamming sticks and helmets he slams opponents faces. Any critique you have of Glendening being too mediocre can't be said of Tyler.

Again, captain does not equal "best young player". It's for the leader of your hockey team. Why not? All those teams with those captains were better than we currently are. You're too proud to let a simple grinder be captain? >Glendening not getting the Dan Cleary VIP treatment Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?

I don't feel obligated to make the best player the captain. The captaincy is for leaders not the best player. It just so happens that many leaders turn out to naturally be the best player. Ference was captain of the Oilers Jonsson was captain of the Islanders Odelein was captain of the Jackets Salvador was captain of the Devils Fitzgerald was captain of the Preds Mackenzie was captain of the Panthers Corson was captain of the Oilers McCabe was captain of the Panthers I mean extend your list of Wings captains to pre-Yzerman era. There's a lot of lackluster captains on that list.

By this logic we shouldn't name a captain then. Larkin doesn't compare well to those 3 either.

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No. Rasmussen is still better than Veleno.

I just see 30 better teams lining up to sign Krug. The only way he chooses Detroit is if he cares a lot more about being closer to his family than he does winning. Even if he does choose us, I still think it's a bad move. Krug plays very sheltered minutes for Boston. He only plays 16 minutes of even strength a night (#4 spot) and is hauling in close to 4 minutes a night of PP time... Much more than any other Bruin, including the forwards. Likewise, he never touches the short-handed unit and is deployed heavily in offensive zone starts. 57% of his points this season came on the power play. Essentially - if we remove the PP - we're looking at a Dman who's going to give you very limited minutes, very minimal actual defense, and will net you 25-30 even strength points in a full season. We are the last team in need of a player like that. We need big minute eaters who are going to protect Bernier and help in all zones. Krug isn't a top Dman in this league. He's a PP specialist. But someone is gonna overpay him in cash and term most likely and I hope it's not us.

IDK a 31 year old, 30 pt, Muzzin signed for 5.6 in Toronto. Krug is two years younger and scores double the points. I wouldn't be surprised if a team offers him north of $8 mil.

So like half of 6th overall picks never reach their potential? Hmmmmm I have a lot of love for Krug. From the same area of Michigan as me. Was the captain of the MSU hockey team when I was there. Would be thrilled to bring him home again. Like Raffi round two. That said, Krug would be a big ******* mistake. This team is in no way ready to go all in on big UFAs. And Krug is an undersized PP specialist who's going to command a kings ransom. Krug has a flashing neon sign over his head that says mistake.

Zadina is a false prophet. God willing Yzerman will cast him off like Drouin in exchange for a better player. But this purging will not cleanse your souls of the worship of false idols. Dirty heathens led astray...

Everywhere you go there's folks like you and me. I don't post there but I've seen Zadina doubters on reddit, HFboards, twitter, you name it. And it looks to me like that doubt is creeping in and slowly beginning to wear down the average fans confidence in him. The smoke is there, and folks are starting to internalize that there might also be a fire. Keep chipping and the false pedestal that Zadina sits upon will eventually crumble. All in good time my dear @mackel.

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Which Dostoevsky is this from?

If Edmonton wins the 1st overall I won't even be mad. I will stand and clap loudly.