Olympic Captains?

[Reds4Life 51]

For me Lidstrom is pretty much a lock as captain. With all the red wings players in the team it's just natural. It's not crazy to suggest Alfredsson but I really doubt anyone other than lids gets the C for obvious reasons. No one has as much playoff experience and achievments as him. It's not even close

That was true in 06 too and despite that captain was Mats Sundin, who never won anything in the NHL.

[Guest Lidstromboli]

yeah, useless sundin and those 6 WC medals

[Z Winged Dangler 2,082]

MILAN LUCIC! (or luongo )

in all seriousness, i think iginla should get the C, but they'll probably give it to neidermayer. iginla will get an A.

as for the others...

USA - parise

RUS - datsyuk (kovy and gonchar A's)

SWE - lids (Z and alf get A's)

SLO - chara

CZE - elias

FIN - selanne

[Guest Lidstromboli]

why would they give dats the C

[NGKEIB 32]

It's crazy how good Morozov has been doing in the KHL. He has been the best player not playing in the NHL for like the past 3 years. Has he overall just stepped up his game, or is he just a monster on bigger surface? If he were to play in the NHL, I think he'd be a perennial top 20 scorer, if not better.

Douglas Murray plays in the NHL, so Morozov doesn't want to.

[Z Winged Dangler 2,082]

why would they give dats the C

leading by example is also effective. ask that again when he undresses pronger and scores the GWG in the gold medal game and takes tournament MVP just over kovalchuk. don't take dats' bad year so far too seriously. he's still top 5 in the NHL.

[Finnish Wing 110]

MILAN LUCIC! (or luongo )

in all seriousness, i think iginla should get the C, but they'll probably give it to neidermayer. iginla will get an A.

as for the others...

USA - parise

RUS - datsyuk (kovy and gonchar A's)

SWE - lids (Z and alf get A's)

SLO - chara

CZE - elias

FIN - selanne

lol

[SweWings 45]

Mr.Sedin isn't the longest serving captain in the NHL

That wasn't part of your argument. You said points and offensive play this season. Might as well suggest Bäckström.

[Guest mindfly]

They are camera shy they cant be captain

[hak 21]

That was true in 06 too and despite that captain was Mats Sundin, who never won anything in the NHL.

Yeah but Sundin had been captain in practically every international tournament he participated in. He's been a great leader in every tournament and has been the obvious choice for tre kronor. Now that he is gone, Lidstrom is the obvious one

Also, Lidstrom wasnt very well known in Sweden before 2006. He is one of the most underrated sportsmen in the history of Sweden. For such a small country, we don't produce many top players in any sport. Those we do produce gets ROYAL treatment and coverage. For a guy like Lidstrom to be completely neglected has really been frustrating to me.

[dat's sick 1,002]

They are camera shy they cant be captain

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[titanium2 867]

Wow... and they say white people can't dance.