Call HIM Captain

So I thought it'd be interesting to show that it doesn't matter how old you are, or who is around you that a young adult can be a good leader amongst a team of veterans. For this example, I'm going to look at the teams left in the playoffs and their captains and assistant captains.

#4 Pittsburgh Penguins

C- Sidney Crosby - Age 22

A- Evgeni Malkin - Age 23

A- Sergei Gonchar - Age 36

#8 Montreal Canadiens (opt for an extra assistant captain as opposed to captain)

A- Brian Gionta - 31

A- Hal Gil - 35

A- Andrei Markov - 31

#6 Boston Bruins

C- Zdeno Chara - 33

A- Patrice Bergeron - 24

#7 Philadelphia Flyers

C- Mike Richards - 25

#1 San Jose Sharks

C- Rob Blake - 40

A- Dan Boyle - 33

A- Joe Thornton - 30

#6 Detroit Red Wings

C- Nicklas Lidstrom - 40

A- Henrik Zetterberg - 29

A- Kris Draper - 39

A- Pavel Datsyuk - 31

#2 Chicago Blackhawks

C- Jonathan Toews - 22

A- Patrick Sharp - 28

A- Duncan Keith - 26

#3 Vancouver Canucks

C- Roberto Luongo - 31

A- Ryan Kesler - 25

A- Henrik Sedin - 29

A- Willie Mitchell - 33 (hurt right now)

So there is a list of these teams, and it's interesting because teams that you would consider a "young" team, tend to have younger captains. The Penguins and the Blackhawks jump off the page for their young leadership. At the same time, only one team that you would consider an "old" team had a young captain, and that would be the Flyers Mike Richards. There are a lot of older candidates for that gig, but it belongs to Richards. It's interesting to see that they don't have any assistant captains on that team, even though they have a few guys who have been captains elsewhere.

The other interesting scenario is Vancouver, because their Captain is their goaltender. Goalies are not allowed to wear the C, so that is why they have an extra Assistant Captain right now. Luongo is the leader of that team, but on the ice, (when not hurt) Willie Mitchell is the acting captain. Right now it is Henrik Sedin who takes over those duties.

This is what I want to have in bearcast. Not every leader has to have a director title to feel like they can be vocal in changing Bearcast. We need to distribute leadership so everyone has the same feelings that I do about our station.