If they do alternate captains for home and away again, Pietrangleo and MacDonald will be the other two.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:22 pm
by thedoc
Backes C
Jackman A
Pie A
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:45 pm
by glen a richter
Cam Cam! Oh wait, yeah.... Devils.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:48 pm
by thedoc
glen a richter wrote:Cam Cam! Oh wait, yeah.... Devils.
Thank God!
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:54 pm
by strocklen083
they'll be announcing the "captains". Please note the plurality. Gotta feeling we're going to be seeing 3 A's and no C.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:01 pm
by cprice12
strocklen083 wrote:they'll be announcing the "captains". Please note the plurality. Gotta feeling we're going to be seeing 3 A's and no C.
"captains" meaning a captain and alternate captains. Hence the plurality.
It doesn't mean they will be naming more than one captain. I hope they just name one. Multiple C's is stupid.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:57 pm
by ohio BLUES
If it's Jackman I'm rooting for the Oilers this year.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:10 pm
by dmiles2186
They could also name all A's and no C.
But Backes will be the Captain if we all get our way. Which means: say hello to your new Captain, Barrett Jackman!
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:01 pm
by cprice12
dmiles2186 wrote:They could also name all A's and no C.
But Backes will be the Captain if we all get our way. Which means: say hello to your new Captain, Barrett Jackman!
All A's and no C is also dumb.
This whole attitude of, "oh, we aren't naming a captain" or "We're naming a home captain and a road captain" or "we're naming different alternate captains for home and road" or "we aren't naming a captain out of respect to so and so who just left" is beyond retarded.
Pick one f'ing player to wear the C and two to wear the A and that's it. No rotating C's or A's. Same players home and road.
I hate this shit. Just do it like it's supposed to be done and quit trying to be clever.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:04 am
by DaDitka
It they give the C to Jackman I see it as a huge indictment on Backes.
It tells me they are giving it to Jackman for a year because they want to give it to Petro next year.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:01 am
by DaDitka
jprutherford Jeremy Rutherford
David Backes will be named the 20th captain in Blues' history. More to come soon on STLtoday.com.
When the Blues begin training camp a week from today, the club will have a new leader.
David Backes has been named as the 20th captain in Blues' history. The captaincy had been vacant since former captain Eric Brewer was traded to Tampa Bay on Feb. 18.
Backes, 27, was selected by the Blues in the second round of the 2003 NHL draft. The former Minnesota State forward has spent five seasons with the club, totaling 102 goals and 218 points with a +20 plus-minus rating in 364 games.
Backes, originally a right winger who was converted to center, led the club in goals (31), points (62) and plus-minus (+32) in 2010-11. His 62 points set a career high and his 31 goals matched a career high, set in 2008-09. He also had 213 hits last season.
Last November, Backes signed a new five-year, $22.5 million that will pay him $4.5 million per season. The deal runs through the 2015-16 season and is the longest-term contract on the Blues' books.
The Blues rewarded Backes as much for his production as much as his leadership. A player who wears No. 42 because "it was the number they gave me," Backes once said, has grown into a respected teammate on and off the ice. He was made an assistant, or alternate, captain in recent years and has been of the most consistent players to address the media after a win or a loss.
In 2010-11, Backes also made his first NHL all-star appearance, as the team's lone representative.
The all-star appearance added to a resume that includes Backes' participation for Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Minnesota native helped the Americans win a silver medal and nearly gold, after losing to Team Canada 3-2 in overtime in the championship game. Backes was noted by the international media in Vancouver as one of the most affable players on the U.S. team.
The Blues had other suitable candidates to be the club's next captain, including Barret Jackman, Andy McDonald, Alex Steen and Alex Pietrangelo. But after much debate among fans, the team has decided to tab Backes, who now joins esteemed company in Blues' history.
Backes Named 20th Blues Captain
Assistant Captains are Jackman, Langenbrunner, McDonald and Steen
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Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:21 am
by thedoc
I'm very surprised that they didn't name Pie. I like Langenbrunner as an assistant. I hope he brings some much needed maturity to the locker room for the young guys that seemed to be missing since the lockout.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:41 am
by dmiles2186
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:49 am
by STLADOGG
I want a new captain, he doesn't deserve to be captain anymore....alright I was the first to say it lol....
Good job Blues!!!!
Bye Bye Brewer Era!!!
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:57 am
by gaijin
w00t.
Well deserved. No one works their @$$ off like Backes. Lead from the front.
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:02 am
by kodos
Does this mean that the Blues will suck for the first half of the year from now on?
Re: And your new Captain will be...
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:14 am
by DaDitka
kodos wrote:Does this mean that the Blues will suck for the first half of the year from now on?
No, but when he come out slow this year I promise you Kerbs blames it on the weight of the captaincy.
