Leafs logo and captainacy

So there's a petition going around to change the leaf's logo back to the original 31 point leaf. Good idea, getting rid of all the brand reconition they've gotten over the past 42 years, ruin kids abilities to sketch their teams logo on their belongings, and use the excuse of a "curse" to raise hype for that logo (ignoring that they won a cup with it).

In other news I'm sure the habs don't want to go back to the CA logo.


So the multimillion dollar question in habsland is WHO GETS CAPTAIN!
Now, the answer of course is Saku Koivu hard to answer in this environment.

I think it's important to mention that speaking french should not be relevant, and shame on you if you think it should be. We want this person to be the leader of our team, to keep us organized and successful, not to just be a front to the media.

Here's the contenders
Any member of the big 3 - Cam, Gionta, or Gomez. I only think Gomez is ready here, but here's the problem, he's too new.

Andrei Markov - Markov has been our best player for the last couple of years, and its beautiful to see him out of Rivet and Souray's shadows. However many seem to get the impression he'd be too aloof or quiet. I think this is really on him

Maxim Lapierre - He was the heart and sole of the team for a lot of last year, bringing work ethic to the rink every day, that everyone was lacking. Two problems here. One is that work ethic should be expected, and handing him a C would be sorta daft. A bigger issue is that he's too young and hasn't had enough firsthand experience with the team.

Matthieu Schneider - I like this pick. He's a strong leadership player. Problem is we already have way too many defensemen and haven't resigned him.

Robert Lang - We SHOULD resign Lang. Ditch Plekanec and his whiney underproducing ways, and use this season to have Lang as a leader while our younger centres [like Chipchura] get ready for the main stage (ignoring that Chipchura should already be here).


As you can tell so far, i support...
Actually, I don't support any candidate via speculation. I support the player the team thinks can best lead them. I do think Lapierre has earned an A, but beyond that, let the team find its own leadership. We cant judge that by meer speculation