Ask a player, coach or general manager about a vacant captaincy, and you will likely hear a form of one of these three quotes, if not all of them:
"You don't need a letter on your sweater to be a leader."
"We have a strong leadership group and a lot of guys would make a great captain."
"It would be an honor to wear the 'C,' but we have a lot of leaders in our room."
There are a lot of hockey cliches in the world, some of which are so dangerous that they have the ability to cause a stroke-inducing eye roll if you are not prepared for them. And while these statements have been parroted for years, there is a whole lot of truth in them.
That's what makes the Montreal Canadiens' move to forgo naming a captain for the 2014-15 season and opt to have four alternate captains so smart. Wearing the "C" isn't as important as having leaders, as wearing a "C" is more of a symbol, and just like George Carlin, I will leave symbols for the symbol-minded.
On Monday, the Canadiens announced to reporters that P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty will wear the "A" this s ...
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