European Captains???
March 21, 2007
NO TEAM WITH A EUROPEAN CAPTAIN HAS EVER WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!!
Thats correct. 98 percent of the tea’s who sip from Lord Stanley boast a captain born in the Great White North. ONE American snuck in there in the 90’s (Mike Madano……..who’s actually a really nice guy so I won’t say anything bad about him or his 502 American goals)
So……….who is automatically eliminated from the playoffs???????
Great Question!
The following squads currently in post-season contention have ABSOLUTELY no chance of putting hockey’s holy grail in their trophy case
From the West
Detroit Red Wings………………. Niklas Lidstrom (C)
Nashville Predators…………….. ..Kimmo Timonen (C)
Vancouver Canucks………………M arkus Naslund (C)
From the East
Montreal Canadiens…………….. . Saku Koivu (C)
New Jersey Devils……………….. .Patrik Elias (C)
New York Islanders…………….. .Alexi Yashin (C)
New York Rangers………………. .Jaromir Jagr (C)
Ottawa Senators……………… …Daniel Alfredsson (C)
Toronto Maple Leafs……………..Matt s Sundin (C)
I hate to be the one to tell you this but because of poor management (YES……..Even Islanders GM Garth Snow) none of the preceding teams should even bother lacing em up this April.
Thats a crazy little tidbit of information, although purely a coincidence, i would like to think that this is cold hard facts. I hope your right because that would eliminate much of the flames biggest competition and give them a great shot at the finals(which i am sure they will get to anyways) but it would be nice to have some sort of insurance. Well i will quit blabbing GO FLAMES GO!!!
Yes i agree nice tidbit, but i guess we will be in the running for as long as sutter runs the team, because unless the euro is born on a hay field in alberta or sask, dont expect to be a catain here anytime soon. The flames are packed with good ol’ western boys like phanuef and regehr who will wear that C once iggy no longer has it