The Carolina Hurricanes traded Eric Staal to the New York Rangers on February 28, 2016. Since then, the Canes have had no captain, and have been in no hurry to name one.
The time is coming, though. The Canes are just over a week away from naming their sixth captain, and there are no shortage of candidates. Two weeks ago at media day, Bill Peters asked a roundtable of four media members who they would select as captain, and three different names - Jeff Skinner, Jaccob Slavin and Justin Williams - were tossed out.