Henrik and Daniel Sedin were Vancouver mainstays for 18 years, and while it was Henrik who formally wore the ‘C’ on his chest as the team captain for eight seasons, the two shared the privilege and the burden of being the twin faces of the Canucks. In a first season without them, Vancouver general manager Jim Benning just didn’t think his young, rebuilding team was completely ready to replace them, and he didn’t feel it was right to make one player the public voice of the locker room just yet. Rather than award one player a ‘C’ so soon after the Sedins’ retirement, four players — Alex Edler, Bo Horvat, Brandon Sutter and Chris Tanev — wear an ‘A’ as assistant captains, sharing a leadership responsibility that can often be too heavy for one player alone.
No captain, my captain: Tradition-rich NHL teams are no longer giving players the “C”
