Now that Zdeno Chara has signed with the Capitals (wait, what?), the Penguins have a new little feather in their caps. They now boast the longest tenured current captain in the NHL.
Sidney Crosby was named the Pens’ captain on May 31, 2007, after he had played two seasons and about 18 months after Mario Lemieux retired in the 2005-06 season due to a heart condition. The story is out there that Pittsburgh brass wanted to name Crosby captain earlier, but he deferred for a while out of reverence to Lemieux and in order to get his own career on track.