Talk about a kick in the teeth for the players....man....
First fans vote in the players who underperform most on their team, and some of the managers dont even pick their best players. Now the two worst leaders in the sport are picked captains??
I thought Bettman was trying to promote the sport, why do they pull this garbage, and why does he allow angry fans to make a mockery of the game?
In all complete and total 100% honesty, I had a long chat with a friend of mine, we are convinced Bettman is letting canada run the show to appease the fans for him giving Hamilton, QC, and winnipeg the cold shoulder (not to mention taking away a few teams over the years). Allow MTL fans to sweep the voting (we know from past games that the leagues can rig their voting very easily) give them a captain even though everyone this side of the atlantic knows kovalev couldnt captain a KHL beer league between-periods-5- minute exhibition. Then he puts Thornton, maybe even a worse choice for captain. As much heart as Kovalev lacks, Thornton actually has less, much less. But the rivalry Thornton once had with MTL and its fans is a good match for a "classic" ASG that only 1/30 of the leagues fans will remember.... Somewhere in there I had a good idea, then the stupidity of the whole thing took over....maybe thats why it has more truth to it than some fans will admit....
