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Post by MJNICK44 on Aug 12, 2009 11:52:08 GMT -4
Any thoughts who will be wearing letter's this year for the eagles?
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Post by Art Vandelay on Aug 12, 2009 11:57:20 GMT -4
MacNeil = Captain
Ellis , Ward , MacDougall = ( A's )
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Post by Jack Bauer on Aug 12, 2009 11:58:26 GMT -4
MacNeil = Captain Ellis , Ward , MacDougall = ( A's ) You can throw Meilleur in the mix there as well |
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Post by MJNICK44 on Aug 12, 2009 11:58:45 GMT -4
TopGun I tend to agree. I like your picks. Maybe switching Ward and MacNeil. But still seems to be great leaders again for our eagles.
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Post by mikesmith on Aug 12, 2009 12:29:09 GMT -4
Ellis seems like a logical choice, a lot of good Island Defence Men from 1992 wasn't there
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Post by Art Vandelay on Aug 12, 2009 13:21:57 GMT -4
MacNeil = Captain Ellis , Ward , MacDougall = ( A's ) You can throw Meilleur in the mix there as well Yes , Luke Adam should be taken into consideration as well . |
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Post by MJNICK44 on Aug 12, 2009 13:49:13 GMT -4
Seems that the eagles always have good leadership to pick from. I think every player mentioned in this thread would be great leaders and deserve a letter.
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Post by christopher on Aug 12, 2009 14:22:43 GMT -4
MacNeil, captain
Meilleur, Ward, MacDougall, assistants
I wouldn't mind seeing Horyl get an "A".
I thought he adapted really well to the Q.
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Post by Deer on Aug 12, 2009 17:41:37 GMT -4
Good discussion topic, this is the first year in a long time that there's no real "obvious" choice for captain. Last year everyone knew it'd be Culligan or Slaney, both players having been around forever. The year before it was a slam dunk in Dean Ouellet. In 06-07 it was another easy choice in James Sheppard. Even in 05-06, when we had a non-superstar wearing the "C" in Philippe Bertrand, he was pretty much everyone's easy pick for the captaincy. And in 04-05, we had a returning captain in Guillaume Demers (once he returned from injury in December that is). In fact, Demers in 03-04 might be the last "surprise" captain we've had.
With no obvious choice this year, there might be a lot of guys up for consideration to inherit the "C" from a long recent line of well-established Eagles. Big shoes to fill!
My pick though would be the same as Jack Bauer's, Francis Meilleur. A consistent warrior type who seems to lead by example, and will be in his third full season with the team. It's hard to truly have a strong opinion on the captaincy when we're not in the dressing room or around the team to see what guys are truly the leaders, but based on what we see on the ice I think Meilleur would make a fine captain.
My A's: Nick MacNeil, Michael Ward, Taylor MacDougall.
Your 20s should always be a major part of your leadership core. MacNeil's the longest-standing Eagle. Ward is a long-time veteran of the league who's been a very good fit here. MacDougall is a guy I get the impression has captain-type qualities, and might also make a fine pick for the "C." He's been a perfect fit here and almost looks like he should have been wearing the Eagles jersey from Day One in his Q career. Only thing separating him from Meilleur in my picking is that Meilleur has been around much longer.
Other fine choices would be Luke Adam and Morgan Ellis. Adam is one of the better players in the league and a guy who's at the Canadian World Junior camp, but here he is a brand new guy on a team with a fair amount of leadership. Ellis could be a pick like Sam Finn was last year - branding a 17-year-old player with the "A", kind of tagging him as a future leader (and I definitely see Morgan Ellis as captain of this team someday). Then again, not sure how well that logic holds up since we traded Finn!
Good discussion topic anyway.
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Post by christopher on Aug 13, 2009 10:46:36 GMT -4
If its not MacNeil, I'd love to see Meilleur get the C.
I'd like to see someone where the C for more than one year.
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Post by looneytunes on Aug 13, 2009 16:53:51 GMT -4
If its not MacNeil, I'd love to see Meilleur get the C. I'd like to see someone where the C for more than one year. Same here. Someone that can carry over the "C" from one year to the next adds to the team. I'm not a great fan of one year captains. |
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Post by Deer on Aug 13, 2009 22:04:10 GMT -4
If its not MacNeil, I'd love to see Meilleur get the C. I'd like to see someone where the C for more than one year. Same here. Someone that can carry over the "C" from one year to the next adds to the team. I'm not a great fan of one year captains. I don't mind one-year captains if it's a guy like Dean Ouellet! |
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Post by christopher on Aug 14, 2009 8:20:30 GMT -4
Same here. Someone that can carry over the "C" from one year to the next adds to the team. I'm not a great fan of one year captains. I don't mind one-year captains if it's a guy like Dean Ouellet! That is true. Dean was a monster on the ice. I just can't think of a player on the current roster thats up to par with Deano. |
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Post by eaglewatcher on Aug 15, 2009 11:16:44 GMT -4
Big thing is we don't have anyone returning that were wearing a letter last year that I can recall. Normally someone who had an "A" last year gets the"C" the next season. To get the "C" you have to show not only leadership on and off the ice but a strong work ethic, log lots of mins. on the ice, stand up for team mates, be a two way player and show good common sense. At least most of these qualities.
I see Nick (20) or Ward(20) with the "C" the other will get an "A". "A's" are much tougher , Adam(19), Brodeur(19), MacDougall(19) and Meilleur(19) I see as the prime candidates.
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Post by christopher on Aug 17, 2009 7:42:13 GMT -4
I totally forgot about Brodeur.
Wouldn't mind seeing him wear an "A".
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