Having good leaders is one of the fundamentals of success for any team. Over the past few seasons, the Anaheim Ducks leadership has been an area of struggle for the team. It isn’t that they don’t have good leaders, but due to a barrage of injury, they’ve lacked consistency, which has affected many aspects of their game.
Corey Perry and Ryan Kesler have both served well during their time as Ryan Getzlaf‘s two alternate captains. Whichever players are chosen to take over in their absence will have big shoes to fill.