A popular pastime among Colorado Avalanche fans is analyzing left wing Gabriel Landeskog’s captaincy. He was so young when he became captain and still remains the youngest man to ever be named an NHL captain.
Landeskog was named captain at then-captain Milan Hejduk’s suggestion. Hejduk’s rationale was that Landeksog was going to be a franchise player, destined for the captaincy anyway, so why not get it done?
No one but the players know exactly what goes on in the locker room, especially during all-important players-only meetings. (Those tend to happen when things are going badly with the team.