Way back when, there were loud suggestions that Mike Fisher was the Ottawa Senators captain in waiting, a perfect follow-up act to Daniel Alfredsson.
It didn’t quite work out that way, but one month into his role as captain of the Nashville Predators, Fisher thanks Alfredsson for the lessons he learned about being a leader.
“Well, minus the skill,” Fisher said, with a laugh, Wednesday. “Alfie was really good to me, a great captain, a great, great person and I learned a lot from him in the years I was here, just about how to approach the game.