Immediately, social media lit up with messages of congratulations (including from former captains David Backes and Bob Plager) and even a good jab from former Blue Carlo Colaiacovo.
Here are some of the tweets we saw after the announcement:
Honored to be the 21st captain for @StLouisBlues and thanks @barcbobbill for making it official with this! #legend pic.twitter.com/O0R93dRaZV
— Alex Pietrangelo (@apetro_27) August 25, 2016
.@apetro_27 congrats buddy on your new role. You will be great! Best of luck except for Nov 22, Jan 10 v @NHLBruins https://t.