Former Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis always thought outside the box. Throughout his tenure in the front office, he introduced many new ideas to the organization. The most newsworthy was Roberto Luongo being named the captain of the team.
It was almost unheard of to have a goaltender as the captain of a franchise, but the Canucks did it. When asked about why they chose Luongo, Gillis had this to say.
Leaders lead by example…Roberto is the leader of this team right now. We felt really strongly about that.