Drulloch Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Managed to get a question answered during an ESPN NHL chat today. Didn't exactly answer my exact question but I suppose it's food for thought..... -------------------- Chris (Syracuse, NY): I'm a Sabres fan dying to see my team come back to the pack and compete - do you think the promotion of recently acquired Craig Rivet to Captain will solidify their place in the playoffs? SportsNation Pierre LeBrun: I think it was a wise decision to name a permanent captain. They've had a rotating one for five years and I'm not a big fan of that. Some of the players in that dressing room were tired of it too. This is a decision that would appease their dressing room, which was a factor in the decision yesterday. -------------------- So is naming a perm. captain going to be 'solidifying' enough (for a lack of a better term) to help the team into the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Rotating captain for 5 years? Didn't we have solid captains for 05-06 and 06-07? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stenbaro Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Rotating captain for 5 years? Didn't we have solid captains for 05-06 and 06-07? It rotated between Brierre and Drury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 This post isn't really on topic, but i do gotta say, i'm very happy ESPN has hired LeBrun. He's one of the best hockey minds. He's almost almost right when he talks about players. ESPN wasn't too popular with hockey with idiots like Bucci and Melrose, but now they are getting LeBrun, Hradek, Barnaby and Burnside. They even send Burnside and LeBrun to europe to cover the first 2 games. ESPN is making steps, baby steps, but i do think we'll see much more coverage from espn this year. LeBrun couldn't have been a cheap hiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Barnaby I saw Matt last night. He was pretty good. In one segment he probably spoke more eloquently than I've ever heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 This post isn't really on topic, but i do gotta say, i'm very happy ESPN has hired LeBrun. He's one of the best hockey minds. He's almost almost right when he talks about players. ESPN wasn't too popular with hockey with idiots like Bucci and Melrose, but now they are getting LeBrun, Hradek, Barnaby and Burnside. They even send Burnside and LeBrun to europe to cover the first 2 games. ESPN is making steps, baby steps, but i do think we'll see much more coverage from espn this year. LeBrun couldn't have been a cheap hiring. I have no problems whatsoever with Buccigross. He was one of the few personalities at ESPN who actually legitimately cares about hockey and the NHL AND has a clue what he is talking about. I'll be the first to admit I rarely follow his musical analogies, but other than that his analysis is usually pretty solid and not the usual vapid, superficial analysis other national media types give most teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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