The Detroit News’s Gregg Krupa discusses the Red Wings’ captaincy, and he suggests that the Red Wings go with 3 alternate captains this season:
The lack of the “C” on the winged-wheel crested jerseys would be a just tribute to guy a lot of folks around the room are having a little trouble letting go of.
Management has not announced a decision on the succession plan and is unlikely to do so until near the end of this consequential preseason.
Designating three alternate captains would also indicate the leadership-by-group the Red Wings think they are likely to experience, in their captain’s absence, during a season of diminished expectations.
“I think, for us, he’s always been our leader,” Jimmy Howard said of Zetterberg. “But, it’s one of those things where we’ve still got great leadership in the room.
“As far as the C goes in the room, I don’t think it’s really a big concern.”
