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Blues Name Leadership Group for 2016-17
- Updated: August 25, 2016
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues named the five players that will represent the leadership group for the 2016-17 season during a press conference Thursday afternoon at Scottrade Center.
Alex Pietrangelo was named the 21st captain in Blues history. Alexander Steen, Paul Stastny, Vladimir Tarasenko and Kevin Shattenkirk will serve as assistant captains.
“Ken (Hitchcock) and I talked about that, and we brought (Associate Coach) Mike Yeo into the equation to get his thought process,” general manager Doug Armstrong said. “What you’re looking for in assistant captains is a lot of the same characteristics we look for in a captain.”
“You only give a ‘C’ or ‘A’ to players if you think they can handle it,” Armstrong added. “Just because you’re a good player doesn’t make you a good leader. For some people, it’s a burden to wear a letter. We think these guys are the leaders of the team. They want to pull everyone together and that’s going to be their …
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