Quoting: The_Cannon
Love the return just not seeing the captain leave.
. It don’t matter, he’d never waive out of cbus unless it was home to the sabers and they’d have to be good.)
Off the top of my head :in the past 5 year or so
Martin St Louis
Ryan Callahan
Jason Pommenville
then there's atleast another half dozen like Phaneuf , Alfredson ,Iginla , Morrow ,Streit, ext .
It happens more often then you'd think when the new core pushes out the old core mostly but there is a couple cases where playoff teams trade their captains.
It really depends on who's in their system to replace them .
Pommenville was gone as soon as Parise showed up his days were numbered.
St.Louis had the Triplets line , Stamkos, Kucherov and Drouin in the mix
Callahan had his shot to lead NYR to a cup and despite still playing well at the time NYR valued St Louis higher offensive upside and PP numbers .
all that said you might be right but ask yourself , would anyone choose to stay in the NHL's smallest market ?
especially given the lack of success come playoffs they've had since their inception with only 2 series wins vs VGK 3 series wins in their first year .
CBJ doesnt have the commitment it takes to be a cup winner IMO
you get what you invest into a product and until last year CBJ didnt invest anything resembling a contender .