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Kraken put 'C' on Eberle, giving every NHL team a captain for the 1st time since the 2010-11 season

Posted 10/8/24

The Seattle Kraken have selected Jordan Eberle as their captain. The move unveiled before their first game Tuesday means all 32 teams in the NHL have one. The previous time that happened was the …

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Kraken put 'C' on Eberle, giving every NHL team a captain for the 1st time since the 2010-11 season

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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken selected Jordan Eberle as their captain Tuesday moments before their season opener, filling the last void at that spot among the NHL's 32 teams.

Every team in the league has a captain for the first time since the 2010-11 season.

The Utah Hockey Club recently announced Clayton Keller as their captain, and the Buffalo Sabres put the “C” on young leader Rasmus Dahlin before they opened their season in Prague. The other new captains this year are Anaheim's Radko Gudas, Chicago's Nick Foligno and Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman, the successor to Steven Stamkos, who was not re-signed and left for Nashville in free agency.

Many teams in recent years have chosen to go without a captain and instead rely on a leadership group of three alternates wearing an “A” on their jerseys.

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