Luongo named 'Nucks captain

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Canucks name goaltender Luongo as team captain

The Vancouver Canucks have a new captain and his name is... Roberto Luongo. By league rule, the Canucks goaltender cannot wear the 'C', but he can be named captain. Defenceman Willie Mitchell will be designated as the person who will deal with officials on a nightly basis.
 
**baffled**

Also, this paragraph is a complete failure:

Prior to 1948-'49, the NHL passed a rule prohibiting goalies to act as captain or assistants in what could be called the 'Durnan Rule.'

Don't we call them "alternate captains", and omit the "'" character in 1948-49?

-m.
 
royluongofan said:
I know the goalie isnt allowed to wear the "C", but what is the reason for this rule? Any information would be appreciated.
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Only six goaltenders have served as team captains in NHL history. The Montreal Canadiens' Bill Durnan was the last goaltender to serve as captain in the 1947-'48 season.

Prior to 1948-'49, the NHL passed a rule prohibiting goalies to act as captain or assistants in what could be called the 'Durnan Rule.'

The Canadiens keeper left his crease so much to argue calls that opponents protested saying that Durnan's actions gave the Canadiens unscheduled timeouts during strategic points in games.

Hope this helps?
 
That make sense, but a player could do the same thing. It doesnt really matter if its the goalie or a player to argue a call and delay the game.
 
I totally seen that coming, now we will see if Luongo's push to bench all skaters and take on opposing teams with at 6:1 handicap goes through.

He would probably win more games that way :D
 
royluongofan said:
That make sense, but a player could do the same thing. It doesnt really matter if its the goalie or a player to argue a call and delay the game.
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Not quite the same thing. If the ref was in the offensive zone an out player would be in the offensive zone too, therefore, the player would not ahve to go very far to get to the ref. Where the goalie would ahve to skate to the other end of the ice and back, very time consuming if done with any regularity.

I also thought the goalie not being able to wear the C had something to the with them not being able to cross the red line.
 
Goalie captain

royluongofan said:
I know the goalie isnt allowed to wear the "C", but what is the reason for this rule? Any information would be appreciated.
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There are a few reasons, but the main one is that the goaltender has some limitations as to where and when he can travel on the ice surface under current rules. (cannot cross redline, etc) Some of which are not related to this question. One role of a captain is to communicate with the refs as the "team representative" so to speak....these travel limitations dont allow the tender to fill this role effectively. To a smaller degree, another reason is it would cause a delay to have the goalie skate all the way over to the refs crease at center ice everytime the ref wanted to talk or the team needed a rule clarification. Goalies just arent as mobile in all their gear as the other players. As was pointed out in the last post Durnan is an example of how allowing a goalie to fill the captain role could be abused. Durnan took advantage of the situation to give his teammates an unscheduled rest.
Also, having a goalie function as a captain in its full role gives a small advantage to that team that has the tender as captain vs the other team having a forward or d-man wear the "C" or "A". That being the captain (tender) is technically on the ice all the time. How is this an issue? Lets say that there is a play that a team wants to get an interpretation on and they have the goalie as their captain (and he is not limited in this role). They can send the tender over anytime during a stoppage to get that interpretation. But, if the "C" and the "A"'s are not the tender, and are not on the ice at the time an interpretation is needed, the coach may be faced with having to send a "C" or "A" on to the ice during a stoppage to get an interpretation. In which case the captain coming off the bench would have to substitute with a player currently on the ice and remain on the ice... If he returns to the bench, on the same stoppage, after coming off the bench to ask for an interpretation, the ref has the option to assess a delay of game penalty.
 
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Why even come out and say he's the captain then? Mitchell, Ohlund and Kesler will wear the A's, Mitchell has been designated as the one to talk to the refs and Ohlund will take ceremonial faceoffs. Luongo can't even wear the "C" on his jersey. I'm sure he's a leader on the team if not THE leader in the dressing room but the same could have been said for Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur etc. and no one had the ridiculous notion to name them captains.... Just silly!
 
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this is beyond dumb ... there are always un-official leaders on every team that are never announced ... why make it public, he cant do anything with it anyway !
 
nice idea....bad implementation.....he cant go out and speak to refs.....no C on the jersey,......why not give it to Willie.....and in the dressing room he can be the leader....on the ice....let mitchell deal with it

maybe a marketing scheme???
 
Roberto Luongo named team captain

CANUCKS NAME GOALTENDER LUONGO AS TEAM CAPTAIN

The Vancouver Canucks have a new captain and his name is...Roberto Luongo.

Luongo, who is in the third year of a four-year deal with the Canucks, was named to the post on Tuesday along with alternates captains Willie Mitchell, Mattias Ohlund, Ryan Kesler.

By league rule, the Canucks goaltender cannot wear the 'C', but he can be named captain. Mitchell will be designated as the person who will deal with officials on a nightly basis. As the longest serving Canuck, Mattias Ohlund will deal with any ceremonial aspects of the position such as faceoffs.

Last season, the Montreal native picked up 35 wins in 79 games with six shutouts.

The Canucks captaincy had been vacated by Markus Naslund after he signed as a free-agent this off-season with the New York Rangers. Naslund had been the team's captain since 2000.

Only six goaltenders have served as team captains in NHL history. The Montreal Canadiens' Bill Durnan was the last goaltender to serve as captain in the 1947-'48 season. Prior to 1948-'49, the NHL passed a rule prohibiting goalies to act as captain or assistants in what could be called the 'Durnan Rule.'

The Canadiens keeper left his crease so much to argue calls that opponents protested saying that Durnan's actions gave the Canadiens unscheduled timeouts during strategic points in games.
 
A disparate grasp to keep Bobby Lou in Canucks. He won't be a Canuck in 2 years, and hopefully he goes back to he Eastern Conference.
 
The goalie is only allowed to cross the red line on a delayed penalty call during the second period ;)

So if there is a dispute in the attacking zone, he will get a penalty for skating down the ice to talk to the ref.
 
2fnlo said:
A disparate grasp to keep Bobby Lou in Canucks. He won't be a Canuck in 2 years, and hopefully he goes back to he Eastern Conference.
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I think I have to agree here. They want to make them their Leader/Captain so they can make him have second thoughts if he wants to leave.
 
I'm glad there's a rule that he can't go and argue calls, he tried that once and ended up getting the Canucks bounced out of the second round of the playoffs (not that I'm saying that wouldn't have been the result anyways).
 
I think it's great and it would have been cool to see Roberto wear the C in net. Luongo is the Vancouver Canucks!!!!!
 

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