Teams that rotate captains or do not have a captain (Toronto, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Florida) were not included.
There will be six pools of four teams that will go against each other in the voting. The top vote getter in each pool will move on to the second round head-to-head match-ups. The winners of Pool 1 and 6 will face Pittsburgh and Detroit respectively. The Stanley Cup finalists were given byes in the first round.
Voting will run from Friday's to Thursday's until a champion is crowned. Here is the schedule:
Round 1- 10/24 to 10/30
Round 2- 10/31 - 11/6
Semifinals- 11/7 - 11/13
Finals- 11/14 - 11/20
Teams were randomly selected for each pool.
Pool 1 (winner to face Pittsburgh in 2nd round)
NY Islanders
Dallas
Colorado
Tampa Bay
Pool 2
Montreal
Boston
Columbus
Carolina
Pool 3
Washington
NY Rangers
Edmonton
St. Louis
Pool 4
San Jose
Philadelphia
Chicago
Vancouver
Pool 5
Ottawa
Calgary
Los Angeles
Nashville
Pool 6 (winner to face Detroit in 2nd round)
Anaheim
New Jersey
Phoenix
Buffalo
Voting is now open, with the polls being listed along the right side of the page so be sure to spread the word and support your teams' captain.
10 comments:
Fantastic poll idea, may Iggy or Morrow win ...
Pool 4 is officially the group of death
Wow.... very surprised at how bad Morrow and Rivet are doing. Rivet is an absolute beast... and losing... to Scott Niedermeyer of all people... my word.
Morrow may be good, but against Sakic, he's toast.
Sakic THE face of the Avs, and I doubt there will be aonther leader like him on the team.
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Wow, really awesome idea, sean! Some of the first round pools seem very uneven, though.
May Morrow win? LOL. He's classless compared to Super Joe. Did you catch his whining fit of 'roid rage near the end of that last Av-Stars game?
It seems that everyone seems to be saying how great these captains are, because of how well they play.
When surely the whole point is, to say who leads the best.
And for my money, no one leads a team as good as Sakic. He always tries, which is what you want from a leader (Because if your leader gives up, your team will give up).
He very rarely ever speaks back at the ref, which again, is showing good leadership by setting a good example. Because you can get 10 minute misconducts quite easily for gobbing off to the ref.
He rarely takes penalties (Which is probably why the Avs have the lowest minor penalty minutes in the NHL at the moment).
And then... He's a great player who can train the kids and pretty much coach as well as captain the team.
Wow, what a mismatch in the final. Good triumphs over evil. Too bad evil currently owns the Cup.
or bib it could be Avs fans busy stuffing the ballot :)
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