re nhl team captains in article apr exu ericsson se lmcdapi noah ericsson se writes in article k wbm z v andrew cmu edu am x andrew cmu edu anna matyas writes michael collingridge writes and while we are on the subject has a captain ever been traded resigned or been striped of his title during the season any other team captain trivia would be appreciated wasn t ron francis captain of the whalers when he was traded to pittsburgh mom chris chelios was montreal s co captain with guy carbonneau when he was traded to chicago for denis savard and peter stastny was captain of the quebec nordiques when he was traded to new jersey also mark messier was captain of the edmonton oilers when he was traded to new york how about dale hawerchuk with winnipeg when he was traded to buffalo was he captain too i think so i should not forget wayne you know who when he was traded to l a he was captain didn t they strip wendel clark of his captaincy in toronto buffalo seems to have started a tradition of trading its captains pat lafontaine was awarded the captaincy when mike ramsey was forced to give it up ramsey s now a penguin ramsey inherited it from mike foligno who s now a leaf he in turn had inherited it from lindy ruff who went i forget where ruff had it from perreault who retired so i guess that s where the streak started or did it after all danny gare was captain before him and he went to detroit jim scoenfeld gerry meehan and floyd smith are the others in reverse order last to first i was a bit young at the time so i m not sure of the fate of schoenfeld but he ultimately went to detroit and boston meehan went to vancouver atlanta and washington smith seems to have hung up his skates after buffalo but i don t know if the captaincy was removed before or after that or how many games he played for buffalo this is actually getting fascinating captaincy in buffalo is a sure sign you re to be traded almost unless you re a franchise player valerie hammerl birtday n an event when friends get hammerl acsu buffalo edu together set your dessert on fire then acscvjh ubms cc buffalo edu laugh and sing while you frantically try v pwwpz ubvms cc buffalo edu to blow it out
