When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.
I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.
As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.
I never view myself as a leader.
I always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.
You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.
Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.
In the bad old days, captains were not good leaders. They didn't build teams; they were arrogant and autocratic.
You don't have to be captain to have an opinion.