BREAKING: Blues To Announce Captains Tomorrow At 10:00 AM

by hildymac on Sep 8, 2011 3:34 PM CDT

Per a tweet from the team's official Twitter feed (link to come when I'm on a computer where Twitter isn't blocked), the team will be announcing the captains for the 2011-2012 season tomorrow at 10:00. Davis Payne and Doug Armstrong will make a joint announcement.

I suppose we can start a betting pool. What're the odds on David Backes? 2:1? My money'd be on him, though Sir Jaxx wouldn't upset me at all.

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NINJA'd by Hildy.

Fuck my FanShot.

Kent Huskins cares. Do you?

by bradflick55 on Sep 8, 2011 3:37 PM CDT reply actions

Sorry about that!

Your headline was funnier, though.

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by hildymac on Sep 8, 2011 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions

All good! At least somebody's on top of it!

Also, I saw your article on ESPN at TtB after I did the links this morning from a GTer retweet. I couldn’t agree more.

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by bradflick55 on Sep 8, 2011 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank you.

I don’t mean to come across like I care more about the ESPN shitty coverage than the crash, because I don’t – but the horrible coverage by the World Wide Leader is just terrible and it’s so disrespectful it’s amazing.

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by hildymac on Sep 9, 2011 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions

The World Wide Leader...

…in pimping the NBA and and shilling for the NFL (and the NFL’s farm teams in Division I), with college “hoops” third, MLB a poor fourth and the NHL, and hockey in general, nowhere on their friggin’ radar.

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by Tomorrows Blues on Sep 9, 2011 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions

If Jamie Langenbrunner isn’t named Captain (or an alternate), you guys should be safe.

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Sep 8, 2011 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

I don't want Captain Pissypants named captain of anything...

… but maybe the locker room kleenex box.

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Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

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by hildymac on Sep 8, 2011 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I get Kevin's disparagement of Langenbrunner, though I think it's misplaced...

…but, Ms. Hildy, what’s your beef with Langenbrunner?

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by Tomorrows Blues on Sep 9, 2011 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Here's my guess

Backes as Captain.
Jackman, Petro, and Steen get the A’s.

Any sort of bet we want to place on this? I’ll send a box of crayons personally signed by me, to whoever gets all the C’s and A’s right. (Provided it’s not me)

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by BluesTiger on Sep 8, 2011 3:55 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Seems like a good guess to me..

I think Backes will get the C, and Jackman one of the A’s. Another two A’s will go to two of {Steen, McDonald, Petro, Arnott, Langie}

I’ll go with:

C: Backes
A’s: Jackman, Steen, McDonald.

by haveblue on Sep 8, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

C: Backes
A’s Petro, Jax, Steen

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by DESTROYER on Sep 8, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I was thinking they'd go with a C and four As...

… but then again, that’s just kind of A overload to me, not that there aren’t a ton of guys who deserve the recognition.

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Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Sep 9, 2011 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions

should be Backes

if its Jax we know the blues plan to keep him til he retires

going through the handshake line at my game the other night, guy says youre still a prick Evan...me: yep sure am next time stop me from scoring

by DESTROYER on Sep 8, 2011 4:16 PM CDT reply actions

Steen as my darkhorse canidate

Though if its not Jackman or Backes id be surprised.

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by Icion on Sep 8, 2011 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

didnt see the tweet

and this listing says “captains” plural so dont be shocked with excessive a’s and no c again, unless they tweeted a singular i’d bet on no captain and even odds :)

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by Childhood Trauma on Sep 8, 2011 5:53 PM CDT reply actions

Just to pick a darkhorse....

…I’ll go with Huskins getting an A.

by Rich of GASL on Sep 8, 2011 6:21 PM CDT reply actions

I'll say they do what they did last year....

One C, 2 A’s for home games, 2 other A’s for road games:

The C will go to Backes(runner up: Steen)

A’s will go to Mcdonald, Jackman, Pietrangelo, and Steen(runners up: Langenbrunner, Arnott, Stewart)

by nintendofan24 on Sep 8, 2011 8:03 PM CDT reply actions

I don't think I want Jax as captain.

The fans would tear him up everytime he did something wrong.

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by Gazz on Sep 8, 2011 8:49 PM CDT reply actions

But didn't it seem that people did that a lot with Brewer.

by bluesgirl22 on Sep 8, 2011 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL

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by FlickAuVin on Sep 8, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

So kinda like now?

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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by BluesTiger on Sep 9, 2011 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

I hope they go with Backes or Jackman

Anything but going with multiple A’s and no C

by guti72 on Sep 8, 2011 9:15 PM CDT reply actions

My two cents, adjusted for inflation.

Backes is seen as the guy they’ve groomed for the job. Based on how hard he plays, I can see that. He’s got youth, skill, and treachery on his side. There’s also the whole matter of the prohecy and hearing “It was foretold! Doom upon the general manager who seeketh to give the C to another, for Backes shall lead thee unto the Stanley Cup!” over and over in the halls at Scottrade center, but I won’t get into that.

Jackman is the old man of the group, so to speak, in that he’s the oldest guy with the longest tenure on the team; St. Louis is the only team he’s known. I could see him getting the C.

Steen has been here for a couple years, like McDonald, but this isn’t their first team like it is with Backes and Jackman. Still, though, they’ve become fixtures who are beloved by the fans. Happy Meal could easily get the C with his combination of age and tenure, though he hasn’t been here much longer than Steen.

I’m hoping for Backes, expecting Jackman, and hope everyone on the team steps up to support their new captain.

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by Paperwork Ninja on Sep 8, 2011 9:17 PM CDT reply actions

Backes is also the one

that they invited to the draft to welcome players to the Blues organ-I-zation right?

Hail to the Blues

by medel19 on Sep 9, 2011 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Backs and Jax can't control the locker room

based on Osh and Bergie getting drunk at the club listening to fergie. Soft money on 42 hard money on Langdenbrunnerer.

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by Go_Blues on Sep 8, 2011 11:12 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

I say 3 (or more A's) and no C

the C will be slapped on Petro starting in 2012. But I wouldn’t bet any real money on that, maybe my Silver Strike Bowling Money.

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Sep 9, 2011 5:26 AM CDT reply actions