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If The Ducks' Purposely Snubbed Carlsson, Naming Granlund Captain, That's Not Fair

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from The Hockey News,

The Anaheim Ducks stunned much of the hockey world by handing the captaincy to 34-year-old Mikael Granlund rather than 21-year-old franchise centerpiece Leo Carlsson. The Ducks had just given Carlsson a franchise-tag-like extension - matching the offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers - and the assumption might have been that a 'C' on his jersey might have come with it.

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