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JNH · 10-12-2024, 07:51 PM

It certainly helps that Rasmus loves to live in LA, but he does a lot of his offseason training in LA at the team's facility so he can be there with the staff and also get some good time with the new faces on the team - both young and old to develop familiartiy. When you have a veteran bringing that type of work ethic to the facility every day during the offseason, it definitely starts to rub off on the other players and he's in a great spot to really become a leader for his team. I think everyone understands the sacrifice too, as Rasmus is from the faraway land of Sweden, and he has to forego a lot of time with friends and family over the offseason in order to commit to this training regiment. I think that's what makes the leadership that much more powerful for those around him, and gives him credibility. That, and the cups always help to give credibility as he's a guy who knows what it takes to win in this league.

Allegiant · 10-12-2024, 08:26 PM

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The honest answer is, Weston doesn't do much to demonstrate his leadership in all. He shows up early to the rink and arrives late for most games, but sometimes he messes up and shows up late and leaves early. It's an honest faux-paus, and it could happen to anyone. While he does put in hard work through training camp, he's known as being a fairly quiet customer: he keeps to himself, puts in the hours, and that's about it. He has no real stomach for the kind of vocal leadership position that typifies hockey captaincies, and when he wears the alternate on his jersey, it's usually due to that quiet confidence.

In that sense, he does try to lead mostly by example -- but that itself is a rather tense thing to do when you're having one of the worst seasons you've had since you were in recreational leagues as a kid. To that end, if there's one singular thing Weston is doing to try to manage some kind of leadership in the face of Newfoundland's seeming attempt at a cup run this year, it's to redouble his effort on the ice ... and especially on defense. No one was ever inspired by a defender that sleeps in front of his own net.

***Sburbine*** · 10-12-2024, 08:55 PM

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Hampus always has a busy off-season, he shows up at all the team events and appearances and shows everyone his team spirit as much as he can to show his leadership to all the top brass. He wants to be a leader on this team but he finds that he's not the best at this sort of thing. His main focus of the off-season for him though is to focus on himself and train like crazy. Hampus wants to be the best to ever do it and in order to do that he needs to get big. He spends most of his time in the gym, working with the trainers trying to reach peak physical ability and be the best hockey player he can possibly be. Hampus' goal is to win a cup, doing all the events isn't a huge part of winning even if it grows the fan base so he will always be focusing most of his time getting stronger.

***ThePyroAlpaca*** · 10-12-2024, 10:50 PM

**Lime** · 10-13-2024, 12:09 AM

Harrington is too old to be leading by example and yet here he is with 9 points in 7 games during preseason. Sometimes you need to let those young guys know that anything is possible if you put in the effort and go to work. If Harrington can put points on the board with half a knee and an injured back (from carrying in game 7 of the s60 finals) then surely the spring chickens that Edmonton is full of can carry him for the regular season and keep his career chugging along. That being said he is of course always making sure to be there for the young guns when they are training so that they don't make the dumb mistakes Harrington already did when he was starting out. Harrington remembers how important it was to have a veteran presence guide you along in those first key years in the major leagues.

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