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Originally Posted by Haite
Could it be that Lindbohm will just wear C in the U-20 Premiere games, and that the actual captaincy stuff hasn't been settled yet? You'd think that at least some media outlet would mention something like that..
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If they'd still have players joining the squad, that'd make some sense.
But nope, if they're all there, there's no need to hand it to one guy and then rip it off him later. Unless, of course, there truly is a situation where
every player in the squad is still contesting for a slot, which certainly isn't the case here. The guys most of us had designated for letters have been locks since summer.
It's not the Lindbohm captaincy that made me arch a brow though, but this alleged A for Hännikäinen. Once is okay, but two just stinks of favoritism, especially since it's a player who hasn't exactly distinguished himself by carrying a letter before (okay, he HAS been an U18 alternate, but the squad has quite a handful of even more prominent U18 and U20 Cs and As).
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Originally Posted by Jussi
Probably because the federation wanted a fulltime coach and he was the only one available/willing to commit.
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Is Rindell going to commit somewhere else, anyone know? He'd be a natural to try for an extension first, especially if he ends up doing well here.