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Stars to name captain ‘during training camp or the exhibition season’

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The Dallas Stars have been without a captain ever since Brenden Morrow was traded to Pittsburgh last season. And according to new general manager Jim Nill, that will be the case until new head coach Lindy Ruff gets to know his troops a bit better.

“I am going to sit down with Lindy when we get into training camp and we’ll make that call then,” Nill said, per Stars Inside Edge. “I want Lindy to get a feel for the team a little bit first. It will happen sometime during training camp or the exhibition season.”

Leading contenders for the ‘C’ would have to include their current alternate captains Jamie Benn, Stephane Robidas, and Ray Whitney. And if we had to guess, we’d probably make Benn, 24, the favorite.

The Stars are hardly the only NHL team with a vacancy at captain -- unless we missed a memo, the Sabres, Flames, Blue Jackets, Oilers, Islanders, Senators, and Lightning don’t have one either.