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Jackets looking for 'right guy' to be captain  Thursday,
09.05.2013 / 5:57 PM / News   The Columbus Blue Jackets played
last season without a captain following the offseason trade that
sent Rick Nash to the New York Rangers. They might do so again
in 2013-14.  "I'm coming into camp with my eyes wide open,
watching," coach Todd Richards told the Columbus Dispatch when
asked about naming a captain. "I want to see if we have somebody
ready for that."  Asked if the team might go captain-less for a
second straight season, Richards said, "I'm not saying yes or no
to that. But I'm not going to pick a captain just because every
team has to have a captain. For me, it has to be the right guy,
or you don't do it."  President of hockey operations John
Davidson agreed that finding the right player was more important
than merely having a captain.  "It's a very unique decision, and
there's no handbook out there for it," Davidson told the
Dispatch. "Even if there is,