It feels like the Vancouver Canucks have been manufacturing consent for a Filip Hronek captaincy for a couple of months now.   There has been a drastic increase in Hronek being made available to the media and actually answering questions, albeit with few words. The Canucks released a video extolling Hronek’s virtues as a leader….

Earlier this week, the topic of the Vancouver Canucks‘ captaincy was brought back to the forefront. That was because, in a podcast appearance, President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford declared that defenceman Filip Hronek would be on “a very short list” of players to be considered for the Canucks’ captaincy. “He’s been our best player…