Just found this on wikipedia, don't know how accurate it is though:

"The majority of the company is owned by NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. Timonen owns 8%."

Oh, and this is from the IIHF site:

"NHL forward Sami Kapanen, who owns 50.5 per cent of the shares of KalPa and is also chairman of the organisation, will help the team on ice, looking for a brighter future. ... He also spent the lock-out season there, together with Kimmo Timonen, who controls eight per cent of KalPa’s shares."

He must of learned that you can do that from Mario Lemieux .

That's true. He's the biggest single owner of the team. His father also sits in the front office and his brother is their goalie coach.

Oh, and Jussi Timonen plays for them.

I guess that makes timonen the alternate captain?

why?

Did he just sign over there? I haven't heard anything about him in a while.

Back on Topic...Timmonen should be it he has experience and the heart that the team needs if Richardes wanted it I'd say Richards but he doesn't.

He signed there as soon as the AHL season was over.

He's the younger brother of a part owner of the team.

Haha ya, got timonen and kapanen mixed up, i knew one of them had majority and the other was 8%. Thanks for clearing that up.

I voted Timonen

timmonen now, richards later!

I also think Timonen should get it..

what would everyone think about having alternating "A" for home and away?

perhapsssssss

Home:

Gagne and Richards


Away: Knuble and Briere

I dont like that idea at all....

Captain or not, Richards needs to be a permenant fixture on the leadership crew. My crew because I believe Richards is ready would be...

C-Richards
A-Timonen
A-Gagne

I wonder when they will announce it. I'm ready to know.

Do you think it'll be done after or before training camp?

I think they will do it like a day before the pre-sseason starts.

http://www.topix.net/nhl/philadelphia-flye...-flyers-captain

Interesting little article.

i thought homer said theyd have a captain entering camp

Stevens's said something along those lines, I think

We should find out soon then.

I agree, Gagne he has been here for a long time, he should get the C if he wants it.

my pick would be timonen above all else. hes one of the oldest players on the team and has some of the best experience, also some of the most experience. i think he shwoed exceptional leadership skills last season and could do nothing but better the self discipline of our young blue line...timonen all the way.

captain - timonen

alternates -
richards
gagne

C - Timonen
A - Richards
A - Gagne

I would love to see Richards as the captian, but I honestly think he was being sincer when he said he wasn't ready. I could be wrong, & it'd be great to see him with the C, but Kimmo has to be my [2nd, realistic] choice based on Richie's comments at the end of last season!

Didn't John Stevens say a captain would be named before the start of training camp? So we should know in a few days?

That's what I remember hearing. Now we just have to see if he stays true to that, & actually names one, or if it takes him longer.(Like the start of pre-season, or even the regular season.)

it also all depends on who declines or accepts the C

Yeah, that is true too.

I'd just LOVE to know who it's gonna end up being. The specutlation is driving me crazy!

+1

I'm starting to think that, for better worse, Richards will be the next captain.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers...uellet_in_.html

I assume that means Saturday or Sunday, means they're the only camp days before preseason!?! Or are we including pre-season as camp this year?

Eek, I can't wait! I must sound crazy!

I guess we won't know until season starts!


By ED MORAN
Philadelphia Daily News

morane@phillynews.com

While there has been some thought to naming a Flyers captain before Saturday's start of training camp, it doesn't look as if that will happen before the season begins.
"Right now I would say that we will not have that in place before the start of the regular season," general manager Paul Holmgren said yesterday. "It's a big decision and we want to make sure we make the right choice."

This is the same way the Flyers handled the decision last season, when coach John Stevens held off naming Jason Smith the captain until the end of the preseason. Smith now is with Ottawa.

Stevens has said that Simon Gagne, Kimmo Timonen and Mike Richards are among those being considered. All three were assistant captains last season, but Gagne was limited to 25 games by a concussion.

Timonen is the most veteran of the group and was captain of the Nashville Predators before being traded to the Flyers in June 2007. Gagne was offered the position in the 2005-06 season when former captain Keith Primeau was suffering from extensive concussion injuries, but he declined it.

Richards has been a leader on the ice since coming to the Flyers in 2005 and last year was a dominant player in a year in which he established himself among the best young players in the league.

"[Richards] will certainly get a lot of consideration, but there are other players we are considering as well," Stevens said recently.

Richards always has been unassuming when asked whether he would like the captaincy, and he continued that stance yesterday.

"I'm not too sure what they're thinking," Richards said. "I'm trying to prepare for a season right now and right now is not the time to be thinking about it.

"I'm focusing on getting in good physical shape and preparing to compete and I'm not worried about things you can't control or are not as important.

"There are a ton of guys in this locker room who can lead this team. [Smith] was the captain last year and did a great job of it, but it was a total team thing with the guys that we have and the trust we have for each other. We don't always look for one guy, we look as a group."

good find byrns
it sucks waiting for them to announce it, but at the same time i like them waiting until the beginning of the season once all the camps and pre season games are over with.

I don't mind Richards & Timonen being considered, but Gagne? I think he best fits Assistent captian.

That might just be me though!

I don't like waiting until the beginning of the season to find out, but as hooligan said it might be best to wait. This way, whoever the new captian is can concentrait on shaking off the rust, rather then having to deal with the pressure of being the new captian && shaking off the rust at the same time.

I think it should be rather Richards or Timonen, because we don't even know if Gagne will be healthy enough to play more than say 20 games or so. This has probably been said over and over, but this is only my 2nd post ! My pick would definitely be Kimmo over Richards.

RICHARDS IS CAPTAIN!!

Mike Richards has been named as the next captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Details to follow

Check the Flyers Homepage!!

Wooo oooh!!

couldnt ask for anyone better in the entire league.

YES!

i JUST came on to post this but you beat me I AM SO HAPPY hahaha.

Haha, I think everyone was coming on to post it. I know I was! I'm glad it's Richie. Now Kimmo should have the other "A" along with Gagne, & we're good to go!

kimmo & gags get the A

In that case, YAY!

this is fantastic news. kudos to captain mike richards!!! (just saying it makes me giddy)

big congrats to Richie. love that guy.

Congrats! Big Mike Richards with the "C"! Woot!

Not to toot my own horn, because it was pretty predictable anyway....But.....3 for 3

Congrats to Richards, heres to a great future for the Flyers.

Cheers...

Wow, amazing. Suprising actually, considering an article I read on Yahoo Sports (posted today actually) stated the Flyers would probably not have a decision before the regular season started.

"Right now I would say that we will not have that in place before the start of the regular season," general manager Paul Holmgren said yesterday. "It's a big decision and we want to make sure we make the right choice."

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/rumors/post/Fl...?urn=nhl,108410

Paul, you are killing me here!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, does anyone think we shafted Danny by not giving him an A?

No, I don't think Danny was shafted. I think he was certainly deserving of one, but Gags is the longest tenured Flyer and is a leader and Kimmo is just as much of a leader as Richie is.