<Li> Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks): 2009 - 2010 season </Li> <P> The Hockey Hall of Fame displays a picture of Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Turk Broda wearing the captain's "C," but he never actually served in that capacity, and he was actually wearing Toronto team Captain Syl Apps' sweater . </P> <P> Prior to the 1948--49 season, the NHL made a change to the rules, prohibiting goalies from being captains or alternate captains . This was in response to complaints from opponents of the Montreal Canadiens, who complained that Durnan left his crease to argue with the referee at strategic points during games, resulting in unscheduled timeouts . This rule is sometimes referred to as the "Durnan Rule ." </P> <P> Although the Canucks appointed goaltender Roberto Luongo as its team captain for the 2008--09 and 2009--10 seasons, since he could not be his team's official captain during games, Willie Mitchell was the on - ice captain, serving as liaison to the officials, and Henrik Sedin and Mattias Öhlund performed ceremonial aspects of the position such as pre-game faceoffs . </P>

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