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  March 5, 2018 7:43 PM PST

  RALEIGH, N. Donnie Jones Jersey .C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes dont have a captain. They think they still have plenty of leaders.A young team hoping to finally break through to the postseason figures to take a leadership-by-committee approach to the season with nobody yet promoted to fill the captaincy void created by Eric Staals trade last season.Clearly establishing which -- and how many -- players will lead an inexperienced but promising team will be a top priority once training camp begins in the coming days. Of the 44 skaters on the roster, 32 of them are 24 years old or younger.With Eric leaving, everybody knows how bit of a hole that is in that aspect of the room, forward Jordan Staal said Friday. I know its not all going to fall on one guys shoulders. Its a team sport, and theres going to be a lot of guys ready to step up in different roles regarding leadership, including myself.The Hurricanes somehow played their best hockey of last season immediately after they traded Eric Staal to the New York Rangers at the trading deadline, earning points in 12 of the 14 games that followed the trade to mount a last-gasp push for their first playoff berth since 2009.With nobody wearing the C that was vacated by Staal, the Hurricanes are counting on multiple voices to help make up for it. Jordan Staal and defenseman Justin Faulk both wore the A as alternate captains last season and they expect their teammates -- even the ones who wont wear a letter -- to step up and take ownership of the team.Some of the players wholl lead either vocally or by example include:- Forward Jeff Skinner. He had team-bests of 28 goals and 51 points, and though hes just 24, the NHLs rookie of the year in 2010 is one of the longest-tenured players on the roster.- Defenseman Ron Hainsey. At 35, he is the oldest player on the roster -- nine years older than the second-oldest defenseman, Matt Tennyson, and has skated in 835 NHL games during his 13-year career.- Cam Ward. While goalies arent captains, Ward is the last remaining link to both the Stanley Cup-winning team in 2006 and to Carolinas last playoff team in 2009. The former Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP in 2006 was given a two-year, $6.6 million extension that allowed him to avoid free agency and stay with the only NHL organization hes ever known.There are a lot of guys in the room that lead, and if thats the way it is, I dont think it changes much, Faulk said. Guys are still going to do their same thing, whether there is a captain or not, and thats what weve kind of had the last couple of years, even with some of the older guys.Its been good. ... There always is more than one guy thats doing their part to step up in different ways, he added. Not everyone leads the same way and its good to have a bunch of guys with differing opinions. Jerome Brown Jersey . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. Isaac Seumalo Jersey . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. 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Their only other win came in overtime against woeful Cleveland.No one likes losing week after week, Ajayi said. We were determined to come out this week and put a stop to that.Ajayi became the first NFL rusher this year to top 160 yards. He joined Ricky Williams as the only Dolphins to rush for at least 200 yards and two scores in a game.Ajayi carried a career-high 25 times, and his other touchdown came on a 1-yard run. He became the Dolphins first 200-yard rusher since Reggie Bush in 2011.Afterward, he said the milestone was still stinking in.In the NFL, probably thats a big thing, Ajayi said. It hasnt hit me yet, but its a big deal. Its something to cherish for sure.It helped that Gases offensive line was intact for the first time this year after a series of health issues. Along with the stout one-man ground game, Miami netted 252 yards passing without a sack.It makes a bigg difference when we have holes and the quarterback is not on his back, Gase said. Mychal Kendricks Jersey. Ajayi was a fantasy league bargain last week because he totaled just 117 yards in the first five games. He ran for 187 all of last season, his rookie year.He was so off the radar that even after the game, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin didnt refer to Ajayi by name.That back ran hard, ran through tackles, Tomlin said.The Dolphins saw the potential in the former fifth-round pick from Boise State, even though he fell out of favor at times this year because of fumbling and attitude issues when he wasnt happy about his place on the depth chart.Ive watched him struggle, teammate Jarvis Landry said, and Ive watched him grow by leaps and bounds.Gase went with a four-back rotation early in the season, but when the offense sputtered, he decided to try Ajayi as his feature back.Ajayis previous career high for carries was 13, so he was understandably tired in the fourth quarter. 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