St. Louis Blues: 10 Players Most Like The Force Awakens Characters.

Han Solo – David Backes

The Captain of the Millennium Falcon is quite like the captain of the St. Louis Blues.

Clearly the first similarity has already been stated. They’re both the captain.

Han Solo was a general during the Galactic Civil War and David Backes has been a general on the ice for the St. Louis Blues for 10 seasons now.

Solo and Backes are both natural leaders, but not always keen to do so from the get go. They’re both on the front lines of the action as well. Solo has no problems navigating through treacherous asteroid fields and Backes has no problem banging his way to the front of the net for deflections and rebounds.

Both have a wry smile and a dry sense of humor, but know how to get the job done.

In addition, they’re both vets by now. Solo was the elder-statesman of the original trilogy and continued to be so in the new film. Similarly, Backes (regardless of age) has been somewhat of the vet.

When he came into the league, there were other players he could look to for help but he was quickly identified as the leader and has continued to do just that as his career has progressed and now he is the veteran leader in actuality instead of just philosophically.

Also, like the official story goes, both Solo and Backes don’t always shoot first. But that’s an argument for another time.

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