[POLL] Who gets named Captain next season?

[leetch99]

Not so much the scoring as much as the lack of effort some nights. The usual disappearing acts he goes through a couple times a year. Maybe brass wants to see if he'll take a step this year leadership wise and see how the guys respond.

I feel our next captain has to show up in the room night in and night out, be heard on the bench and set the tone for each games highs and lows. Production matters to an extent, preparation, being a consummate pro and a teacher of the game would help. I do not think Zib or Trouba are C material. Perfect as A's.

Kreider checks a lot of boxes, way more than anyone else on the current roster. He's got the experience and work ethic. Brass likely would've named him captain to start the season if they truly felt he was the guy. Why do you feel he isn't the captain?

I know some will agree with me and some won't...that is fine...but hockey is emotional and you sometimes have to lead the way ...provide the big hit and sometimes not always clean ....that is Lindgren . Wearing the A is enough for Kreider ...adding anymore to the expectations from him.....and it could go either way with his on ice performance while it would not fizz Lindgren with the C .

 

[Baby Punisher]

Not having a named a captain at this point is a reflection on Quinn and his lack of ability to make a concise decision.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Meh, idk. If there is no clear, good option, don't force it.

 

[Jayan]

Said it for maaaaaany years now.. CK20 is my captain

 

[True Blue]

Not so much the scoring as much as the lack of effort some nights. The usual disappearing acts he goes through a couple times a year. Maybe brass wants to see if he'll take a step this year leadership wise and see how the guys respond.

I feel our next captain has to show up in the room night in and night out, be heard on the bench and set the tone for each games highs and lows. Production matters to an extent, preparation, being a consummate pro and a teacher of the game would help. I do not think Zib or Trouba are C material. Perfect as A's.

Kreider checks a lot of boxes, way more than anyone else on the current roster. He's got the experience and work ethic. Brass likely would've named him captain to start the season if they truly felt he was the guy. Why do you feel he isn't the captain?

I do not think that there is a lack of effort as his scoring is just inconsistent.

I am not sure who the next captain is. Nor is it a huge worry as I believe that the leadership voices have already emerged. I am also of the belief that the Rangers are going to continue to wait to name one.

 

[Machinehead]

Why don't we just give it to Lindgren?

I mean, everyone would be happy about that and we wouldn't have to read about it anymore.

The grit people like him. The chart people like him. He's consistent and understated so we won't have to read a novel about the captaincy destroying his play. He's the hardest working guy on the team so we won't have to read an encyclopedia about how the team has no leaders.

 

[Ruggs225]

American Butch.

knowing quinn it will be blackwell though

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Howden that will raise his value enough so we can trade him. Then ADA so some GM will bite and give us something. This organization is a joke, can't hire normal GM, can't hire good coaches, can't develop players. Can't find a captain.

 

[Lion Hound]

#20 Is the closest thing we have to a Captain.

Im one of his biggest supporters. I would freely admit that he might not be the strongest Captain. No knock on him. Tremendous player.

To add...I didn't think McDonagh was the best C either.

 

[Ruggs225]

#20 Is the closest thing we have to a Captain.

Im one of his biggest supporters. I would freely admit that he might not be the strongest Captain. No knock on him. Tremendous player.

To add...I didn't think McDonagh was the best C either.

god help us. #20 takes off half the season. He is an awful captain.

 

[leetch99]

Why don't we just give it to Lindgren?

I mean, everyone would be happy about that and we wouldn't have to read about it anymore.

The grit people like him. The chart people like him. He's consistent and understated so we won't have to read a novel about the captaincy destroying his play. He's the hardest working guy on the team so we won't have to read an encyclopedia about how the team has no leaders.

I am of the thinking they lost the C and the equipment staff can't find another one . On account of Covid19 there has been a real shortage of C 's and toilets and now drywall I heard !

 

[mrmovies779]

Why don't we just give it to Lindgren?

I mean, everyone would be happy about that and we wouldn't have to read about it anymore.

The grit people like him. The chart people like him. He's consistent and understated so we won't have to read a novel about the captaincy destroying his play. He's the hardest working guy on the team so we won't have to read an encyclopedia about how the team has no leaders.

Because then we would eventually have to trade him to Tampa..its the Curse of Ryan

 

[Elliman]

Fox

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Give it to bleeding Lindgren!

 

[Lion Hound]

god help us. #20 takes off half the season. He is an awful captain.

Very short sighted opinion of Kreider. By the numbers he doesn't take off for half a season. He's about as Steady as your going to get season after season overall. Its the way he appears at times as an elite level player that doesn't always happen.

 

[leetch99]

It's Lindgren's team now....the opposition already are aware of that which is why they all try to get a piece of him at every stoppage in play . Kreider can lead them off ice...Lindgren on ice He is a natural and the guys , all of them , love him !

 

[Ruggs225]

Very short sighted opinion of Kreider. By the numbers he doesn't take off for half a season. He's about as Steady as your going to get season after season overall. Its the way he appears at times as an elite level player that doesn't always happen.

no he either elite, or barely tries.. like he is doing now. He barely skated yesterday and dogged basically every shift

 

[Barnaby]

I know some will agree with me and some won't...that is fine...but hockey is emotional and you sometimes have to lead the way ...provide the big hit and sometimes not always clean ....that is Lindgren . Wearing the A is enough for Kreider ...adding anymore to the expectations from him.....and it could go either way with his on ice performance while it would not fizz Lindgren with the C .

I don’t see it being Lindgren at this point in time. He’s still rather young. I feel like you typically only see captains in their early 20’s if your talking about stars. A Crosby or McDavid. Landeskog might be the one exception but he’s a very unique individual and is still a top 6 forward. Lindgren is a guy whose probably a #4 and he’d go from no letter to suddenly being given the leadership role over some much more experienced veterans. I’m not sure how that would fly in the room.

I think Fox and Lafreniere are guys you probably target as your “next” leadership group. I could see a guy like Kreider being instrumental in helping them develop into guys like that.

I also think if Kreider was the guy then he’d have the C already. Kreider actually strikes me as a guy who might struggle with it. Also, it was only a year ago that the Rangers were strongly considering moving on from CK.

 

[DontLaughAtThat]

Fox or Lindgren. Kreider is a ghost half of the time and nobody else is worthy of it right now.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

I don't mind Lindgren as captain and he had some captain experience in the past.

I think only Howden and Rooney have a more extensive experience as captains.

 

[kovazub94]

Other: Not Lafrenière

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Lindgren...stick it to the Bruins.

 

[True Blue]

I don’t see it being Lindgren at this point in time. He’s still rather young. I feel like you typically only see captains in their early 20’s if your talking about stars. A Crosby or McDavid. Landeskog might be the one exception but he’s a very unique individual and is still a top 6 forward. Lindgren is a guy whose probably a #4 and he’d go from no letter to suddenly being given the leadership role over some much more experienced veterans. I’m not sure how that would fly in the room.

I am not so sure that the Rangers are in any hurry to name a captain.

 

[bigdog16]

I think if it was Kreider or Zib they would have named them the C by now. Kreider is a brutal choice, you can tell the guy is awkward as ever and would probably force the hell out of a leadership role, its not natural to him what so ever.

If we had to name a captain tomorrow Id probably give it to Fox

 

[n8]

starting to fall into the Captain Fox team