Speculation: So who's the new Captain?

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Zucc is the obvious choice.

I'll be shocked if he is on the opening day roster though.

Agreed about the second part....

 

[terrrrrible]

4 As next year. Give out the C to one of them after the All-Star break, or wait until 19-20 season.

 

[EpicDing]

I think Lias is the next captain after he settles into the NHL.

 

[Cassano]

None for next season.

Dahlin in 2019-20

 

[Kupo]

I think Kreider will have a letter.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Kreider (C)
Zuccarello (A)
Shattenkirk (A)
Kovalchuk (A)

I know Zucc is the fan favorite and he certainly leads by example but I don't think his personality screams leader to me. Kreider is one of our most vocal players & best lockerroom guys, has an edge and is a bit controversial (which is something Gorton said they wanted in a Captain in regards to the McDonagh trade), he really helps new guys like Buch feel comfortable, he's very intelligent, thrives under pressure, the difference when he's not in our lineup is night & day, and he has a lot of character.

 

[haveandare]

Kreider (C)
Zuccarello (A)
Shattenkirk (A)
Kovalchuk (A)

I know Zucc is the fan favorite and he certainly leads by example but I don't think his personality screams leader to me. Kreider is one of our most vocal players & best lockerroom guys, has an edge and is a bit controversial (which is something Gorton said they wanted in a Captain in regards to the McDonagh trade), he really helps new guys like Buch feel comfortable, he's very intelligent, thrives under pressure, the difference when he's not in our lineup is night & day, and he has a lot of character.

Don’t want Kovy at all personally and definitely don’t want him with a letter.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Imagine if it's Kovalchuk though

I could totally see that happen. Kovalchuk brings a lot of experience and leadership

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

None for next season.

Dahlin in 2019-20

I hope we get Dahlin, but I don't see a real leader in him.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Andersson and Howden strike me as potential future leaders.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

I could totally see that happen. Kovalchuk brings a lot of experience and leadership

I think I had this from Brooksie in mind and I wasn't ironyposting

1. Left unsaid in the decision to trade Ryan McDonagh to Tampa Bay on Monday is management’s belief the Blueshirts were/are in need of a more inspirational and perhaps even confrontational personality as team captain.

No one would dare dispute McDonagh’s character, commitment, toughness or work ethic. The man played the final three games of the 2015 conference finals on a broken ankle, for goodness sakes. He was a lead-by-example guy since getting the “C” at the start of 2104-15.

But with Alain Vigneault, a coach who believes in leaving the locker room to his player leadership core, there was a sense that the club needed a captain who would get in his teammates’ faces when necessary and that McDonagh was not that kind of leader.

Had such a player emerged, the Rangers might have considered changing captains, as the Sharks did in going from Joe Thornton to Joe Pavelski; as the Kings did in moving from Dustin Brown to Anze Kopitar; as the Devils once did in going from Patrik Elias (after one year) to Jamie Langenbrunner and, before that, from Bruce Driver (after one season) to Scott Stevens; as the Islanders did in moving from Clark Gillies (after one year) to Denis Potvin in the offseason preceding their first Stanley Cup; and as the Blueshirts themselves did way back when, in going from Harry Howell to Red Sullivan. But no such alternative presented itself.

The next captain more likely than not will come from the outside in the person of a veteran with characteristics similar to, say, Martin St. Louis, who might have inherited the position vacated by Ryan Callahan’s trade if No. 26 had more than one year remaining on his contract when McDonagh was named instead.

That’s the Type A type of veteran management will be seeking this summer in advance of a 2018-19 in which most of the rebuilding will take place off Broadway.

We're not making another big trade. Maybe a bad contract like Lucic can be the right personality, but everyone calls him fat and lazy. Old man UFAs include Thornton (not that kind of guy), Chara (absolutely no reason to go here) and the Sedins. You know, AV's not gone yet...

 

[Joey Bones]

Jesper Fast (C)
Mats Zuccarello (A)
Marc Staal (A)
Chris Kreider (A)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I hope we get Dahlin, but I don't see a real leader in him.

He's almost always the youngest player on every team he plays for. Hard to judge that.

 

[Irishguy42]

Zucc won't be captain. It'll go to someone who will be here long term.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

He's almost always the youngest player on every team he plays for. Hard to judge that.

So is Lias, but he seems to be more of a natural leader. With some players, the leadership qualities and maturity are there at a young age. Lias reminds me a lot of Chris Drury in that regard. Dahlin will be one of the best players in the world, but I wouldn't be surprised if he never captains his team

 

[egelband]

I was thinking Zucc but you people have started to convince me they’re trading him!

 

[Player big P]

I could totally see that happen. Kovalchuk brings a lot of experience and leadership

I'd rather not have the kind of "leadership" who tells his team to leave the ice after a loss so they won't have to be there while the opponents' anthem plays

 

[Ori]

Lias Andersson is an obvious player for the future for the C, and I`m not sure if Zucc is interested in C unless they improve the defense core immensly next season. The fact is; its hard to compete in NHL when we have 55 SOG vs Vancouver who is rebuilding. And is our defense that bad, or is`t part of the AV system?

 

[pld459666]

So is Lias, but he seems to be more of a natural leader. With some players, the leadership qualities and maturity are there at a young age. Lias reminds me a lot of Chris Drury in that regard. Dahlin will be one of the best players in the world, but I wouldn't be surprised if he never captains his team

Last thing this team needs is a Chris Drury type of captain.

But that won't ruin his weekend, so who cares.

There is no captain on this team right now.

Not one player jumps out at me as that kind of guy, the kind of guy that this team needs.

 

[Mac n Gs]

That Ryan Spooner pass to Gilmour should be named captain for the next decade.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Last thing this team needs is a Chris Drury type of captain.

But that won't ruin his weekend, so who cares.

There is no captain on this team right now.

Not one player jumps out at me as that kind of guy, the kind of guy that this team needs.

Chris Drury is one of the best captains in the NHL in the last 15 years. But I've gone over this already. Good player != good captain

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

So is Lias, but he seems to be more of a natural leader. With some players, the leadership qualities and maturity are there at a young age. Lias reminds me a lot of Chris Drury in that regard. Dahlin will be one of the best players in the world, but I wouldn't be surprised if he never captains his team

If you draft a generational player, he is your captain, not a complimentary player.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Zucc as the Captain. Man, that would be amazing to see.

The rebuild will be his journey to Mordor. In the end, Zucc will lose a finger to Golem (Marchand?), but he will end up the hero.

 

[Fvital92]

If you draft a generational player, he is your captain, not a complimentary player.

I really don't think this is a must be situation. McD was our best skater and he was at best a meh captain.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

The rebuild will be his journey to Mordor. In the end, Zucc will lose a finger to Golem (Marchand?), but he will end up the hero.

And sail from the Grey Havens with Henrik (Gandalf) back to Scandinavia (Valinor)