The Rangers have announced that JT Miller will be the 29th Captain in team history.
Chris Drury said in a statement, “We’re pleased to announce J.T. Miller as the new captain of the New York Rangers. Since his arrival last season, J.T. immediately became a leader for our group and exemplifies how we want to conduct ourselves both on and off the ice. Congratulations to J.T. and his entire family on an incredibly meaningful achievement and we’re confident he will continue to represent our organization with class, commitment, and integrity.”
Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck will be the alternate captains.
Adam Rotter: I’m not surprised that Miller has been named Captain, though I didn’t think they would do it this soon. I thought that the end of training camp is when it would have happened but Miller’s prior experience with Mike Sullivan and the likely desire to set a tone/example right from day one of camp is why they decided to do it now.
He’s the right choice and from the day he was acquired it always seemed like this was going to be the way it was going to go. The Rangers want to create an identity and he plays with the kind of edge and intensity that they want everyone else to bring.
Miller was really the only choice that made sense. He’s signed long-term, the Rangers invested a good amount to get him, personality wise he fits what they want the team to be. Vincent Trocheck was the only other player that made some sense but Miller seems like a better fit.
Are there some risks? Of course. Miller is only with the Rangers because of issues he and Elias Pettersson couldn’t seem to get past in Vancouver and there is always potential he will rub teammates the wrong way, but they knew all of that when they acquired him. Chris Drury and Mike Sullivan want to chart a new path and they’ve tapped JT Miller to be the leader that the players need to get behind. If
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