Last season, the New York Rangers played with three assistant captains: Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. They did not have anyone wearing a “C” on his chest, however.
It appears that could change in the coming weeks.
When he spoke with the media on Wednesday, new Rangers’ head coach Gerard Gallant said if he were a betting man he’d bet on the Rangers having a captain for the season opener.
This echoes the sentiments of new GM Chris Drury.
“We can keep moving this thing forward, a big piece of that for me would be getting a captain.