The New York Rangers have gone without a captain for long enough. The team needs to name a player who can lead the young players and not be concerned about speaking to a veteran on the team.
That player should be Mika Zibanejad.
When the Rangers traded Ryan McDonagh to the Tampa Bay Lightning last February, they also traded the team’s captain. When this season began, the team was in the process of rebuilding, brought in a new head coach in David Quinn and decided to go with alternate captains as the team searched for its identity.