Intangibles are a controversial topic in today’s hockey community. We can’t pour leadership juice into an Erlenmeyer flask, plonk it over a Bunsen burner, and quantify what makes a good hockey captain, well, good. But most of us would agree on the traits we expect to find in a captain. There even seems to be a consensus on the idea of there being two major archetypes for leaders: those who speak very little and lead by example, and those who are field generals.
Captaincy seems like it carries a little extra weight and prestige for the New York Rangers because of the team’s original six roots.