Miller to captain Rangers in first full season back

NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers named J.T. Miller skipper Tuesday, putting him successful the cardinal enactment presumption 3 weeks earlier the commencement of the NHL season.

The Rangers announced Miller would beryllium getting the "C" connected the eve of the commencement of grooming campy and up of his archetypal afloat play backmost with the squad that drafted him. They did not person a skipper for overmuch of past play aft trading Jacob Trouba to Anaheim successful December.

New York reacquired Miller successful precocious January successful a woody with Vancouver. Miller was 1 of the Rangers' starring scorers and tied for 13th successful the NHL from that constituent forward.

"Since his accomplishment past season, J.T. instantly became a person for our radical and exemplifies however we privation to behaviour ourselves some connected and disconnected the ice," wide manager Chris Drury said. "Congratulations to J.T. and his full household connected an incredibly meaningful achievement, and we're assured helium volition proceed to correspond our enactment with class, committedness and integrity."

Miller, 32, is the 29th skipper successful the past of the Original Six franchise. He assumes the relation arsenic the Rangers statesman a caller epoch with two-time Stanley Cup-winning manager Mike Sullivan taking over down the bench.

Expectations are precocious aft they missed the playoffs past season, coming disconnected a travel to the Eastern Conference finals successful 2024. Coach Peter Laviolette was fired, Drury received a contract extension and hired Sullivan earlier signing defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov among a fistful of roster changes.

The archetypal on-ice league of grooming campy is Thursday. The Rangers commencement the play Oct. 7 against Sullivan's aged team, the Pittsburgh Penguins.