Last Night Adam
Rotter of SNYRangersblog tweeted
that while he was on the New York Rangers website he noticed that Vinny Prospal
had an “A” next to his name, while Marc Staal did not. Adam in his story
this morning said he was unsure if the “A” was ever listed next to Staal on
the website, but assumes that it likely was over the course of the last few
months.
When Marc Staal was
named as a temporary captain on October 18th in Vinny Prospal’s place
the belief behind it was that Prospal would be back in shorter order than it
has turned out to be the case. In the
interim Marc Staal has turned into a leader of the young defensive core who has
advanced his game beyond just a tremendous shutdown defender to be a legitimate
Norris Trophy candidate this season.
Vinny Prospal is an
excellent leader, an established veteran with lots of experience and brings
tremendous enthusiasm to the club, but this team has been about the
transformation from the ways of veterans to building around the young core. While “just a letter,” this is the kind of
thing that makes a huge statement to the club about having that youth remain in
the leadership positions they have taken on all year.
Either way should be
an interesting scenario.
