Teammates say he’s doing a bang-up job, and his head coach says he’s done everything asked of him and more.
So far, the Winnipeg Jets captaincy looks good on Blake Wheeler.
The Plymouth, Minn., product was handed the ‘C’ Aug. 31 — his 30th birthday. The news came as no surprise to anyone within the Jets organization and it shocked no one outside it, either.
Wheeler’s play early in the season has spoken louder — just as he vowed it would the day he was named team captain — than anything he’s said behind closed doors inside the locker room.