In a bit of a surprising twist, Larry Brooks has noted that the Rangers will not name a captain for this season. They will again go with four alternate captains.
Staal, Kreider, Zibanejad and Fast will be alternates.
— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) October 2, 2019
This comes as a bit of a surprise, as the Rangers have been hinting that Mika Zibanejad would be named captain. He had been the focus of all their promo material in the preseason, so the logic was there.