On Tuesday morning, the New York Rangers named JT Miller as the 29th captain in franchise history.

Acquired by the Rangers in a late January trade with the Vancouver Canucks, Miller tallied 35 points in 32 games with the Rangers. The trade came on the heels of rumours of a locker room rift between Miller and Elias Pettersson, which were confirmed by Canucks president Jim Rutherford, who said there was “no good solution” to keeping the Canucks’ core together.

And so Miller was traded, and now, he’s been named captain of one of the NHL’s original six teams. How are Canucks fans reacting to the news this morning? Let’s find out.

Mean Gradin: This is going to be entertaining. I can’t wait to come back later.

Jibsys: Looks like the Rangers went an identity and a culture that wants to win. Good for JT.

defenceman factory: Congratulations to JT Miller. He is well suited to lead a team into battle. I hope the assignment helps him find some emotional maturity so he can be successful in the role. Some real risk this doesn’t go well.

Big BA: Surprise, surprise, an old school manager names a old school player the C… Lets see how this turns out. IMO, it won’t end well. This is a player who caused so much drama with the Canucks and quit on his team mates when he was called out by his coach and gave management one team he was willing to be traded to and yet so many dinosaur fans think he is a great guy…what is wrong with this world? Hmm, Im wondering if Chris Drury wants to go scorched earth and he thinks doing this will speed up the process…only thing that makes sense to me

Matthew White: This is an incredible promotion after playing only 32 games with the Rangers last year, following a half-season with the Canucks where he divided a clubhouse, was benched twice for uncommitted play, and took a 10-game leave to deal with personal problems we’re never going to know anything about, but were very obviously affecting his game. Seeing his impatience with his own teammates over what he appears to view as weakness doesn’t bode well for a captaincy. I loved JT and really believed he would be the first Canuck to raise the cup, but last year he sabotaged the momentum the team carried from the ’23-’24 season. He showed up looking dishevelled, manic, and wildly inconsistent, and when he was finally traded, he had only 9 goals to show for it. I don’t think a guy with a reputation for losing his temper can be an effective captain unless he changes his ways.

Chris Gutierrez: Interesting decision. We know how things went down with him here…but perhaps this responsibility is what he needs to bring his maturity up. We know that he has the leadership qualities.

Mike Herrewig: A player that demanded effort, accountability and success was not a fit in Vancouver.

Lance Arnt: A majority of people posting about this news on all sites feel the Rangers have made a big mistake. This includes Rangers fans sites.

Phil Chang: Hughes carried the entire team on his back with his play for the entire season, even with all the drama. That’s our Captain. Miller couldn’t even carry his own baggage.

Brian Kavanagh: He should of been Vancouver’s Captain.

Bill Welsh: Who cares.

Mike Petrie: Don’t care.