[New York Post] Chris Kreider préférerait avoir la coupe Stanley que le capitaine des Rangers
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AshaGray
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[New York Post] Chris Kreider préférerait avoir la coupe Stanley que le capitaine des Rangers
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AshaGray
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Long summary:
On leadership:
* “Your value as a leader is not dependent on what letter you’re wearing or even if you have one. When I came up and we had that veteran core, nobody cared who wore the ‘C’ or the ‘A.’ Rick Nash, I don’t even think he had a letter for about four years and he was as much of a leader as we had on those teams. I’ve been pretty adamant that naming Jacob as captain was the right move, and it would have been before last season with all of the things he does both here and away from the ice. I think it’s great for him and for us. But **I’m confident in the role I have as a leader. I know what I bring.**”
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The « hole on his résumé »:
* Kreider, like Gilbert, will never be his team’s captain. And so I asked him following Monday’s final prep whether he would consider that a hole in his résumé?
“I would never think of it that way. That would not even occur to me. Absolutely not. **The hole in my résumé is not winning the Stanley Cup.** That’s the hole in my résumé. **And I’m going to do everything in my power to rectify that this season.**”
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On whether there’s pressure on him to equal his 52 goal season:
* “Fifty is a number. I think about repetition and cause-and-effect. The focus is on getting to spots to position myself for chances. I’m playing Moneyball. It’s about percentages, about how many times I can get into a certain position and how many times my teammates will be able to make the play if I am in the right spot. I play with such great passers that I trust that the percentages will work in our favor if I can be where I’m supposed to be a certain percentage of the time.**The short version is, I think about the process, not the result**.”
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On the upcoming season:
* “It’s about coming to the rink every day wanting to be better as an individual and as a team. You can romanticize our run last year as much as you want, but we also know that one bounce the other way and we could have been out in the first round. It’s not about having illusions, it’s about putting in the work. It’s about being honest with yourself.
I want to win a Stanley Cup with the Rangers. That would complete the résumé. That’s it. That’s what this year is about.”