The Winnipeg Jets are restructuring the team’s leadership group and will play the 2022-23 season without a dedicate team captain, the team announced Friday.
“It is the determination of the coaching staff that we will enter the 2022-23 season without a captain, but rather a group of assistants still to be determined,” the press release stated.
— Winnipeg Jets PR (@WpgJetsPR) September 16, 2022
Winnipeg stated that its goal was to increase the team’s leadership and offer more opportunities for its players to lead.
The Jets will not be announcing a captain but a group or alternates. Forward Blake WheelerSince 2016-17, has been the captain of the team.
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