Forward Mike Fisher will be named captain of the Nashville Predators on Thursday, The Tennessean's Adam Vingan reports.
Fisher takes over for Shea Weber, who was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for P.K. Subban over the summer. A press conference will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Now 36 years old, Fisher will be Nashville's sixth full-time captain in club history.
- Tom Fitzgerald (1998-2002)
- Greg Johnson (2002-06)
- Kimmo TImonen (2006-07)
- Jason Arnott (2007-10)
- Shea Weber (2010-16)
Forward Scott Walker also wore the "C" - albeit briefly - in late January 2003.
A fourth-round pick of the Ottawa Senators in 1998, Fisher's been with the Predators since 2011. He said last year that he'll always be grateful to Ottawa for trading him to Nashville, where his wife and country music superstar Carrie Underwood is based.
Fisher's production dipped last season, as he scored only 13 goals and added 10 assists in 70 games. He picked it up in the playoffs, however, scoring five times and adding two assists in 14 spring games.
A heart-and-soul player, Fisher is playing out the final year of his contract this coming season,. He'll earn $4 million and cost $4.4 million against the Predators' salary cap.
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