This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here.Henrik Lundqvist played 15 years in the NHL for the New York Rangers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023. He is now a hockey analyst for TNT. These are the three best leaders he played with during his career.Jaromír Jágr, New York Rangers forwardIt was after the lockout in 2005. There were a lot of new guys coming in, and nobody really knew how we were going to do.Jágr was obviously the star, and for me, it was the way he embraced the role of being the guy. He handled everything and took on a lot of the pressure; he didn’t shy away from it.I looked up to him because of the way he handled it, and I think he gave the group a lot of confidence because of the way he handled it. He was not the most vocal guy, but you could see that he put that pressure on himself to carry the team.I always remember one game. We were playing in Pittsburgh, and every time we played there, they always booed him because he left. As soon as he touched the puck, they were on him.One time, he had to leave the ice in the middle of the game and head back to the locker room. You could feel the energy of our team go down. Then he came into the game and scored a hat trick.It was just one of those moments where I was like, “Yeah, this guy is special.”At that point, he was 33, so he was extremely established, and he was the big star of the league. But his commitment to the game really stood out.