Marchand realizes the privilege he has as the 0.1 percent of hockey players to make it to the NHL. He maintains that to be worthy of the captaincy, or even a letter, one has to be part of the “0.1 of the 0.1 percent.” It took the 2011 champion a moment to process seeing the ‘C’ on his sweater for the first time, and he’s still trying to find the right words to describe the sensation.