Prospect Info: 2018-2019 Rangers Prospects Thread (Stats in Post #1; Updated 4.25.19)

[Lays]

The Hockey News Futures Watch issue is out online. The Rangers article was written by Steve Zipay.

The HN ranks organizations by players 21 and under, not just players who have yet to play a certain number of NHL games. So, for example, Vancouver's rating is higher because of Elias Pettersson. The Ranger ranking also includes Filip Chytil and Brett Howden. With this background the Rangers had a B+ rating, 11 th in the NHL. That's up from 24 last year.

The Rangers had four players in the top 100:

5. Vitaly Kravtsov
34. Lias Andersson
37. Igor Shestryorkin
62. K'Andre Miller

These four are the first four players in the Rangers top ten. The others are:

5. Libor Hajek
6. Nils Lundkvist
7. Adam Huska
8. Ryan Lindgren
9. Morgan Barron
10. Joey Keane

Last year's top ten were:

1. Andersson
2. Chytil
3. Shestorkin
4. Hajek
5. Deangelo
6. Howden
7. Lindgren
8. Pionk
9. Huska
10. Rykov

There obviously is room to debate the rankings but I doubt Zipay made this list up. He is talking to Rangers front office so I think this provides some indication of where the Rangers rank the players. Also remember that while this issue just came out the work on it would have been done a few weeks if not months ago and so would not account for a player who had a strong end of the year such as Reunanen.

Where can I find this? I’ve looked around and couldn’t find anything about it

 

[kovazub94]

The Hockey News Futures Watch issue is out online. The Rangers article was written by Steve Zipay.

The HN ranks organizations by players 21 and under, not just players who have yet to play a certain number of NHL games. So, for example, Vancouver's rating is higher because of Elias Pettersson. The Ranger ranking also includes Filip Chytil and Brett Howden. With this background the Rangers had a B+ rating, 11 th in the NHL. That's up from 24 last year.

The Rangers had four players in the top 100:

5. Vitaly Kravtsov
34. Lias Andersson
37. Igor Shestryorkin
62. K'Andre Miller

These four are the first four players in the Rangers top ten. The others are:

5. Libor Hajek
6. Nils Lundkvist
7. Adam Huska
8. Ryan Lindgren
9. Morgan Barron
10. Joey Keane

Last year's top ten were:

1. Andersson
2. Chytil
3. Shestorkin
4. Hajek
5. Deangelo
6. Howden
7. Lindgren
8. Pionk
9. Huska
10. Rykov

There obviously is room to debate the rankings but I doubt Zipay made this list up. He is talking to Rangers front office so I think this provides some indication of where the Rangers rank the players. Also remember that while this issue just came out the work on it would have been done a few weeks if not months ago and so would not account for a player who had a strong end of the year such as Reunanen.

One obvious omission is Rykov who was a top10 last year and should have made the 100 list. Reunanen is the other.

 

[Ranger Ric]

You have to subscribe to the Hockey News. If you do you can access each issue online before it shows up in the mail.

Where can I find this? I’ve looked around and couldn’t find anything about it

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Gotta be honest I’d rather lay in traffic than read what Zipay has to say about anything Rangers related

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

You have to subscribe to the Hockey News. If you do you can access each issue online before it shows up in the mail.

I don't really feel the need to fork over dollars to read THN

 

[Ken Lund]

Cold war hahaha. Better not draft any Swedish players either then, since they were once a mighty empire and Swedish players don't want to leave that behind

I'm half Swedish, so I look at it as they've been coming over to North America longer than anyone.

 

[Ken Lund]

You get nervous about Russian people living in Russia?

My fear is that all of a sudden Russia refuses to let their players come over to the NHL.

 

[Beacon]

THN is usually hillariously bad. I'll take our polls here over THN every day of the week, twice the day Future Watch comes out.

The Hockey News Futures Watch issue is out online. The Rangers article was written by Steve Zipay.

The HN ranks organizations by players 21 and under, not just players who have yet to play a certain number of NHL games. So, for example, Vancouver's rating is higher because of Elias Pettersson. The Ranger ranking also includes Filip Chytil and Brett Howden. With this background the Rangers had a B+ rating, 11 th in the NHL. That's up from 24 last year.

The Rangers had four players in the top 100:

5. Vitaly Kravtsov
34. Lias Andersson
37. Igor Shestryorkin
62. K'Andre Miller

These four are the first four players in the Rangers top ten. The others are:

5. Libor Hajek
6. Nils Lundkvist
7. Adam Huska
8. Ryan Lindgren
9. Morgan Barron
10. Joey Keane

Last year's top ten were:

1. Andersson
2. Chytil
3. Shestorkin
4. Hajek
5. Deangelo
6. Howden
7. Lindgren
8. Pionk
9. Huska
10. Rykov

There obviously is room to debate the rankings but I doubt Zipay made this list up. He is talking to Rangers front office so I think this provides some indication of where the Rangers rank the players. Also remember that while this issue just came out the work on it would have been done a few weeks if not months ago and so would not account for a player who had a strong end of the year such as Reunanen.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

My fear is that all of a sudden Russia refuses to let their players come over to the NHL.

There's no "refusing" or "letting them come over" at all. Ever. The KHL and NHL do not have a transfer agreement so the players are bound by contracts. It is up to the players, not the leagues. If the player wants to move to the other league once he is a free agent, he can. Nothing can stop them. The KHL cannot force players to stay if they aren't under contract

 

[cozandeffect]

Barron is playing now on ESPN+ in the ECAC championship game. Had a decent game last night with the goal. Wasn't needed much and didn't play a ton the last half since they were up by so much (Normal line rolling instead double shifting the top guys).

Had an early chance and looks pretty engaged so far.

 

[Beacon]

One obvious omission is Rykov who was a top10 last year and should have made the 100 list. Reunanen is the other.

Rykov should be easily on the list. I'd like to see Reunanen perform in a better league than Liiga before proclaiming him as anything.

 

[Ken Lund]

There's no "refusing" or "letting them come over" at all. Ever. The KHL and NHL do not have a transfer agreement so the players are bound by contracts. It is up to the players, not the leagues. If the player wants to move to the other league once he is a free agent, he can. Nothing can stop them. The KHL cannot force players to stay if they aren't under contract

Tell that to Leonid Brezhnev. Though he's been dead for almost forty years so I might be worrying over nothing. But Yuri Andropov has only been dead for about 35, so who's paranoid now?.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Tell that to Leonid Brezhnev. Though he's been dead for almost forty years so I might be worrying over nothing. But Yuri Andropov has only been dead for about 35, so who's paranoid now?.

For f***s sake, dude. The cold war has been over for almost 30 years.

 

[Leetch3]

thing i find interesting about that top 100 group is how much higher others view lias compared to many here...and on the flip side, not that 62 is bad, but they clearly don't think as highly of miller as most here

 

[Ken Lund]

For ****s sake, dude. The cold war has been over for almost 30 years.

It's s good thing we don't have any of our top prospects playing in North Korea, or I'd be practically unreasonable.

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Ragnarsson is good, he was played in a defensive role on a severely underperforming team but he played fairly big minutes in a pro league and he was definitely fine.

 

[eco's bones]

Reunanen's injury issues set him back a couple years. IMO--he's had a fantastic year this year. Has become his team's most important d-man on a quality team in a quality league. Doing really well in the playoffs too. Rangers should be thinking about bringing him over.

 

[eco's bones]

Ragnarsson is good, he was played in a defensive role on a severely underperforming team but he played fairly big minutes in a pro league and he was definitely fine.

His numbers don't look that great but he also almost made the Swedish WJC team......so there's a bit more to look at than just raw numbers. Joey Keane's numbers kind of dropped when he was moved to London but he almost made the USA WJC team and London has Bouchard and Boqvist on D to take the most quality ice time. Rangers signed Keane but he and Ragnarsson are running a little under the radar because of the situations they're in. For 3rd rounders they are both intriguing players.

 

[nyr2k2]

Looks like both Elmer and Hughes were scoreless.

Kjellberg didn't play again. Team must be resting him for the playoffs.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Själin is still out following a concussion, but his team Leksands beat AIK 7-2 in game 2, eliminating AIK in 2 games to advances to the promotion/relegation play offs where they take on Mora (Best of 7)

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

There's no "refusing" or "letting them come over" at all. Ever. The KHL and NHL do not have a transfer agreement so the players are bound by contracts. It is up to the players, not the leagues. If the player wants to move to the other league once he is a free agent, he can. Nothing can stop them. The KHL cannot force players to stay if they aren't under contract

Ever? Ask Slava Fetisov about that....

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Ever? Ask Slava Fetisov about that....

I am not talking about what happened in the 80s or 90s. Under the current system, no team can force a player to stay, ever.

 

[nyr2k2]

Keane had 2A (one primary) and was +2.

Gross plays later.

 

[Tawnos]

I am not talking about what happened in the 80s or 90s. Under the current system, no team can force a player to stay, ever.

Not to mention that the KHL didn’t exist when Fetisov played.

Reading this conversation made me want to punch things.

 

[nyr2k2]

Oshawa destroyed an overwhelmed Peterborough team 8-2. Cumulative score through the first two is 15-2.

Gross had no points, was even, one shot, and 2 PIM. His offense basically stopped completely in the second half of the season.