Prospect Info: 2022-2023 Rangers Prospects Thread (Player Stats in Post #1; Updated 06.04.2023)

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I wish we had a separate column on Othmann. He is that good....hopefully
 

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He’s 1,000% making the team.

Othmann and Wright playing together is the main reason he accepted the invitation in the first place.

This notion that he is not a lock just because he played in today's exhibition game is nonsense. They need 20 skaters to play the game. They can't rest all the players who are a lock, but Othmann certainly is.
 

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Othmann and Wright playing together is the main reason he accepted the invitation in the first place.

This notion that he is not a lock just because he played in today's exhibition game is nonsense. They need 20 skaters to play the game. They can't rest all the players who are a lock, but Othmann certainly is.

Lol, I didn’t even know about an exhibition game. What happened there?

I said it was unlikely. He’ll probably slot in next to Wright. But everyone thought Othmann was a top 6 lock 12 months ago and he didn’t make the team. And Team Canada has a history of making obscure decisions. And Othmann has shown some suspect behavior on the ice lately. Weirder things have happened. Brandt Clarke didn’t make it last year.

Shane Wright was also garbage last time he played in this tournament and is hardly a can’t-miss player. Something tells me he doesn’t get to call the shots on who makes Team Canada.

Weird thing to call ‘nonsense’.
 
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Lol, I didn’t even know about an exhibition game. What happened there?

I said it was unlikely. He’ll probably slot in next to Wright. But everyone thought Othmann was a top 6 lock 12 months ago and he didn’t make the team. And Team Canada has a history of making obscure decisions. And Othmann has shown some suspect behavior on the ice lately. Weirder things have happened. Brandt Clarke didn’t make it last year.

Shane Wright was also garbage last time he played in this tournament and is hardly a can’t-miss player. Something tells me he doesn’t get to call the shots on who makes Team Canada.

Weird thing to call ‘nonsense’.

Shane Wright never played in this tournament.
 
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Shane Wright never played in this tournament.


Nice assist. What’s your point though, is that your evidence he’s making the team? He’s a heck of a player - never disputed this!

Wright played in the cancelled tournament last year. Definitely not a full sample size (he also sucked in the pre-tournament games) but there were plenty of guys that lit it up or looked substantially better. Will Cuylle being one of them. My point is that he’s not Connor Bedard - he doesn’t get to dictate who’s on the team and who he plays with.
 

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Garand is only 20 and in his first year as a pro. Huska was older, but playing against a stacked Colorado team, so it wasn't really fair to him. McKenzie Skapski played 2 games (at age 20) for us in 2014-15, both against Buffalo. He won them both, giving up only 1 goal total, but Buffalo was the worst team in the league that year. So yeah, maybe Garand could do well against a bad team, but I wouldn't put him out there against a really good team.

Yes, it will take a few years before Garand is NHL ready, but you can say that of pretty much any 20 year old goalie. Very few make it to the NHL full time before age 23. His small sample size in the AHL thus far doesn't diminish what he has accomplished previously and shouldn't be any kind of red flag concerning his future performance.

Let's see where he's at by the end of the season, but right now he's still our top goalie prospect.
I’m in favor of letting goalies get as many reps as possible. So that means leaving them in the minors longer if they’re to come up as the backup. If the goalie is going to be starting, fine to bring him up sooner. But goalies seem to just need reps and reps and reps. The rangers really delayed Georgiev’s development by bringing him up young and sitting him on the bench.
Wherever a goalie is, I think he’s got to be a starter until like age 24-25. Then you know what you’ve got.
 

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Othmann made Team Canada which is not surprising hopefully he has a larger role compared to last tournament


Well, David Cameron is no longer the coach, and Mike Dyck, who coaches Zack Ostapchuk in the WHL, is no longer an assistant coach. So I expect Othmann to have a bigger role. Those two coaches no longer being there must be a breath of fresh air.
 
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We have 4 prospects currently confirmed for the WJC, with a 5th still a posibility.

Kalle Väisänen (Finland)
Adam Sýkora (Slovakia)
Jarin Chmelař (Czechia)
Brennan Othmann (Canada)
Noah Laba* (United States)

I expect that Chmelar will make the Czech team but that roster list above has 27 players and I think they need to cut at least 3 or 4 guys.
 
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I expect that Chmelar will make the Czech team but that roster list above has 27 players and I think they need to cut at least 3 or 4 guys.
Yes, that's what happened last year and Chmelar was the last cut. Given he made the team last tournament, though, and that he's playing well for Providence, I would think he's close to a lock. He will probably have a decent role, too.
 
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I expect that Chmelar will make the Czech team but that roster list above has 27 players and I think they need to cut at least 3 or 4 guys.

Oh, right. I thought they had already picked their final roster. Chmelař missed out as a final cut a year ago, then made it over the summer. This was the reason he didn't attend Rangers prospect development camp as they encouraged him to try and earn a spot for the August WJC.

I doubt he is a final cut though.
 
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Oh, right. I thought they had already picked their final roster. Chmelař missed out as a final cut a year ago, then made it over the summer. This was the reason he didn't attend Rangers prospect development camp as they encouraged him to try and earn a spot for the August WJC.

I doubt he is a final cut though.

He's having a good freshman year at Providence College or at least it seems that way to me. It's a really good college hockey program.
 
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He's having a good freshman year at Providence College or at least it seems that way to me. It's a really good college hockey program.

Nate Leaman is one of the best coaches in the NCAA.

It's one of those programs where late picks and undrafted players excel and are prepped for the NHL.

Kevin Rooney
Jake Walman
Brandon Duhaime
Brandon Tanev
Noel Acciari
Jacob Bryson
Mark Jankowski
 

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Realized there wasn't much (if any at all) discussion on Brody Lamb, the Minn. public high school kid we took in the fourth round of 2021, so I checked in on him.

He has 2 goals and an assist in 19 games as a freshman at U Minnesota.

I loved the pick at the time, for no reason other than the story of a public high school kid making some noise in this org, even if he was always a project and a half and it's not looking promising at this point.

The Gophers are great this year; I'm wondering if anyone had any insight as to how he's doing in the program beyond just his (underwhelming) stats. Public high school to USHL to NCAA is an extreme leap in quality of play to make in such a short period of time, and I imagine he had to relearn how to just lace his skates. I'm curious if he's adjusting on any level or if he just looks lost. But he showed a lot of progress on the score sheet from his first USHL campaign to his second, going from 2 points in 10 games to 41 in 62 with 19 goals, so someone give me a reason to continue to dream, thanks.
 
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