Draft 2022 NHL Draft and Undrafted Free Agents Thread

[cwede]

had 3 decent Q seasons w Laf,
unproductive in AHL
was loaned, in Dec'21, back to KHL,
where this indicates he may stay

 

[cwede]

I understand that in Copp trade our 2nd 2022 becomes 1st 2022 if we beat Carolina and play inECF
I'm hoping that happens If it does NYR wont have much draft capital to do any manuvering

if Jets choose to defer to '23 2nd, NYR would have (back) StL '22 2nd
along with their first or 2nd, whichever not going to Jets

 

[GAGLine]

I'm watching NHL network and they were talking to Rutger McGroarty. He said the thing he needs to work on most is his skating, and he's working with Barb Underhill.

 

[eco's bones]

I don't look at either Kravtsov or Lundkvist at the moment as NHL ready. Both of them still have to prove they can hold down an NHL spot in the lineup. They have talent sure and I'd expect in the future they will be NHL players but they're still buts.

Rangers will either go on to the conference finals and lose their 1st this year or they won't go on and right now their position would be 24 not 26 as both Edmonton and Tampa's draft positions will now be between 29 and 32. The Rangers will either join those two teams or will bypass both of them in the draft order.

 

[hackeyman]

I want the best fighter. Someone that can replace Reeves. Who fits the billl?

We're not replacing REAVO.

 

[GAGLine]

Minnesota gets a compensation pick, 56th overall. That will push our 2nd round pick back by 1, somewhere between 62 and 65.

The St. Louis 2nd rounder (originally 56th overall) is also pushed back 1 to 57th.

 

[mas0764]

It’s making the best of a bad situation. But it’s still a bad situation.

But the Kravtsov situation can still be salvaged.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

2022 NHL Draft Combine Media Availability. Shane Wright, Logan Cooley, Cutter Gauthier, Juraj Slafkovsky, Matthew Savoie and Connor Geekie.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

2022 NHL Draft Combine Media Availability.
Marco Kasper, Marek Hejduk and Maxim Barbashev, Pavel Mintyukov, Topias Leinenon, Filip Mesar, Frank Nazar, Joakin Kemel and Charles Leddy.

 

[Clark Kellogg]

2022 NHL Draft Combine Media Availability. Juraj Slafkovsky and Shane Wright additional footage.

 

[bobbop]

Minnesota gets a compensation pick, 56th overall. That will push our 2nd round pick back by 1, somewhere between 62 and 65.

The St. Louis 2nd rounder (originally 56th overall) is also pushed back 1 to 57th.

Minnesota wanted to pick K’Andre Miller with that pick. The Rangers traded in front of them.

 

[Draft Guru]

Minnesota wanted to pick K’Andre Miller with that pick. The Rangers traded in front of them.

Next two Swedish defensemen to go: Nils Lundqvist and Rasmus Sandin.

Huge miss by MIN.

 

[AlternateSideParking]

Draft talk!

According to cap Friendly, Rangers as of right now have:

Round 2: Picks No. 55 (STL) and 62 (NYR) -- No word on whether Winnipeg will pick Blues' 2022 2nd or NYR 2023 2nd. 2023 is the better draft FWIW.
Round 4: Pick No. 110 (WPG)
Round 5: Pick No. 158 (NYR)
Round 6: Pick No. 190 (NYR)

Needs are obvious -- Centers. As high as you can grab them. This draft isn't heavy on centers but loaded with defensemen of all kinds. They haven't drafted Russians like they used to, but I want Koromyslov. He's just like Miller with a mean streak.

Here's a quick mock draft (if WPG defers to 2023). Not in any order, just kids I like that might be there.

55: Centers (Filip Bysted-Owen Beck-Cam Lund-Jordan Gustafson-Fraser Minten-Vincenz Rohrer); Defense (Arseni Koromyslov, Vladimir Grudinin, Mike Buchinger, Chriasian Kyrou, Elias Pettersson (the Dman)

62: Centers (Matyas Sapovaliv-Danny Zhilkin-Fabian Wagner-Hunter Haight-Ilya Kvochko); Wings (Oskar Pettersson-Julian Lutz-Zam Plante-Jack Devine-Quinn Finley-Alex Suzdalev)

110: Skill or speed regardless of position (Dmitry Buchelnikov, RW-Yaroslav Yapporov, RW-Alex Bump, C-Weston Knox, D-Jere Lassila, C, )

158 and 190: Sleepers (Thomas Gronlund, D-Rasmus Rudslatt, RW-Cole Spicer, C-Cole Knuble, RW-Marek Hejduk, RW-Ales Cech, D, Patrik Juhola, C)

 

[Ranger Ric]

Draft talk!

According to cap Friendly, Rangers as of right now have:

Round 2: Picks No. 55 (STL) and 62 (NYR) -- No word on whether Winnipeg will pick Blues' 2022 2nd or NYR 2023 2nd. 2023 is the better draft FWIW.
Round 4: Pick No. 110 (WPG)
Round 5: Pick No. 158 (NYR)
Round 6: Pick No. 190 (NYR)

Needs are obvious -- Centers. As high as you can grab them. This draft isn't heavy on centers but loaded with defensemen of all kinds. They haven't drafted Russians like they used to, but I want Koromyslov. He's just like Miller with a mean streak.

Here's a quick mock draft (if WPG defers to 2023). Not in any order, just kids I like that might be there.

55: Centers (Filip Bysted-Owen Beck-Cam Lund-Jordan Gustafson-Fraser Minten-Vincenz Rohrer); Defense (Arseni Koromyslov, Vladimir Grudinin, Mike Buchinger, Chriasian Kyrou, Elias Pettersson (the Dman)

62: Centers (Matyas Sapovaliv-Danny Zhilkin-Fabian Wagner-Hunter Haight-Ilya Kvochko); Wings (Oskar Pettersson-Julian Lutz-Zam Plante-Jack Devine-Quinn Finley-Alex Suzdalev)

110: Skill or speed regardless of position (Dmitry Buchelnikov, RW-Yaroslav Yapporov, RW-Alex Bump, C-Weston Knox, D-Jere Lassila, C, )

158 and 190: Sleepers (Thomas Gronlund, D-Rasmus Rudslatt, RW-Cole Spicer, C-Cole Knuble, RW-Marek Hejduk, RW-Ales Cech, D, Patrik Juhola, C)

Steve: Are you doing your annual draft report and if so when is it coming out?

 

[Mac n Gs]

Do whatever you need to do to get Bryce McConnell-Barker in the second round

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers should really try to draft Ryan Abraham, teammate of Will Cuylle

 

[RangersFan1994]

Maybe Thomas Milic is a future Ranger? Undrafted, plays on same team as Rempe

Thomas Milic Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics of Thomas Milic, a hockey player from Coquitlam, BC born Apr 14 2003 who was active from 2019 to 2024.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[RangersFan1994]

Nathan Staios named OHL defenceman of the year

Hamilton Bulldog set franchise record for points by a blueliner, Scott Radley writes.

www.thespec.com

he is an UFA and I am sure teams are interested. His dad Steve Staios was a solid depth NHL player. his son is a LD 5’10 178 21 years old. I wonder if the Rangers would have interested.

 

[TGWL]

Probably not the right place for this but NYR have confirmed that some scouts are gone - most noticeably the Clarks.

 

[Lays]

Minnesota wanted to pick K’Andre Miller with that pick. The Rangers traded in front of them.

So did Anaheim. Their scout hinted at K’Andre being their top guy

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Probably not the right place for this but NYR have confirmed that some scouts are gone - most noticeably the Clarks.

Gordie Clark was always planning to retire. He actually wanted to retire last year but they gave him a smaller role to keep him on board.

It's interesting that they got rid of Clark's son, but not Davidson's brother and son-in-law.

 

[Lion Hound]

I want the best fighter. Someone that can replace Reeves. Who fits the billl?

Tougher to find out at the younger ages now who is going to be the biggest badass of the draft eligibles. Most of these scraps seems to get broken up before they get going. The reverse effect after that is lots of cheap shots but thats a different topic.


Maveric Lamoureux is one guy that is super physical, and pretty good with his fists. He's a huge Right Defenseman who plays in the QMJHL for Drummondville. He sort of reminds me of a younger Zdeno Chara.



John Babcock is another tough kid. He's a dman with Kelowna.



Gleb Veremyev plays for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL. He was very active as a fighter. Led his club in PIMS. Pretty good at it too. Seems like he has a screw loose!

 

[RangersFan1994]

Tougher to find out at the younger ages now who is going to be the biggest badass of the draft eligibles. Most of these scraps seems to get broken up before they get going. The reverse effect after that is lots of cheap shots but thats a different topic.


Maveric Lamoureux is one guy that is super physical, and pretty good with his fists. He's a huge Right Defenseman who plays in the QMJHL for Drummondville. He sort of reminds me of a younger Zdeno Chara.



John Babcock is another tough kid. He's a dman with Kelowna.



Gleb Veremyev plays for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL. He was very active as a fighter. Led his club in PIMS. Pretty good at it too. Seems like he has a screw loose!

Gleb Veremyev is from Jersey, wonder if he was a Rangers fan growing up. Seems like he has 3rd line potential.​

 

[Larrys13]

Draft talk!

According to cap Friendly, Rangers as of right now have:

Round 2: Picks No. 55 (STL) and 62 (NYR) -- No word on whether Winnipeg will pick Blues' 2022 2nd or NYR 2023 2nd. 2023 is the better draft FWIW.
Round 4: Pick No. 110 (WPG)
Round 5: Pick No. 158 (NYR)
Round 6: Pick No. 190 (NYR)

Needs are obvious -- Centers. As high as you can grab them. This draft isn't heavy on centers but loaded with defensemen of all kinds. They haven't drafted Russians like they used to, but I want Koromyslov. He's just like Miller with a mean streak.

Here's a quick mock draft (if WPG defers to 2023). Not in any order, just kids I like that might be there.

55: Centers (Filip Bysted-Owen Beck-Cam Lund-Jordan Gustafson-Fraser Minten-Vincenz Rohrer); Defense (Arseni Koromyslov, Vladimir Grudinin, Mike Buchinger, Chriasian Kyrou, Elias Pettersson (the Dman)

62: Centers (Matyas Sapovaliv-Danny Zhilkin-Fabian Wagner-Hunter Haight-Ilya Kvochko); Wings (Oskar Pettersson-Julian Lutz-Zam Plante-Jack Devine-Quinn Finley-Alex Suzdalev)

110: Skill or speed regardless of position (Dmitry Buchelnikov, RW-Yaroslav Yapporov, RW-Alex Bump, C-Weston Knox, D-Jere Lassila, C, )

158 and 190: Sleepers (Thomas Gronlund, D-Rasmus Rudslatt, RW-Cole Spicer, C-Cole Knuble, RW-Marek Hejduk, RW-Ales Cech, D, Patrik Juhola, C)

Thanks Steve- would be very happy with Minten and Sapovaliv in second round

 

[AlternateSideParking]

Memorial Cup starts Monday. Always a good time for UDFA and sleepers to play their way to a contract or get drafted as overagers. Dan Girardi comes to mind.

Both Avery Hayes (2002 LBD) and Logan Morrison (2002) for Hamilton should get drafted. Dman Jorian Donovan is a 2004. Maybe Round 3-5.

Ryan Francis (2002) for SNB. He was a Calgary draft pick two years ago but wasnt signed. Peter Reynolds (2003) too. Both skilled forwards.

Shawinigan has the 2001 UDFA Pierrick Dube. Small kid but I think he has like 4 or 5 OT winners this postseason I think.

Edmonton has the entire 2020 draft on their team. Well seems like it at least. The big shooter Kubicek (2001 LBD) is a solid defenseman. 2001’s Carter Souch and Josh Williams should get dev camp invites for the 11th time.