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Prospect Info: 2024-2025 Rangers Prospects Thread (Prospect Stats in Post #1; Updated 1/16/2025)

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The Caps have a good record drafting and developing players so my gut tells me Hutson will end up a good, scoring defenseman. His defense isn't good and he might get ragdolled a little by stronger forwards.

Emery would be the opposite, a guy who is a lockdown defenseman who doesn't do much for you offensively.

Both have a lot of value in the NHL today and both have some areas where they're really raw. If you like Hutson and think we made a mistake not taking him I won't try to argue that with you, but I don't think it's fair to draw conclusions about the two when both are 18 and possess completely different skill sets. It would be like complaining we took Kreider instead of Jordan Schroeder based on their freshman years.
 
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nyr2k2 said:
The Caps have a good record drafting and developing players so my gut tells me Hutson will end up a good, scoring defenseman. His defense isn't good and he might get ragdolled a little by stronger forwards.

Emery would be the opposite, a guy who is a lockdown defenseman who doesn't do much for you offensively.

Both have a lot of value in the NHL today and both have some areas where they're really raw. If you like Hutson and think we made a mistake not taking him I won't try to argue that with you, but I don't think it's fair to draw conclusions about the two when both are 18 and possess completely different skill sets. It would be like complaining we took Kreider instead of Jordan Schroeder based on their freshman years.
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It's easy to see that Hutson is a gifted offensive defenseman. He was outstanding at the WJC's. I think he outshone Zeev Buium by some margin and Buium's another really good looking offensive D.

The strengths to Emery's game are going to take some time to shine. He needs to get a bit bigger and stronger too to make those strengths stand out more. Hutson's game is not built the same way. Skills don't necessarily need size or strength. Right now I'd have to say he's ahead if I was going to rank them.

You can also see how the Caps are going to need someone like Hutson in their plans. Carlson is not going to be around forever and Chychrun might be gone as soon as next season.

The Rangers need a bit more definition from their defense corps. Some of that might be coaching or systemic. The Rangers have a top notch goalie but for him to play his best they still need good defenders. We have Fox to run the power play but we could use better puck moving and more offensive pop from the rest of the group and I don't think they think (for that matter I don't think so either) that Jones is the answer. Emery and Fortescue when they comer are going to fit more as defense first players though.
 
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nyr2k2 said:
It would be like complaining we took Kreider instead of Jordan Schroeder based on their freshman years.
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There was quite a bit of that complaining around here if I remember correctly. Comparing it to the Jessiman pick. A lot of fawning over the Dallas pick that was a total bust too.

The Emery-Hutson complaint doesn’t fit because it’s 13 picks later
 
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eco's bones said:
It's easy to see that Hutson is a gifted offensive defenseman. He was outstanding at the WJC's. I think he outshone Zeev Buium by some margin and Buium's another really good looking offensive D.

The strengths to Emery's game are going to take some time to shine. He needs to get a bit bigger and stronger too to make those strengths stand out more. Hutson's game is not built the same way. Skills don't necessarily need size or strength. Right now I'd have to say he's ahead if I was going to rank them.

You can also see how the Caps are going to need someone like Hutson in their plans. Carlson is not going to be around forever and Chychrun might be gone as soon as next season.

The Rangers need a bit more definition from their defense corps. Some of that might be coaching or systemic. The Rangers have a top notch goalie but for him to play his best they still need good defenders. We have Fox to run the power play but we could use better puck moving and more offensive pop from the rest of the group and I don't think they think (for that matter I don't think so either) that Jones is the answer. Emery and Fortescue when they comer are going to fit more as defense first players though.
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almost all of the talk in roster thread is about which forward we trade for, sign, steal.

I have heard very few ideas about defensemen, but that's where our changes need to happen.
 
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noncents said:
almost all of the talk in roster thread is about which forward we trade for, sign, steal.

I have heard very few ideas about defensemen, but that's where our changes need to happen.
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I think we could use some upgrades at both forward and defense. But having a good defense makes for good structure throughout the team. To some degree I think the Borgen and Vaakanainen moves has calmed some of our earlier problems down-----teams aren't running up shots every game against us and the team is doing a lot less running around in our own end. Still they haven't helped all that much to make our defense all that multidimensional. It takes a lot of different elements to make for a good team and our D apart from Fox is lacking in puck creativity.....it's also not the biggest, the strongest, the toughest. I'd like to bring in a guy who can put up 30/40 points.....a couple years ago that was Miller. I'd also like a bigger stronger nastier stay at home presence than Lindgren to pair with Fox.
 
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it's about the only thing he does well lmao
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He's a defend first defenseman who went from defending against teenagers to defending against older and much larger and faster college players. It's a large jump to make. He has size but he's too light right now. He needs to add weight and strength and I suspect he will do some of that over the summer.
 
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Synergy27 said:
Not like Hutson.
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Well sure Hutson's skating is +++ level, completely elite. That doesn't mean Emery can't skate though, it's absolutely a strength of his. Honestly when you say Emery can't skate it sounds like either you've never watched him once in your life or you're making stuff up to fit a narrative. It's just not true at all.
 
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nyr2k2 said:
Well sure Hutson's skating is +++ level, completely elite. That doesn't mean Emery can't skate though, it's absolutely a strength of his. Honestly when you say Emery can't skate it sounds like either you've never watched him once in your life or you're making stuff up to fit a narrative. It's just not true at all.
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I’m being hyperbolic admittedly. The point is that these kids played on the same team and the Rangers chose one over the other. I will eat my hat if Emery has a better career than Hutson in a league where skating is just about the only thing that matters.
 
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