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75th Overall Ryder Korczak

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The only one of our draft picks that I feel good about taking where we did. I think Korczak could have a future. Thought he could be a 2nd Rounder, so 3rd Round is a bargain.

But what upsets me most is that Raty and Pinelli were still available in Round 2 and we didn't have our 2nd, and we didn't or couldn't acquire a 2nd to grab one of them. Isles and Kings got 2 plausible steals. Nabbing either one, or even Chibrikov would have made me feel much better about the Othmann pick in round 1.

I am patiently awaiting to see if Drury's first draft will eventually pan out in terms of players. Not the moves I would have made in this draft and I know many others are a bit disappointed. Time will tell.

But coming out of this with Othmann and one of Pinelli or Raty would have made me feel so much better.

Here's crossing my fingers that Korczac at least reaches his potential. Grubbe, I think was picked too early. Or at least, there were still a few other players remaining on the board I would have much preferred. But I guess Grubbe isn't the worst pick either. Could end up a decent 3/4C. I would say Korczac has middle 6 potential.
 
Per Elite Prospects:
After a breakout 67-point draft-minus-one season, Ryder Korczak seemed destined for the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. But in the shortened 2020-21 season, his point per game clip dipped while his game largely stagnated beyond impressive defensive growth.

Now, he has “steal of the draft” potential, provided he’s drafted by a skill development-focused team.

Puck-handling is Korczak’s defining skill, using a combination of herky-jerky movement, deception, and pace to beat defenders. His handling style’s projectable, overloading defenders with information by attacking at an angle rather than head-on while looking off his desired lane, changing pace, and faking. All of that set up work ensures that he beats the defender without having to put the puck in the defender’s triangle, minimizing turnovers.

That puck-handling skill translates directly into Korczak’s playmaking, using hook and slip passes to link up with teammates through defenders. On the power play, his deception reaches another level, threatening shots to set up cross-slot feeds. And the shot’s dangerous, too. He generates considerable downward force with his outside leg wrister. Even when off-balance, his upper-body mechanics remain strong, pushing his hands forward for push-pull with the top elbow getting parallel to his shoulder. He changes the angle on his shots, and occasionally rifles a curl-and-drag wrister around a defender.

With all those tools, it’d make sense for Korczak to be much higher on this board. But despite them, Korcak struggles to drive to play inside and play inside contact. While energetic and physical defensively, he avoids playing inside pressure and contact, and he’s consistently neutralized on retrievals, even when he wins the footrace. More specifically, he can’t invert pressure. If he has a defender in front of him, they usually stay in front of him. If they’re coming towards him from the side, he rarely manipulates to get the defender on his back. The best playmakers draw pressure, they weaponize it; Korczak skates away from it as he hunts down the perfect play.

After passing, Korczak glides instead of relocating to build a give-and-go. He’s unable to make full use of his shot because he rarely identifies pockets of space, let alone making timed movements into them. He has all the skill to be a dynamic offensive zone player, but those physical and off-puck offensive limitations make him mostly a perimeter rush threat.

Accounting for all of that, Korczak’s still one of the draft’s better upside swings. A development-oriented team could help Korczak become a scoring third-line forward. Without it, his high pressure defensive game could still make him an effective fourth-liner.
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Since we did draft Othmann instead of say Lucius or Bolduc who were still available, I was kind of upset. I don't think Othmann is a bad pick at 16, I just think he was the wrong pick. With that said though, if we had taken Othmann and then Drury had found a way to acquire a 2nd round pick, we would have still had a chance of adding Pinelli or Raty. That would have changed this draft from a B grade to an A grade as both were potential 1st round centers who fell. I like Korczac. But I would have much much rather have spent these assets and a little more to get Raty or Pinelli.

Imagine, Othmann, Pinelli or Raty, Vaisanen, Lamb and the rest? I hated the Grubbe pick where we took him honestly, even if he is a center. But getting Ray or Pinelli in round 2 could have meant a different choice in round 3. But Korczac isn't bad consolation for where we got him.
 
brakeyawself said:
Since we did draft Othmann instead of say Lucius or Bolduc who were still available, I was kind of upset. I don't think Othmann is a bad pick at 16, I just think he was the wrong pick. With that said though, if we had taken Othmann and then Drury had found a way to acquire a 2nd round pick, we would have still had a chance of adding Pinelli or Raty. That would have changed this draft from a B grade to an A grade as both were potential 1st round centers who fell. I like Korczac. But I would have much much rather have spent these assets and a little more to get Raty or Pinelli.

Imagine, Othmann, Pinelli or Raty, Vaisanen, Lamb and the rest? I hated the Grubbe pick where we took him honestly, even if he is a center. But getting Ray or Pinelli in round 2 could have meant a different choice in round 3. But Korczac isn't bad consolation for where we got him.
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until you get actual intel about Rangers passing on opportunities for trading up, whining about not trading up for a 2nd is pointless. We don't know if other teams were willing to play ball. Maybe they were all eyeing Pinelli or Raty. Or maybe we had a deal with Buffalo or Minnesota to trade up but the Islanders took him before the deal could manifest. You can't criticize the non-move until we know it was even on or off the table. If you wanted Raty at 16, just remember 45 other picks also passed over him so collectively as a whole, the league saw Raty as not worth a top 50 selection.
 
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Trxjw said:
Wonder if the Rangers are betting on a late growth spurt with Ryder. Kaeden is like 6'4 and 200lbs.
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Is Kaeden the oldest? Or do those two have any other older siblings? Generally, the 2nd oldest boy in the family ends up being taller than the 1st. I don’t think I’ve seen many exceptions, at least in my personal life.
 
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Buchnevich89 said:
Is Kaeden the oldest? Or do those two have any other older siblings? Generally, the 2nd oldest boy in the family ends up being taller than the 1st. I don’t think I’ve seen many exceptions, at least in my personal life.
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My friend is the oldest and is like 6 feet and his younger brother is like 5'7 tops, probably closer to 5'5. It's actually kind of weird.
 
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until you get actual intel about Rangers passing on opportunities for trading up, whining about not trading up for a 2nd is pointless. We don't know if other teams were willing to play ball. Maybe they were all eyeing Pinelli or Raty. Or maybe we had a deal with Buffalo or Minnesota to trade up but the Islanders took him before the deal could manifest. You can't criticize the non-move until we know it was even on or off the table. If you wanted Raty at 16, just remember 45 other picks also passed over him so collectively as a whole, the league saw Raty as not worth a top 50 selection.
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Um no. I am saying he should have held out. There was absolutely NO reason to rush trading Buch. He's not even under contract right now, so the team isn't even losing money if they just wait.

There was zero reason to rush a Buch move. Unless a big trade is coming this week. That's the only thing that would warrant trading him now and not holding out for more. They could have come back in a month from now and the situation could have been drastically different. While waiting a month would have cost Drury absolutely nothing. That's what all the complaining is about.

So yea, in a moth or two, if that is still the best offer on the table, maybe you take it. But this was a hasty, hasty move with little actual known pressure behind it.

You could trade Buch for less than he's worth a month from now.
 
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