Player Discussion Filip Chytil: Part III

[haohmaru]

If Chytil is out with concussion symptoms for decent term, then I think the organization and Chytil need to have a real sit down about his future. The last 2 (assuming this is one) documented concussions would have been from not much impact, which is pretty dangerous at the NHL level. Hoping it's something else here but I have my doubts. When a player like Chytil went through all that, I just think the organization would quickly shut that down if they knew it wasn't concussion related.

From an organizational perspective, the Rangers need to face the truth that they are one play away from losing a top 6/9 center every year and it’s happening every year. I feel bad for the guy but the Rangers need to move on and replace him.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

From an organizational perspective, the Rangers need to face the truth that they are one play away from losing a top 6/9 center every year and it’s happening every year. I feel bad for the guy but the Rangers need to move on and replace him.

Imagine the Rangers prioritizing the center position

 

[Savant]

Imagine the Rangers prioritizing the center position

What would you like them to have done differently?

 

[TGWL]

We drafted 6 C in the last 4 drafts. Problem is we don't have a ton of draft capital and these players are drafted 3rd round or later. So when you're looking at top 6/9 potential from draft prospects, it's a tough roll to just fill on the fly. We could be going into this offseason with more available spots than we've had in a long time. How we address that or fill those spots will be interesting.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

We drafted 6 C in the last 4 drafts. Problem is we don't have a ton of draft capital and these players are drafted 3rd round or later. So when you're looking at top 6/9 potential from draft prospects, it's a tough roll to just fill on the fly. We could be going into this offseason with more available spots than we've had in a long time. How we address that or fill those spots will be interesting.

Throwing some 5th round darts at guys whose ceiling is 4C doesn’t count.

Chytil himself is the last 1st round center this team has drafted , last one with top 6 upside for sure, and that was 2017, which was a long ass time ago.

 

[JimmyG89]

Throwing some 5th round darts at guys whose ceiling is 4C doesn’t count.

Chytil himself is the last 1st round center this team has drafted , last one with top 6 upside for sure, and that was 2017, which was a long ass time ago.

On top of that, their wingers are not former centers either. A lot of the time you will have former Cs convert to wing out of necessity for the team build. We had this with JT Miller at the time he broke into the league.

The last time the Rangers used a 1st or 2nd round pick on a natural center was Karl Henriksson in 2019. When you think about drafted and developed Cs with actual NHL players for the Rangers over the last 20 years, it is Dubinsky, Stepan, Chytil, Anisimov, and Miller. All the other Cs have been from trade or free agent signings. The Brassard and Zibanejad trades have helped immensely in fixing issues with developing Cs.

I'm not saying we need to draft and develop all of our centers, but more than one would be nice. One developed C since 2011 is no way to run an organization.

 

[Levitate]

From an organizational perspective, the Rangers need to face the truth that they are one play away from losing a top 6/9 center every year and it’s happening every year. I feel bad for the guy but the Rangers need to move on and replace him.

I think they would have if they could, but their hands were tied last offseason.

As for drafting centers, I'd still rather draft BPA in the first round than trying to force a center pick

 

[TGWL]

Throwing some 5th round darts at guys whose ceiling is 4C doesn’t count.

Chytil himself is the last 1st round center this team has drafted , last one with top 6 upside for sure, and that was 2017, which was a long ass time ago.

It counts. it just won't be a sexy fill-in when needed or an impressive make the team out of camp. They can only work with what they have. We've traded away picks and drafted guys like Gabe and Emery with the high picks we did have. Would you have preferred they prioritized the C position over those 2 picks? Maybe Emery could have been replaced with Lucas Pettersson picks later, but there wasn't a lot to work with when you look at what picks they had. I think the bigger issue is waiting too long for these prospects to go nowhere before offloading them to get something back or a prospect swap.