Rangers Prospect Ranking: (Honorable Mentions) - Vote 3

[The Crypto Guy]

Ranger's Winter 2020 Prospect Ranking

1. Kaapo Kakko (F) (2019 Draft - 1st round) (E)
2. Igor Shestyorkin (G) (2014 Draft - 4th round) (+1)
3 . Adam Fox (D) (2016 Draft - 3rd round) (+2)
4. Vitali Kravtsov (F) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (-2)
5. Nils Lundkvist (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round (+2)
6. K'Andre Miller (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round ) (-2)
7. Zach Jones (D) (2019 Draft - 3rd round) (+10)
8. Ryan Lindgren (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (+6)
9. Libor Hajek (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (E)
10. Yegor Rykov (D) (2016 Draft - 5th round) (E)
11. Morgan Barron (F) (2017 Draft - 6th round) (+2)
12. Joey Keane (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (+4)
13. Matthew Robertson (D) (2019 Draft - 2nd round) (-2)
14. Lauri Pajuniemi (F) (2018 Draft - 5th round) (+9)
15. Karl Henriksson (F) (2019 Draft - 2nd round) (E)
16. Tarmo Reunanen (D) (2016 Draft - 4th round) (-4)
17. Adam Huska (G) (2015 Draft - 7th round) (+11)
18. Tyler Wall (G) (2016 Draft - 6th round) (+12)
19. Tim Gettinger (F) (2016 Draft - 5th round) (+1)
20. Hunter Skinner (D) (2019 Draft - 4th round) (Not Ranked)
21. Adam Edstrom (F) (2019 Draft - 6th round) (Not Ranked)
22. Olof Lindbom (G) (2018 Draft - 2nd round) (-3)
23. Leevi Aaltonen (F) (2019 Draft - 5th round) (-5)
24. Vinni Lettieri (F) (Undrafted) (E)
25. Darren Raddysh (D) (Undrafted) (Not Ranked)
26. Nico Gross (D) (2018 Draft - 4th round) (+1)
27. Eric Ciccolini (F) (2019 Draft - 7th round) (Not Ranked)
28. Simon Kjellberg (D) (2018 Draft - 6th Round) (Not Ranked)
29. Jacob Ragnarsson (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (-8)
30. Sean Day (D) (2016 Draft - 3rd round) (-5)

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[The Crypto Guy]

Last round. Top 3 players from this poll will be the honorable mentions.

 

[aufheben]

Wow, you guys literally ranked like every prospect in the organization.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Oof. Gotta say, players 26-30 really feel more like our HMs.

of the choices available, I went with Fontaine, Elmer, and Newell. All guys I had some hope for as recently as last off-season, but all of whom will need to rebound a la Reunanen to gain relevance once more.

 

[nyr2k2]

Elmer, Newell, Nanne.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Only voted for Fontaine by mistake.

Would take Newell and Gropp with him.

 

[JimmyG89]

Went Fontaine, Hughes, and Gropp

Hughes clearly has time on his side. Most of these other guys do not. They are older players and have less time to develop into NHLers. At least Hughes has 3 more NCAA seasons to get things going his way.

Fontaine feels like he could be a 4th liner at most, but that is still valuable. Unfortunately got injured this season. Still think there is a chance.

Gropp is the best of the rest. Younger than Newell and better in the AHL than him. Honestly, he could get qualifying offer for next season, but would not shock me if he is not given one. Newell would have been my other vote since it seems like he's doing okay in Hartford, but he's also 24 now. Next season is pretty much now or never for a guy like him. Feels like a guy primed to head to Europe after his ELC is done.

 

[cwede]

... Fontaine, Elmer, and Newell. All guys I had some hope for as recently as last off-season, but all of whom will need to rebound a la Reunanen to gain relevance once more.

Elmer is a rookie out of junior, who started the season at age 20.
You think his first few months as a pro is enough sample size that he has made himself irrelevant? That seems premature to me ...

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Elmer is a rookie out of junior, who started the season at age 20.
You think his first few months as a pro is enough sample size that he has made himself irrelevant? That seems premature to me ...

No, I was going off of his ridiculous goal scoring streak in juniors (which granted came riding shotgun with a top prospect).

I'm not claiming any of these guys have much longterm upside. Like I said, I'd have ranked 15-20 as the HMS. Just giving my rationale for the three I did choose.