Rangers Prospect Ranking: (Winter 2019) - #21

[The Crypto Guy]

Ranger's Winter 2019 Prospect Ranking

1. Vitali Kravtsov (F) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (54%)
2. Filip Chytil (F) (2017 Draft - 1st round) (-1) (77%)
3. Igor Shestyorkin (G) (2014 Draft - 4th round) (-1) (76%)
4. Lias Andersson (F) (2017 Draft - 1st round) (E) (49%)
5. K'Andre Miller (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (76%)
6. Brett Howden (F) (2016 Draft - 1st round) (E) (80%)
7. Nils Lundqvist (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+2) (46%)
8. Libor Hajek (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (-3)
9. Alexander Georgiev (G) (Undrafted) (+2) (41%)
10. Joey Keane (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (+14) (44%)
11. Yegor Rykov (D) (2016 Draft - 5th round (+1) (73%)
12. Ryan Lindgren (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (-2) (63%)
13. Tarmo Reunanen (D) (2016 Draft - 4th round (NR) (43%)
14. Morgan Barron (F) (2017 Draft - 6th round (+4) (46%)
15. Boo Nieves (F) (2012 Draft - 2nd round (+7) (49%)
16. Ville Meskanen (F) (Undrafted) (E) (31%)
17. Tim Gettinger (F) (2016 Draft - 5th round (+10) (31%)
18. Vinni Lettieri (F) (Undrafted) (-4) (47%)
19. Jacob Ragnarsson (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (-2) (25%)
20. Nico Gross (D) (2018 Draft- 4th round) (+10) (50%)

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SUMMER LIST (All nominations can be found here)
Tell me who you want added.
Added: Huska​

List of eligible players left to be added:

Player Name	Last Rank	Player Name	Last Rank
Ronning, Ty	13	Crawley, Brandon	HM
	14	Gropp, Ryan	HM
Day, Sean	15	Hughes, Riley	HM
	16	O'Gara, Rob	HM
	18		HM
Virta, Patrik	19	Bernhardt, Daniel	NR
	21	Forgarty, Steven	NR
	22	Halverson, Brandon	NR
	23	Kjellberg, Simon	NR
	25	Lakatos, Dominik	NR
Gilmour, John	26	Leedahl, Dawson	NR
	28	Nanne, Tyler	NR
	29	Nell, Chris	NR
	30	Wall, Tyler	NR

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[pblawr]

Add Hughes.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

I voted for Lindbom because of where we took him. Add our AHL All-Star, John Gilmour.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Voted Bigras even though I don't think he's on the Ranger's long term plans. Turns 24 next month and hasn't even been invited up for a cup of coffee with the Rangers in 2 years.

Plus like I stated before, the lack of AHL coverage is close to absolutely nothing. I really barely have any idea how well our guys are doing down there aside from stat watching. Years ago we would have updates all the time how our guys were doing down there.

Does anyone know who the top pair is on the Pack?

 

[WeRa]

I voted Olof Lindbom. I want to believe in him. He is young and we have Shesty, but he can be our no.1 in 5 or 6 years.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I voted Olof Lindbom. I want to believe in him. He is young and we have Shesty, but he can be our no.1 in 5 or 6 years.

Maybe, but he hasn't shown a lick of anything this season. He'll be at the bottom of my personal list until he starts proving himself.

 

[E-Train]

Pajuniemi, add Hughes.

 

[cwede]

Huska
add Virta or Day
(but at this point, it is getting hard (for me) to separate - could just as likely suggest
Wall, Ronning, Crawley, Gilmour, Fogarty, Hughes, Gropp, OGara, even Halverson, who is still just 22, but seems stale as was drafted in '14 ...)
IF these 11 guys are 27 thru 37,
NYR really has been doing something right ...

 

[kovazub94]

Pajuniemi again. Add Virta.

 

[pblawr]

I've watched maybe 1/3rd of the pack games this year, including 3 of the last 4. They've switched the D around, so it's tough to say who the top pair is, but Bigras and Gilmour are probably the two who play the most. In my opinion:

- Bigras is solid and reliable in both ends, but nothing special. He might be able to hold his own on a bottom pair in the NHL
- Gilmour is really dynamic and probably our most talented / best offensive player at this point. He's a great skater, obviously, but is also sure-handed with the puck and good at manipulating / reading defenders to create chances. It's pretty easy to see why he was the guy who got picked for the All-Star team. He looks like he could be an impact offensive player in the NHL, but he is an incredibly careless player in the defensive zone. It seems like he makes a careless play that leads to a goal against us at least once a game.
- Hajek is solid defensively and skates very well, but he really struggles to move the puck / read the game with the puck on his stick, in my opinion. I've tried to pay closer attention to it the last few games and can only think of one time when he's had the puck in our defensive zone and made a pass that led to us having control in the other team's defensive zone. He has turned it over / given up control to the other team multiple times every game. There have been a couple times where he's had the puck in our defensive zone without anyone pressuring him and has decided to just make a sprint for the red line and dump the puck. One time he didn't get the red line and just iced it. Once he starts skating with the puck, it doesn't seem like he is able to keep his head up and read the defense or move the puck. He has had one or two plays when he was able to beat a defender and created a scoring chance, but most of the time, he just ends up giving the puck back to the other team. He had a turnover that led to Charlotte's 2nd goal in the last game. In terms of handling the puck, he looks worse to me in the AHL than Staal looks in the NHL. I hope it is an issue that will improve as he develops over time. I know others disagree with me, and I hope I'm wrong, but I think we are too high on him
- Lindgren looks better than Hajek to me and I can see why they called him up. He's not perfect on defense (he got dangled pretty bad by Paul Carey on his 3rd goal in Bruins game) but he's solid. He does not do a lot offensively, but he can make outlet passes, and he's made a few plays that show he has some offensive skill, even if he doesn't use it much.
- Day looks much better to me since he's come back from the ECHL. He might have the best combination of skating and physicality on the team, he rushes the puck well (obviously) and he generally seems to be able to make smart plays with the puck on his stick. He's made a few smart plays in the offensive zone that show the ability to read the game. He gets the easiest minutes on the team and still has a lot of development left, but I could see him getting more responsibility on the team over time and I wouldn't give up hope on him yet.
- O'Gara is a perfectly fine AHL'er, but he doesn't do anything in the AHL that would get you about more excited about his NHL prospects than his stint in the NHL last year did.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Once again add wall.

 

[eco's bones]

Bigras and Wall.

 

[DutchNYR]

Pajuniemi, add Virta

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

Lindbom, add Gilmour. Anyone have any Tyler Nanne updates?

 

[darko]

Bigras add Gilmour

 

[Don Chytil]

Paju, add Wall

 

[nyr2k2]

Add Wall. If Huska and Lindbom are there, Wall should be as well.

 

[nyr2k2]

Voted Bigras even though I don't think he's on the Ranger's long term plans. Turns 24 next month and hasn't even been invited up for a cup of coffee with the Rangers in 2 years.

Plus like I stated before, the lack of AHL coverage is close to absolutely nothing. I really barely have any idea how well our guys are doing down there aside from stat watching. Years ago we would have updates all the time how our guys were doing down there.

Does anyone know who the top pair is on the Pack?

It has changed from time-to-time, but in most of the games I have seen it has appeared to be Bigras-O'Gara. I've never seen TOI figures so I can't say with certainty that they get the most minutes, but they're usually a pair and seem to be out there the most.

 

[Ranger Ric]

Great post. Why don't you move it to the Wolfpack page so more people can see it?

I've watched maybe 1/3rd of the pack games this year, including 3 of the last 4. They've switched the D around, so it's tough to say who the top pair is, but Bigras and Gilmour are probably the two who play the most. In my opinion:

- Bigras is solid and reliable in both ends, but nothing special. He might be able to hold his own on a bottom pair in the NHL
- Gilmour is really dynamic and probably our most talented / best offensive player at this point. He's a great skater, obviously, but is also sure-handed with the puck and good at manipulating / reading defenders to create chances. It's pretty easy to see why he was the guy who got picked for the All-Star team. He looks like he could be an impact offensive player in the NHL, but he is an incredibly careless player in the defensive zone. It seems like he makes a careless play that leads to a goal against us at least once a game.
- Hajek is solid defensively and skates very well, but he really struggles to move the puck / read the game with the puck on his stick, in my opinion. I've tried to pay closer attention to it the last few games and can only think of one time when he's had the puck in our defensive zone and made a pass that led to us having control in the other team's defensive zone. He has turned it over / given up control to the other team multiple times every game. There have been a couple times where he's had the puck in our defensive zone without anyone pressuring him and has decided to just make a sprint for the red line and dump the puck. One time he didn't get the red line and just iced it. Once he starts skating with the puck, it doesn't seem like he is able to keep his head up and read the defense or move the puck. He has had one or two plays when he was able to beat a defender and created a scoring chance, but most of the time, he just ends up giving the puck back to the other team. He had a turnover that led to Charlotte's 2nd goal in the last game. In terms of handling the puck, he looks worse to me in the AHL than Staal looks in the NHL. I hope it is an issue that will improve as he develops over time. I know others disagree with me, and I hope I'm wrong, but I think we are too high on him
- Lindgren looks better than Hajek to me and I can see why they called him up. He's not perfect on defense (he got dangled pretty bad by Paul Carey on his 3rd goal in Bruins game) but he's solid. He does not do a lot offensively, but he can make outlet passes, and he's made a few plays that show he has some offensive skill, even if he doesn't use it much.
- Day looks much better to me since he's come back from the ECHL. He might have the best combination of skating and physicality on the team, he rushes the puck well (obviously) and he generally seems to be able to make smart plays with the puck on his stick. He's made a few smart plays in the offensive zone that show the ability to read the game. He gets the easiest minutes on the team and still has a lot of development left, but I could see him getting more responsibility on the team over time and I wouldn't give up hope on him yet.
- O'Gara is a perfectly fine AHL'er, but he doesn't do anything in the AHL that would get you about more excited about his NHL prospects than his stint in the NHL last year did.

 

[Rempe73]

I've watched maybe 1/3rd of the pack games this year, including 3 of the last 4. They've switched the D around, so it's tough to say who the top pair is, but Bigras and Gilmour are probably the two who play the most. In my opinion:

- Bigras is solid and reliable in both ends, but nothing special. He might be able to hold his own on a bottom pair in the NHL
- Gilmour is really dynamic and probably our most talented / best offensive player at this point. He's a great skater, obviously, but is also sure-handed with the puck and good at manipulating / reading defenders to create chances. It's pretty easy to see why he was the guy who got picked for the All-Star team. He looks like he could be an impact offensive player in the NHL, but he is an incredibly careless player in the defensive zone. It seems like he makes a careless play that leads to a goal against us at least once a game.
- Hajek is solid defensively and skates very well, but he really struggles to move the puck / read the game with the puck on his stick, in my opinion. I've tried to pay closer attention to it the last few games and can only think of one time when he's had the puck in our defensive zone and made a pass that led to us having control in the other team's defensive zone. He has turned it over / given up control to the other team multiple times every game. There have been a couple times where he's had the puck in our defensive zone without anyone pressuring him and has decided to just make a sprint for the red line and dump the puck. One time he didn't get the red line and just iced it. Once he starts skating with the puck, it doesn't seem like he is able to keep his head up and read the defense or move the puck. He has had one or two plays when he was able to beat a defender and created a scoring chance, but most of the time, he just ends up giving the puck back to the other team. He had a turnover that led to Charlotte's 2nd goal in the last game. In terms of handling the puck, he looks worse to me in the AHL than Staal looks in the NHL. I hope it is an issue that will improve as he develops over time. I know others disagree with me, and I hope I'm wrong, but I think we are too high on him
- Lindgren looks better than Hajek to me and I can see why they called him up. He's not perfect on defense (he got dangled pretty bad by Paul Carey on his 3rd goal in Bruins game) but he's solid. He does not do a lot offensively, but he can make outlet passes, and he's made a few plays that show he has some offensive skill, even if he doesn't use it much.
- Day looks much better to me since he's come back from the ECHL. He might have the best combination of skating and physicality on the team, he rushes the puck well (obviously) and he generally seems to be able to make smart plays with the puck on his stick. He's made a few smart plays in the offensive zone that show the ability to read the game. He gets the easiest minutes on the team and still has a lot of development left, but I could see him getting more responsibility on the team over time and I wouldn't give up hope on him yet.
- O'Gara is a perfectly fine AHL'er, but he doesn't do anything in the AHL that would get you about more excited about his NHL prospects than his stint in the NHL last year did.

This is the kind of stuff I come to hfboards for. Really solid post, and it gives me an idea of what our AHL defensemen look like. Thank you.