Rangers Prospect Ranking: (Winter 2020) - #1

[The Crypto Guy]

Here we go!!

Should be a fun list this time around again, a few players should be moving up in the Rankings.

NOTE: We are still going by the HF Criteria of a prospect. Kakko, Fox and Lindgren are STILL considered prospects until they play 65 games so this will be their final appearances on the list (knock on wood).

Georgiev has graduated since our last list and there will be no unofficial votes this time around, the 3 players on the unofficial list are all graduated. @nyr2k2 please let me know if anyone else from the list graduated.

Ranger's Summer 2019 Prospect Ranking

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


Unofficial:
4. Filip Chytil (F) (2017 Draft - 1st Round) (-2) (Graduated from list, played 19 too many games)
8. Brett Howden (F) (2016 Draft - 1st Round) (-2) (Graduated from list, played 2 too many games)
11. Brendan Lemieux (F) (2014 Draft - 2nd round) (Not Ranked) (Graduated from list, played 7 too many games)


Honorable Mentions: (alphabetically)
Eric Ciccolini (F) (2019 Draft -7th Round)
Adam Edstrom (F) (2019 Draft - 6th round)
Gabriel Fontaine (F) (2016 Draft - 6th Round
Ryan Gropp (F) ( 2015 Draft - 2nd Round)
Riley Hughes (F) (2018 Draft - 7th Round)
Ty Ronning (F) (2016 Draft - 7th round)
Hunter Skinner (D) (2019 Draft - 4th round)


Didn't make the cut:
Brandon Crawley (D)
Simon Kjellberg (D)
Dawson Leedahl (F)
Patrick Newell (F)
Tyler Nanne (D)
Darren Raddysh (D)


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PLEASE VOTE WHO YOU WANT ADDED, ADDITIONALLY VOTE IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ANDERSSON ON OUR LIST OR NOT. ​

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[The Crypto Guy]

Please vote 2 choices...the player and if you want to include Andersson or not in our list.

 

[nyr2k2]

Looks good.

No to Andersson.

EDIT: I swear I ticked Kakko, but apparently I ticked Shesterkin. Kakko would be my vote here. Shesterkin would probably be my #2 so not a big deal.

 

[eco's bones]

Kakko for sure. I expected a bit more but that's on me. He's still just 18.

I'd include Andersson. He's still our property until he isn't.....and who knows maybe he won't move and return. I'm not sure where I'd rank him though. I'm thinking probably outside the top 10.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I dumbly assumed Kakko wasn’t on the list and voted Kravtsov. Can you count my vote to Kakko?

 

[UnSandvich]

Exclude Andersson. We all know what a shitshow that thread will turn into if he's in. Just not worth it.

As for prospect vote, it's obviously Kakko

 

[East Coast Bias]

I dumbly assumed Kakko wasn’t on the list and voted Kravtsov. Can you count my vote to Kakko?

I did the same. Read too Quickly

 

[Krams]

I dumbly assumed Kakko wasn’t on the list and voted Kravtsov. Can you count my vote to Kakko?

I edited the poll to allow users to change their votes, let me know when you're done because I'd like to change it back

 

[nyr2k2]

I edited the poll to allow users to change their votes, let me know when you're done because I'd like to change it back

Thanks, I corrected mine.

EDIT: Add Jones.

 

[offdacrossbar]

shesty has to be #1

kids A numbers are scary good and mirror the numbers he had in the K.

this kid is a sub 2 GAA plus .930 SV% kid. his numbers the last 3 1/3 seasons are other worldly

118 games. 86 wins - 16 losses with 28 shutouts. .939 sv% 1.60 GAA

hes gonna be special.

 

[nyr2k2]

Also, regarding Andersson's eligibility: it's not explicitly stated in the OP but Andersson has played 66 NHL games, with 65 being the threshold for losing your prospect status. So it's not (or shouldn't) be a question of whether you want him included because of the situation with suspension, but whether or not you want to include him despite technically losing his prospect eligibility by two games.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

shesty has to be #1

kids A numbers are scary good and mirror the numbers he had in the K.

this kid is a sub 2 GAA plus .930 SV% kid. his numbers the last 3 1/3 seasons are other worldly

118 games. 86 wins - 16 losses with 28 shutouts. .939 sv% 1.60 GAA

hes gonna be special.

I can see the argument over VK, Miller, and Lundkvist... but over Kakko?!?

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

As to the add, I’m torn. Jones over Barron by a hair, I guess.

 

[Krams]

Add Barron

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Add Jones.

 

[nyr2k2]

Barron to me is like Lindgren (who you all know I love): a really useful, really likable player with limited upside. I think he'll be a very good pro, but I can't put him above guys like Jones, Robertson, Reunanen, Rykov, or Hajek who I all think have greater upside (albeit from the back end). And I also couldn't in good faith put him ahead of Lindgren, who's already excelling in the NHL. Well--maybe he'd go in the middle of some of those defensemen, but not ahead of all of them, particularly Jones.

Also shows we really could use some more forwards in the pipeline.

 

[bl02]

Did the same thing didn't think Kakko would be on and clicked on Shesty but you can't go wrong with either. What Shesty is doing in Hartford is just tremendous

 

[JimmyG89]

Add Keane

Strong AHL showing and he's pretty close to being an NHL player. Jones and Barron are killing the NCAA, but Keane is an AHL all star at 20.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I edited the poll to allow users to change their votes, let me know when you're done because I'd like to change it back

Fixed mine

 

[kovazub94]

shesty has to be #1

kids A numbers are scary good and mirror the numbers he had in the K.

this kid is a sub 2 GAA plus .930 SV% kid. his numbers the last 3 1/3 seasons are other worldly

118 games. 86 wins - 16 losses with 28 shutouts. .939 sv% 1.60 GAA

hes gonna be special.

Last time it was Shesterkin vs Kravtsov for the second spot. Now Shesterkin elevated himself into #1 discussion on the best prospect pool in the NHL, and not because of a better prospect graduation.

 

[apoptygma]

Add Jones. Hopefully we get a ton of new F options at trading deadline and the draft.

 

[Fitzy]

In terms of big changes I think Fox and Shesty leapfrog Kravtsov, Jones and Keane make gains to the detriment of Reunanen and Robertson, and Wall climbs to where he's pushing top 20.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Add Keane

 

[FoxyClean]

Miller vs. Lundkvist for what I assume will be #5 will be very interesting this time around.

I'll predict it goes

1. Kakko
2. Igor
3. Fox
4. Kravtsov
5. Miller
6. Lundkvist

And then maybe Jones and Robertson and a significant drop-off.

 

[FoxyClean]

Another thing that's becoming painfully evident is that our pool is way too D heavy. We need to stock up 2-3 first round picks this draft and go all out on forwards, specifically centers unless we really believe Mika and Fil down the middle is enough to compete.