Prospect Info: Rangers Prospect Rankings: (Fall 2020) - Final Rankings

[Thirty One]

Interesting. The other day on Twitter, when the Blackhawks announced their rebuild and Rangers fans came to say it’s a good decision, Hawks fans said the Rangers rebuild was all luck so far.

Luck, skill and circumstance all played a big role, IMO.

 

[Thirty One]

Also, Stan Bowman was on a podcast last week (can't remember which one specifically, he did a tour) and he talked about what a role luck played in the Blackhawks' original rebuild that led to their Cups.

 

[kovazub94]

This is going to be a really frustrating narrative for a while.

The sad thing is that our experience most closely resembles what the Hawks went through more than a decade ago.

They had Toews at 3 and Kane at 1, but that roster was also filled out with guys like Seabrook, Keith, Hossa, etc.

If anyone should get what the Rangers are doing, it should be those fans.

Yup, did they forget how Dach (surely a big piece in their rebuild) fell into their lap.

 

[Cag29]

It's a testament to Gorton and Co, as to how quickly they have amassed so many assets. Yes, luck certainly played a hand with Kakko & Lafreniere, but some very good acquisitions and turning assets into other assets as well as SEEMING to find good value outside the top-10.

Agreed. I’ve watched this team 45 seasons we deserve some luck! I’m ready to watch us be a top end team for 10-12 seasons. Maybe 2-3 cups?
That would be very nice. LGR!!!

 

[JayAB81]

A player will be considered a prospect until he meets the following criteria:

• If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.
• An NCAA player who signs his first contract at or above the age of 22 has three years to meet the above criteria (65/45), while those NCAA players that turn pro under the age of 22 will be subjected to the criteria above.
• European players who sign their first NHL contract at or above the age of 22 have three seasons from the time they sign that contract to meet the above criteria. Those European players below the age of 22 that have signed a NHL contract will be subjected to the criteria in section one.

NOTE: These are general guidelines and should be followed the majority of the time but certain players may still be listed as prospects if circumstances warrant.

Source: Hockey's Future - NHL Prospect Criteria

Thank you for this, I truly had no idea what made a player still a prospect or no longer a prospect. Rangers definitely have a deep farm system, lots of talent, looking forward to seeing Lafreniere this year, and soon the likes of K'Andre Miller, Nils Lundkvist, Vitali Kravtsov, Morgan Barron, and more.

Have a question, does the AHL have a streaming service, kind of like how we have NHL.TV for NHL Centre Ice? Would love to watch the Hartford WolfPack play this season.

 

[Rempe73]

This is going to be a really frustrating narrative for a while.

The sad thing is that our experience most closely resembles what the Hawks went through more than a decade ago.

They had Toews at 3 and Kane at 1, but that roster was also filled out with guys like Seabrook, Keith, Hossa, etc.

If anyone should get what the Rangers are doing, it should be those fans.

I hope so, because reading those comments sure deflated me. And yea exactly. The Blackhawks were not only similar with the lottery luck and the way their roster was constructed, but the fact that top undrafted FA’s like Panarin, Kubalik, Kahun, Niemi, Raanta, van Riemsdyk, etc. want/wanted to sign there. Some who helped them to a cup, some who signed later. So yea, similar teams and similar circumstances.

 

[JimmyG89]

The organization is going to have some great chips for trading in the very near future as they move from restocking to buying when needing to win. If they target a player outside the system that will be able to add to a cup contending team, they'll be able to do it.

The last three drafts, even outside of their top picks, have made strides to become better assets or potential players for their team. Not only that, they've given themselves a lot of room for error with this. If a player doesn't pan out or busts, they've got prospect depth at just about every position, with the exception of maybe high end centers, that they can take the blow and keep moving forward. If Howden and Hajek don't improve, the Tampa trade doesn't look nearly as good, but they've got guys that they took in the draft that could fill the roles we hoped they would.

We're already seeing it with Andersson. We messed that #7 pick up and still have the best system in the league. Not many teams can say that. Even with messing that pick up, we were able to retain some value in it with that 2nd round pick and get someone that is sitting just outside the top 10 of the team's prospect list.

This list of players, and the ones on the roster already, could potentially rival any pro sports team in NYC for the best collection of young talent and assets anyone has had. I'm saying this while the Yankees and Mets have both had top prospect pools in the past.

Outside of being in the hunt for the cup from 2012-2015, this is the best positioned the team has been in a while to win a cup and potentially multiple cups in the last 25 years.