Prospect Info: Rangers Prospects Thread (Player Stats/Info in Post #1; Updated 6.27.19)

[lemonybergamot]

You know who the forgotten man in all of this is? Morgan Barron. He will play for the Rangers.

Cornell hasn't forgotten! He's a good dude

 

[Profet]

They are talking about Rangers rebuild on the main trade board, and I take it as a good omen of something promising.

Link?

 

[haveandare]

This will fly for one season if we’re lucky. After that I don’t know what we’re going to do. I do not want to lose Georgiev because of a 38 year old Hank.

After this season we should have a pretty solid idea of who can be what. The fact is we don't need two starters and it's silly to hold on to two. If George and Igor are both starters, you move George and Hank phases out for Igor for his final season.

Most likely, if Georgiev has another good season, we move him in the offseason or at the deadline, Hank and Igor more or less split next year and then Hank either takes a big salary hit to be backup or retires.

 

[GordonGecko]

Most likely, if Georgiev has another good season, we move him in the offseason or at the deadline, Hank and Igor more or less split next year and then Hank either takes a big salary hit to be backup or retires.

I think Georgiev is traded before the season starts. Igor has the option to decline Hartford and return to Russia. The Rangers aren't going to want to burn an ELC year on him

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Anyone have any videos of news of the first day at rangers prospect camp

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Interpreter? That's my man Bobrov!

 

[Mikos87]

Gettinger suffers from a visual problem that a lot of players his size do --- their stride is longer so it looks like they are just kind of gliding out there.

Obviously he's never going to be confused for a speed demon out there, but I think his skating is good enough to get him where he needs to go, on a third line or fourth line that potentially plays a north-south style game.

If he starts dropping them, he'll have an NHL career. Needs to invest in power skating and boxing lessons.

If he can PK, then he's got Brian Boyle like upside. Still a long ways to go... But would love to see him drop the mitts on a regular basis.

 

[Levitate]

I don't thinking fighting is something you can just decide to learn and encorporate into your game. Either that's your personality and your focus or it's not.

Plus in this day and age I feel reallllllllly hesitant to start saying stuff like "I'd love to see this guy fight more" considering how absolutely f***ed up repeated blows to the head make people. No one should really be training to be a fighter in the NHL anymore. Two guys get real pissed off and drop the gloves? Sure, fine. It'll happen but not a big common occurrence. Training guys specifically to fight? Really not a fan anymore

 

[Tawnos]

I think Georgiev is traded before the season starts. Igor has the option to decline Hartford and return to Russia. The Rangers aren't going to want to burn an ELC year on him

Igor has also stated he’ll spend time in Hartford if he has to.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

His english has gotten pretty good pretty quick.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

His english has gotten pretty good pretty quick.

He practiced a lot with Ryan Stoa

 

[Tawnos]

His english has gotten pretty good pretty quick.

He had a little difficulty with a sort of complex question... did it end up working out going back to Russia when you wanted to stay... but definitely improving! Cool to hear he worked on his English all last season too.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

He had a little difficulty with a sort of complex question... did it end up working out going back to Russia when you wanted to stay... but definitely improving! Cool to hear he worked on his English all last season too.

I noticed huge improvements between September and January. Those 5 extra months since then, traveling all over the US the last few weeks, probably helped as well

 

[Kords]

Kravstov calling Kakko "his new partner" was just divine. Love this kids attitude, he couldn't stop smiling that whole interview.

 

[Overcast]

Kravtsov and Ansel Elgort could be brothers.

 

[NYR Viper]

I don't thinking fighting is something you can just decide to learn and encorporate into your game. Either that's your personality and your focus or it's not.

Plus in this day and age I feel reallllllllly hesitant to start saying stuff like "I'd love to see this guy fight more" considering how absolutely ****ed up repeated blows to the head make people. No one should really be training to be a fighter in the NHL anymore. Two guys get real pissed off and drop the gloves? Sure, fine. It'll happen but not a big common occurrence. Training guys specifically to fight? Really not a fan anymore

I agree on most all of this with the exception being that I think it’s important for a player to understand how to protect themselves at time. There is skill involved in a hockey fight. Better to be the guy who has spent a little time on it than be the guy who has spent none.

 

[GAGLine]

Kravstov calling Kakko "his new partner" was just divine. Love this kids attitude, he couldn't stop smiling that whole interview.

Can you link the interview? Thanks.

Edit: Nevermind. Found it in the Kravtsov thread.

 

[Joey Bones]

 

[Kords]

Haven't seen this posted yet, but has a few tidbits on day 1 of camp:

 

[Leetch3]

in this inteviews these guys all seem like good kids, even where the language is a bit of a struggle you just get the vibe that their personalities will make them players you want to root for...but god our beat writers are awful. I seriously feel bad for kakko and kratsov. first hats off to them for doing the interviews in english with little help, on top of the nerves and everything...but then the media asks them questions and the player looks confused like they didn't understand and I'm watching thinking 'don't worry man I'm not sure I understood the stupid question either'

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Would it be a stretch to think that the Rangers might have two top 5 wingers in a couple of years?

 

[wowitsanicecity]

I’ll preface this by first saying that it’s great both Kakko and Kravtsov are giving interviews in English, especially Kravtsov. As someone who speaks multiple languages the best way is to immerse and try and not be embarrassed and it’s clear they want to try and make the effort and as GMJG said, it shows character.

But I think they unintentionally gave us a new saying or t-shirt. Kakko likes to say “so good” and Kravtsov likes to say “so excited”. And really it’s what we all thing about the two of them.

Kakko & Kravtsov: So Good, So Exciting

What a great time to be a Rangers fan to watch these two guys coming in next season. I wish it was October already.

 

[tradenashnow]

"You know who the forgotten man in all of this is? Morgan Barron. He will play for the Rangers."

Barron was a stud last year in college. Wahlstrom was an embarrassment. The fact THN had that clown rated 30th and K'Andre 62 shows they have little credibility when it comes to Rangers prospects. At some point with the farm being an embarrassment of riches, Gorton and JD are going to pull of a blockbuster where they trade 3-4 highly rated prospects for a young, proven star who probably wants a lot of money or doesn't want to play where he is at. It's only a matter of time.

 

[darko]

Wahlstrom was fine last season.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Wahlstrom was fine last season.

Wahlstrom has had so many question marks surrounding him in recent years. From the Harvard story, to the disappointing performance for BC... It explains why he dropped on draft day because the concerns were apparently valid.