Draft Round 1 #23: New York Rangers Select RW Gabriel Perreault (Boston College, NCAA)

[GAGLine]

Rangers take the faller instead of the reach FOR ONCE and he looks like a steal.

Some players fall because they should. Some reaches aren't reaches.

If we had traded up to 16 to get Gabe, no one would have known we could have gotten him at 23, and everyone would be touting it as a brilliant move.

 

[bhamill]

Some players fall because they should. Some reaches aren't reaches.

If we had traded up to 16 to get Gabe, no one would have known we could have gotten him at 23, and everyone would be touting it as a brilliant move.

All I know is I was about to launch a beer bottle at my TV if we passed on Perrault.

 

[n8]

Rangers take the faller instead of the reach FOR ONCE and he looks like a steal.

Cherapanov RIP was a faller. We just have a lot more reaches in our immediate drafting history.

 

[kovazub94]

Don't you all think for one second Perreault will get more than one shift in OT whenever he gets here.

If you want to put a negative spin on everything - why not start with that he won't even sign here in the first place...

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

If you want to put a negative spin on everything - why not start with that he won't even sign here in the first place...

Dude this is the bat signal for @RangersFan1994

 

[JCProdigy]

Some players fall because they should. Some reaches aren't reaches.

If we had traded up to 16 to get Gabe, no one would have known we could have gotten him at 23, and everyone would be touting it as a brilliant move.

Yeah, should we go down the list of all the "fallers" that resident "prospect experts" on here were creaming over but then didn't amount to crap after they were drafted? Never hear about them...

Watching the exhibition game, one thing I picked up was the commentator saying that Coach Brown mentioned Perreault gained 10 pounds over the off-season and came in more physically robust. Would like to see him take another step in his skating as he carries that weight.

 

[kovazub94]

Dude this is the bat signal for @RangersFan1994

Case in point lol

 

[Synergy27]

If you want to put a negative spin on everything - why not start with that he won't even sign here in the first place...

That’d be a pretty fascinating outcome eh? I mean, we kinda deserve it.

 

[Greg02]

Perreault comes in at number 7 on ESPN's top prospects outside the NHL list.

 

[wolfgaze]

Perreault comes in at number 7 on ESPN's top prospects outside the NHL list.

Who are the top players outside the NHL? Ranking the top 50 prospects

No. 1-ranked player Ivan Demidov -- the fifth overall pick this summer -- was an easy choice, with lots of debate thereafter.

www.espn.com

 

[noncents]

Perreault comes in at number 7 on ESPN's top prospects outside the NHL list.

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Who are the top players outside the NHL? Ranking the top 50 prospects

No. 1-ranked player Ivan Demidov -- the fifth overall pick this summer -- was an easy choice, with lots of debate thereafter.

www.espn.com

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lol this is completely off. he's a pure vision playmaker with secondary goal scoring chops

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Who are the top players outside the NHL? Ranking the top 50 prospects

No. 1-ranked player Ivan Demidov -- the fifth overall pick this summer -- was an easy choice, with lots of debate thereafter.

www.espn.com

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While he can definitely score goals, I feel like his playmaking and hockey IQ is what makes him stand out. Odd they focused on that but i'll take it.

 

[eco's bones]

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lol this is completely off. he's a pure vision playmaker with secondary goal scoring chops

Yeah he's more of a playmaker but he gets enough shots to keep goaltenders honest which you need to do to max out your production. Panarin at times has laid off getting shots and his production goes down when that happens because opponents start reading him to pass. Last season and so far this season hasn't been that way though.

Perreault is also sneaky as f*** when he doesn't have the puck. He has a knack for finding soft spots in dangerous scoring areas and is great at disappearing to reappear for timing plays. His hockey IQ reminds me a lot of both Fox and Panarin. They're puck magnets on the one hand but they always seem to know where everyone (both teammates and opponents) are and the read and react puck skills are almost always both precise and instantaneous.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Yeah he's more of a playmaker but he gets enough shots to keep goaltenders honest which you need to do to max out your production. Panarin at times has laid off getting shots and his production goes down when that happens because opponents start reading him to pass. Last season and so far this season hasn't been that way though.

Perreault is also sneaky as f*** when he doesn't have the puck. He has a knack for finding soft spots in dangerous scoring areas and is great at disappearing to reappear for timing plays. His hockey IQ reminds me a lot of both Fox and Panarin. They're puck magnets on the one hand but they always seem to know where everyone (both teammates and opponents) are and the read and react puck skills are almost always both precise and instantaneous.

Oh absolutely, not denying he doesn't have a deceptively good shot, but i was just surprised they focused on that to discus him haha.

 

[eco's bones]

Oh absolutely, not denying he doesn't have a deceptively good shot, but i was just surprised they focused on that to discus him haha.

Sometimes you have to wonder what all these people who have the platforms to speak about these things are seeing. There are lots of teams and prospects to cover but you should at least get the best prospects kind of right.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Prospects board mostly doesn't have him as top half of the first round because he's too small and too slow. Meanwhile that board worships Mitchkov. (Not saying GP is as good as Michkov but he's not exactly Chris Kreider in terms of size and speed either).

 

[jay from jersey]

This kid is a beauty… I’m still in awe that he fell to our pick and we didn’t screw the pooch….
This had shades of McIlrath over Tarashenko written all over it but someone over there, an adult said woah, slow down. We got this.

You can tell a kid will score in the bigs by how relentless he is to score. That’s the kind of thing you either have or you don’t.
The mind and vision have to be there, and you have to have enough chops/skill to execute it….. doesn’t matter if you’re smaller like st Louis/Panarin or a freight train like Lindros in his draft….. even a large guy like Malkin who isn’t as physical, but he’s got the goods….
This kid has the goods.

 

[eco's bones]

Prospects board mostly doesn't have him as top half of the first round because he's too small and too slow. Meanwhile that board worships Mitchkov. (Not saying GP is as good as Michkov but he's not exactly Chris Kreider in terms of size and speed either).

I'm not sure Michkov is going to turn into a better player than Perreault. They're both fantastic talents though. I actually do think Gabriel could turn into a Panarin kind of player. What he did with USNTDP and for BC and at the WJC's last year. His skating has improved quite a bit and there is so much deception in almost everything he does. He's a point producing machine and my guess is Michkov might be more spectacular but Gabriel will make use of his linemates and teammates better.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I'm not sure Michkov is going to turn into a better player than Perreault. They're both fantastic talents though. I actually do think Gabriel could turn into a Panarin kind of player. What he did with USNTDP and for BC and at the WJC's last year. His skating has improved quite a bit and there is so much deception in almost everything he does. He's a point producing machine and my guess is Michkov might be more spectacular but Gabriel will make use of his linemates and teammates better.

Not a top 15 prospect in a redraft though.

 

[eco's bones]

Not a top 15 prospect in a redraft though.

Rangers got a steal here IMO. I think if that draft was done over he'd be going a bit higher.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Rangers got a steal here IMO. I think if that draft was done over he'd be going a bit higher.

Not according to HF, lol.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Oof, that's one of the worst scouting reports I've ever read. Perreault is the reason that there's a guy on each line who gets rewarded for quietly getting open.

I swear nobody in the media has even seen a highlight of him in years.

 

[eco's bones]

Not according to HF, lol.

Well we cannot control how other people think or reason and it's best that way anyway. Let them go on as they are and hopefully time will bring them around.

 

[GAGLine]

Two on one, Leonard to Perreault back to Leonard for the goal with 53 seconds left to make it 3-2 BC.

Perreault forced a turnover after that, and Leonard scored on the empty net. I'm not sure if Gabe touched the puck or not.

Edit: The box score doesn't show him with an assist on the EN goal, but maybe they'll add it.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1850346881727263193

That hockey IQ and playmaking skill, the goalie completely bit on him. Easy goal for Leonard.