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

[Larrybiv]

Still can't believe this kid fell in our laps at draft night...what the hell were other teams scouts doing.evidently not their job

Doesn't that apply to other GM's as well? For a change, maybe we got lucky? Pretty sure we passed up on many good players and even HOF's. Haven't we?
Then again, can't even say we haven't been lucky in that dept. We got a #1 and a #2, not even mentioning guys like Vesey, Hayes and Fox that wanted to play for us.
We've been fortunate, nobody should ever think otherwise.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Still can't believe this kid fell in our laps at draft night...what the hell were other teams scouts doing.evidently not their job

They were picking for need. Maybe not all of them as there were good players taken along the way but you see it happen every year that when a defenseman or 2 get taken, you see a string for 2,3 or more go right after.

That plus what ever the hell the Wild were doing. Stramel was such a bad pick.

 

[Levitate]

I'm always of the opinion that if a player proves they should get a look then you give it to them and not go by preconceived "well it's tough for a rookie to break in etc etc"

I don't really think they'll be signing Gabe to have him available for the playoffs but if they did and they gave him a taste and he looked good and/or better option than what they had, then I'd let it cook a bit