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

[Fitzy]

Not including Laf and Kakko, who was the last Rangers prospect that had as much upside as Gabe?

I haven't been following NYR prospects that long so no idea and it doesn't makes sense to compare him to #1 and #2 overall picks.

I mean if we include prospects we traded for- Adam Fox.

Otherwise, Chererpanov is an excellent comparable. There were a lot of questions about how his game would translate to he NHL but a lot of folks saw him as having 80 point potential, which back in those days was a true upper-half 1st line production.

 

[Kords]

Hagens going to the Isles seems like destiny with how cursed this season has been

 

[Kravtsov420]

God I what I would do to get hagens

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Gabe again!!!

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Add a goal for Perreault, 2+1 on the game so far. Scored with 20 seconds left in the 2nd

 

[Killem Dafoe]

Gabe is just a monster

 

[RangersFan]

Tank for Hagens. We must ruin these kids together.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

They gave Gabe another assist.

2 goals 2 assists through 2 periods.

 

[UnSandvich]

They gave Gabe another assist.

2 goals 2 assists through 2 periods.

Nah, he had it from the beginning, Leonard never touched the puck on the 1st goal

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

God I what I would do to get hagens

We’re on pace to finish last. Since the end of November we’re easily the worst team in the NHL.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Nah, he had it from the beginning, Leonard never touched the puck on the 1st goal

Ah excellent.

 

[UnSandvich]

Ah excellent.

Yeah commentary team called it wrong is all

 

[pld459666]

They gave Gabe another assist.

2 goals 2 assists through 2 periods.

Just another days work with this kid

 

[GAGLine]

Nah, he had it from the beginning, Leonard never touched the puck on the 1st goal

The first goal was started by Perreault, but he passed it to Leonard, who passed it to Hutson. Hagens then cleaned up the rebound. They have changed the scoring to reflect that.

Officially, Gabe is 2+1

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Gabe player of the game for team USA

Easily could have had 5-6 points this game. Looked very good. He was a little rusty/nervous last year in the first game or two to start the WJC, not this time.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Can’t wait to watch the NYR healthy scratch this kid

This is what will happen. He will be taught to be a grinder for like 3 years and have disappointing production and people will complain he doesn't get a more offensive role. Then when they finally put in an offensive role and his production increases fans will complain he's not more of a grinder.

 

[McRanger92]

Igor, Fox, Lafreniere, Cuylle, Perrault is a good foundation. Add a young center and left D and the team is golden.

 

[Mike in Houston]

Can’t wait to watch the NYR healthy scratch this kid

It's a Rangers rite of passage.

 

[Ail]

Only got to hear it on the radio, if I were the Rangers I would be making whatever trade necessary to get Hagens on this team with Perrault.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Only got to hear it on the radio, if I were the Rangers I would be making whatever trade necessary to get Hagens on this team with Perrault.

All they need to do is stand pat .

 

[Irishguy42]

Get this kid a skating coach, don't rush him in the NHL, and they're gucci

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Get this kid a skating coach, don't rush him in the NHL, and they're gucci

His skating is actually better than average now. You should watch him in the tournament, his skating has greatly improved. Only thing i can say is he might have an ugly stride but he is not slow by any means.

This “he cant skate” garbage really needs to end.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

His skating is actually better than average now. You should watch him in the tournament, his skating has greatly improved. Only thing i can say is he might have an ugly stride but he is not slow by any means.

This “he cant skate” garbage really needs to end.

He does looks noticeably better. He also looks to have filled out a good deal.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

He does looks noticeably better. He also looks to have filled out a good deal.

Noticed that too, last year he looked like a string bean out there.

 

[wolfgaze]

His skating is actually better than average now. You should watch him in the tournament, his skating has greatly improved. Only thing i can say is he might have an ugly stride but he is not slow by any means.

His skating technique isn't ideal and his body posture often results in him looking like he's skating hunched over instead of skating more upright with a straighter back posture - however after viewing more BC games this year his skating looks adequate to me and while not his strength, it certainly doesn't look like any flaw or serious weakeness of his. Personally I don't have any concerns about his skating being more average and mid-level.