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What do YOU want Drury to do with the 1st round pick this year?

What do you want to do with this years pick?

  • Keep #11 this year, give away our pick next year

  • Only keep this years pick if we win the lottery, if not trade it.

  • Trade away #11 this year, keep next years

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nyr2k2 said:
I know this is the "duh" answer but it really depends on what Drury plans to do. If he's going to try and move out Kreider, Panarin, Zibanejad, Miller, etc. (some combination) and get younger, then it's probably best to punt on this year and pick next year.

But, if he's planning on an on the fly retooling, then I'd be content with picking this year.

I still don't know why some of you are so convinced he's gone in a year or two. I think unless the team falls flat on its face the way it did this year, he'll be around for at least a few more years.

For me, I have no pick preference beyond this. I mean next year's draft looks better, but it's highly conditional on what I said before.
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I think even if he expects to be competitive next year you can still make an argument that it's better to send this years pick. The ammunition you get to make a move at the deadline next year is probably more valuable to the team in the short term (next years run) then a player taken 11th in this years draft.

Also having the pick next year hedges your downside. If he does an an on the fly retooling, he should know that there is no guarantee that it will work. Attempting the retool, having it blow up in your face, then having to send a top 10 pick to Pittsburgh in a strong draft would be a total disaster.
 
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Keep it if you can keep it. I have a hard time seeing how this team can create a true cup contending roster by next season, but i have a harder time seeing them finish lower than this season.

It’s almost certainly a more valuable asset in any potential big moves this summer or as a pick than next years. When it comes to draft classes and relative strength of any given year, i feel like there are years of extremes with talent in both directions that are recognized well in advance, but most years are pretty similar on draft day where the relative strength compared to other drafts will reveal itself years from now. As far as i know, neither of these drafts falls in the extremes in talent volume. Next year obviously has mckenna, but the probabilities of our pick being in the mix for #1 are nowhere near worth keeping it.
 
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nyr2k2 said:
I know this is the "duh" answer but it really depends on what Drury plans to do. If he's going to try and move out Kreider, Panarin, Zibanejad, Miller, etc. (some combination) and get younger, then it's probably best to punt on this year and pick next year.

But, if he's planning on an on the fly retooling, then I'd be content with picking this year.

I still don't know why some of you are so convinced he's gone in a year or two. I think unless the team falls flat on its face the way it did this year, he'll be around for at least a few more years.

For me, I have no pick preference beyond this. I mean next year's draft looks better, but it's highly conditional on what I said before.
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100% agreed. It very much is dependent on Drury’s direction and plan for the team. If he expects them to be competitive and is attempting a retool then he will keep the pick this year and let Pittsburgh have next years pick. That would mean he expects a bounce back season from his core supplemented by other UFA additions.

I think that’s the most likely outcome as I can’t see us punting next season for another lottery pick and try to be competitive again in 26-27.

All that said I’m hoping we somehow win the lottery to select an impact player, sign some quality UFAs and hopefully make a run next year
 
Foxy said:
I think even if he expects to be competitive next year you can still make an argument that it's better to send this years pick. The ammunition you get to make a move at the deadline next year is probably more valuable to the team in the short term (next years run) then a player taken 11th in this years draft.

Also having the pick next year hedges your downside. If he does an an on the fly retooling, he should know that there is no guarantee that it will work. Attempting the retool, having it blow up in your face, then having to send a top 10 pick to Pittsburgh in a strong draft would be a total disaster.
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11th best player available in 2025 draft is going to be worth less than a mid to late first round pick in March 2026? I don’t think so
 
TheGortonConspiracy said:
11th best player available in 2025 draft is going to be worth less than a mid to late first round pick in March 2026? I don’t think so
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A lot would depend on how good we are at the deadline next year, If teams value our pick as more of a mid round pick (1st round loss) then I think it would be close enough that wouldn't matter much. If were true cup contenders (lol) then yea we should take 11.
 
I’ve been a loyal Ranger fan for more years than I care to admit but if we keep this year’s pick outside of the top 4 and pittsburgh gets 1OA in 26 it will break me.
 
I really don’t see how this team is any better next year.. we are going to remove kreider, panarin, and possibly Mika, maybe more. Everyone is saying their value is in the garbage, so who’s going to trade us impactful players to this team that’s going to change the outcome? Nobody has mentioned a trade that makes us better. The free agent class is putrid, gavrikov is going to be resigned by the kings. So the defense is still trotting out fox and a bunch of 6th defenseman. I’m not seeing where the team gets better and we are in a playoff position next year. This is just another lottery team next season, I want that pick in a deep draft, especislly when we move panarin next season. And no i don’t want to hear well, we will get a first for panarin, yea great, that pick will be in the late 20s. So why can’t we have 2 first next season with a stronger and deeper class.

Idk I don’t see how this team is the caps and turn it around in an offseason.
 
Keep it and draft someone, once Drury traded for Miller and signed Igor there was never going to be a rebuild.

He will be trading 2027 picks at the deadline next year trying to get in the playoffs because he already has no 2026 picks left.
 
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"What do YOU want Drury to do with the 1st round pick this year?"


Stick it where the sun don't shine.

That's what he'll do anyway and I like being right.
 
New coach next year will likely give us some “juice” if we don’t tear things down, so we’ll probably finish higher than we did this year. Keep this year’s.
 
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nyr2k2 said:
I know this is the "duh" answer but it really depends on what Drury plans to do. If he's going to try and move out Kreider, Panarin, Zibanejad, Miller, etc. (some combination) and get younger, then it's probably best to punt on this year and pick next year.

But, if he's planning on an on the fly retooling, then I'd be content with picking this year.

I still don't know why some of you are so convinced he's gone in a year or two. I think unless the team falls flat on its face the way it did this year, he'll be around for at least a few more years.

For me, I have no pick preference beyond this. I mean next year's draft looks better, but it's highly conditional on what I said before.
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But unless they fall flat on their face the pick will be worse next year. S why would be move it. What any of us WOULD to video game style is not worth discussing. What the team is likely to do based on reality is what matters
 
Think of it this way.
If we are in a worse spot next year than this year then Drury will be fired. I expect him to keep the pick and either draft an nhl ready player or trade the pick.
 
Machinehead said:
Bounce it.

I don't see us being good next year and it's a better draft.
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Even if you are good, what are we talking about? The difference between 11 and 22? Far less valuable than the difference between 11 and the top 5.

I don’t care if I end up at 22; if I’m outside the top 5-8 or so it doesn’t matter. That is the contingency we need to protect.
 
Trade it or give it to Pittsburgh. Do not use it at all. It’s an an average draft class with a good center depth but a huge drop-off between the top defenseman and the others, plus injury worries all the top forwards outside of Hagens and Desnoyers.

Drury has plenty of picks this year to mine the depths for at least one full-time NHLer. It isn’t a make-or-break draft and the system is not done graduating capable options. I’ve been covering this class for 10 straight months and there isn’t one prospect in the upper tier who completely blew me away. They’ve either had injuries or looked average at best in big spots.
 
Based on their draft types under Drury, my guess is they probably love Brady Martin, Reschny, Horcoff, and McKinney at center, Hensler, Aitcheson, and Mrtka on the blue line, Lakovic, Spence, Bear, Carbonneau, Murtagh, or Genborg on the wing. I don’t think they touch another finesse or high-risk type.

Are any worth the risk of losing the McKenna chip? No way.
 
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