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NHL Draft preview: 8 prospects the Rangers could target with pick No. 30



For the paywalled, Vince thinks the Rangers will prioritize C and D prospects. The names mentioned are:

Centers

  • Cole Beaudoin, Barrie (OHL)
  • Dean Letourneau, St. Andrew’s (PHC)
  • Julius Miettinen, Everett (WHL)
  • Yegor Surin, Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)

Defensemen

  • Charlie Elick, Brandon (WHL)
  • EJ Emery, USNTDP
  • Adam Kleber, Lincoln (USHL)
  • Jesse Pulkkinen, JYP (Liiga)

by lionson76

8 Comments

  1. Zero-jiggler

    I’m high on Dominik Badinka. 6’3 190 RD, ate up minutes in the SHL and J20 this year. Good skater, smart, good with the puck. Not sure if he makes it to 30 but would be a slam dunk if he does. I don’t think Boisvert falls that far either but he would also be a slam dunk.

    Luke Misa and Tanner Howe are C prospects I like if they want to go that route. I also think Bednarik from the NTDP would be a sneaky good pick in later rounds.

    Letourneau is a risky choice (never played junior, only AAA), but he is a 6’7 center and it would be the quintessential Drury pick. Surin is a good player, but undisciplined to the point of possibly becoming a liability, which adds risk. Elick I see as Schneider 2.0 (same team even).

    All I ask is PLEASE, no more poor skating prospects.

  2. NicholasDeOrio

    I don’t know why I get the feeling that they are going to trade this pick

  3. TheCrustyIncellious

    If there was ever a year for the Rangers to have traded their first round pick at the deadline, it was this year. But of course Dolan wants representation at the first ever draft at the Vegas Sphere he owns.

  4. blueline7677

    The answer is definitely defense unless we get a Perrault situation (guy who shouldn’t be available is available) we have essentially two d prospects right now

  5. Green_Dark5049

    Pulkkinen is the rawest highest upside of the group. Didn’t start taking hockey seriously until season. I have him in my top 5 for the draft. Go watch his highlights. Crazy stuff. He won’t be available when we pick.

  6. WarningTrackPwr

    How do we pass up on having Yegor and Igor on the same team? This is the most rational take you’ll see here.

  7. Whitecastle56

    Im a UND guy so I’m gonna stump hard for Emery and, in a later round, Livanavage.

  8. Kappokaako02

    Beaudoin is a friends kid. We would LOVE this.

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