This is a small little project I gave myself out of curiosity. I felt as though in the past 40 years, roughly how long I’ve been a fan, the Rangers seemed to be uniquely bad at drafting and keeping hold of star or even semi-star players. I picked 60 points pretty arbitrarily, but the results are pretty shocking. The league average is drafting a player who scores 60 points for you a little over once every 4 years, where the Rangers only seem to draft said players once every 8 years. Only Nashville EDIT: AND ARIZONA! (sorry) are worse. Was a fun project so I wanted to share it!
Here’s hoping Lafreniere surpasses 60 this year and helps us out on this!
zeg550
When you’re pretty much always mediocre you’re not getting top picks and you’re also trading 1st and second rounders plus prospects for aging stars it’s less about drafting and more about philosophy.
iheartsunny
Not surprised
Chet-Harper
I got Leetch, Kreider, Amonte, Kovalev. Who’s the fifth?
SuperLarrio-
But hey…at least we’re not the worst
iiKrOna
Rangers can’t draft Well, felt like this was common knowledge
FunnyJello
I might be reading that wrong but aren’t they 3rd worst behind Arizona and Nashville?
smitty046
Laf is projected for 51. He could get hot for a stretch and break 60. I really just want him to get 20+ goals though.
toxicvegeta08
Tbf we moreso traded a ton of guys.
In all seriousness we should’ve probably tanked for a year.or two and let henrik get limited starts, got a stamkos or crossby, and then went on a push. We didn’t abuse tanking when we shouldve.
hypnofedX
I think this every time Sam and Joe announce that Chris Kreider has reached a new rank for goals by a Ranger by a player drafted by the Rangers. Currently at 285 goals and IIRC that makes him like #4 overall in team history.
That’s not a bad number by any stretch on an individual basis, but holy hell does it not paint a pretty picture about this team’s competence in the entry draft.
James_Kreider_Jr
Kreider gets more impressive every year. Living legend
ccasazza
Surely our most recent 1OA and 2OA have surpassed 60 points in a season and are included in this chart. Right? ….right?
lionson76
I have a theory on why this is… Simply put, this is the result of organizational impatience.
We’ve reached far too many times in the first couple of rounds trying to fill specific holes instead of just drafting the best player available. Moreover, instead of trying to build winners through the draft, we’ve repeatedly hopped from one big name veteran to another either through free agency or trades. Those trades often involve high draft picks, which is where you usually find those future big names.
This has created a vicious cycle of being good enough to not accumulate lottery picks, and then reaching too often when we do have them. When those picks don’t pan out, we end up trying to fill those holes with more trades or free agent signings… Rinse and repeat.
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This is a small little project I gave myself out of curiosity. I felt as though in the past 40 years, roughly how long I’ve been a fan, the Rangers seemed to be uniquely bad at drafting and keeping hold of star or even semi-star players. I picked 60 points pretty arbitrarily, but the results are pretty shocking. The league average is drafting a player who scores 60 points for you a little over once every 4 years, where the Rangers only seem to draft said players once every 8 years. Only Nashville EDIT: AND ARIZONA! (sorry) are worse. Was a fun project so I wanted to share it!
Here’s hoping Lafreniere surpasses 60 this year and helps us out on this!
When you’re pretty much always mediocre you’re not getting top picks and you’re also trading 1st and second rounders plus prospects for aging stars it’s less about drafting and more about philosophy.
Not surprised
I got Leetch, Kreider, Amonte, Kovalev. Who’s the fifth?
But hey…at least we’re not the worst
Rangers can’t draft Well, felt like this was common knowledge
I might be reading that wrong but aren’t they 3rd worst behind Arizona and Nashville?
Laf is projected for 51. He could get hot for a stretch and break 60. I really just want him to get 20+ goals though.
Tbf we moreso traded a ton of guys.
In all seriousness we should’ve probably tanked for a year.or two and let henrik get limited starts, got a stamkos or crossby, and then went on a push. We didn’t abuse tanking when we shouldve.
I think this every time Sam and Joe announce that Chris Kreider has reached a new rank for goals by a Ranger by a player drafted by the Rangers. Currently at 285 goals and IIRC that makes him like #4 overall in team history.
That’s not a bad number by any stretch on an individual basis, but holy hell does it not paint a pretty picture about this team’s competence in the entry draft.
Kreider gets more impressive every year. Living legend
Surely our most recent 1OA and 2OA have surpassed 60 points in a season and are included in this chart. Right? ….right?
I have a theory on why this is… Simply put, this is the result of organizational impatience.
We’ve reached far too many times in the first couple of rounds trying to fill specific holes instead of just drafting the best player available. Moreover, instead of trying to build winners through the draft, we’ve repeatedly hopped from one big name veteran to another either through free agency or trades. Those trades often involve high draft picks, which is where you usually find those future big names.
This has created a vicious cycle of being good enough to not accumulate lottery picks, and then reaching too often when we do have them. When those picks don’t pan out, we end up trying to fill those holes with more trades or free agent signings… Rinse and repeat.