Hockey’s Future has ranked the Rangers 28th in the NHL in terms of their team prospect rankings. (Hockey’s Future) They say that the Rangers have a handful of “speedy, highly skilled forwards” with a player like Anthony Duclair showing “dynamic potential.” (Hockey’s Future) In terms of their weaknesses, they say that there is a “sharp drop” in defensive talent after Brady Skjei, Dylan McIlrath and Mat Bodie and that the Rangers still need to add depth at center. (Hockey’s Future) They have the Rangers top five prospects as Skjei, Pavel Buchnevich, Duclair, JT Miller and Brandon Halverson. The Hockey News had the Rangers ranked 30th in the spring and ESPN had them ranked 28th in August. Hockey’s Future had the Rangers at 23rd in the Spring after putting them at 27th in the Fall.
I'd say at this point Lindberg is a better prospect than Miller but we'll see. They should make a deal with the Avs for Elliott to help the defenseman depth.
Not shocked with these analyses. Rangers have a load of "average" talent. And we all know Sather & Co can do no wrong. Ugh!
Hockey's future has no clue how to rate prospects. Duclair is better than most teams top prospects. You look at all these other teams prospects that are ranked high. Most of them never do crap in the NHL. Yet, the Rangers as I have said for years, produce one good prospect every year. There is a reason these other teams are paying average free agents 4 to 5 million dollars in UFA. Their prospects are overrated. AV just needs to stick with players like Fast instead of playing crap like Glass.
