GregSirico
KakkoSZN
The teams I don't see winning anymore games are Chicago, Detroit, and Montreal.
best case scenario we grab 8th...worst case scenario 11th.The teams I don't see winning anymore games are Chicago, Detroit, and Montreal.
I’m hoping we have one win left in us against Buffalo. That will allow Carolina and the islanders to pull away on us.
The Oilers have 3 potential wins left in them two against the Canucks and one against Calgary. Which would push them ahead of us in the standings.
Chicago has maybe one win in them against the Islanders. But they have a tough schedule to finish the year so I doubt they pass us up here.
All things considered it looks very likely Edmonton and the Islanders can pass us up and land us at 8
Carolina still scares me they barely won tonight and they can't beat us. their schedule is slightly easier than ours. It may come down to that game march 31 in carolina.If Carolina can keep their gap and the Isles+Edmonton pass the Rangers I'd be more than content.
Saturday is as sure of a win as this team is going to have. If they drop both of the b2b against Washington and the game in Carolina next week they have a real shot at making the above happen.
I don't think they win any of the last 3 games of the season.
Farabee is easily #3, in my opinion. I think he's very overrated, not particularly dynamic, production is good, not great. When people have to talk about his work-ethic and stuff like that, I think thats telling of why he's not a top 15 pick. Good player, I just don't think he's a top 15 pick. Wilde and Kotkaniemi have higher ceilings, especially Wilde who could easily be a 1D. Farabee's potential at his position isn't close to that, in my opinion. Wilde's not that good defensively right now, in my opinion, and the hockey IQ is a problem, but he's so talented. Many defensemen in this draft struggle defensively and with their decision making. I think he can improve in those areas.
Carolina still scares me they barely won tonight and they can't beat us. their schedule is slightly easier than ours. It may come down to that game march 31 in carolina.
Could see the argument on all of them. Still think Kotkaniemi is the better prospect of the three, ATM.
Updated mocks....
2018 NHL Mock Draft | 2018 NHL Draft | NHL Draft
1 (10) LW: Joel Farabee (USA) (5'9"/160lbs., Shot: Left, USNTDP/USHL) *19/20 Boston Uni. Commit*
1 (29) D: Nils Lundkvist (SWE) (5'9"/174lbs., Shot: Right, Lulea/SHL)
1 (30) D: Rasmus Sandin (SWE) (5'9"/189lbs., Shot: Left, Sault Ste. Marie/OHL) *18/19 Rogle/SHL Commit*
Draftsite didn't change, but I figured I try Tankathon. First simulation, got the 1st overall pick. It's a sign people!!!!
1 (1) D: Rasmus Dahlin (SWE) (6'2"/182lbs., Shot: Left, Frolunda/SHL)
1 (29) C: Benoit-Olivier Groulx (CAN) (6'1"/189lbs., Shot: Left, Halifax/QMJHL)
1 (30) RW: Vitali Kravtsov (RUS) (6'2"/182lbs., Shot: Left, Chelyabinsk/KHL)
Looks, as though, Lundkvist is being dropped in the 1st round now, but I love both he and Sandin with NYR's later 1sts. Groulx might drop out of the 1st round and into the 2nd. I wouldn't like that reach for NYR.
Kravtsov could be a steal at No. 30.
Thoughts?
How true!
You're missing Tkachuk.As a fan (not an insider) the ideal scenario that is stuck in my head is that we get another top 10 pick and manage to draft Quinn Hughes and Oliver Wahlstrom.
Hughes is an incredible talent, My amateurish and very limited view of the top dozen players in the draft ranks him as the 3rd best player in the draft. Truly impressive. Not a Brian Leetch, but just a notch below. On the other hand, Wahlstrom's shoot-skate-shoot-score style fits the modern game perfectly. So many players like him are succeeding. His physical readiness and fit with the Rangers don't hurt either. I have him as the 6th best player in the draft. But there is a chance we could get both of them with picks ranging from 7-10 as Bouchard, Dobson, Boqvist, Zadina and why not even Kotkaniemi, Veleno and Kravtsov may be drafted before them.
1. Dahlin
2. Svechnikov
3. Q. Hughes
4. Zadina
5. Boqvist
6. Wahlstrom
7-13: Ty Smith, Bouchard, Dobson, Veleno, Kotkaniemi, Farabee, Kravtsov
A couple of months ago I promoted picking Veleno, who I think is damn good, with our later first rounders but that ship sailed. I really have not seen the other players available late in the first round enough to comment on them.
I'd like to beat the Devils and Tampa in our home finale.I hope they lose every game except the one that knocks the Devils out of the playoffs.
How true!
reminds me of John Carlson so we'll prob pass on him. nobody needs righty d like john Carlson when you can take a mike del zotto