Confirmed with Link: Mazanec traded to Canucks for 2020 7th round pick

[kovazub94]

And for that desperation, we are eternally grateful.

Gorton screwed up. He should've gotten at least a 6th rounder if he'd done his DD. Awful asset management.

 

[Kovalev27]

Yup opening up contract space

 

[nyr2k2]

Cool, Mazanec was at best mediocre, at worst was bad. Any asset is a good return. Seventh rounders of course are basically the longest of long shots to make it, but recently we've taken Hughes, Virta, Ronning, and Huska in the seventh, and I like Huska, think Virta has a small chance, and Hughes is interesting. You can also theoretically move two sevenths to jump up into the sixth and find a guy like Barron, Fontaine, Wall, Fast, etc.

Anyway, it's a lottery ticket for a guy who was gone in a few months, so, good deal.

 

[Blue Blooded]

In 2020?

That's some foresight there lol

I mean I thought it was a 2019 pick when I made the post. But when I think about it nobody is probably going to pick these guys at all so they may very well still be available when the pick is due.

 

[Bob Richards]

Gorton screwed up. He should've gotten at least a 6th rounder if he'd done his DD. Awful asset management.

Has the desperate Canucks by the throat and can't squeeze out for additional future 7th round picks.

 

[egelband]

Currency to be used in the draft.

Heck. Maybe a couple sevenths can turn into a fifth or something. Betterinuthin.

 

[egelband]

Also great for Mazanec shows the Rangers look after guys.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

Cool.

as stated above, its a lottery ticket for nothing.

You can't win if you don't play

 

[Machinehead]

Another 7th for absolutely nothing.

It's like finding money in the street. It's probably five bucks, but hey, it's free money.

 

[Mac n Gs]

Unless this is a pre-cursor to us bringing in someone like Talbot or Reimer in deals with Edmonton or Florida, respectively. Georgiev goes down and plays most of the rest of the games in the AHL and whoever we get becomes the backup, or vice versa if we aren't worried about waivers.

And if that scenario were to happen, it means we added additional assets to take on more salary, so it’s still a win in my books. Freeing up the contract slot helps too.

 

[Riche16]

Another 7th for absolutely nothing.

It's like finding money in the street. It's probably five bucks, but hey, it's free money.

Last I checked you could still use said 5$ for beer.

Ergo, free beer! (Pabst Blue Ribbon or Natty Light maybe).

Nothing wrong with that at all!

 

[Beacon]

Rip-off, lol!

Keep the late picks coming. It's literally something for nothing. Maze was the 4th best goalie in the system. Halvy can take care of the business of being a Hartford backup.

 

[Beacon]

Lundqvist, Zetterberg, Pekka Rinne, Pavelski, Byfuglien, Vrbata, Jaro Halak, Brian Elliot, Matt Moulson, Ondrej Palat, Mark Streit, Martin Erat, Tobias Enstrom, Dennis Wideman, Johnny Oduya, Patric Hornquist, P.A. Parenteau, Kyle Brodziak, Anton Khudobin, Adam Burish, Daniel Winnik, Jason Demers, Troy Brouwer, Anders Lindback, Cristobel Huet, Justin Braun, Antti Miettinen, and Paul Gaustad were all drafted in the 7th round the last couple of decades.

Notice how many of them are goalies: Lundqist, Pekka Rinne, Halak, Elliot, Palat, Khudobin, Anders Lindback and Cristobel Huet are all goalies, 8 of them. Goalies are a crapshoot and instead of wasting first and second round picks on them, better to have a bunch of late pick which can be used on some risky, no-name goalie prospects who may come out of nowhere. Because goalies are a crapshoot, they have worse odds of making it than others drafted in the first 2 rounds, but better odds than others drafted in the last 3 rounds.

 

[GunkWinger]

I guess we have more of our scouts' kids who are ready to be drafted.

 

[Joey Bones]

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Adding to that Beacon list. Many of those names are from the 2003 draft. Pavelski, Moulson, Halak, Elliot, Big Buff, Enstrom.

You think we'll ever see something like that again?

 

[NYR Viper]

Clearing another contract slot

 

[Harbour Dog]

Lundqvist, Zetterberg, Pekka Rinne, Pavelski, Byfuglien, Vrbata, Jaro Halak, Brian Elliot, Matt Moulson, Ondrej Palat, Mark Streit, Martin Erat, Tobias Enstrom, Dennis Wideman, Johnny Oduya, Patric Hornquist, P.A. Parenteau, Kyle Brodziak, Anton Khudobin, Adam Burish, Daniel Winnik, Jason Demers, Troy Brouwer, Anders Lindback, Cristobel Huet, Justin Braun, Antti Miettinen, and Paul Gaustad were all drafted in the 7th round the last couple of decades.

Notice how many of them are goalies: Lundqist, Pekka Rinne, Halak, Elliot, Palat, Khudobin, Anders Lindback and Cristobel Huet are all goalies, 8 of them. Goalies are a crapshoot and instead of wasting first and second round picks on them, better to have a bunch of late pick which can be used on some risky, no-name goalie prospects who may come out of nowhere. Because goalies are a crapshoot, they have worse odds of making it than others drafted in the first 2 rounds, but better odds than others drafted in the last 3 rounds.

*Seven goalies. I think you're mixing up Ondrej Palat and Ondrej Pavelec

 

[Heckler81]

Lundqvist, Zetterberg, Pekka Rinne, Pavelski, Byfuglien, Vrbata, Jaro Halak, Brian Elliot, Matt Moulson, Ondrej Palat, Mark Streit, Martin Erat, Tobias Enstrom, Dennis Wideman, Johnny Oduya, Patric Hornquist, P.A. Parenteau, Kyle Brodziak, Anton Khudobin, Adam Burish, Daniel Winnik, Jason Demers, Troy Brouwer, Anders Lindback, Cristobel Huet, Justin Braun, Antti Miettinen, and Paul Gaustad were all drafted in the 7th round the last couple of decades.

Notice how many of them are goalies: Lundqist, Pekka Rinne, Halak, Elliot, Palat, Khudobin, Anders Lindback and Cristobel Huet are all goalies, 8 of them. Goalies are a crapshoot and instead of wasting first and second round picks on them, better to have a bunch of late pick which can be used on some risky, no-name goalie prospects who may come out of nowhere. Because goalies are a crapshoot, they have worse odds of making it than others drafted in the first 2 rounds, but better odds than others drafted in the last 3 rounds.

So why are we drafting goalies in the 2nd round?

 

[Harbour Dog]

So why are we drafting goalies in the 2nd round?

A weak point in our drafting strategy.

 

[nyr2k2]

So why are we drafting goalies in the 2nd round?

"Allaire loves him!"

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

"Allaire loves him!"

I SO wanted Wilde there. Ticked me off so much that it turned a draft that, for me, was otherwise an A+ (not gonna gripe about Kjellberg where he was picked) into a B in one fell swoop.

(And the poor kid hasn't even played but a handful of games since being picked. )

 

[aufheben]

Lol @ Vancouver for this situation

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

I forgot he was even in the organization. Rangers going to monopolize all the 7th rd picks in 2020.

 

[Irishguy42]

I forgot he was even in the organization. Rangers going to monopolize all the 7th rd picks in 2020.

3 so far. So far so good.