My first game I ever went to at the old MSG, Gumper was in nets. I was a teenager. He always had a smile on his face, win or lose!! (Most often losing - I felt sorry for him)!
If only Lundqvist had the same luck though [playing years I mean].
To answer your OP, one of the issues with the type of prospects you desire is the Rangers don't have them.
The only players who mainly to the amateur to full time pro line up players are future hall of famers.
Ex. Crosby, Ovechkin, maybe McDavid [at least that the expectation]
Most even Tier 1 players and of course lower tier do get held back a bit and farm seasoned on all teams except for some true bottom feeders who already made the cap floor.
The Rangers prospect system [as a whole] has been on average exponentially better in the New Era than it was from the early 90s until the lockout in 2004-2005.
I mean you are really longing for what the Rangers should finally do for once, completely crap out and build a dynasty, but they don't, so we do not posses the type of prospects [note: I'm NOT saying we don't have good prospects] who make that type of jump on the current game.