So I am just getting to these threads after being out of town.
I get where Andersson wasn't on some people's radars, but he's a very solid prospect.
He has a very strong understanding of the game, high IQ and is highly competitive.
What he's not is particularly "sexy." He's not a kid that automatically draws your attention to him, or necessarily makes you jump out of your seat.
He's a "safe" pick in the sense that he has a high probability of playing in the NHL, though the odds of him being a high-end "star" is less than some other selections. However, he projects safely as a third line center and favorably as a second line center. Keeping in mind that those terms are all somewhat relative because it depends on who he is paired with and the roles they play.
At the 7 spot, and in this draft, I don't view him as being a reach. As we discussed before the draft, a "weak" draft typically means teams have to do their research on a player and that lists might vary noticeably between teams. For better or worse, the Rangers clearly did their homework on this pick.
While I don't believe he was at the top of the list of players the Rangers hoped to land, I don't he was a consolation prize either. As an old friend of mine told me in the days following the draft, "Andersson is the type of player that winning teams have."