Prospect Info: 2018-2019 Rangers Prospects Thread (Stats Updated 3.1.19) *Part IV*

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NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR PROSPECTS -- OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL, Others​

#	Player	Pos.	Sh.	DOB	Ht.	Wt.	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Team/League	Drafted
66	Gross, Nico	D	L	1/26/00	6'1"	189	50	3	14	17	+15	67	Oshawa Generals/OHL	R4 #101 2018 NYR
							10	1	5	6	+1	14	Switzerland U20/International
19	Hughes, Riley	RW	R	6/27/00	6'1"	180	53	24	34	58	--	20	Victoria Grizzlies/BCHL	R7 #216 2018 NYR
							6	1	2	3	--	0	Canada West/WJA Challenge
7	Keane, Joey $	D	R	7/2/99	6'0"	184	29	3	13	16	+3	41	London Knights/OHL	R3 #88 2018 NYR
							29	4	16	20	+9	46	Barrie Colts/OHL
							3	0	1	1	--	4	USA U20/International
4	Kjellberg, Simon	D	L	2/17/00	6'3"	190	45	2	3	5	E	8	Dubuque Fighting Saints/USHL	R6 #163 2018 NYR

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COLLEGE PROSPECTS -- NCAA​

#

Player

Pos.

Sh.

DOB

Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

GP

G

A

P

+/-

PIM

Team/Conference

Drafted

27

Barron, Morgan

F

L

12/2/98

6'3"

208

So.

27

13

16

29

+9

16

Cornell Big Red/ECAC

R6 #174 2017 NYR

19

Miller, K'Andre ⚕

D

L

1/21/00

6'4"

205

Fr.

26

5

17

22

+7

18

Wisconsin Badgers/B10

R1 #22 2018 NYR

6

0

1

1

+1

0

USA U20/International

29

Nanne, Tyler

D/F

R

3/17/96

5'11"

183

Jr.

33

4

6

10

E

22

Minnesota Golden Gophers/B10

R5 #142 2014 NYR

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#

Player

Pos.

Glv.

DOB

Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

GP

W

L

T

GAA

SV%

SO

Team/Conference

Drafted

30

Húska, Adam

G

L

5/12/97

6'4"

220

Jr.

21

5

13

2

3.34

.896

1

UConn Huskies/HE

R7 #184 2015 NYR

33

Wall, Tyler

G

L

1/14/98

6'3"

217

Jr.

18

10

7

1

2.09

.921

4

UM-Lowell River Hawks/HE

R6 #174 2016 NYR

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INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTS -- KHL, Liiga, SHL, Others​

#	Player	Pos.	Sh.	DOB	Ht.	Wt.	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Team/League	Drafted
74	Kravtsov, Vitali	RW	L	12/23/99	6'2"	187	50	8	13	21	-3	6	Traktor Chelyabinsk/KHL	R1 #9 2018 NYR
							2	0	1	1	E	0	Traktor Chelyabinsk/Playoffs
							13	4	11	15	+9	2	Russia U20/International
							1	0	0	0	E	0	Russia Olympic/International
31	Lakatoš, Dominik	F	L	4/8/97	5'11"	179	26	0	5	5	-1	22	Bílí Tygři Liberec/ELH	R6 #157 2017 NYR
							22	4	9	13	+4	8	PSG Berani Zlín/ELH
							2	1	0	1	+1	2	HC Benátky nad Jizerou/CZ 1. liga
27	Lundkvist, Nils	D	R	7/27/00	5'11"	172	40	3	7	10	+7	8	Luleå HF/SHL	R1 #28 2018 NYR
							2	0	1	1	E	4	Luleå HF/J20 SuperElit
							11	1	2	3	-2	4	Sweden U20/International
48	Pajuniemi, Lauri	RW	R	9/12/99	6'0"	183	39	5	8	13	-1	18	HC TPS/Liiga	R5 #132 2018 NYR
							6	1	0	1	E	4	HC TPS/Champions HL
							1	0	0	0	E	0	TUTO Hockey/Mestis
71	Ragnarsson, Jacob	D	L	9/23/99	6'0"	176	35	0	6	6	-22	36	Almtuna IS/HA	R3 #70 2018 NYR
							3	0	0	0	E	0	Sweden U20/International
11	Reunanen, Tarmo	D	L	3/1/98	6'0"	179	53	5	17	22	-1	36	Rauman Lukko/Liiga	R4 #98 2016 NYR
							1	0	1	1	-1	0	Rauman Lukko U20/Jr. A SM-Liiga
3	Rykov, Yegor	D	L	4/14/97	6'2"	216	47	3	6	9	-4	8	HC Sochi/KHL	R5 #132 2016 NJD
							3	0	2	2	+1	0	HC Sochi/Playoffs
							1	0	0	0	-1	0	SKA-Neva/VHL
							3	0	1	1	E	0	Russia Olympic/International
5	Själin, Calle ⚕	D	L	9/2/99	6'1"	176	20	2	5	7	+11	4	Leksands IF/HA	R5 #145 2017 NYR
							3	0	0	0	+3	0	Leksands IF/Škoda Trophy
							3	0	0	0	+1	12	Sweden U20/International
19	Virta, Patrik	F	R	3/6/96	5'10"	181	31	6	7	13	-7	10	Örebro HK/SHL	R7 #207 2017 NYR
							21	2	7	9	-9	6	HC Slovan Bratislava/KHL

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#	Player	Pos.	Glv.	DOB	Ht.	Wt.	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO	Team/League	Drafted
30	Lindbom, Olof	G	L	7/23/00	6'2"	176	4	3	1	0	3.00	.895	0	Djurgårdens IF/J20SE Top 10	R2 #39 2018 NYR
							2	1	1	0	2.89	.898	0	Djurgårdens IF/J20 SuperElit
30	Shesterkin, Igor	G	L	12/30/95	6'1"	190	28	24	4	0	1.11	.953	10	SKA St. Petersburg/KHL	R4 #118 2014 NYR
							2	0	2	0	2.55	.853	0	SKA St. Petersburg/Playoffs
							2	2	0	0	0.50	.982	1	Russia National/International

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NORTH AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL PROSPECTS -- AHL, ECHL, NHL​

#	Player	Pos.	Sh.	DOB	Ht.	Wt.	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Team/League	Drafted
50	Andersson, Lias $	C	L	10/13/98	6'1"	204	25	1	4	5	-7	16	New York Rangers/NHL	R1 #7 2017 NYR
							36	6	14	20	-24	25	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL
63	Bergman, Julius	D	R	11/2/95	6'2"	194	1	0	0	0	-1	0	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R2 #46 2014 SJS
							33	0	6	6	-9	12	Belleville Senators/AHL
27	Bigras, Chris $ ⚕	D	L	2/22/95	6'1"	191	52	3	19	22	+5	36	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R2 #32 2013 COL
72	Chytil, Filip $	F	L	9/5/99	6'2"	208	60	10	10	20	-17	6	New York Rangers/NHL	R1 #21 2017 NYR
14	Crawley, Brandon $	D	L	2/2/97	6'1"	204	32	3	10	13	-11	47	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R4 #123 2017 NYR
74	Day, Sean $	D	L	1/9/98	6'3"	225	29	2	4	6	-11	4	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R3 #81 2016 NYR
							19	4	11	15	+4	6	Maine Mariners/ECHL
19	Fogarty, Steven $ A	C	R	4/19/93	6'3"	210	48	17	22	39	-15	38	Hartford Wolf Pack/NHL	R3 #72 2011 NYR
							10	0	0	0	-1	0	New York Rangers/NHL
37	Fontaine, Gabriel $	F	L	4/30/97	6'1"	201	55	7	13	20	+2	12	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R6 #171 2016 NYR
26	Gettinger, Tim $	LW	L	4/14/98	6'6"	220	48	12	11	23	-14	21	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R5 #141 2016 NYR
							4	0	0	0	E	0	New York Rangers/NHL
3	Gilmour, John $	D	L	5/17/93	6'0"	190	58	16	24	40	-13	29	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2016 NYR
11	Gropp, Ryan $	LW	L	9/16/96	6'3"	187	45	5	8	13	-13	10	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R2 #41 2015 NYR
							8	5	3	8	-6	0	Maine Mariners/ECHL
43	Hájek, Libor $	D	L	2/4/98	6'2"	204							New York Rangers/NHL	R2 #37 2016 TB
							58	0	5	5	-26	36	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL
21	Howden, Brett $ ⚕	C	L	3/29/98	6'3"	195	48	4	11	15	-13	4	New York Rangers/NHL	R1 #27 2016 TB
25	Leedahl, Dawson $	LW	L	3/19/96	6'2"	200	28	0	0	0	-1	22	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2017 NYR
							12	3	4	7	-4	26	Maine Mariners/ECHL
48	Lemieux, Brendan	LW	L	3/15/96	6'1"	210	1	0	0	0	-1	2	New York Rangers/NHL	R2 #31 2014 BUF
							44	9	2	11	+10	64	Winnipeg Jets/NHL
95	Lettieri, Vinni $	F	R	2/6/95	5'11"	191	36	17	20	37	-10	14	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2017 NYR
							18	0	0	0	-5	10	New York Rangers/NHL
5	Lindgren, Ryan $	D	L	2/11/98	6'0"	201	52	0	11	11	+6	75	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R2 #49 2016 BOS
							3	0	0	0	-1	6	New York Rangers/NHL
81	Meskanen, Ville $	RW	R	10/2/95	6'1"	188	54	10	19	29	-3	12	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2018 NYR
24	Nieves, Boo $	C	L	1/23/94	6'3"	210	30	4	5	9	-3	8	New York Rangers/NHL	R2 #59 2012 NYR
							16	3	5	8	-8	6	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL
44	O'Gara, Rob $ A ⚕	D	L	7/6/93	6'4"	214	45	3	8	11	+4	60	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R5 #151 2011 BOS
44	Pionk, Neal $	D	R	7/29/95	6'0"	186	53	5	16	21	-8	33	New York Rangers/NHL	UDFA 2017 NYR
22	Raddysh, Darren $	D	R	2/28/96	6'1"	200	4	0	0	0	-3	8	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2018 CHI
							54	8	18	26	+6	20	Rockford IceHogs/AHL
7	Ronning, Ty $	RW	R	10/20/97	5'9"	181	12	3	0	3	-3	4	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R7 #201 2016 NYR
							22	9	10	19	+2	8	Maine Mariners/ECHL

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#	Player	Pos.	Glv.	DOB	Ht.	Wt.	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO	Team/League	Drafted
40	Georgiev, Alexandar $	G	L	2/10/96	6'1"	179	23	10	10	0	3.18	.902	1	New York Rangers/NHL	UDFA 2017 NYR
							11	2	9	0	3.66	.883	0	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL
31	Halverson, Brandon $	G	L	3/29/96	6'4"	203	9	3	9	3	3.10	.894	0	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	R2 #59 2014 NYR
							30	15	13	1	2.67	.924	1	Maine Mariners/ECHL
33	Nell, Chris $	G	L	9/2/94	6'2"	201	1	1	0	0	1.00	.967	0	Hartford Wolf Pack/AHL	UDFA 2017 NYR
							4	1	3	0	3.53	.902	0	Maine Mariners/ECHL
							27	11	14	2	3.09	.899	1	Greenville S.R./ECHL

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What Makes a Prospect?​

A player will be considered a prospect until he meets the following criteria:

If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.

An NCAA player who signs his first contract at or above the age of 22 has three years to meet the above criteria (65/45), while those NCAA players that turn pro under the age of 22 will be subjected to the criteria above.

European players who sign their first NHL contract at or above the age of 22 have three seasons from the time they sign that contract to meet the above criteria. Those European players below the age of 22 that have signed a NHL contract will be subjected to the criteria in section one.

NOTE: These are general guidelines and should be followed the majority of the time but certain players may still be listed as prospects if circumstances warrant.

Source: Hockey's Future - NHL Prospect Criteria

Past Rangers Prospects Threads:
2018-2019 Rangers Prospects Thread *Part I*
2018-2019 Rangers Prospects Thread *Part II*
2018-2019 Rangers Prospects Thread *Part III*​

Click to read more...

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

In order of magnitude:

7: Riley Hughes: 3rd on the team in points
6: Morgan Barron: 3rd on the team in points
5: Tarmo Reunanen: 2nd in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 20)
4: Yegor Rykov: Top pair D-man in the KHL at age 21
3: Nils Lundkvist: 1st in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 18)
2: K'Andre Miller: Leads team in points and assists as freshman D-man
1: Vitali Kravtsov: Leads team in points and assists as an 18 year old in the KHL

 

[kovazub94]

In order of magnitude:

7: Riley Hughes: 3rd on the team in points
6: Morgan Barron: 3rd on the team in points
5: Tarmo Reunanen: 2nd in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 20)
4: Yegor Rykov: Top pair D-man in the KHL at age 21
3: Nils Lundkvist: 1st in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 18)
2: K'Andre Miller: Leads team in points and assists as freshman D-man
1: Vitali Kravtsov: Leads team in points and assists as an 18 year old in the KHL

Just to be fair, Rykov is probably more of a two-way (primarily) shutdown top4 LD for Sochi, Jokipakka is their primary offensive 1LD with over 22 min/g.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Just to be fair, Rykov is probably more of a two-way (primarily) shutdown top4 LD for Sochi, Jokipakka is their primary offensive 1LD with over 22 min/g.

I can't find it now but I read somewhere Rykov plays more 5on5 than JyJo

 

[Matz03]

Joey Keane had a decent start to his OHL season but seems to have stopped producing the last two months. Anyone catch his play lately with Barrie of late? He's now dropped below last years pts/g clip. It doesn't seem like he's entering WJC tourney at his best.

 

[Joey Bones]

Reunanen had 27:02 of ice time against KooKoo the other night!!!!!!

 

[pblawr]

In order of magnitude:

7: Riley Hughes: 3rd on the team in points
6: Morgan Barron: 3rd on the team in points
5: Tarmo Reunanen: 2nd in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 20)
4: Yegor Rykov: Top pair D-man in the KHL at age 21
3: Nils Lundkvist: 1st in the league in points among u21 D-men (age 18)
2: K'Andre Miller: Leads team in points and assists as freshman D-man
1: Vitali Kravtsov: Leads team in points and assists as an 18 year old in the KHL

This is great.

I would add:

3. Lias Andersson: 4th highest scoring rate of any U21 player in the AHL (>10 games)
2. Brett Howden: 12th most points of any U21 player in the NHL
1. Filip Chytil: One of only 10 U20 players in the NHL and the highest scoring U20 player drafted outside the top 4

 

[eco's bones]

Reunanen had 27:02 of ice time against KooKoo the other night!!!!!!

Took a while but Reunanen has emerged as a player this year.

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Took a while but Reunanen has emerged as a player this year.

He's having a great season, had a post about it a few Days ago, he's emerging as a top pairing D-man in Liiga and producing great results.

 

[kovazub94]

Took a while but Reunanen has emerged as a player this year.

Is he really '98? Did we draft him in 2016 or 2017, can't seem to figure it out?

Regardless, next year he should be coming over to NA, no?

 

[Ghost of jas]

Is he really '98? Did we draft him in 2016 or 2017, can't seem to figure it out?

Regardless, next year he should be coming over to NA, no?

2016

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

2016

We hold his rights for 4 years because he was younger than 20 when drafted out of Europe, unlike Virta in 2017 who was 20 so it was only 2 years (until he moved to the KHL, extending his rights indefinitely. It's a weird system, but this is what the CBA states:

="Amazing Kreiderman, post: 151768149, member: 119397"]CBA article 8.6.d: Players drafted from a club outside North America (CBA Page 20)
A player's rights aged 18 or 19 when drafted will last 4 years
A player's rihts aged 20 or older when drafted will last 2 years

That is all it says about it. I can't find anything in the CBA about the situation Virta is in now. Maybe we can find a player with a similar trajectory in the past few years to compare.

* I summarized it to make it easier to understand.

What bugs me, is that there's still no word on Virta's rights. He went from KHL to SHL which would mean his rights go back to the limit of 2 years, but I wonder if it will be extended by a year due to him being in the KHL this season. I guess we are 6 months away from finding out and clarifying this very confusing bit of the CBA

Sorry, I am rambling again

 

[Joey Bones]

Is he really '98? Did we draft him in 2016 or 2017, can't seem to figure it out?

Regardless, next year he should be coming over to NA, no?

2016, but he's also 20 years old.... Still really young!!

At the beginning of the 2016/2017 season, Tarmo was considered a low end first round pick. He had a freak spine injury, IIRC, that limited his play to only 11 games that year. He showed promise last season, but TPS had a stocked defense core. He's proving he's better now with Lukko. Very happy to see him prevailing!!

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

2016, but he's also 20 years old.... Still really young!!

At the beginning of the 2016/2017 season, Tarmo was considered a low end first round pick. He had a freak spine injury, IIRC, that limited his play to only 11 games that year. He showed promise last season, but TPS had a stocked defense core. He's proving he's better now with Lukko. Very happy to see him prevailing!!

You got the years wrong but the rest right, at the start of his draft season (15/16) he was seen as equal or even ahead of Juolevi, then he lost almost that entire season to an injury.

Also, TPS defense while good wasn't stacked, they just handled Reunanen poorly imo.

 

[Harbour Dog]

2016, but he's also 20 years old.... Still really young!!

At the beginning of the 2016/2017 season, Tarmo was considered a low end first round pick. He had a freak spine injury, IIRC, that limited his play to only 11 games that year. He showed promise last season, but TPS had a stocked defense core. He's proving he's better now with Lukko. Very happy to see him prevailing!!

I don't think I ever did find out what the injury was that caused him to drop; I think the majority of speculation here was that it was a concussion.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Joey Bones]

You got the years wrong but the rest right, at the start of his draft season (15/16) he was seen as equal or even ahead of Juolevi, then he lost almost that entire season to an injury.

Also, TPS defense while good wasn't stacked, they just handled Reunanen poorly imo.

You're right, was responding on my phone and didn't have much time to do the research....

 

[Joey Bones]

I don't think I ever did find out what the injury was that caused him to drop; I think the majority of speculation here was that it was a concussion.

Thanks for the info!

Anytime!!

I'll try to find the article I read it off of, but I don't think it was a concussion....

Edit: Here it is....

Tarmo Reunanen Speaks To Blueshirt Banter

It was first diagnosed as a gluteal tear, but was later diagnosed as a disc prolapse (another term for herniated disc).

 

[nyr2k2]

Since returning from injury, Pajuniemi has 1-2-3 in 5 games and is +2. This is good, considering he had 1 goal and 1 assist in his first 15 games. And the TOI is hovering around 13:00-14:00 minutes, which is better than it was for him.

I don't know this for certain but I assume he's getting more of an opportunity with Kaapo Kakko at WJC camp. Honestly is Kakko wasn't on TPS, I think there's a chance Pajuniemi could be there himself (injury aside).

 

[Ranger Ric]

Amazing K:

I had the exact thought about Virta. So last week I wrote to Cap Friendly, which still lists Virta as being under Ranger control indefinitely, to see if Cap Friendly could clarify. If I hear back from the site I will let you know.

We hold his rights for 4 years because he was younger than 20 when drafted out of Europe, unlike Virta in 2017 who was 20 so it was only 2 years (until he moved to the KHL, extending his rights indefinitely. It's a weird system, but this is what the CBA states:



What bugs me, is that there's still no word on Virta's rights. He went from KHL to SHL which would mean his rights go back to the limit of 2 years, but I wonder if it will be extended by a year due to him being in the KHL this season. I guess we are 6 months away from finding out and clarifying this very confusing bit of the CBA

Sorry, I am rambling again

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

Dominik Lakatos had a goal (game tying to take the game to OT) and a primary assist in a 2-3 loss for Zlin, he's doing good after the change of scenery

 

[nyr2k2]

Dominik Lakatos had a goal (game tying to take the game to OT) and a primary assist in a 2-3 loss for Zlin, he's doing good after the change of scenery

Yeah not sure about the past couple games, but the first 6 he was their 1C. This after being the 4C and getting demoted to a lower league with White Tigers.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

So what are Reunanen's prospects? Is that the guy that was supposed to be a good offensive defenseman?

 

[Levitate]

2016, but he's also 20 years old.... Still really young!!

At the beginning of the 2016/2017 season, Tarmo was considered a low end first round pick. He had a freak spine injury, IIRC, that limited his play to only 11 games that year. He showed promise last season, but TPS had a stocked defense core. He's proving he's better now with Lukko. Very happy to see him prevailing!!

I remember he was thought to have a lot of upside but really struggled to find icetime these past several years. I was ready to write him off...

If the Rangers could sign him but leave him overseas for another year I feel like that might be best. Let him establish himself this year and follow that up with another good year before coming over.

 

[Joey Bones]

I remember he was thought to have a lot of upside but really struggled to find icetime these past several years. I was ready to write him off...

If the Rangers could sign him but leave him overseas for another year I feel like that might be best. Let him establish himself this year and follow that up with another good year before coming over.

Well, the Rangers have to sign him before June 1st, 2020. I don't think that'll be a worry by then.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Well, the Rangers have to sign him before June 1st, 2020. I don't think that'll be a worry by then.

They can always sign him and loan him back to Liiga, right?