2020 Draft & Undrafted Free Agent Thread

[TheBloodyNine]

Look, if the Rangers were blessed with another lottery win, got first and took Laf, I'm not gonna complain.

 

[Heckler81]

Look, if the Rangers were blessed with another lottery win, got first and took Laf, I'm not gonna complain.

We really need a solid center over high potential winger.

Would FLA trade Barkov for the 1st overall pick? Would you?

Barkov and Kakko would be a nice combo for years.

 

[MikeSteaks]

We really need a solid center over high potential winger.

Would FLA trade Barkov for the 1st overall pick? Would you?

Barkov and Kakko would be a nice combo for years.

No, they would not.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

No, they would not.

Rangers wouldn’t/shouldn’t do that trade either

 

[True Blue]

I feel like this is going to be one of those things where Lafreniere has been so far ahead for so long that there really isn’t anything he can do to keep the perceived gap as big as it has been, so people are going to think Byfield or whoever closing the gap is skyrocketing closer toward him (think Svechnikov and Zadina in their draft year and how by the end of the year people convinced themselves Zadina was better)

You are probably not at all far from the truth.

 

[LeetchisGod]

I just simulated the lottery on Tankathon and it ended up Hawks 1, Devils 2 and Rangers 3. Imagine the outrage if that happened.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

I just simulated the lottery on Tankathon and it ended up Hawks 1, Devils 2 and Rangers 3. Imagine the outrage if that happened.

Byfield on the Debs would kill me.

We really need a solid center over high potential winger.

Would FLA trade Barkov for the 1st overall pick? Would you?

Barkov and Kakko would be a nice combo for years.

Between Barkov and Laf, we may wanna go with Laf. Him being an offensive wizard and all.

 

[NYRFANMANI]

- dang it

 

[Joey Bones]

Way too early to tell on some of these guys, but it's obvious that the top 5 of this draft is incredible; Lafreniere, Byfield, Raymond, Holtz, and Askarov.

Don't look now, but Dawson Mercer is climbing already....

 

[Joey Bones]

If NYR were picking in the top 5 and miss out on Byfield, Cole Perfetti is a great option as the 2nd best center!!

 

[LeetchisGod]

If NYR were picking in the top 5 and miss out on Byfield, Cole Perfetti is a great option as the 2nd best center!!

Some experts have said that he's a winger in the NHL.

 

[Edge]

I feel like this is going to be one of those things where Lafreniere has been so far ahead for so long that there really isn’t anything he can do to keep the perceived gap as big as it has been, so people are going to think Byfield or whoever closing the gap is skyrocketing closer toward him (think Svechnikov and Zadina in their draft year and how by the end of the year people convinced themselves Zadina was better)

Byfield is a hell of a player and my personal favorite in this draft. But Lafreniere is the top guy and hasn’t done anything to lose that position thus far.

Now if Byfield keeps doing what he’s doing, and finishes with 60 goals and 130 points, I think conventional wisdom goes out the window. But I can see another Kakko-Hughes like scenario where the team picking second has the easiest job in the first round.

 

[rangersfansince08]

I think Stutzle is the second best center imo.

 

[Joey Bones]

Some experts have said that he's a winger in the NHL.

I must've missed those reports, but when watching him I honestly don't see it. At least no now in any way....

 

[Joey Bones]

I think Stutzle is the second best center imo.

Could very well be the case!!

 

[Ghost of jas]

@Joey Bones, I would be be very happy if Perfetti was able to be a center at the NHL. Byfield is the dream, but either Perfetti or Stutzle would please me greatly.

 

[rangersfansince08]

If Chytil does grab the 2C role wouldn't we be better off hoping for Raymond or Lafreniere instead.

We could then have sometime 2-3 years from now

Panarin-Zibby-Kakko
Raymond/Lafreniere-Chytil-Kravstov
Lemeuix-Henriksson-Buchnevich
Andersson-Barron-Fast

Miller-Trouba
Robertson-Fox
Jones-Deangelo
Lundkvist

Shestyerkin
Georgiev

 

[Edge]

Some experts have said that he's a winger in the NHL.

Put me down in the group that likes him better as a potential wing at this point.

I think his style of play will be better utilized on the wings at the higher levels as a result of a combination of smaller size, less defensive responsibilities and the maximizing his shot.

 

[BroadwayBlues]

If Chytil does grab the 2C role wouldn't we be better off hoping for Raymond or Lafreniere instead.

We could then have sometime 2-3 years from now

Panarin-Zibby-Kakko
Raymond/Lafreniere-Chytil-Kravstov
Lemeuix-Henriksson-Buchnevich
Andersson-Barron-Fast

Miller-Trouba
Robertson-Fox
Jones-Deangelo
Lundkvist

Shestyerkin
Georgiev

This true and I thought the same thing. But I never count on getting the 1OV. If it happens great. More realistic for me would be 2-5.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Aren't the chances of moving into 1,2,3 more or less the same?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Aren't the chances of moving into 1,2,3 more or less the same?

The same as what?

 

[Ola]

The same as what?

Olli Jokinen?

 

[rangersfansince08]

The same as what?

As each other. People seem to think we have a shot at 2 but no shot at 1. Is the probability of getting 2 that much higher?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

As each other. People seem to think we have a shot at 2 but no shot at 1. Is the probability of getting 2 that much higher?

No. People want no 2 because it would fill a positional need, drafting Byfield.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Lafreniere on the Rangers is what's best for business. Do the right thing, NHL.