Draft 2023 NHL Draft and Undrafted Free Agents Thread

[I Eat Crow]

What is this?

 

[rangersfansince08]

do we have a shoot at Moore?

 

[Mac n Gs]

What is this?

JFresh’s annual troll job where he throws in made up players and acts like he pays attention to prospects. We’re only a day away from Patrick Bacon rising from the ashes to just post his player cards and make declarative statements about a prospect’s entire career based on his dogshit model that will make everyone on twitter mad

 

[The Crypto Guy]

do we have a shoot at Moore?

Zero chance he gets to 23.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Zero chance he gets to 23.

Wonder how many years we will wait before we get to see an elite skater don the Rangers jersey?

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

I was going to say that if Leonard is there at 23 and we don’t take him…

dum dum dum. Lol

 

[RangersFan1994]

I was going to say that if Leonard is there at 23 and we don’t take him…

dum dum dum. Lol

If he is there at 23 I will be shocked. He won’t make it pass 15

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I was going to say that if Leonard is there at 23 and we don’t take him…

dum dum dum. Lol

If Lenoard drops beyond 10 and they don't trade up for him everyone is going to whine even though that type of trade wouldn't be possible with out getting stupid.

 

[mike14]

Wonder how many years we will wait before we get to see an elite skater don the Rangers jersey?

I dont understand skating mechanics at all (although I can still pick guys who's stride is 'wrong'), but what's make an elite skater, and what makes Kreider not one?

 

[EdJovanovski]

I dont understand skating mechanics at all (although I can still pick guys who's stride is 'wrong'), but what's make an elite skater, and what makes Kreider not one?

His edges and everything certainly aren’t elite, straight line speed is the only thing elite and even then I see a lot of fans here claim even that isn’t elite. (Although I think it is) He’s just an athletic beast with a ton of fast twitch muscle, so he’s naturally explosive. He doesn’t have the fluid skating of a Hughes

 

[I Eat Crow]

If he is there at 23 I will be shocked. He won’t make it past 8

FIFY

 

[eco's bones]

Like I said he is NOT Brady Tkachuk, yet you give me no reason WHY you don't like him. I agree, there are better players, which we discussed earlier. All players mature at different times.

I wouldn't say I don't like him other than I don't like him as a 1st rounder in the 2023 draft. In a weaker year a better argument could be made perhaps for him as a 1st rounder. If the Rangers had a mid to late 2nd rounder I might consider drafting him depending.

 

[RangersFan1994]

My top 3 at 23 Musty, Brindley, Heidt at 23.

 

[rangersfansince08]

His edges and everything certainly aren’t elite, straight line speed is the only thing elite and even then I see a lot of fans here claim even that isn’t elite. (Although I think it is) He’s just an athletic beast with a ton of fast twitch muscle, so he’s naturally explosive. He doesn’t have the fluid skating of a Hughes

Guys like Hughes, Makar, McDavid are just different. Would love to see that type of skating talent on our team.

 

[duhmetreE]

Guys like Hughes, Makar, McDavid are just different. Would love to see that type of skating talent on our team.

Gulyayev is probably a top5-10 pick if he's North American.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Gulyayev is probably a top5-10 pick if he's North American.

That would be a great pick and give us the transition offense we need from the back end too

 

[UnSandvich]

Gulyayev is probably a top5-10 pick if he's North American.

Nah, i think he's more 10-15. Simashev though...

 

[The Crypto Guy]

That would be a great pick and give us the transition offense we need from the back end too

No way Drury will take a guy that could be years away from coming over. If he's there for us at 23, i'm sure Drury passes.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Draft a hockey player. No weenies, no reaches, no "players" that have their hearts elsewhere.

I want a player that goes straight to the net with speed and strength and will. Shoots the puck. Crash and bang. And someone that hits hard. I don't care about dipsy doodles and "cellys". Get me a psycho that buries the puck. Draft the kid that said they'd merc his teammates on a WW2 ship.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Requirements for our 1st rounder:

Merc teammates on ww2 ship, destroy opponents, if his favorite song is Bad Company by Bad Company then that's the dude you draft.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

for those of you who were interested in the Rangers signing Othmann teammate Avery Hayes, he signs with Pittsburgh.

That's not Pittsburgh. He signed an AHL contract with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Pittsburgh Penguins would need to sign him to an NHL contract before he's eligible to be called up.

Like Marchessault, who was never under contract with the Rangers.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Draft a hockey player. No weenies, no reaches, no "players" that have their hearts elsewhere.

I want a player that goes straight to the net with speed and strength and will. Shoots the puck. Crash and bang. And someone that hits hard. I don't care about dipsy doodles and "cellys". Get me a psycho that buries the puck. Draft the kid that said they'd merc his teammates on a WW2 ship.

Any Sean Avery types in this draft?

 

[Leonardo87]

GDT is up for Draft Day..

GDT: - 2023 NHL Entry Draft Round 1 (7PM)