Confirmed with Link: NYR signed Vinni Lettieri

[Crease]

Can he kick field goals?

 

[nyr2k2]

I was shocked to find out he's not Finnish with that name

Surely he's a Pisano, right?

 

[bobbop]

Vinni's father was born in Italy, raised in Canada and is married to Lou Nanne's daughter. Explains a few things.

 

[nyr2k2]

Vinni's father was born in Italy, raised in Canada and is married to Lou Nanne's daughter. Explains a few things.

Yeah with his last name and the Nanne connection I was sure he had Italian roots.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Can he kick field goals?

Wait, so we end up with Tom Brady Skjei AND Adam Vinni Lettieri?

 

[TheGuarantee]

Zipay navigates to google.com and then types in "Twitter" to access his account.

Zipay is the type of guy who farts on the toilet and flushes

 

[Stasis]

Zipay is the type of guy who farts on the toilet and flushes

I laughed out loud at this. Just didn't expect it.

And more NCAA signings is something I'm always fine with. AHL stock or more than that as a bonus, it's all good. We need all that and we continue to be a good place for college players to look to. Keep building those bridges and showing these guys they've got a shot here. It's paid off so far, either by getting great players, or by trading some for other assets.

 

[NYR Viper]

He's got better stats than Nieves who the Rangers are high on. The guy can skate. They will need to continue to develop bottom-6 players. Hopefully Nieves and this kid work out to be staples in the bottom-6.

 

[eco's bones]

I'm going to wait to comment until Zipay confirms.

Whatever your feelings about Zipay are he is still a source---or more a source than either you or I are.

As for Lettieri--that the Blackhawks were the other major team he was considering tells me that he should be at least a decent prospect.

 

[eco's bones]

He's got better stats than Nieves who the Rangers are high on. The guy can skate. They will need to continue to develop bottom-6 players. Hopefully Nieves and this kid work out to be staples in the bottom-6.

I agree. The Rangers identity is great skating. The thing that Nieves has over Lettieri though is he's got a big body. And though Lettieri is a great skater---Nieves is too.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Probably won't amount to anything. People shouldn't get their hopes up. There's a reason most of these players weren't drafted, and weren't already signed.

 

[eco's bones]

Probably won't amount to anything. People shouldn't get their hopes up. There's a reason most of these players weren't drafted, and weren't already signed.

The draft isn't a be all or an end all. Recent Rangers players who weren't drafted are Mats Zuccarello, Cam Talbot, Martin St. Louis and whether you like him or not he's still played almost 800 games and more than 100 playoff games for the Rangers--Dan Girardi. There's also Nick Holden and Antti Raanta and Marek Hrivik.

 

[TheGuarantee]

Probably won't amount to anything. People shouldn't get their hopes up. There's a reason most of these players weren't drafted, and weren't already signed.

Sick hot take bro

 

[Zil]

The draft isn't a be all or an end all. Recent Rangers players who weren't drafted are Mats Zuccarello, Cam Talbot, Martin St. Louis and whether you like him or not he's still played almost 800 games and more than 100 playoff games for the Rangers--Dan Girardi. There's also Nick Holden and Antti Raanta and Marek Hrivik.

Not to mention Brian Rafalski, Dan Boyle, Torey Krug, etc. You hit on one of these guys and it makes a world of difference.

 

[nyr2k2]

Nieves was the better player excluding his Senior season. And that year Nieves was stuck behind that crazy line of Connor, Motte and Compher. They're both defensively responsible guys. Nieves is stronger.

Boo would be more highly regarded if he wasn't such a pass-happy player. He's a good distributor and has nice vision, but he's not a natural offensive wizard. He needs to pull the trigger. I think he has actually had a good rookie season in Hartford considering the relative strength of the team and his injuries.

 

[nyr2k2]

Probably won't amount to anything. People shouldn't get their hopes up.

I mean this is true, but the same can be said for pretty much everyone taken in the third round or later. The vast majority of prospects, drafted or signed as UDFA's, will never make it. I think that's pretty well-established.

I think the fact that we're only on page two reflects that no one is really that excited. When Gilroy signed this place was crazy.

 

[eco's bones]

Not to mention Brian Rafalski, Dan Boyle, Torey Krug, etc. You hit on one of these guys and it makes a world of difference.

Yeah--there's a ton of guys who weren't drafted. If you don't do your scouting you're only ****ing yourself. Jake Muzzin, Dino Ciccarelli, Gretzky wasn't even drafted by an NHL team. I look at Vatrano right now--he could go either way but he's got real goal scoring skills.

 

[nyr2k2]

Yeah--there's a ton of guys who weren't drafted. If you don't do your scouting you're only ****ing yourself. Jake Muzzin, Dino Ciccarelli, Gretzky wasn't even drafted by an NHL team. I look at Vatrano right now--he could go either way but he's got real goal scoring skills.

And guys like Girardi and Matt Read weren't even considered at the top of their class. Sometimes it's these unheralded guys that end up contributing the most.

 

[TheGuarantee]

I mean this is true, but the same can be said for pretty much everyone taken in the third round or later. The vast majority of prospects, drafted or signed as UDFA's, will never make it. I think that's pretty well-established.

I think the fact that we're only on page two reflects that no one is really that excited. When Gilroy signed this place was crazy.

I'd say even 2nd round too. How many successful 2nd rounders have the NYR had last 20 years?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Sick hot take bro

Sick disgusting take talking about your perception of Zipay's bathroom habits.

 

[TheGuarantee]

Sick disgusting take talking about your perception of Zipay's bathroom habits.

You should explain next how guys drafted in the 7th round have a very low chance of making the NHL, I don't think anyone knows yet

 

[RGY]

Free is for me.

Stock piling Undrafted college free agents is smart. As others have alluded to, youre hoping you get lucky and hit a homerun with one of these signings. Its just like drafting in the 4th round and later imo. Depth never hurts even if it ends up only being depth for Hartford.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

The draft isn't a be all or an end all. Recent Rangers players who weren't drafted are Mats Zuccarello, Cam Talbot, Martin St. Louis and whether you like him or not he's still played almost 800 games and more than 100 playoff games for the Rangers--Dan Girardi. There's also Nick Holden and Antti Raanta and Marek Hrivik.

I agree, but there are so many players who are signed as UDFA's that amount to nothing. These players were the best of the best of those players. Tanner Glass is regarded as maybe the worst player in the NHL by our fans, and he had a pretty similar PPG average to this guy in his senior year. This guy is also a smaller forward. You'd expect if someone like this was to make the NHL, he would've averaged close to 2PPG this season.

Vesey had 56 goals in 70 games his final two college seasons, won the top player award his last season. This season in the NHL, he probably won't even hit 30 points.

There is a really big drop off from college hockey to the NHL. If you aren't averaging 1PPG in your senior year in the NCAA, you probably will not be an NHL top 9 forward.

I think we should be signing players like this, but I think anyone penciling in a guy like this for an NHL career is stretching it. Odds are probably against this guy playing 50 NHL games.

 

[nyr2k2]

I'd be happy even if he just turns into a really good AHL player. We always have to turn to free agency to find 4A-type players for Hartford, and then they sign and Company Man Ken lets them dog it. There's never any continuity down there. If he's the next Marek Hrivik, **** it, I'll take that.

 

[eco's bones]

And guys like Girardi and Matt Read weren't even considered at the top of their class. Sometimes it's these unheralded guys that end up contributing the most.

Some undrafted guys who have played for the Rangers--Sean Avery, Kent-Erik Andersson, John Bednarski, Tim Bothwell, Phil Bourque, Dan Boyle, Donald Brashear, Jay Caufield, Ruslan Fedotenko, Paul Fenton, Nick Fotiu, Rob Ftorek, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Wayne Gretzky, Glenn Healy, Anders Hedberg, Nick Holden, Josh Jooris, Mike Keane, Tim Kerr, Kelly Kisio, Chris Kostopolous, Nick Kypreos, Darren Langdon, Grant Ledyard, Sylvain Lefevbre, Mikko Leinonen, Norm Maciver, Brian MacLellan, George McPhee, Marty McSorley, Ulf Nilsson, Colton Orr, Jed Ortmeyer, Mark Pavelich, Antti Raanta, Mike Ridley, Reijo Ruotsolainen, Martin St. Louis, Cam Talbot, Mark Tinordi, Mats Zuccarello.

Not all of these guys are great players but generally speaking they were important players at least for periods of time. Curtis Joseph, Ed Belfour, Joe Mullen, Joel Otto, Torey Krug, Tyler Johnson, Charlie Huddy, Curtis Glencross, Pascal Dupuis, Geoff Courtnall, Tyler Bozak, Jason Blake, Sergei Bobrovsky, Jay Beagle, Borje Salming, Steve Thomas, Dino Ciccarelli, Marian Stastny, Peter Stastny, Antoine Roussel, Trevor Van Riemsdyk, Brian Rafalski, Andy Greene, Steve Duchesne, Dave Poulin, John Madden, Jamie Macoun, Randy Gregg, Glenn Reach, Joel Ward.