Draft R5 #159: Rangers select RD Vittorio "Victor" Mancini (Omaha, NCAA)

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Victor Mancini at eliteprospects.com

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Victor Mancini, 2002-05-26 Hancock, MI, USA USA. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha. Complete player biography and stats.

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[FireGerardGallant]

10/10 name doesn’t seem great though

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Wow, another overage player. 20 year old playing in the NCAA already. Don't know anything about him.

 

[Circus86]

His name fits. Don't t know about the rest.

 

[Savant]

Wow, another overage player. 20 year old playing in the NCAA already. Don't know anything about him.

If I remember correctly he was in the draft last year? Had a weird developmental path. Played in Europe two years ago. I remember him from last year for some reason. Thought he was interesting.

 

[H00fHearted]

I guess he isn’t much of fighter. If he was his nickname would be “Boom Boom”.

 

[Riche16]

I guess he isn’t much of fighter. If he was his nickname would be “Boom Boom”.

Geoffrion (innovator of the slap shot) already has that one in hockey.

Freddy Couples in golf not that it matters.

 

[Machinehead]

This is the most Italian thing I've ever heard.

It's like we used Polymerization on Tony DeAngelo, Vinni Lettieri, and Anthony Rizzo watching from the stands.

 

[Ruggs225]

Mancini or Ciccolini. Take your pick.

 

[Lays]

5 points in 38 NCAA games as an overager. Couldn’t wait until the 7th round to draft him?

This is the most Italian thing I've ever heard.

It's like we used Polymerization on Tony DeAngelo, Vinni Lettieri, and Anthony Rizzo watching from the stands.

Frank Vatrano too

 

[McRanger92]

Seems like a Hartford pick

 

[Machinehead]

5 points in 38 NCAA games as an overager. Couldn’t wait until the 7th round to draft him?

You're not allowed to say that

 

[Chalfdiggity3]

Oh well, im just going to call him Victoria from now on

 

[ElLeetch]

sounds like a character name from SNL

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Anybody have any idea why we drafted him?

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Seems like a Hartford pick

I mean, he has another 3 years of NCAA eligibility so I'm not sure why you'd say that. Remember, he played in Sweden in 19/20 and 20/21. So his first year back in North America was the 21/22 NCAA season.

Very interesting path.

 

[bernmeister]

Oh well, im just going to call him Victoria from now on

Kinks say hi
vic tor i a
vic tor i a
vic tor i ae, vic tor i a

 

[Rongomania]

Kinks say hi
vic tor i a
vic tor i a
vic tor i ae, vic tor i a

The last one in the chorus sounds more like '-Toria'

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

so nobody watches Nebraska-Omaha to tell us more about this steal of a pick?

 

[eco's bones]

Following the links his dad Robert had quite the coaching, scouting, player development, some general management career at all kinds of levels including the NHL that took him all over Canada and the United States and even to South Africa.

 

[djzbad]

Sounds like a defense first guy with some size and bite that makes good reads

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

5 points in 38 NCAA games as an overager. Couldn’t wait until the 7th round to draft him?


Frank Vatrano too

Rangers had dinner reservations and left early. Didn't have time to trade down and stick around

 

[Steve Kournianos]

Mancini should have been drafted two years ago when he was playing with Frolunda. That J20 blue line was loaded and I think he was paired with Gabrielsson (Vancouver prospect) and sometimes Edvinsson. Loves to shoot and get involved on offense for big kid. Thinks defense first but not a stay-at-home type. Skates puck out on his own, soft, quick hands (really quick actually for such a big defender). Big hits in the NZ. Forgot he later went to college, but I saw Omaha had a bunch of older puck-rushing defensemen like Scanlin, Knoepke, Tychonick. Think Mancini can contribute more next season. I woulda been happy with this pick in 2020 or 2021 but he should not be the lone defensemen from this deep class.

And they passed on Koromyslov and Grudinin for a double overager, which is dust-smoking territory IMO.

Like the kid. Don’t like the pick.

 

[Kakko Schmakko]

Interesting that he was a Captain on a Swedish team...

 

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