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

[nyr2k2]

I barely saw Mancini this year, but when I did, a few things stood out: good size, solid physicality, very good skating. I have no idea what he tops out as but he's interesting.

 

[egelband]

Mankini.

You’re welcome.

 

[RangersFan1994]

Rangers Agree to Terms with Victor Mancini | New York Rangers

New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Victor Mancini on a two-year, entry-level contract. Mancini, 21, is coming off his junior season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha where he compiled four goals and six...

www.nhl.com

 

[cwede]

Mancini ATO at AHL Transactions page

Date	Player	Team		Transaction
2024-04-02	Victor Mancini (D)	Hartford	ADD	Signed to ATO

 

[eco's bones]

He's been pretty much a stay at home minute eating shutdown defenseman for Nebraska-Omaha which has been a pretty good college program.....ranked 11th in the nation this year and made it to the final 16. He's not shown a lot of offense at least so far.

He has a large frame 6'4 220 lbs. or about and skates really well. Doesn't take too many pm's. They're not always super exciting but steady defenders can and do make the NHL. When they do they usually have reasonable cap numbers.

 

[nyr2k2]

Both Mancini and Laba were not very popular picks in the 2022 draft. They've both become very legitimate prospects.

 

[jay from jersey]

Another big kid with wheels.
Hartford should have a very intriguing team next season….
Getting them playing in the A and learning the system is a good thing.

 

[Cuckoo4Kakko]

He will either be bad enough for a future coach to love him and play him no matter what, or good enough for a future coach to healthy scratch him for someone who is terrible. Welcome to the NYR, kid.

 

[Guyute]

This dude related to Boom Boom?

 

[chosen]

This dude related to Boom Boom?

 

[CasusBelli]

This dude related to Boom Boom?

This guy?

 

[Guyute]

This guy?

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I was referring to the boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

This dude related to Boom Boom?

Yeah and he actually also punched a Korean guy to death by accident.

It’s like a family curse.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Both Mancini and Laba were not very popular picks in the 2022 draft. They've both become very legitimate prospects.

Chmelař, Rempe and Edström picks were criticised for picking players that "weren't even ranked". Especially with late picks, I've learned to just wait 2-3 years before complaining about the selections

The only issue I have is when they draft guys that are 20 years or older like Virta and Lakatoš in 2017 for instance. But other than that, late picks are random throws at a dartboard. You just don't know.

 

[McRanger92]

Can he skate?

 

[NYR Viper]

Can he skate?

Oh yes, that is a strength

 

[nyr2k2]

Chmelař, Rempe and Edström picks were criticised for picking players that "weren't even ranked". Especially with late picks, I've learned to just wait 2-3 years before complaining about the selections

The only issue I have is when they draft guys that are 20 years or older like Virta and Lakatoš in 2017 for instance. But other than that, late picks are random throws at a dartboard. You just don't know.

Yeah, this is very true. Most of the kids outside of the first 2-3 rounds of the draft, I don't know enough about to have an informed opinion, and I think that's true for most. Actually, I think most people even here at HF don't know enough to have an informed opinion about any of the prospects. It's just based on what they've read and they have no firsthand knowledge. That's not a criticism of anyone, because watching prospects that your team doesn't own can be boring, I get it. Unless your team is absolutely shit at drafting (and we are not shit at drafting), I think you need to give some benefit of the doubt to the scouts and wait a few years to see what the guys become.

If I look back 10 years, there are really only 2 picks that I was highly critical of off the bat. One was Olof Lindbom, and it had nothing to do with Lindbom himself. He was an okay selection if they wanted a goalie. It was about who was still left and also about taking a goalie that early at that stage of our organization's development. The other one was Simon Kjellberg, which we don't need to rehash.

Anyway, patience is a virtue with these guys. Most guys never make it, and guy taken in the middle- and late-rounds are always going to be longshots. People need to just wait and see what happens.

 

[JCProdigy]

Can he skate?

Actually, no he cannot. If he makes it to the NHL he will be the first player in league history to get around on the ice by scooting around like a dog with an itchy ass.

But seriously, he's skating is good. Funny enough, as a freshman, he played on the first pair with Brandon Scanlin so it'll be nice if they reunify as a pair in HFD.