Rangers Prospect Ranking: (Summer 2019) - FINAL LIST

[The Crypto Guy]

Ranger's Summer 2019 Prospect Ranking

1. Kaapo Kakko (F) (2019 Draft - 1st round) (Not Ranked)
2. Vitali Kravtsov (F) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (-1) -
3. Igor Shestyorkin (G) (2014 Draft - 4th round) (E)
4. K'Andre Miller (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (+1)
5. Adam Fox (D) (2016 Draft - 3rd round) (Not Ranked)
6. Lias Andersson (F) (2017 Draft - 1st round) (-2)
7. Nils Lundkvist (D) (2018 Draft - 1st round) (E)
8. Alexander Georgiev (G) (Undrafted) (+1)
9. Libor Hajek (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (-1)
10. Yegor Rykov (D) (2016 Draft - 5th round) (+1)
11. Matthew Robertson (D) (2019 Draft - 2nd round) (Not Ranked)
12. Tarmo Reunanen (D) (2016 Draft - 4th round) (+1)
13. Morgan Barron (F) (2017 Draft - 6th round) (+1)
14. Ryan Lindgren (D) (2016 Draft - 2nd round) (-2)
15. Karl Henriksson (F) (2019 Draft - 2nd round) (Not Ranked)
16. Joey Keane (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (-6)
17. Zachary Jones (D) (2019 Draft - 3rd round) (Not Ranked)
18. Leevi Aaltonen (F ) (2019 Draft - 5th round) (Not Ranked)
19. Olof Lindbom (G) (2018 Draft - 2nd round) (+6)
20. Tim Gettinger (F) (2016 Draft - 5th round) (-3)
21. Jacob Ragnarsson (D) (2018 Draft - 3rd round) (-2)
22. Calle Sjalin (D) (2017 Draft - 5th round) (+1)
23. Lauri Pajuniemi (F) (2018 Draft - 5th round) (-2)
24. Vinni Letteri (F) (Undrafted) (-6)
25. Sean Day (D) (2016 Draft - 3rd round) (+2)
26. Ville Meskanen (F) (Undrafted) (-10)
27. Nico Gross (D) (2018 Draft- 4th round) (-7)
28. Adam Huska (G) (2015 Draft- 7th round) (-2)
29. Jake Elmer (F) (Undrafted) (Not Ranked)
30. Tyler Wall (G) (2016 Draft- 6th round) (-1)


Unofficial:
4. Filip Chytil (F) (2017 Draft - 1st Round) (-2) (Graduated from list, played 19 too many games)
8. Brett Howden (F) (2016 Draft - 1st Round) (-2) (Graduated from list, played 2 too many games)
11. Brendan Lemieux (F) (2014 Draft - 2nd round) (Not Ranked) (Graduated from list, played 7 too many games)


Honorable Mentions: (alphabetically)
Eric Ciccolini (F) (2019 Draft -7th Round)
Adam Edstrom (F) (2019 Draft - 6th round)
Gabriel Fontaine (F) (2016 Draft - 6th Round
Ryan Gropp (F) ( 2015 Draft - 2nd Round)
Riley Hughes (F) (2018 Draft - 7th Round)
Ty Ronning (F) (2016 Draft - 7th round)
Hunter Skinner (D) (2019 Draft - 4th round)


Didn't make the cut:
Brandon Crawley (D)
Simon Kjellberg (D)
Dawson Leedahl (F)
Patrick Newell (F)
Tyler Nanne (D)
Darren Raddysh (D)



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[The Crypto Guy]

Previous Lists:

Summer / Fall 2015 Rangers Prospect Poll: Final Results

Winter 2015 Rangers Prospect Rankings

Summer / Fall 2016 - Rangers Prospect Ranking

Winter 2016 Rangers Prospect Poll: Final Results

Winter 2017 Rangers Prospect Poll Final Results

Summer 2017 Rangers Prospect Poll Final Results

Winter 2018 Rangers Prospect Poll Results

Summer 2018 Rangers Prospect Ranking

Winter 2019 Rangers Prospect Ranking

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Thank you for everyone who participated throughout the entire list!

This is a mighty fine list if I might say so Easily the best group of prospects we've had since...well, ever maybe?

 

[cwede]

fwiw i could see Newell as the surprise from the lowest tier, he was top player for a top team last year, and a Hobey Baker final 10 nominee.
Smaller well-rounded guys, with a bit of O, have been finding their niche in today's NHL.
Of course, no denying, he is already 23 ...

Here's hoping we get the better play, and results, we are expecting down in Hartford.

 

[Mac n Gs]

It's pretty mind boggling to go back and look at the final 2015 list and see how much the organizational prospect depth has turned over and improved in that time.

 

[Krams]

McIlrath sitting at #4 just four years ago... pretty insane how far we've come

 

[pblawr]

Great job again, @The Crypto Guy . Thanks for running everything.

 

[nyr2k2]

Great job again, @The Crypto Guy . Thanks for running everything.

Seconded. These are always fun for us, yet a lot of work goes into it from the person running things.

 

[Alluckks]

I think there are clear cut tier breaks

Tier 1 ends after Kravstov
Tier 2 ends after Fox
Tier 3 ends after Robertson
Tier 4 ends after Lindbom
Tier 5 is the remainder

 

[nyr2k2]

I think there are clear cut tier breaks

Tier 1 ends after Kravstov
Tier 2 ends after Fox
Tier 3 ends after Robertson
Tier 4 ends after Lindbom
Tier 5 is the remainder

I would include Shesterkin and Miller in tier one. They, along with Kakko and Kravtsov, have legitimate, elite, game-breaking talent.

From there on, it's too hard for me to do tiers, since I generally agree with the placement of guys, but I'd move things around a bit and therefore can't do the tiers without feeling like I'm excluding guys.

 

[Leetch3]

Nice job by @The Crypto Guy with these polls and all the effort

 

[eco's bones]

FWIW I'm not convinced that Shestyorkin is going to turn out to be a better goalie than Georgiev. I really think Alex doesn't get enough respect. He was without a doubt in my mind a better goalie than Henrik in the second half of last year. He's also been through some real bombings and stolen NHL games for his team.

....and Fox is another wild card. Most of us I would think have not followed him all that closely. He has tremendous skill though.

Of the guys who didn't make the cut both Crawley and Raddysh have two years in the AHL--neither are horrible players and I really don't see where Day has an edge on either. Raddysh seemed to be a pretty good player in Rockford but after being traded to Hartford he had an issue adjusting to his new team. It happens sometimes in the NHL--why not in the AHL? Crawley strikes me as an over enthusiastic player at times--skates well, plays hard, gets under skins. He may be a reach to ever play in the NHL but there's a battler there. The other thing there are always guys like Virta who don't do quite enough to get an ELC. These guys did.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Great job again, @The Crypto Guy . Thanks for running everything.

Seconded. These are always fun for us, yet a lot of work goes into it from the person running things.

Nice job by @The Crypto Guy with these polls and all the effort

Thank guys, it's always fun!

Thanks also goes to @nyr2k2 who always helps out with the Add chart and figuring out who is eligible or not

 

[free0717]

Sean Day does not receive enough love

 

[mti79]

Funny to go back and look at older lists. Tarmo was an afterthought ever since we drafted him, wasn't even ranked 2 polls ago then shoots up to 13.

 

[Leetch3]

Sean Day does not receive enough love

I think he gets way more than he deserves from some...be happy to be wrong. Came in about the right spot

 

[Joey Bones]

Not a bad list. I would maneuver some things on my list, though....

1. Kaapo Kakko
2. Vitaly Kravtsov
3. Igor Shesterkin
4. Adam Fox
5. Alex Georgiev
6. Lias Andersson
7. K'Andre Miller
8. Yegor Rykov
9. Nils Lundkvist
10. Libor Hajek
11. Tarmo Reunanen
12. Ryan Lindgren
13. Morgan Barron
14. Adam Huska
15. Vinni Lettieri
16. Matthew Robertson
17. Tim Gettinger
18. Calle Sjalin
19. Joey Keane
20. Zach Jones
21. Lauri Pajuniemi
22. Tyler Wall
23. Karl Henriksson
24. Leevi Aaltonen
25. Sean Day
26. Olof Lindbom
27. Eric Ciccolini
28. Adam Edstrom
29. Patrick Newell
30. Jacob Ragnarsson
31. Jake Elmer
32. Gabriel Fontaine
33. Nico Gross
34. Hunter Skinner
35. Ville Meskanen
36. Ryan Gropp
37. Ty Ronning
38. Brandon Crawley
39. Darren Raddysh
40. Riley Hughes
41. Dawson Leedahl
42. Tyler Nanne
43. Simon Kjellberg

 

[kovazub94]

Definitely happy with the high end talent at the top of the list but what REALLY excites me for the whole list is the depth in this 9-14 spots. Extremely impressive.

 

[Machinehead]

What, no Josh Nicholls?

 

[eco's bones]

I think Crawley has as much chance of becoming an NHL player as Sean Day does. I'd rank them about the same.

To me Day is just a tease--a big body that skates and stickhandles beautifully but is not hockey smart and for all the athleticism and skill there is very little toolbox and he doesn't use his size all that well either.

The guy I think was too low though was Lettieri. Got callups in his first two seasons and was a point a game player in Hartford last year on a very offensively challenged team. I have him at 19. I also don't think Elmer should be a lot higher but that's more of a gut thing and we'll have to see.

Generally the rankings are very good though and we have a deep deep prospect pool better than I can ever remember though trying to go back 20-25 years ago is kind of like venturing into a fog at this point.

 

[darko]

There's about 8-9 names on there that could be off the list next time we vote. 7 of them are in top-10.

 

[nyr2k2]

I think Crawley has as much chance of becoming an NHL player as Sean Day does. I'd rank them about the same.

To me Day is just a tease--a big body that skates and stickhandles beautifully but is not hockey smart and for all the athleticism and skill there is very little toolbox and he doesn't use his size all that well either.

The guy I think was too low though was Lettieri. Got callups in his first two seasons and was a point a game player in Hartford last year on a very offensively challenged team. I have him at 19. I also don't think Elmer should be a lot higher but that's more of a gut thing and we'll have to see.

Generally the rankings are very good though and we have a deep deep prospect pool better than I can ever remember though trying to go back 20-25 years ago is kind of like venturing into a fog at this point.

I am not a Day fan, but I will admit he made significant strides from the first half of last year/his ECHL stint and the rest of the year. I give him credit for that. So I'm hopeful (but not optimistic) he can continue to take steps forward.

 

[ElLeetch]

McIlrath sitting at #4 just four years ago... pretty insane how far we've come

When was the last time the guy at #15 was even considered a potential NHLer? We used to struggle to tag guys to even play an NHL game beyond the 7th or 8th slot.

 

[ElLeetch]

There's about 8-9 names on there that could be off the list next time we vote. 7 of them are in top-10.

If we always have the best prospect pool, that means something went wrong.

 

[eco's bones]

I am not a Day fan, but I will admit he made significant strides from the first half of last year/his ECHL stint and the rest of the year. I give him credit for that. So I'm hopeful (but not optimistic) he can continue to take steps forward.

Well he started in Maine and moved up to Hartford and over the course of the season seemed to make some progress--though Hartford's D was a shitshow--season ending injuries for Bigras, O'Gara and Hajek certainly put a damper on things. Most of the D were actually hit by injuries at one point or another---Day being an exception.

 

[NYSPORTS]

The 18 month rebuild. Wow

One more year of missing the playoffs and a high pick I think solidifies the future more and could be greatly beneficial as we approach an anticipated streak of not picking high.