Draft Round 1 #23: New York Rangers Select RW Gabriel Perreault (Boston College, NCAA)

[Gospel of Prospal]

Gabe Perrault had more points than his linemates Will Smith and Ryan Leonard...and both were taken in the top-10.


Go figure.

 

[Machinehead]

We'll see how it shakes out but that was the pick to make in that spot.

 

[JHS]

Slow and small- no GM enters into a room and says that’s a winning combo except our beloved “won’t ruin my weekend” Chris Drury….

 

[RGY]

Just waiting for someone to crucify Drury for this pick, because thats the cool thing to do.

Edit: Nevermind JHS just won the trophy.

 

[Mac n Gs]

I feel comfortable saying I watch more of the USNTDP than nearly everyone here. He's one of the smartest and most skilled players in the entire draft, and the skating issues are overblown because he plays the game with plenty of pace. This was a great pick by Drury to take someone who had no business being at 23.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Last time they took an incoming BC Eagle it worked out pretty well.

Haven’t followed the draft this year but optimistic. They needed skill in the system.

 

[Synergy27]

Happy day boys. NGL.

 

[mike14]

Hockey Prospect had him at #9.
Exerts from their Black Book:

- Simply put, Gabriel is one of the smartest players in this draft class. A quick thinker, if he gets the puck on his stick, it’s never there for too long.
- a highly technical high-end passer with an exceptional ability to make passes that are extremely difficult. He sees things on the ice that very few players see, and passing lanes that simply don’t exist for most other players in this draft class.
- playmaking skills on the power play are lethal.
- what makes him one of the best eligible prospects in this draft is the fact that he’s a natural dual-threat.
-one of the best releases in the whole draft,
- He’s slow off the gate, his acceleration lacks explosiveness (which can be due to his lack of power), and his top speed is only average. It’s ugly, but he does get from point A to point B at a
decent enough level.
- he does compete well enough out there, unafraid of going to the rough areas of the ice to get his goals.
- We see Perreault as a brilliant, creative top-6 option for a team, someone who will thrive on the power play with added time and space.

 

[Mugless]

They put his stats up on the screen. He outscored Will Smith and Ryan Leonard.

 

[17futurecap]

I feel comfortable saying I watch more of the USNTDP than nearly everyone here. He's one of the smartest and most skilled players in the entire draft, and the skating issues are overblown because he plays the game with plenty of pace. This was a great pick by Drury to take someone who had no business being at 23.

Great to read.

 

[SML2]

They said Brett Hull couldn't skate.
They said Luv Robitaille couldn't skate.

I can't fathom how the son of an NHL player who didn't skate well somehow didn't get skating lessons but whatever.

He could turn out to be a steal because of where he fell to and I wasn't in love with any of the reachable prospects anyway.

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Slow and small- no GM enters into a room and says that’s a winning combo except our beloved “won’t ruin my weekend” Chris Drury….

Oh stop.

 

[17futurecap]

Muse coached him too.

 

[Kords]

Don't care about his skating, he has a good Hockey name. Seriously, Musty? But?? Sale!? Pshhh, i think not.

Now lets rush him, kill his confidence and turn him into a grinder and trade him for a 4th as is tradition.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

14. Pittsburgh Penguins: Gabriel Perreault, RW

The first pick in the Kyle Dubas era in Pittsburgh. Perreault fits the kind of prospect Dubas valued in his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He’s a gifted scorer who creates in small areas.

This was a few mocks too

 

[mike14]

I assume his intent is to do 3 years of college? So there's a lot of time to work on skating deficiencies

 

[17futurecap]

Pronman

Thoughts on the pick: Perreault is one of the most skilled and intelligent players in the draft. I thought he’d go higher, but his frame, a barely 5-foot-11 winger who is skinny, combined with his subpar skating, gave a lot of NHL scouts pause despite his tremendous offensive abilities, so I’m not stunned he got to No. 23. He has a long way to go to look like an NHL player, but he has the talent to be a top six wing for the Rangers down the line. In an ideal world, the Rangers would have added size, and they wouldn’t have picked another wing, but Perreault was too much talent to pass up at this point in the draft for them.

 

[AIexisLafreniereNYR]

Love the pick…. But can we develop him?

 

[MysticLeviathan]

fox is a great example of someone who is incredibly average with his physical tools but his IQ makes him elite. If we can get something similar from Perrault in the forward position, it could be really good.

With his creativity and intelligence, why isn’t he a C? Is it due to his mediocre skating?

 

[lakeshirts37]

cool - lets see how it shakes out. I’m done getting excited about picks

 

[Kovalev27]

French guy with good IQ but bad skating? Sounds familiar.

We love drafting forwards that can’t skate. LOVE it

Now at 23 I’m all for taking a swing like this. Guy has just torn it up. But yah he’s another poor skater. So color me luke warm that he’ll ever do anything for us agai totally worth the swing though

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

 

[AirGut]

hell of a good pick all things considered, could've been way worse

 

[Fitzy]

I didn't think he'd fall that far which makes up for him not being fast. I'd have made the same selection with what was on the board.

 

[Kovalev27]

PS this league sucks. What a boring night no trades so vanilla. Just love the game despise this league