Rangers Take Ty Ronning in the Seventh

Rangers went back to two of their premium drafting strategies in round 7.  First, they took a kid who fell on something he had no control over - size - and they also took "someone's kid."   Of everyone's is someone's kid, but when the Rangers do it, the kid is the scion of an established NHL clan.  In this case, Ty Ronning is Cliff Ronning's son.  Cliff played forever.  Ty, who is skillsy as all get out, is just 5'9" and 165, but he brought it at basically a point a game rate in the sand-papery WHL.  Here's the juice on taking little guys: sometimes they work out.  The Rangers have taken their share in guys Ryan Bourque and Christian Thomas, as well at St. Croix, and none have worked out yet.  An international FA they did get, MZA, has.   And they traded half of their future for MSL, so it's good to grow your own.  And Ronning might be a make it guy.  I like his profile better from the WHL than I would from the Q. And he idolizes Johnny Gaudreau, which most kids, short of not, should do.

Overall, it looks like the Ranger Scouts have bailed the franchise out yet again, with only limited picks.

I'll review this later.