Rangers Draft Day

Knicks were fun.  The Rangers with 10 picks, as of now, should be more fun.  They have three first rounders today, 9, 26 and 28. Then they have 2 2nds, and 2 3rds. That's 7 in the top 100.  I still think they might move up, but I also think they could stay put and get someone like Oliver Wahlstrom which would great.  I hope whomever they get can really skate. The guys they've taken who haven't really made it have had skating questions like Gropp.  Let's stick with the skating model tonight.

UPDATE: Gorton has said he intends to use all 3 picks, but they are all in play. One thing I am concerned with is that Gorton said at the end  of the season that the league was getting skillsier.  So what I really don't want to see them do is take a slow footed Evan Bouchard, who, though super productive for a D, is not fleet of foot and could become a speed cone in the game as it evolves back to skill over power. And people keep mocking him to the Rangers. What's more, I hope if they do trade up it's for goals, and uses roster pieces and not bundles of picks.

The Tkachuk Factor: Brooksy thinks if he falls past five the Rangers could pounce.  And earlier, I listened to a Quinn interview where he said Tkcachuk would be a goal scorer at the NHL level. Oddly, he looked like one for Team USA, but not as much of one for Quinn at BU.

Would still prefer Wahlstrom if he's there at nine.