Ryan Kennedy at The Hockey News does a top 10 mock draft based on need...10. NY Rangers – Jack Campbell, G, US NTDP (USHL): How’s that for a curveball? But think about it: The Blueshirts have some great young defenders (Matt Gilroy, Michael Del Zotto, Ryan McDonagh) and very promising forwards (Derek Stepan, Evgeny Grachev, Chris Kreider, Ryan Bourque). What they don’t have are many candidates to take the mantle from Henrik Lundqvist one day. Campbell already has a world junior gold medal to his credit and will get a shot at the Memorial Cup next year with Windsor, so Broadway pressure won’t be a problem.
...the last two times the Rangers were in the top 10 they went goalie (Blackburn and Montoya) so don't bet on them going there again.
...and obviously Kennedy hasn't done his homework on Ranger goaltending prospects. Ryan get yourself familiar with Chad Johnson.
2 comments:
I can't believe we are already talking about Lundqvist's successor. But yeah, no point in taking a goalie at this point with Johnson ready to backup. However, I don't think Johnson is the future starter. I think the numbers don't add up. Look at it this way, Lundqvist is 28, giving him at maximum 10 more years in the NHL, and you have to figure that he will only be able to start such a massive number of games for another 6 of those. Basically; if Johnson is destined to be a starter I doubt he'll wait around for those years to start here.
i think we can wait a few years before we draft goalie this early at least. I'd rather us get a scorer because we clearly have issues there
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