The Rangers are one of 15 teams who have five or fewer selections in the supposed-to-be-loaded 2023 NHL Draft this week in Nashville, Tenn.
While teams such as the Blackhawks, Canadiens, Sharks, Coyotes, Flyers, Red Wings, Kraken and the hometown Predators have all stacked their cupboards with 10 or more draft picks for this year, the Blueshirts will have to beOf course, every one of those aforementioned clubs — aside from the Kraken and Rangers — did not compete in the playoffs this season.
Eight players on the Rangers’ projected roster were originally drafted by the franchise, which is a solid number for any organization to show for their recent draft track record.One of those, by the way, is Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Igor Shesterkin . With their own first-round pick, which will be the 23rd-overall selection, the Rangers could gun for a center first.At 6-foot-3 with a left-handed shot, Edstrom most recently averaged a point per game in his home country’s junior league.
If the offensively inclined forward is available, however, the Rangers will have to consider snagging him. Even if they’d have to either add him to an already log-jammed left side or turn him into a right winger. With two selections in the sixth round, one of which they received from the Jets along with Andrew Copp ahead of the 2021-22 trade deadline, the Rangers may want to focus on defensemen if they haven’t taken one or two already.
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