Rangers Draft Weekend; Just my Opinion.

First of all I have to say I was off the radar all weekend in Ireland with no net access whatsoever (great timingĀ I know…).So saying that, when I did get online and went straight to the draft results on Friday night (Sat AM for me) I wont lie and admit I was disappointed. I, like many of us, had dreamt of Nino, hoped for Tarasenko and would more than gladly settled for Skinner, Johansen or another player just so long as they added the scoring we craved.

Oh well…. When my initial disappointment (even anger) subsided i then realised it was Gordie Clark’s doing and in Gordie I and we trust.

To break it down as a weekend; The positives: The Rangers addressed organisational needs; they got their nasty defenceman, they got size, they got a center and they added alot of physicality. They drafted to a plan and Thomas and Yogan may be nice additions down the line. The Rangers continued to look to blood lines with Christian Thomas and they, in my opinion, got decent return for Sanguinetti who clearly had no future in the organisation.

After the positives come the question marks; I like Dylan Mcilrath. He’s exactly what we need in one area but his selection means the other area of dire need was left unattended and this is an issue for me. Of the two areas of need (defence and offence) the defence UFA market is much stronger and I feel an elite forward prospect would be more advisable as ‘D’ help was/would be easier to find. On top of that is the fact I think The Rangers ‘reached’ anywhere between 7-15 spots too much for the big Moose Jaw blueliner.

So what now? Mcilrath will now face huge expectancy, some impatience and perhaps evenĀ unfavourable career-long comparisons given who went after him in the draft (Fowler etc). This draft could be a foundation solidyfing cross roads or another Jessiman evoking memory. This is where my main issue is…..
Hopefully we get the solid draft we needed but the fact that at 10th overall we got no sure thing and simply more question marks (for the time being) is frustrating.

Note to The Undertaker; New York’s waiting…….

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