The debate of Vitali vs. Ollie will rage on across the East River for years to come.
Two high first-round picks, Vitali Kravtsov to the Rangers at No. 9 and then Oliver Wahlstrom to the Islanders at No. 11, have already sparked inevitable comparisons since they were taken in last weekend’s draft in Dallas. Wahlstrom was supposed to go in or near the top five, while Kravtsov was considered somewhere between picks 10-20.
And now, Wahlstrom has made it clear that he took notice of all those teams that passed on him — especially the one located in Manhattan.