The first pick will be the easy part for Rangers GM Jeff Gorton.
All he has to do it sit back and wait for his Devils counterpart Ray Shero to finally reveal who will be the top pick at the 2019 NHL Draft on Friday in Vancouver. If all goes as expected, New Jersey will take Jack Hughes, leaving Finnish power forward Kaapo Kakko to go No. 2 overall as the Rangers’ consolation prize that’s anything but.
“It was exciting for all of us and all of our fans to watch the lottery unfold, and we ended up in a great spot,” assistant GM Chris Drury told The Post at the Scouting Combine in May.