Every NHL team has their own rankings and the New York Rangers are no exception. Last year the team had zeroed in on K’Andre Miller, hoping that he would be available when the team picked 26th. When it looked like he would be gone, Gorton pulled the trigger on a deal and traded up.
The Rangers moved from 26th to 22nd by trading their second first round pick (26th overall), acquired in the Rick Nash deal with Boston as well as the second round pick (48th overall) acquired in the Michael Grabner deal with Boston, to Ottawa.