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On June 22 in NYR history: A draft that could remake the Rangers

K'Andre Miller poses after being selected twenty-second overall by the New York Rangers . (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

What happened on June 22 in the history of the New York Rangers

On this date in 2018 the New York Rangers had three first round draft picks for the first and only time in their history. While the picks have yet to fully live up to their promise, there are signs that this was a draft that could change the destiny of the team.

The first Rangers’ pick was ninth overall and with it, they chose Vitali Kravtsov, a young winger from Russia.