Following the 2019 NHL Draft, we at Blueshirt Banter gave the Rangers a mostly positive review. The only real criticism was of the team’s use of their fourth-round pick. Our analysis of Hunter Skinner — and let me be clear that it was almost exclusively mine — was fairly harsh. In our summer analysis of the Rangers’ prospect pool. Skinner ranked 35th out of 39 prospects. Here is part of that scouting report.
“Over the last decade the Rangers have constantly taken chances on big defensemen who don’t put up points, and not once has it paid off.