Now that the trade deadline is over, and the Rangers nearly stripped the team down to bare bones (which was the right way to do it), it is time to start looking towards the 2019 NHL draft. The Rangers took three big swings in the first round of the 2018 NHL draft with Vitali Kravtsov (9th overall), K’Andre Miller (22nd overall), and Nils Lundkvist (28th overall) shooting for high upside with the picks. The pay off, as of right now, looks like it was worth it. Kravtsov has his (pretty awful) Traktor team in the KHL playoffs where he has accounted for 29% of the goals (either scoring or assisting on them).
Prospect Watch: Arthur Kaliyev
