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  1. On 8/24/2023 at 6:09 PM, Phil said:

    In chatting with friends in a group chat offline, I came to the terrifying conclusion/understanding that Chris Kreider is undeniably the Rangers' best first-round pick in the last 30 years. Yup. You read that right. Thirty. Years.

     

    In fact, in order to find a genuine star-level player they took, you have to go back as far as either 1991 (Kovalev) or 1986 (Leetch).

     

    Don't believe me? History proves otherwise:

     

    2020: Alexis Lafreniere (1)

    2019: Kaapo Kakko (2)

    2018: Vitali Kravtsov (9), K'Andre Miller (22), Nils Lundkvist (28)

    2017: Lias Andersson (7), Filip Chytil (21)

    2016: N/A — Red Wings selected Dennis Cholowski with NYR pick (20)

    2015: N/A — Islanders selected Anthony Beauvillier with NYR pick (28)

    2014: N/A — Islanders selected Josh Ho-Sang with the NYR pick (28)

    2013: N/A — Blue Jackets selected Kerby Rychel with the NYR pick (19)

    2012: Brady Skjei (28)

    2011: J.T. Miller (15)

    2010: Dylan McIlrath (10)

    2009: Chris Kreider (19)

    2008: Michael Del Zotto (20)

    2007: Alexei Cherepanov (17)

    2006: Bobby Sanguinetti (21)

    2005: Marc Staal (12)

    2004: Al Montoya (6)

    2003: Hugh Jessiman (12)

    2002: N/A — Flames selected Eric Nystrom with the NYR pick (10)

    2001: Dan Blackburn (10)

    2000: N/A — Lightning selected Nikita Alexeev with the NYR pick (8)

    1999: Pavel Brendl (4)

    1998: Manny Malhotra (7)

    1997: Stefan Cherneski (19)

    1996: Jeff Brown (22)

    1995: N/A — Whalers selected JS Giguere with the NYR pick (15)

    1994: Dan Cloutier (26)

    1993: Niklas Sundstrom (8)

     

    Before that?

     

    1992: Peter Ferraro (24)

    1991: Alex Kovalev (15)

    1990: Michael Stewart (13)

    1989: Steven Rice (20)

    1988: N/A — Troy Mallette was taken 22nd overall in the second round

    1987: Jayson More (10)

     

     

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    Happy Thursday, everyone! 🤣

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  2. When I still live in California, we had the Stockon Thunder; who've since moved, which brought the Stockton Heat; Calgary's farm team. 

    Wasn't a huge fan of the ECHL; entertaining, just not the best hockey on the planet. I think I'd rather watch a NCAA game than an ECHL... 

    Having escaped California to Ohios warm embrace, I thought it was a little ironic the cyclones became an NYR affiliate. Maybe it's sign! 😉

    Just for clarification, I'm originally from Upstate NY; Sabre country

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