Well, sort of.
To keep you guys busy until 7 p.m., here’s a Taylor Hall video his equipment company sent out.
Good to see everybody’s favorite Uncle stopped by for a wrap-up in the last thread. Maybe I’ll repost it in this thread for those just joining us.
I don’t exactly know how to go about posting tonight, since I’m pretty sure everybody who cares will be watching it unfold on TV. Maybe I’ll put up all the picks up to No. 10 for those not near a TV. After No. 10 I have to write something for the paper. So I’ll pretty much give you the pick and let you discuss … as you are wont do to.
Have fun.
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LIVE DRAFT TOP 10 UPDATES:
(sorry this is late, got caught up in some work stuff).
1. Edmonton, Taylor Hall.
2. Boston, Taylor Seguin.
3. Florida, Erik Gudbranson.
4. Columbus, Ryan Johansen.
5. Islanders, Nino Niederreiter.
6. Tampa Bay, Brett Connolly.
7. Carolina, Jeff Skinner.
8. Atlanta, Alexander Burmistrov.
The Rangers are going to get a pretty highly-ranked player here. Right?
9. Minnes0ta, Mikael Grandlund.
10. Rangers, Dylan McIlrath.
380 Comments
TARASENKO!
haha second?
2 is the new #1 anyway.
i’m still better than you!
Please do, CARP, as I am in the UK and cannot watch. I am hoping for Tarasenko…...if he has agreed to come over. Or a trade down for more picks.
No Russians this year. to many questions. hope for Connolly to fall, if not draft Johansen. they need goal scorers, so Skinner is also an option.
Come on Glenny…find the next Jessimen!!
I’d take sequin over hall
i want a russian….....volchenkov!!!
I hope for one of the kids that gets drafted falls down after he gets drafted, or even better, he throws up from the excitement.
I always wanted to see something like that happen in a draft.
Have fun, ‘heads. A little busy tonight, can’t join you. But I’ll be following the draft using my iPhone. Please make sure this schmuck doesn’t do anything dumb this year.
ballard on way to vancouver per mckenzie at twitter
please let tonite be the night that one of the 3 musketeers is gone.
someone anyone take rozi or redden.
zipay at twitter
rangers table in middle of the floor already talking with don maloney.
prucha is coming home lol
maybe they’ll take Redden ;-)
REPOST
Episode MMX – The UFA Star Wars
or
With Uncle Glennie – Sith Happens
Hello Ranger Fans!!! It’s Uncle Glennie- Hero, after only ten short years, I’m still here at your service! Free Agency is upon us once again. Time for some more of that ol’ Slats magic! I have the whole staff with me, and over the next few days we’ll be discussing the strategy for improving…
(Garden Announcer) “YOUR 2010 NEW YORK RANGERS!!!!”
Uncle Glennie- Hero (UGH from here on): I told you! The WHOLE staff is here… I love that announcer! He’s my wife’s brother you know….
OK Gang, let’s get started… Now as we look at the existing team, what kind of players do we need to fill the gaps in the Rangers line-up?
Muck: We could use a First Line Center.
Torts: We definitely need a Backup Goalie
Shoney: ABR.
UGH: What the heck is ABR?
Shoney: Anyone But Redden.
UGH: Now wait a minute there, a lot of people think Redden is old, slow and lazy, but they haven’t watched him play. Really, he’s just the opposite- lazy, slow and old…
Voice From Hallway: Get a hard-hitting crease clearing physical defenseman!
UGH: That’s a real Bonehead idea…
Mess: How about a new Captain!
Keenan: How about a new Coach? I’m not too busy…
UGH: Slow down… Maybe it’s better if we just list all the strong positions we have on…
(Garden Announcer) “YOUR 2010 NEW YORK RANGERS!!!!”
(Crickets chirping)
UGH: Well, don’t all talk at once… I guess it’s a good thing I kept last years want list.
1.A Superstar’s Younger Brother.
2.An old player with head trauma
3.Any player from New Hampshire.
4.Recovering Alcoholic
Muck: OK, Let’s just go with that then. We haven’t filled any of those spots since Marcel Hossa, Eric Lindros, Hugh Jessiman and Sandis Ozolinsh.
UGH: Done. That’s enough work for today, boys, who’s got the cards?
Next Time- The Farm System
Good evening, Carp!
GO TIME!!! GO TIME !!GO TiME!! ALRIGHT!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO we get to pick a new guy!!!!!!!
Good evening to all~!!!!!!
@Sather’s WrapUp
I lol’d at that, thanks!
Don’t have access to damn Versus. Any suggestions how to see it using laptop, please?!
espn.com nhl trade rumors…..there are no Rangers rumors, except the annual interest in Souray.
And this piece of info.
If Jason Spezza isn’t traded by July 1, he won’t be dealt. It has nothing to do with a no-trade clause, but it has to do with the $4 million bonus he is set to make on that date.
4ever, http://atdhe.net/20120/watch-2010-nhl-draft ?
twitter says spezza may go to flames for langkow and regher.
sens and canucks are trying hard to get physical d men…pay attention slats.
hey zzzzzzz, what’s up.
YO YO , heyyyyy wicky and the wicksters!! Today the Rangers get younger!! beutiful.
Sally,
Thanks a mill.
just saw gudbranson interview on nhl network, and i changed my mind….talk about character, I would take that kid first overall without a doubt!!!
zzzzzzz
big hey from all the wicksters to their fave samsquatch!!!!!
ballard to vancouver for 25th pick draft. ballard makes 4.25 mil. lebrun twitter
here we go!!!
LMAO, interest in Souray you say? Did I do it again???
And who the fugg else would this idiot Slats be talking to other than Maloney? It’s always Phoenix or Edmonton.
Oilers trying to get the 2nd overall pick also? That would be nice if they had both picks. Can’t happen though!
ORR
u ready for slats dumb move tonight
Good evening, Sally!
Aaaaacckkkkk! Edzo!
Who do you guys want?
edzo
do i need to answer??
Can’t these morons call the two players by their last name? Taylor Tyler, Taylor Tyler! Idiots!
i want ryan johanson and redden gone
I’m prepared, Eric. I’m expecting a horrible trade to go down that wont change a thing for us.
gudbranson or mcilrath, if not then nino or johanson.
Does Hugh Jessiman have a eligible brother?
i def want slats to do some trading
Banj, that just sounds wrong
wooooooooooo hooooooooooooooo linda!!!!!!!
scott cullen of TSN in his mock draft has Nino Neidereiter going to the Rangers. not bad
great post sather(sith happens)!!
bettman being booed…lol
grabby
what up bro
hey grabby !!!
wow, i must be on the linda not nice list
hi
hi?? weak!!! where’s that enthusiasm??
Hall = Bust
Just kidding. I hope Segal is a bust for Boston.
love the optimism by the oiler fans.
does that little kid remind anyone else like the kid from bad santa??
we could only dream we get number one
Time for some big words from Thomas Renneth.
renny!!!!!!!
Renney speaking,I hope Hall knows how to manage the puck and have 5 in the picture.
hey all!! lets get nino!!!!!!!
Ah the classic Tom Renney interview. He’ll get an opportunity, we’ll follow the system….
Anyone at the draft party? I live minutes away from there.
8 more until Sather goes
Honestly, I miss Reney sophisticated talks, ha-ha.
8 more picks i meant
Is Seaguin’s dad Mickey Roarke?
I notice that no one has congratulated Chicago yet.
his mom is hot
Does anyone ever say the city was a terrible host? Why must every team thank them? And Sather won’t thank anyone. He’ll just grunt a few times and announce their pick.
I will make a great defenseman out of Taylor Hall! No doubt aboot that!
jbytes
good point
Does Redden have a son in the Draft? Glather will grab him in Rd 1!
Or more likely someone will fall to them and they will trade down for something like Sheldon Souray and a 5th rd pick in 2011.
8 more picks until Sather goes…away forever I hope, and takes Dolan with him.
They should definitely grab Buek’s kids in rd 2 though.
CUCH
He’s too lazy to even announce the player they’re drafting.
Sather = Worst GM
orr- mickey rourkes got a 65 year old grandkid. cmon bro seguins dad is rourkes grandson
Sather will pass on a good prospect and go with another project instead.
Anybody at the draft party?
gudbranson or Fowler goes next
it would be staal and mdz, baby beuk and sangs. not too shabby for top 4 d.
Ben Huuurrr
He should be our GM. He’d carry this team to where they need to go.
nice Banj!
our picks in recent years have been pretty good. its clark oing the picking. sathers banned from picking ever since jessiman
Classic Renney! The kid is drafted as the number one overall for his play as a wing and Renney is already converting him to center. Way to screw with the kids head right away heyena!
I just saw Slats. He’s actually there, and he’s looking around, so now I’m officially worried.
panthers dude gets right down to business!!
RANGERS!
I love how the Panthers did this. Screw LA, screw the Hawks, screw your own fans draft party, just announce your decision, have an interview, and sit back down.
Love it!
Czech, are you missing a M in your name??
great pick
Hall won’t score in his first game and Renney will scratch him for a week. “He’s just looks tired. He needs to play at a certain intensity that we are not seeing consistently”
RANGERS!!
WHO CARES ABOUT FLORIDA …come on , lets see our pick!!!!
Starting to feel alot like Christmas…
Yes I was Linda. Good catch! It’s been awhile since I posted. I am out of practice. Let’s hope for Nino!
dale tallon will make florida a playoff team in 2 years
in june, excellent zzzzzzz
Czech, i noticed the other day but with my sleep deprivation, i thought i was ‘not’ seeing things lol
I really want niño. Just to say here comes el niño.
I’m on my hotel balcony in Waikiki and what am I doing? Following the NHL draft! :O
Bob M has Skinner ranked 10th. he is a center who scored 70 goals last year
bernier went in the ballard deal??
damn thats my guy
Haha, I love how all the prospects don’t shake the hands of the kid holding the jersey, or they wait until they’re the last person.
that pick hurt, have to hope the 2 Dmen are the next 2 picks.
This kid looks like he’s eleven.
at least we have the frodo from modo to skate arounnd with gabby. those 2 are gonna be roommates in the icu in bellevue for years to come
Did I just see E. From Entourage sitting at the Islandorks table??
Bastard!
we need a skilled forward knowing sather he takes the goalie
E’s sitting next to Charles Wang
hate the commercial breaks
maybe we can trade up and get fowler
Isles select alexei yashin and mike milbury
I too think scumbag Sather takes the goalie Campbell.
anyone think nino or connoly goes to the isles??
love milano
NY Islanders select #5 overall – Pluto, the Mickey’s dog!
id marry alyssa!! ranger fan!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO Whos da bosses kid is a Rangers fan!!!!!!
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!
Alyssa Milano is still hot.
She’s been hot for ages.
garth. what a name
Pavel
how’s the weather down in Waikiki? lol
garth sather. glen snow
Mikey …shes too young!!! What is she now? 40!!??
E loves Wang
E sucks!
Johnny Drama FTW!
Is that “E” from Entourage or did the Rangers trade MZA aka the Hobbit to the Isles?
Booooooooooooooo!
there goes your boy
Damn it
bastardos!!!!!!
i hate to say it the isles will be a force in 4-5 years.
told ya
Who cares …poor kid went to the losers team. How do ya cheer on Captain Highliner?
Okay well now I can cry.
at least he shook the kids hand lol
CCCP, I’ve been here since the 19th and it’s been perfect ever since. :)
Perfect fit for a Long Islander: “Yo Nino – get the Camaro”
He’ll be a bust!
nino noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if the Isles brought E up maybe we can have have Tim Robbins come up and rant about how terrible America is. It would be a perfect Garden clustf*ck
if slats trades now, we know he wanted nino. He better stay and get dylan
Wangs kid = “chunk”
Azzlanders suck ..another kid to hate. Not Nino pizzas fault ..he just went to a stuiped team.
fowler?? id do it!
like we needed another reason to hate the Islanders! Fock!
Cuch – there’s his annoying commie wife Sarandon available too.
good to hear, Pavel! Use sun block! :P
Cuch and Shattenkirkheadzo
get a room!
they should an mri on pierre’s bald head
gromley
damn another forward
Move up for Fowler!!!
well missed that one, and misspelled it anyhow
replace Redden with Fowler
trade down for mcilrath
Tarasenko is coming
My power went out at 6:56 pm so I had to go somewhere else to watch the draft! How aboot that!
So far it’s a really boring start.
What a cocky a-hole connolly acts like. He deserves to be driven head first into the glass by Avery.
Sorry CCCP – didn’t mean to offend commies
he’s a newfie!!!
Yzerman sounds so nervous. Bwahaha, not up to the job??
Newfie chicks are the best!
LMAOOOO!!! We’re going to draft a figure skater!!!
We have enough D in the system. They need to take Skinner or the Russian at this point.
i hope not
Granlund or Etem to the Rangers !!!!!
sather selects brian boitano
skinner!!! a ranger and a figure skater!!! ohh god why us???????
You know Avery is rooting for Skinner. Aves can play dress up with him, and Skinner can teach him how to figure skate. Perfect friendship!
i wonder if ‘wildcats’ comes on after the draft ;-)
10 overall pick by New York Rangers Glen Sather selects….
HIMSELF?!
That skInner kid sure looks good in his rangers jersey. Kind of at home. Too bad he is slow and small. He also does not fit the style that Torts is trying to instill in the team. That means he also might get picked.
starting to look like it is going to be Burmistrov.
MSG will replace Micheletti with Dick Button.
>>Yzerman sounds so nervous.
To the point where he even said “our no coach”, before correcting it to “our new coach”.
That was a good one ORR
lmao Banj!
linda, nope during. The draft will get cut out to start wildcats
Eh, no figure skater for NYR.
fowler!! cmon slatsipuss ,maximus
Skinner has hot sisters.
burnistov weighs 120 pounds! He will never weigh more than 160 pounds. Please no!
Gotta be a Russian now. None of the top scores slipped. Although I can see them going for Fowler.
for the love of something trade down to about 13 or 15
i dont doubt that wicky
Trade Down to the 15th … Take Granlund or Etem
grabby
slatipuss LMFAO!!!!!
thank you Canes. saved us from skinner
skinner and niederetter taken. nooooooo!!!!
please pass on puck-moving d-men and pick McIllrath!!!!
@TSNDarrenDreger.Hearing NYR is trying to include their 10th pick in a deal for OTT Spezza. Stay tuned
wick- i want fowler. him and dz could be the new leetch n zubov. maybe. prob not, but still damn good.
haha, Dick Button for Joe M. good one
anyone see aylssa milano there? still FINE. said she grew up a rangers fan before moving to LA
BOB M had Skinner at #10 , looks like were getting a better pick with out moving up.
I got a million dollars on Minnesota taking Forbot or Bjugstad since they are from Minnesota. It really just depends on ATL taking Fowler.
But I have a feeling ATL takes Etem or Burmistov
Fowler looks like he wants to cry. I think he’s worried aboot getting drafted by Atlanta.
speza? hell yea get him slatpuss
ORR , ya cried wolf wayyyy tooo much . Nice try.
Did Milano pull an Olga on us??
Bandwagoner!
What # are we up to?
Fowler is coming!
thank god hes gone
Told YA
9 now
162 pounds??
take fowler or gormley adn build the d on out.
better then taken a crap forward
Now the Wild take Forbot or Bjugstad and we get Fowler …. pretty amazing
This kid is KHL bound once he realizes there’s no such thing as Hockey in Atlanta.
fowler!!!! do it slatipuss!!!!!!!!!!
I give up, no more guessing.
Do we get smelly fowler?
FOWLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
FOWLER ….sounds better than REDDEN!
Bjugstad is a cool name.
Fowler!! USA USA USA!
ok kids, here we go!!!
gormley over fowler of the two, but please be mcilrath a little early.
Bob McKenzie gives the Rangers Fowler. thanx Bob
the bruins wanted to trade to the 4 pick for Fowler.
we better take him.
OK now it should be Fowler. Use a D-man as a trade chip.
wow , this is crunch time..who ta pick!!!????????????????????
fowler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please slats!!
Here we go!
wow, either way seems to be a gift!!!
We are really about to get Fowler ????
Here we go…
Go Bjugstad!!!
wow, never thought we’d get Fowler
I like that…if they do it. watch them go for tarasenko…
Tatanshenko hahahaa I bet if sather really does suck.
WHAM BAM CAM!
Talent Analysis
Fowler is an offensively oriented defenseman in the mold of a Scott Niedermayer. He is an excellent skater and puck handler, and his instincts and hockey sense are as good as any defenseman in his draft class. Fowler isn’t all offense, however, as his play in his own end is usually solid.
here comes jack campbell
Who is the highest ranked draftski?
FOWLER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don’t blow it Sather
there must be some schizophrenia or bi polar disorder with fowler if he hasnt gone yet. seems too good to be true. i mean, he was rated 3rd right???
if you go by the ratings, it has to be Fowler, but keep an eye on Bjugstad.
eric u stop that right now!
Sather is going to say Campbell. Book it. lol
Please Sather, don’t screw this up. Fowler is a gift at number 10.
#44 Troy Rutkowski!
slats takes campbell then trades hank to the blackhawks and gets campbell from them all because he had a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup today!!!
I think McIlrath deserves a look too. He’s the biggest badass out there & god knows we need it.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/app?service=page&page=draftprospectbrowse&cat=1&year=2010&pg=1
Fowler was ranked 5th?
Take fowler please. Send redden down and trade rosi. I’d live with the growing pains of staal mdz sangs girardi fowler and an inexpensive veteran d man
Russian right winger Vladimir Tarasenko checks in as the number two European skater after posting 24 points (13 goals) in 42 games for Novosibirsk of the KHL this past season.
Tarasenko had a great 2010 World Junior Championships, tying for the team lead in goals (four) and third in points (five).
NHL Director of European Scouting’s Goran Stubb: “Vladimir is very effective around the net with his excellent overall skill level and vision. He is a strong, mobile skater with a quick shot. He is not only a sniper, but also a good passer and playmaker. There are no real weaknesses in his overall game and he will be one of the most interesting prospects at the draft.”
please fowler or gormley i prefer fowler
Slats is going to draft Charles Wang’s kid. We need some size, and that kid has plenty of it.
8 stuiped comercials , ARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!
In Clark we trust!!! FOWLER!
Love how Versus goes to commercial right before the NYR pick. And how Pierre Bruins Maguire had to make mention that Staal and Del Zotto were gifts for the Rangers.
sather’s trading teh pick
pleasseeeeee
Ummmm….
there you go wicky!!!
!!!
are u serioussssssssss
wow!!! big badasss for wicky!!!!!
who?!
yes! McIllrath!
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!
tough guy
Wicky!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!! Who called it??? WOOOOOOOO!
what a ******* ***** ***** joke. Just a white loser with a pretty face.
TV just went out…COMCAST SU$KS
The Undertaker!
McILLWRATH!
6’4”, 200 lbs! That’s HUGE!
McIlrath!?!?!?
GREAT PICK
next jessiman…wohooooooooooooooooo
And this is why the rangers suck!
That’s exactly what you want out of a defensemen, a guy who takes himself out of the game for 5 minutes with fights.
Fowler fell to us, the Bruins wanted him at number 4, but we waster our pick.
I hope Im wrong, but the day this pretty boy plays with the Rangers is the day I stop talking about hot guys.
im sorry but i just cant root for this team anymore. goodbye friends
his tag line will be FEEL THE WRATH!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
terrible, just wasted 90 minutes watching this crap
Good night, all. I’m killing myself tonight.
Wicky!
Thats horrible … could have traded down to get him
Why wouldnt you take Fowler ???
What a waste of a pick
Fowler will become a Hall Of Famer. Just wait and see!
The real Huge Speciman
thank god not another puck moving d-man
Another NY team that ignores conventional wisdom and goes with the likes of McIlRath. The Red Sox take the best available with the highest ceilings. And here we are…
What the hell happened? I can’t get video feed but every forum/chatroom is “WTF” OMG DIE SATHER DIE
WHO DID WE DRAFT??!??!
awfullllllllll
We have enough offensive defensemen. Time for Book #2!
damn Redden just got another reprieve. the kid is years from ready
I know absolutely nothing about any of these prospects, but this guy wont even play with the Rangers EVER!
don’t do it Messiah. You never know until four years down the road … not that I think this was a brilliant pick by any stretch.
Okay I’m done watching this carcillo. Night ‘heads.
The Undertaker is here yes!
I don’t hate the pick, we need a Beuk type dman.
I don’t like this pick. Should have taken Fowler. Total waste. I’m sure we could have drafted someone like this Mc-whatever kid in a later round.
This kid better be worth it.
im switching sides to the islanders…rangers are just wow….damn….now im so pissed off to go to work…
From listening to Bruin Maguire, McIlrath can hit people and is tough, but has no offense.
So basically, we got a guy with the ceiling of a hard hitting defenseman with no offense. “He doesnt make good decisions” LOL!
I’m not Carp. Honestly, I’d rather kill Sather.
one of the two safest picks in the draft.
at least slats is smart enough to realize a major weakness in the organization!!!
Trade Redden to Anaheim for the #12 pick!
they better take tinordi or beukeboom tomorrow or i’ll be mad as a can o’ bees!
I wonder why all these teams are passing Fowler and the other guy.
Lupus, is it Lupus?
Bob McKenzie:
Moose Jaw Warrior defenceman Dylan McIlrath is a big, physical, mean and tough defensive defenceman who is the unanimous choice of scouts surveyed by TSN as the “toughest player” in the entire draft. He had 19 fighting majors this season and didn’t lose too many, by all accounts. Say no more.
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NYR def needed a guy like McIlrath. However, we totally could have traded down and STILL got him. I don’t mind the pick, just don’t get the process…
I also think we could have gotten a big guy farther down the draft or via free agency. Fowler & Gorman will be playing in the NHL before this guy does…
Wow, are you kidding? Fowler is going to be a friggin HoF now, watch. Wow.
i wished they picked tarasenko instead…..mcilrath?????????????? and fowler is still in there
we should have traded down to 13 or so though to get him…..apparently a lot of people think less highly of gormley and fowler.
Worst draft day ever. No trades, no nothing.
Wake me up when July 1st is here, so I can see Slats’ next dumb move.
All you guys and linda that hate this pick,read up on this guy.TOUGHEST guy in the draft.Hits everything in the crease.and takes on tough guys to protect his tough guys.
WE DID NOT NEED ANOTHER PUCK MOVING D-MAN.
GREAT PICK====
chuck- yes, but is he the best pick available? we could take fowler or gormley and use him to trade if we want a different player. i know we neeed size but this was a dumb pick.
Sather is a moron. the kid is tough, but years away from ready for the NHL. meanwhile Fowler is MDZ with size and closer to NHL ready
Jae: McKenzie also said that McIlrath is “not a terribly skilled player”.
did i say i hated this pick? I already gave the kid a nickname?
So McIlrath is a poor decision maker with poor skill sets, but loves to fight. Woohoo. Just when the NHL is changing the head shot rules to punish the goons. Tough guys are easy to find, but skill is not. Sather likes guys who are grateful to him; skilled guys have too much self-confidence. Can the entire Rangers management team be traded for a 7th round pick?
I dont see how you pass on a guy who in EVERY MOCK DRAFT went either 3rd or 4th overall.
At 10th overall you take a Goon ????
absolutely pathetic. in the first round, with a top ten pick, you look for elite talent. end of story. And it was right there. they passed on fowler and it is a decision just like 2003 all over again. this guy won’t play an NHL game for years, if ever, and tough defensemen come out of nowhere all the time. nothing elite about him, and our organization is devoid of elite players. but that’s ok.
Everyone pissed and moaned about how soft the team was last year, and now that we draft a tough dman you all piss and moan about that. Unbelievable. Like drafting Fowler or Gormsley guaranteed anything because some talking head had them rated to be drafted higher.
couple twitter posts
NYP_Brooksie
McIlrath mean D for organization bereft of physical D
kausatoday
Rangers draft tough D Dylan McIlrath and immediately issue bumper stickers that read our draft pick can get the bejeebies out of your pick.
here goes fowler
Anybody notice that TSn never interviews NYR’s draft choice?
Wow this place never changes. for a year on here I’ve been hearing “we need a hard hitting Dman. no more softies” now they draft the guy deemed the toughest SOB in the ENTIRE draft and yall are whining that they didn’t take a guy that’s dropping drastically despite his skill because HES SO FREAKIN SOFT! Gormley may have been a better choice but we just got the toughest Dman we’ve had in NY since the Beuk and Ulfie days.
clowns relax. none of you as well as the talking head experts have ever seen him play.
get back to me in 5 years on if this pick stunk.
the rangers have drafted very good the last few years…
cherapanov, grachev, DZ, staal, kreider, stepan, etc.
stop whinning
I know nothing about these players; I won’t blow a gasket over our pick.
HAHAHAHHAAAA !!!!!!! Everyone thought Fowler and we get the undertaker. We do have Wickys type of player. This move could help Hank. Prust ,Shelly too . Rangers wont be pushed around.
kausatoday
Rangers draft tough D Dylan McIlrath and immediately issue bumper stickers that read our draft pick can beat the bejeebies out of your pick
this is the correct tweet
The Ducks get a Fowl(er)
sure, the Ducks aren’t dumb like sather
Oh well, Im not going to get angry over it. Maybe Slats knows what he is doing, or knows more than I do about the kid.
Who knows, maybe the kid will be something in 4 years. Ciao all!
oh they only compare fowler to leetch, thanks for that
nice Mess!
By the way- wanna know why I love this pick? Pierre Mcgwire thinks it’s awful! lol which means we’re in good shape.
ACDAVID
This is a guy that can probably be drafted later in the first round. We had a 10th overall pick, and it should have gone to the best player available, not a borderline goon.
Waste!
Not only that, at least if we traded down, we can pick up some draft picks in the later round, because I doubt anyone was drafting that kid within the next 5-10 picks.
It’s the 5th of vodka talking, Linda. This team drives me to drink!!
If McIlrath turns out to be the baddest mofo in the NHL it will be a great pick but who knows. We need a feared player or two on our team but still would have been nice to take someone with talent. We are godawful at drafting forwards anyway.
point is, we couldve traded down to get this clown. u always get the best available player. its not like this kid is a center, which we need. hes a d man, just like fowler, who will probably be in the nhl for a long time, and much earlier than the goon
I REALLY want to see the fans’ reaction at the Rangers’ draft party!!!
i have to wait until tomorrow to have the alcohol lol
they tried interviwing mcilrath, but him and sather were off in the kiddie section playing with blocks and drooling on themselves
great pick, they already have a bunch of soft puck moving Dmen, and you guys(and Linda) wanted another one. please!
Hopefully the undertaker will tombstone sather
omg orr. we agreed on something!!!
It’s possible Slats knows what he is doing, but since he has been a disaster for the last 10 years, that theory is pretty unlikely. What happened to scoring and power plays? Getting in extra fights is meaningless. Crosby, Parise, Richards, and Tavares will run rings around this guy. Good thing they’re not in the Rangers division. Uh oh.
I Wouldnt have a problem with the pick if we traded down to 15 for him and gained another pick.
Gordie Clark just said 2 days ago “you take the best talent available in the 1st round” and “you dont draft to address weaknesses because they can change by the time these kids are ready for the NHL” ....
how is Mclrath the best talent available at #10 ???
gee, I guess redden plays out his whole contract in ny. and that sucks.
I dont see why we didnt pick fowler based on talent alone… we do need a guy who can protect hank… he has all kinds of great nicknames from reading about him and he is a fan favorite so i guess thats good
This Rangers fan tired of pansies wearing the sweater and opposing forwards setting up shop without fear in front of Henrik loves this pick. We have enough young d-men who show no physicality at all.
Suppose he turns into Jeff Beukeboom?
Then will you be happy?
We won’t see him for years.
maybe ottawa wants mcilrath cuz volchenkov is leaving. and hes part of a trade. i can only hope.
bull dog you must have some kinda of crush on me because you sure mention me alot.
I made NO COMMENT about the kid except for giving him a nickname, so kindly stop mentioning me with things i did not say.
was it me or did the rangers actually have his name on the back of the jersey???
WICKY!!
This has Hugh jessiman written all over it!!
There had to bea league memo asking teams to not congratulate Chicago Blackhawks. It’s too weird that NO ONE has mentioned them.
Maloney with the smart pick.
That’s what you do with high/semi-high draft picks. You pick the best player available, damn it!
Stupid Rangers! If I didn’t piss blue 24/7, I’d be a hell of a lot more tempted to switch teams.
wicky, someone on twitter said his name WAS on the back of the jersey
Even Beukeboom was drafted 19th overall in his year. YOU DONT take players like this in the top 10 when you have elite talent on the table still.
If he was the Rangers guy, they could have traded down and got an extra pick in the process
JB
Maybe teams don’t appreciate the fact that they deliberately tanked to get guys like Kane and Toes, and because of them and others, they won the Cup.
Or maybe people just don’t watch the Cup finals If they’re not in it.
Gormley’s sisters = yummy!
Even if Sather doesn’t know what he’s doing, I doubt anyone of us here knows better.
I’m not watching. Who’s got Johansen,
Linda,
I am sorry if I have offended you some way, I did no realize you were so thin skinned. I promise not to mention your name again, I will ignore your wonderful comments from now on.
here is a link (whether you like him or not) on mcilrath stats and slats little blurb
Yes, we DO know better. You always draft the best player available, period.
not knocking the kid, just where they picked him with better talent available. if he takes 3 or 4 years to get to the nhl, then who will he be protecting, Henrik’s son??
I think thats why most are upset on here. Not so much the pick but where he was picked
MIKE IN IA …
you mite be on to something with the Volchencov comment ??
hes the next dale purinton
new post.
“If he was the Rangers guy, they could have traded down and got an extra pick in the process”
Exactly. Which is why Slats is just an overall dumb GM. I hate this guy with such a devilish passion. I want to light his hair on fire and rip that mole out of his face!
Besides, isn’t Staal supposed to be our big physical D-man? Maybe Slats is losing confidence in him.
linda
thanks girl
ILB
WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!! Filling a organizational need!!!
jbytes you’re a clown.mute yourself now.
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Let’s see how well you handle it.
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WTF are the Rangers drinking ? they sure aren’t thinking.They should have drafted another goalie.
could be somerset. ya never know why we really picked hi. i mean, i do like that hes big. hes tough. but for a 10th overall? cmon. hes got no offense. and while being something we do need in toughness on d, i just dont see why we couldnt get him later on, or even someone else in the other rounds. id take fowler just because hes a much better trade option if they want to incluse him for a center.
I think Im going to join a nudist colony!
new post, again.
lol I really don’t know why everyone’s so up in arms. It’s not like we had a top 3 pick and this is what Sather got us. If Staal, Girardi, MDZ and Sanguinetti are all in the fold then Fowler wasn’t a priority on the list of tools this organization needs to acquire.
The problem at hand is still trying to get out from under some awful awful contracts.
Sounds like the Rangers drafted Rudy Poeschek again.
new post … hello?
>>Besides, isn’t Staal supposed to be our big physical D-man? Maybe Slats is losing
>>confidence in him.
From what I saw this past season, MDZ looked more like a physical defenceman than Staal did.