Rangers Prospect Poll: #8

Beacon · 01-09-2011, 10:18 PM

Evgeny Grachev easily won round 7 with 70% of the vote.

The vote to add a new name to the vote was again really close:

1. LW Ryan Bourque: 7
2. D Pavel Valentenko: 6
3. D Tomas Kundratek: 6

Don't forget to write-in who should be added in the next round.

TOP PROSPECTS

1. C Derek Stepan
2. LW Chris Kreider
3. RW Mats Zuccarrello-Aasen
4. D Michael Sauer
5. D Dylan McIlrath
6. D Ryan McDonagh
7. LW Evgeny Grachev

Evgeny Grachev
Left Wing
Born Feb 21 1990 -- Khabarovsk, Russia
Height 6.03 -- Weight 212 -- Shoots L

darko · 01-09-2011, 10:20 PM

I may be in minority here but going with Werek. Could be with Rangers as soon as next season.

Add Valetenko

Beacon · 01-09-2011, 10:25 PM

Voted for Thomas again because of his tremendous upside.

Add Tank.

BrooklynRangersFan · 01-09-2011, 10:28 PM

Love every player on the list other than Bourque. And we're on the eighth poll. I love it.

Add Tank.

rangers1024 · 01-09-2011, 10:39 PM

C. Thomas... Add Kundratek

**we want cup** · 01-09-2011, 10:40 PM

Hagelin

Add Kundratek a third time.

Ih8theislanders · 01-09-2011, 10:53 PM

Thomas. Add V-tank.

**Ailurophile** · 01-09-2011, 10:57 PM

Went with Werek, Thomas is my next vote.

Add Tank.

BlueshirtBlitz · 01-09-2011, 11:00 PM

Thomas. Add Kundratek.

Wraparounds · 01-09-2011, 11:49 PM

Thomas, add Kundratek (for like the fourth straight poll).

n8 · 01-10-2011, 12:08 AM

add Valentenko! he's just as good of a prospect as McD

donpaulo · 01-10-2011, 12:10 AM

yes Valentenko deserves a top 10 shot at least

ocarina · 01-10-2011, 12:25 AM

I'm loving that a guy with the upside of Thomas is still not voted on. Just speaks to the amount of prospects we have (though I feel he should be ranked higher)

Add Kundratek

Beacon · 01-10-2011, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ocarina

I'm loving that a guy with the upside of Thomas is still not voted on. Just speaks to the amount of prospects we have (though I feel he should be ranked higher)

Add Kundratek

Yup. The guy was just draft in a second round and he is having a terrific season, yet he's going to be barely in the top-10.

We will probably have fewer prospects in the summer. For instance, with Prospal and Frolov out for the season and other shorter injuries, MZA will either stick with the Rangers long enough not to be a prospect or he will prove himself a very low quality prospect. Similar, Weise has a chance to stick around for a bit.

Stepan definitely won't be a prospect in the summer, and neither will Sauer.

P.S. Shame, deep shame on all those who were mad at Slats for drafting Stepan instead of Kirill Petrov or Jared Staal. Shame, shame I tell you!

nyr2k2 · 01-10-2011, 01:58 AM

Thomas. Was tough between him and Hagelin.

Add Kundratek.

RGY · 01-10-2011, 02:11 AM

I really like Horak. I had a tough time with this one. I like all the names up there. For the first time it is hard for me to pick someone in one of these and were on the 8th one now.

Add Kundratek.

Net Front Presence · 01-10-2011, 02:44 AM

Thomas, add VTank.

Callahan Auto · 01-10-2011, 02:48 AM

Thomas and Werek are just about even for me. Thomas is playing better in Juniors but Werek is closer to being ready and looks more translatable to the NHL level physically. However, I love Thomas' offensive upside so I went with him.

Jesus, this really goes to show how deep our depth is for our prospects. Thomas has a Cammalleri-esque ceiling and Werek looks like a surefire NHLer. I wonder how many teams could say that these two WOULDN'T be in their top five. I doubt there's too many.