Winger
Chris Kreider, already coming off a
NCAA National Championship with Boston College, put on a show in 18 playoff games for the New York Rangers. The lockout will keep him from making an immediate impact for the Rangers in 2012-13, but like defensemen
Brendan Smith and
Brandon Gormley behind him, Kreider should benefit from significant ice time in the
AHL rather than the pressure of making an immediate impact in the NHL.
Five 2012 draft picks cracked the top 20 in the Fall ranking. The run on defensemen early in the draft, especially the four
WHL products taken in the top-10 picks in
Ryan Murray,
Morgan Rielly,
Griffin Reinhart, and
Matt Dumba, resulted in another surge of blueliners in the Top 50 ranking.…
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