Category: 2022 NHL Draft

  • The Rangers have chosen defenseman Vittorio (Victor) Mancini at #159. Mancini, 20, is 6-3, 215 and played for Nebraska-Omaha. He played two-years in Sweden (2019-20 and 20-21) and spent half of 2020-21 in the USHL. He had five assists in 38 games for Nebraska-Omaha in the NCAA last season.

  • The Rangers have drafted center Bryce McConnell-Barker at #97. McDonnell-Barker is 6-1, 195 and had 23 goals and 26 assists in 68 games for Sault St. Marie. On NHL Network they said his NHL comparison was a “Jesperi Kotkaniemi-type of player.”

  • The Rangers have drafted LW Adam Sykora at #63. On NHL Network they said, “energetic, electric personality. He gets after it, a leader, he takes a leadership role, quick, elusive, offensive upside.” He was ranked #52 by NHL Network and Central Scouting said “speedy, energy player who never stops skating. Active & alert on every…

  • The Rangers have the following picks for today’s second day of the NHL Draft: 63: Second Round 97: Third Round 111: Fourth Round 159: Fifth Round 161: Fifth Round 191: Sixth Round

  • The Rangers do not have a pick in tonight’s First Round of the 2022 Draft. The Rangers traded a conditional second-round pick to Winnipeg that turned into their first-round pick after the Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference Final. This is the first time since 2016 that the Rangers don’t have a first-round pick. The…