NHL Draft Lottery: Rangers get 5th pick after falling two spots

NHL Draft Lottery: Rangers get 5th pick after falling two spots

Toronto won the lottery and will select first. San Jose landed in the second spot.

Rangers’ Draft Setback Opens Door to Bold Trade-Up Scenario

The New York Rangers may have lost out on their dream outcome in the NHL Draft Lottery, sliding down to the fifth overall pick the lowest possible result after the draw but that doesn’t necessarily end their chance to land an elite talent at the top of the class. What initially looked like a missed opportunity to draft a franchise-altering prospect has instead shifted the conversation toward something more aggressive: whether general manager Chr…

Can Chris Drury Trade for the Second Overall Pick?

The New York Rangers lost the NHL draft lottery Tuesday night, falling to the mathematically lowest possible position they could at fifth overall. This has taken the Rangers firmly out of the "instant needle-moving" tier of Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg and into the "more of a crapshoot" territory with Chase Reid, Caleb Malhotra, and maybe to a lesser extent Keaton Verhoeff and Carson Carels. But that doesn't mean there isn't a path for the Ra…