Rebuilding year(s) for the Rangers.....what are the chances?
1. "The Rangers, meanwhile, are stockpiling draft picks; they have 10 in 2019, including five in the first two rounds."
Blue Jackets acquire Adam McQuaid from Rangers for draft picks
2. "Looking at players drafted in the 1990s and setting a threshold of 200 NHL games played, an analysis shows that of all players drafted in those years, 19 percent played in at least 200 games by 2007. Of the 2,600 players called in the NHL Entry Draft, 494 had appeared in at least 200 NHL games, making them at least low-level career players, if not stars.
3. Of the 494 career players drafted in the 1990s, 160 were selected in the first round.Of those 160 career players, over half have played more than 500 NHL games....Based on the 1990s sample, a first-round draft pick has a 63 percent chance of being a career player.
4. ...about a quarter of the players selected in the second round turned into NHL career players.Those drafted in the third round and beyond are really up against it. From over 2,000 players selected in the third round and beyond during the 1990s, just 261 made it as NHL career players. That's about 12 percent."
How Many Draft Picks Make It to the NHL?
5. These are hockey calculations.....many trades are purely business: the three Rangers traded would have been UFAs at the end of the year.
Things don't look all that rosey in MSG-Politicalchicville....
1. "The Rangers, meanwhile, are stockpiling draft picks; they have 10 in 2019, including five in the first two rounds."
Blue Jackets acquire Adam McQuaid from Rangers for draft picks
2. "Looking at players drafted in the 1990s and setting a threshold of 200 NHL games played, an analysis shows that of all players drafted in those years, 19 percent played in at least 200 games by 2007. Of the 2,600 players called in the NHL Entry Draft, 494 had appeared in at least 200 NHL games, making them at least low-level career players, if not stars.
3. Of the 494 career players drafted in the 1990s, 160 were selected in the first round.Of those 160 career players, over half have played more than 500 NHL games....Based on the 1990s sample, a first-round draft pick has a 63 percent chance of being a career player.
4. ...about a quarter of the players selected in the second round turned into NHL career players.Those drafted in the third round and beyond are really up against it. From over 2,000 players selected in the third round and beyond during the 1990s, just 261 made it as NHL career players. That's about 12 percent."
How Many Draft Picks Make It to the NHL?
5. These are hockey calculations.....many trades are purely business: the three Rangers traded would have been UFAs at the end of the year.
Things don't look all that rosey in MSG-Politicalchicville....
