New York Rangers Top 10 Prospects

The New York Rangers Top 10 Prospect Rankings as of October 2013
1. Chris Kreider, LW 2009 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL
2. Danny Kristo, RW Acquired in trade with Montreal Hartford AHL
3. J.T. Miller, Center 2011 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL (sent down after 1 game on Rangers)
4. Dylan MacIlrath, D 2010 1st Round Pick Hartford AHL
5. Adam Tambellini, C 2013 3rd Round Pick University of North Dakota
6. Brady Skjei, D 2012 1st Round Pick University of Minnesota
7. Cristobal Nieves, C 2012 2nd Round Pick University of Michigan
8. Oscar Lindberg, C Acquired in trade from Phoenix in 2011 Skelletea SHL (Sweden)
9. Pavel Buchnevich, RW 2013 3rd Round Pick Severstal Cherepovets KHL (Russia)
10. Anthony Duclair, LW 2013 3rd Round Pick Quebec (QMJHL)

New York Rangers Opening Night Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Taylor Pyatt, Brian Boyle, Derrick Dorsett
Rick Nash, Brad Richards, Derek Stepan
Benoit Pouliot, Derrick Brassard, Mats Zucarello

Other Line combinations:

Derrick Dorsett, J.T. Miller, Dominic Moore
Taylor Pyatt, Brian Boyle, Jesper Fast

The Rangers have used a lot of different combinations early in this game.

Defenseman Pairings:

Michael Del Zotto, Mark Staal
Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh
Anton Stralman, John Moore

The Rangers have switched up some of the pairings as McDonagh is not getting high minutes early in this game yet.

Starting Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist Backup: Marty Biron

Scratches: D Justin Falk, RW Aaron Asham

New York Rangers Assign 6 Players to Their Junior Teams

The New York Rangers have assigned F Anthony Duclair to Quebec (QMJHL), F Klarc Wilson to Prince George (WHL), D Troy Donnay to Erie (OHL), D Ben Fanelli to Kitchener (OHL), D Ryan Graves to Charlottetown (QMJHL) and Jimmy Oligny to Rimouski (QMJHL). Track their season statistics on our blog.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Adam Tambellini -
Tambellini enters his freshman season at the University of North Dakota in 2013-2014.
Adam Tambellini

3rd Round Pick Forward Pavel Buchnevich -
Pavel will play for Severstal Cherepovets in the KHL in Russia in 2013-2014.
Pavel Buchnevich

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Anthony Duclair-
Duclair will play for Quebec in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.
Anthony Duclair

4th Round Pick Defenseman Ryan Graves -
Graves will play for Charlottetown in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.
Ryan Graves

6th Round Pick Goaltender Mackenzie Skapski -

Mackenzie Skapski

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Brady Skjei -
Skjei enters his sophomore season at the University of Minnesota in 2013-2014.
Brady Skjei

2nd Round Pick Left Wing Cristoval Nieves -
Nieves enters his sophomore year at the University of Michigan in 2013-2014.
Cristoval Nieves

4th Round Pick Defenseman Calle Andersson -
Calle will play for Malmo in the Allsvenskan Swedish hockey league in 2013-2014.
Calle Andersson

5th Round Pick Left Wing Thomas Spelling -
Spelling will play for SønderjyskE in the Denmark Pro Hockey League in 2013-2014.
Thomas Spelling

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Center J.T. Miller -
Miller will be on the Rangers so he is no longer considered a prospect. Miller played in 1 game for the Rangers before he was sent down to Hartford in the AHL
J.T. Miller

3rd Round Pick Center Steven Fogarty -
Fogarty will enter his sophomore season at the University of Notre Dame in 2013-2014.
Steven Fogarty

4th Round Pick Center Michael St. Croix -
Michael will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Michael St. Croix

5th Round Pick Right Wing Shane McColgan -
Shane was not signed by the Rangers by the deadline on June 1, 2013 so he is no longer property of the Rangers.
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5th Round Pick Defenseman Samuel Noreau -
Noreau will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Samuel Noreau

6th Round Pick Defenseman Peter Ceresnak -
Ceresnak was not signed by the Rangers by the deadline on June 1, 2013 so he is no longer property of the Rangers.

2010 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Dylan McIlrath -
Dylan will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Dylan McIlrath

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Christian Thomas -
Thomas was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for prospect Danny Kristo on July 2 2013.

4th Round Pick Center Andrew Yogan -
Yogan will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Andrew Yogan

5th Round Pick Left Wing Jason Wilson -
Wilson will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Jason Wilson

6th Round Pick Right Wing Jesper Fast -
Fast will play for Hartford in the AHL in 2013-2014.
Jesper Fast

7th Round Pick Forward Randy McNaught -
McNaught is no longer property of the New York Rangers.