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New York Rangers: How the prospects are doing

By Steve Paulus|
OTTAWA, ON - NOVEMBER 29: Filip Chytil #72 of the New York Rangers skates against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on November 29, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
OTTAWA, ON - NOVEMBER 29: Filip Chytil #72 of the New York Rangers skates against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on November 29, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 31: Filip Chytil #72 of the New York Rangers skates against Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers on March 31, 2019 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)

While the New York Rangers’ season sputters along with extended breaks, the players in the best prospect pool in the NHL were in action.

Many hockey observers proclaimed that the New York Rangers have the best farm system in the NHL.  Most of the Rangers’ top prospects have started their seasons and it’s worth taking a look at how they are doing.

Hartford Wolf Pack

To the consternation of many, some of the best prospects in the Rangers’ pipeline started their season  with the Hartford Wolf Pack instead of New York .  The Pack have a similar schedule to the Rangers, playing only on the weekends , but  even so they’ve played  four games, one more than the Blueshirts.

Hartford won it’s first three games, but fell in the fourth, blowing a 2-0 lead and losing in a shootout.  The good news is that Filip Chytil is playing very well, centering the team’s top line.  He has two goals and three assists, good for five points, second highest in the AHL.  He is not reluctant to shoot with 14 shots on goal, a number that will make David Quinn happy.

Take a look at this goal scored by Chytil.  He takes a big hit at the blue line, but gets the puck forward for a Danny O’Regan shot and follows up by going to the net and scoring off the rebound.

Vitali Kravtsov  got on the scoreboard with an assist on a Boo Nieves goal.  Kravtsov  has played both games after being scratched in the team’s second game.

Danny O’Regan has five points on the season to share the team lead with Chytil.  Defenseman Joey Keane leads all Wolf Pack rookies with two goals.

No other Pack players stand out statistically, but they have gotten contributions from all of the top prospects

The Rangers brain trust will be paying close attention to the goalie tandem of Igor Shesterkin and Adam Huska.  So far, they are splitting the goaltending duties evenly with both netminders starting two games each.  Shesterkin has a 2.00 Goals Against Average and a .915 Save Percentage.  Huska’s numbers are close with a 2.37 GAA and a .911 Save Percentage.

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