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Olympic medals for the best Rangers draft picks, round by round

By Steve Paulus

Rangers Brian Leetch gets the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP following game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals at Madison Square Garden June 14, 1994. The Rangers won the game 3-2 and the Stanley Cup.Rangers Win Stanley Cup
Rangers Brian Leetch gets the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP following game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals at Madison Square Garden June 14, 1994. The Rangers won the game 3-2 and the Stanley Cup.Rangers Win Stanley Cup /
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Dec 2, 2018; New York, NY, USA; Mike Richter walks out during the jersey retirement for Vic Hadfieldat Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 2, 2018; New York, NY, USA; Mike Richter walks out during the jersey retirement for Vic Hadfieldat Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports /

Second round picks

Gold: Mike Richter (1985)

Silver:  Doug Weight (1990)

Bronze: Tomas Sandstrom (1982)

Honorable mentions: Ron Greschner (1974),  Don Maloney (1978), Mattias Norstrom (1992), Fedor Tyutin (2001), Artem Anisimov (2006), Derek Stepan (2008)

Future medalists?: Karl Henriksson (2019), Matthew Robertson (2019)

Mike Richter’s work as Ranger goalie and also for Team USA in international competition earns him the gold medal, with Doug Weight a very close second.  A non-Ranger fan would probably argue that Weight deserves the gold based on his 19 years and 1,033 points.

Sandstrom gets the bronze medal as a sleeper selection. He was a very gifted scorer who went to the Kings in the trade for Bernie Nicholls.  Again, the Blueshirts traded Weight and Sandstrom and they did much of their scoring for other teams.

All of the honorable mentions were solid players, but no one stood out as worth of a medal.   There doesn’t appear to be anyone in the pipeline selected in the second round who will be in medal contention.

Next up, the third round and a mediocre class of draft picks.

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