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thread time.
thread time.
Take all #NYR draft picks ever, and sort them by the # of points they accrued in their entire NHL career.
You will find 5 of the top 10 all-time were drafted in a five-year stretch from 1986-1991:
Brian Leetch
Tony Amonte
Sergei Zubov
Dough Weight
Alexei Kovalev
draft picks ever, and sort them by the # of points they accrued in their entire NHL career.You will find 5 of the top 10 all-time were drafted in a five-year stretch from 1986-1991:
Brian Leetch
Tony Amonte
Sergei Zubov
Dough Weight
Alexei Kovalev
If we consider that Amonte & Weight were traded for Noonan, Matteau & Tikkanen: those 5 picks were all nonetheless massive contributions (directly or indirectly) to the ’94 Cup.
Those 5 draft picks accounted for 51% of all NYR points scored & 63% of all GWGs in '94 postseason.
Those 5 draft picks accounted for 51% of all NYR points scored & 63% of all GWGs in '94 postseason.
Leetch, the leadoff draft pick to kick off of that legendary five-year drafting spree, was 26 when he hoisted the Conn Smythe. Fox (drafted by CGY in 2016) and Chytil (drafted by NYR in 2017) will bookend that age in the 2025 postseason.
Messier, the marquee MVP-caliber forward the team acquired a few years before, was 33 when he hoisted the Cup in 1994.
Panarin, the marquee MVP-caliber forward the team will be 33 in the 2025 postseason.
Panarin, the marquee MVP-caliber forward the team will be 33 in the 2025 postseason.
There's no firm roadmap for crafting a Cup team.
But as we're beginning to really see the fruits of NYR's block of rebuilding drafts, it's hard not to compare it to the five-year block where NYR absolutely killed it in drafting. And how that killer drafting directly became a Cup
But as we're beginning to really see the fruits of NYR's block of rebuilding drafts, it's hard not to compare it to the five-year block where NYR absolutely killed it in drafting. And how that killer drafting directly became a Cup
Oh and the first nhl postseason after Kreider+Trouba contracts shift from 'wholly immovable' to 'potentially movable'?
2025.
Infer at your own risk, folks
2025.
Infer at your own risk, folks
