A Well Thought Out Analysis Of Dylan McIlrath

I too at first was angry for not grabbing one of the named kids the TV guys were all talking about, then I saw this kid and looked up his numbers and said.. this guy looks like someone we can use! After those Offense kids went I think grabbing a Dman who is a need for us was wise.

This guy has limited, and that’s being nice, offensive potential. Essentially, he’s a crease clearing d-man who is a couple years away from the show. I think they could have done better.

We wanted toughness, now we got it.

Fans were set to bitch and moan if we drafted Jesus Christ incarnate.

I like the pick.

I dunno guys, I just randomly pulled up a few vids of this dude on youtube and I like what I see. Drops his gloves in an instant in defense of teamates, total headhunter at mid-ice, and has a wicked hook which he somehow manages to connect dead on with a jersey pulled over his face. Assuming he’s not a defensive liability w subpar skating, I’m thinking we’re gonna get a lot outta this kid. One word – nasty.

And just to give credit where it is due, Jim calmed us all down when we went completely ape****. Anyway, in 3 years from now, you will be saying that you love McIlrath. Maybe Fowler would’ve been a better choice, but nonetheless, McIlrath will be a mean S.O.B.

Does anyone know when day two is supposed to start? I can’t find the Info anywhere

Could’ve been better… could’ve been worse.

 I’m not furious, but feel a bit disappointed, though that might just be because the Isles got Nino and not because we got McIlrath.
 I’m still not sold on the pick yet. I’d love to have the big crease clearing D-man we’ve been begging for for years, but honestly, are we really that sure this kid will make it to the NHL? And if he does, will it really be in 3 years?
And do we really believe Larry Brooks that Dallas was definitely drafting McIlrath at 11? I don’t.
People in the other thread are already calling him a possible shutdown top pairing defenseman…. that’s the first I’ve heard of his potential in that regard. I’m sure it seems like that in the minors because he just hits people from other teams toplines – but if his skating isn’t great, NHLers will just go around him and he’ll be out of position going for the hit. I mean, is he really a great Defensive D-man, or JUST a physical one?
I read somewhere that he was a turnover machine, will that continue to plague him?
And what about those 21 PIMs in 7 playoff games? That’s not gonna fly with any NHL coach, let alone Torts.

I know there’s questions surrounding every pick, outside of the first couple, but I just wasn’t expecting to have this many i guess.

Whom in the NHL do you look at and say, ‘That’s someone I need to be playing like?’

"A guy that I like to model myself around is a Shea Weber type. In junior [with Kelowna of the WHL] he was more of a shutdown defender and developed his offensive abilities later on. That is what I am striving for."

http://sports.yahoo.com/juniorhockey/news?slug=ns-profile_mcilrath180610

McIlrath finished the season strong, tallying 16 points (five goals and 11 assists) in 29 games after the New Year.

This was after Isles prospect Travis Homonic was traded from MooseJaw allowing McIlrath to play more minutes and get some PP time.

guys to target today at 40: Galiev, Toffoli, Petr Straka, Pulkkinen, Calle Jarnkok, Jon Merrill, Ludvig Rensfeldt, Kabanov

so we were supposed to take fowler or gormley, both puck-moving defensemen, instead of mcilrath? so that would mean that we have MDZ, sangs, gilroy AND another offensive defensemen? that sounds pretty silly to me.

i’m not saying mcilrath is gonna be a stud, but i don’t see any reason for us to have drafted for a role that we’re pretty well-stocked at.

Damn I wish we had a third rounder to hope Kabanov falls that far and take him in the third round. I guess now we should just probably pick him 40th or if Galiev is still there maybe take him.

the kid is 18 give him a chance we need mean big basterd to keep pklayers away from hank and running our guys.hes already a bust to some without giving him a chance.we have enough gilroys mdz and sags typ dman . teamed up with mdz it might be a nice combo i a few years

Probably shouldve taken Fowler or Gormley & that opens up trade possibilities for the other defensemen already in the system

Draft picks are for the future—and who knows what the future will hold. I don’t think it was realistic to get a game changer for this year with the 10th pick, So, there’s no way to know whether this will work out, although I agree we needed a differnet style defender from what the Rangers have recently drafted.

Now, the real fun begins. At least for this year’s version of the Rangers. The question, as always, is how much do you sacrafice from tomorrow for today.

what time does the draft start today?

still not sold on it.. i feel like they could have taken a guy like this later on. i wouldnt have passed on fowler.

either way im even more pissed they didnt trade up to snag etem.. that would have made it a successful draft if you asked me..

hopefully we can snag galiev or kabanov..

Where did Fehr & Balanced’s comments go? What the hell is this, North Korea? Some “well thought out analysis” if you can’t discuss the other side of it.

Whatever — this thread just got a lot less interesting. I was actually curious about your take on things. Enjoy your echo chamber.

Well, I’m glad to see him as part of the organization. Hopefully, he can fool us all and crack the lineup. It would really be nice to see Staal, Del Zotto, and McIlrath (all first rounders) make up 1/2 of the blue line, this season.

So, I was one of the many who were perplexed about passing up Fowler. I’m over it. It is what it is. I was curious about the quality of the 10th pick overall and their NHL value. Below is a google docs spreadsheet listing all the players selected 10th from 1980 until 2009 and their corresponding NHL stats. It’s a mixed bag for sure. The best is easy: Winnipeg’s selection of Teemu Selanne. The worst in terms of games played is the Kings’ selection of Dan Gratton.

No real point to this other than after the first couple of picks, the draft becomes a crapshoot. Let’s just hope McIlrath is better than the last Ranger Defenseman taken at 10, Jay More.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtFRbsttyqBpdG8xaDE2cnIyOFYxS29VeWgzaWZRQ3c&hl=en&authkey=CL_s5YcI

by central scouting and “he can barely skate backwards…” I think central scouting has a little more credibility. I don’t know, perhaps I’m wrong and you 2 are more qualified.

Joe, Great job on the thread. To everyone eles, Grachev was supposed to be this great offensive force…What Happened? A pick is a pick you look to fill the holes in the roster, this kid was very much the right pick for what the Rangers have been lacking for many years,and ANYTHING is better than Redden on the blueline.Now just think how you will feel when the Rangers become the team that punish other players and are not the one’s getting punished.