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Joe’s Reaction of the Week: Outside Players To Watch at 26
The Rangers' real draft work starts at 26. Here are the names worth watching, from trade-up dreams like to realistic targets.
Joe's Reaction of the Week
Joe’s Reaction of the Week is Joe Fortunato’s weekly column offering sharp takes on the biggest storylines surrounding the New York Rangers. Whether it’s a major trade rumor, locker room drama, front office decisions, or something that simply set Rangers Twitter on fire, Joe breaks it down with analysis, context, and plenty of attitude. If something happened in Rangers land that demands a reaction, this is where you’ll find it.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: An Emotionally Updated Top Five Mock Draft
The top of the 2026 draft board is shifting—and the Rangers could be the biggest beneficiaries. Here's how five picks could break perfectly for New York.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week (Chip's Version): What Impact Will the Knicks Have on the Rangers?
In June of 1994 the Rangers and Knicks had New York City rocking day in and day out. Could following the Knicks example make that happen again?
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: What Chris Drury Can Learn From Arsenal
Arsenal ended a two-decade title drought by trusting a plan and refusing to rush it. The parallels to the Rangers are hard to ignore, and they make the case for why Drury is right not to put a timeline on the retool—and what he needs to get right to make it pay off.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: How Important Is the Second Overall Pick?
Picking fifth means the Rangers likely miss out on the dynamic forward they need. But there's a path back to a difference-maker, and it runs through San Jose, Braden Schneider, and GM relationship dating back to college.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: The Lottery and Drury's Direction
Everything riding on May 5: McKenna or bust, the Carolina/Dallas pick situation, and why Drury's patience with Vincent Trocheck is about to pay off.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: Offseason Musings
A Dallas collapse could mean a better draft pick. A Guerin gut-punch could crack open the Trocheck market. The Rangers might want both—and can only have one.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week (Chip's Version): The Search for the Next Anthony Mantha
The Rangers need a forward who can produce without the contract becoming a nightmare. We went hunting for the next Anthony Mantha—here's who made the list.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week (Chip's Version): The Search for the Next Dylan Strome
The NHL's free agent landscape looks like a scene out of some post-apocalyptic movie. At times like these, you must dig deeper to find hidden treasure.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: The Final Stretch
If losing is the goal, why not learn something too? The Rangers’ lineup decisions still aren’t adding up.
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: Bad Season or Lost Season?
The Rangers’ season is already bad. The real question now: will they use these final games to learn something—or waste them entirely?
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Joe's Reaction of the Week: Maybe It Was Panarin's Fault After All
Lafrenière is on a heater, Perreault is pulling off highlight-reel plays, and suddenly we're left wonder if these two are better off without Panarin.