Poll: Who to Add to Grachev Watch
Last season, I started tracking top Rangers prospects playing in Hartford, specifically Evgeny Grachev and Bobby Sanguinetti (see: Grachev watch on the right, underneath the Authors/RSS area). These two were the top prospects playing in the AHL at the time, and it was an attempt to make it easy to keep track of their progress. With Sanguinetti gone, I wanted to poll everyone and see who you want to have in that area in addition to Grachev. Of course, this will be updated if one of the selected players makes the squad. I expect Derek Stepan to lead the voting, but I wanted to open it up to everyone here.
The choices are: Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh, and Mats Zuccarello-Aasen. If you want to see someone else, choose ‘other’, and shoot us an email, or comment, about who you want to see on the side of the main page. Keep in mind that this will be in addition to the weekly prospect watch, which I started last season and summarizes each of the top Rangers prospects playing in college, juniors, or the AHL. The poll is on the right, and you can select more than one answer, vote away!
By brian, July 31, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
1. Grachev
2. MZA
3. Stepan
4. Werek
5. Chad Johnson
note: following defensemen’s stats is pretty pointless, so i reccomend eliminating mcdonagh. Especially cause based on McD’s stats at Wisconsin hes not a stats guy at all, even for a D man
Gleb Reply:
August 27th, 2010 at 9:55 am
MZA
Stepan
By anthony, August 1, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
zuccarello aasen but i think he has a shot at making the team off the bat
By Eddie, August 9, 2010 @ 5:34 pm
Why Grachev? McDonagh, Stepan, and Kreider are more talented.
1. Kreider
2. Stepan
3. McDonagh
4. Grachev
5. Werek
MZA will not become the top six player most have envisioned.
Dave Reply:
August 11th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Mostly because I want to keep it for AHL players because they are the ones who are most likely to make the NHL jump sooner.
I will be keeping track of the other prospects, but on a weekly basis. This “Grachev + Watch” will be on a daily basis to see if any hyped prospects deserve a call up.