A few weeks ago at the NHL Draft combine, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke told the media that he was looking to package his 25th (acquired in the Kris Versteeg to Philadelphia trade) or the 30th overall pick (acquired by the Maple Leafs that sent Tomas Kaberle to Boston), as well as Toronto's 39th overall. There's a good chance that Gordie Clark, Rangers Director of Player Personnel, knows who he's going to select with that 15th pick, but I do think the Rangers should listen to offers such as this one and consider trading down if their guy gets taken before their turn.
I think the chances of the Rangers making a deal whether trading up but more likely down are decent. Not only are the Rangers obviously set at goaltender but there's no real prospect that'll be worth taking in the first round at all. They won't be going defense because of how loaded in that department they already were even before trading for Tim Erixon who was considered to be a top 10 pick had he been thrown back in the draft after Calgary was unable to sign him.
It's widely thought that this year is the calm before the storm in next years draft considered to be the deepest since 2003 but that doesn't exactly mean there isn't diamonds in the rough somewhere, diamonds such as Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan and the biggest one of all Henrik Lundqvist.
Larry Brooks of the NY Post wrote a piece this morning how the Rangers and Ruslan Fedotenko are in talks about a 2 year deal however the sides are somewhat apart on the money. After only making 1 million last year I could only speculate how much of a raise Fedotenko wants. Sather can't get too caught up in these negotiations with much bigger fish to sign.
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