Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
Maybe they just can't develop forwards?
Kakko, lafreniere, kravtsov, lias andersson
This is honestly a huge misconception. Top 10 picks? That's arguable. But -- Krav and Lias are busts and did nothing even on their other teams. If they just flat out suck and don't have what it takes, that's not completely on the Rangers, otherwise they would've shown even a little improvement once they left. But they didn't
And Laf and Kakko are still in the process of developing. No one would be mad at their performance up until this point, if they weren't 1 and 2OA. Let's see how they are doing in a few years, remember that Zibanejad didn't break out until he was like 26
The Rangers do fine with developing later picks. Forwards -- Kreider, Chytil, Perrault is likely to be a stud based on his draft position compared to the other two. Not to mention dmen like KAM, Schneider, Lindgren, Fox (even though a lot of credit can go to his time in the NCAA). And the Rangers have done amazing when it comes to developing goalies.
I know you said "can't develop forwards" specifically but I feel people twist it and make it "the Rangers can't develop at all" and it's just not the case
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