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Text from an article in The Athletic referring to the Rangers as a “sinking ship”.
That left Gorton, director of player personnel Gordie Clark and the rest of the scouting department weighing a group of centers that included Martin Nečas (No. 12), Nick Suzuki (No. 13) and Robert Thomas (No. 20). They settled on Andersson, whom they saw as “a gritty second-line guy” with high-character and two-way ability, according to a scout. He was the only one among the discussed options who didn’t become an NHL top-sixer — or, as another scout put it, “Just a bad pick.”
A graph showing the Rangers’ cumulative expected goals differential, which reflects a very strong performance this season despite a mediocre won-loss record.
A chart from Moneypuck.com showing that the Rangers rank 2nd in the NHL in 5 on 5 expected goals share.