Over the weekend all three New York Rangers prospects
participating in evaluation camps had success in their scrimmages. On Saturday Christian Thomas scored a goal
and yesterday during Team USA camp J.T. Miller and Shane McColgan played big
roles in a White team victory. USA
hockey tweeted
that Miller had two goals in the game while McColgan scored the lone shootout
goal of the game.
The expectations for Thomas and Miller were that both would
have good camps and they appear to be doing just that in hopes of securing a
spot on the Team Canada and Team USA respective WJC rosters. McColgan playing well is a bonus and shows
why many feel he can end up being a great value selection for New York in the
fifth round of the 2011 draft.
The depth of the Rangers system is quite impressive when you
think about Thomas, Miller, McColgan in addition to Kreider, McIlrath, Hagelin
and Tim Erixon. To have a system that
deep and having high end potential only furthers the enthusiasm for the
organization in the future. The organization
has made moves this summer to give the team a better chance to win now, while
only continuing to add to the depth that can help the team in the future. The fact that they have balanced the desire
to win now without sacrificing anything significant from the future is the most
impressive aspect of what Glen Sather and company have done this summer.
