There were nine New York Rangers prospects in action on Saturday night. Yet all combined for just one goal and no assists.
Please take a look here over at Elite Prospects where they have a list of all of those players considered to be “in the system”. Nathan Aspinall is at the top of said list with 24-38-62 but next on the list is Mikkel Eriksen who is 16-21-37.
29 players on that list have 10 or fewer goals, 34 have fewer than 30 points on that list. Even worse is 13 of them have fewer than 10 points.
Chris Drury says he is going to retool the Rangers but the question begs with what will he be able to do so?
Think about that out of 38 names only one of them offers the hope of being a top six forward. Among the defensemen, Artem Gonchar with his 10 goals has twice as many goals as the other four prospect defensemen combined.
The prospect pipeline is empty and no retool will repair it. The franchise badly needs a rebuild but the owner won’t do it. Why?
NCAA
Brody Lamb recorded his 11th goal but it was not enough to prevent Minnesota from losing to Sean Barnhill’s second-ranked Michigan State 3-2 in Big Ten play. Lamb got his goal with an even strength goal in the first period.
When you see goals like this one then you think that the Rangers ought to sign him. But the question is can he score consistently enough to make it to the NHL?
Brody Lamb puts @GopherHockey on the board first 💥
📺: @BigTenNetwork pic.twitter.com/cUmx6Gshfu
— Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) January 24, 2026
Lamb improves to 11-12-23 on the season, Barnhill did not score for Michigan State as he still seeks his first NCAA goal. Michigan State is 9-1 in their last ten games, Minnesota has lost seven straight.
Ty Henricks scoreless as #3 Western Michigan defeats #6 Minnesota-Duluth 4-3 in overtime in NCHC play. Western Michigan won it’s ninth straight.
E. J. Emery scoreless as #4 North Dakota rallies to defeat Arizona State 5-3 in NCHC play. North Dakota is 17-3 since last Novemeber.
Drew Fortescue was scoreless #14 Boston College defeats New Hampshire 3-0 in Hockey East. Boston College jumps into second place Hockey East to boost NCAA hopes.
Rasmus Larsson was scoreless as Robert Morris defeats Holy Cross 1-0 in Atlantic Hockey. Larsson played first game since January 10th.
OHL
Evan Passmore scoreless as Barrie shuts out Brampton 2-0. Barrie is 11-0-1-0 in last 12 regulation games.
Nathan Aspinall scoreless as his Flint Firebirds drop 4-1 decision to Windsor. Flint and Windsor are tied for OHL Western Conference and West Division lead.
QMJHL
Raoul Boilard was scoreless and 9-8 on faceoffs as his Cape Breton defeats Charlottetown 3-1. Cape Breton moves into third place in QMJHL’s Eastern Conference.
