New York Rangers Draft Ryder Korczak 75th overall
The Rangers moved up in the draft to take the Moose Jaw Warriors center.
With their third pick of the 2021 Draft, the New York Rangers selected Ryder Korczak of the Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) with the 75th overall pick. The Rangers moved up in the draft to take Korczak by sending the 80th pick and the 176th pick to the Washington Capitals.
#NYR trade up to No. 75, sending 80 and 176 to Washington
— Mollie Walker (@MollieeWalkerr) July 24, 2021
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From EliteProspects’ 2021 NHL Draft Guide:
Puck-handling is Korczak’s defining skill, using a combination of herky-jerky movement, deception, and pace to beat defenders. On the power play, his deception reaches another level, threatening shots to set up cross-slot feeds. And the shot’s dangerous, too. He changes the angle on his shots, and occasionally rifles a curl-and-drag wrister around a defender.
Korczak is a 5-foot-10 right-handed shot center from Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He has 98 career points — 69 of which are assists — in 132 WHL games with the Warriors and the Calgary Hitmen. He had three goals and 13 assists in 17 games in the 2020-21 season in Moose Jaw along with two minor penalties. Korczak also had 50 shots in those 17 games and had a 57.34 percent success rate on the faceoff dot.
Ryder Korczak put together a good draft year, putting up 16 points in 17 games played in the WHL! pic.twitter.com/bP1JiR16EI
— InStat Hockey (@InStatHockey) July 19, 2021
Data courtesy of EliteProspects.com and WHL.ca.
