On Day 2, Rangers get defensive

The Rangers loaded up on defensemen over the two-day draft. After taking four more Saturday they ended up using six out of their 10 draft choices on blueliners, three of them from Sweden.

They began Day 2 with a surprising secondround pick of Swedish goalie Olof Lindbom at No. 39 overall. Lindbom was the first netminder taken in the draft. The Rangers have high-upside goalie prospects in Igor Shesterkin and Alexandar Georgiev.

At No. 70 in the third round the Rangers picked Swedish defenseman Jacob Ragnarsson, followed by American defenseman Joey Keane at No. 88. In the fourth round they chose Swiss defenseman Nico Gross at No. 101 before taking Finnish forward Lauri Pajuniemi with the No. 132 pick in the fifth round. They also added Swedish blueliner Simon Kjellberg at No. 163 in the sixth round before finishing with American forward Riley Hughes at No. 216 in the seventh round.