DALLAS — The Rangers continued to confound observers and confuse their fans on Day 2 of the NHL Draft Saturday. With their second round pick, No. 39 overall, they chose goaltender Olof Lindbom, the fifth-rated European goaltender according to the NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau rankings, and a player many had not heard of in the leadup to the draft.
They chose another Swede, defenseman Jacob Ragnarsson, a 6-foot, 176-pounder, with their first of two third-round picks, No. 70 overall, and followed that with another defenseman, Joey Keane, of the OHL’s Barrie Colts with their other third-rounder.
The parade of defensemen continued in the fourth round, when the Rangers took Nico Gross, of Oshawa of the OHL.