Rangers sign 2010 draft pick Randy McNaught to AHL deal

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Rangers sign 2010 draft pick Randy McNaught to an AHL contract.

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Not sure if this belongs in this forum or the AHL one. Mods, please move if it belongs in the AHL forum.

[4thLineGoon]

YES!

About freakin time, since Bickel went up the fights in Hartford basically stopped. Voros has been dissappointing (1 fight in over a month with the team) Jason Wilson hasn't done anything in the E to warrant a callup and Deveaux, Newbury and Nightengale all are in pretty significant roles this year with the team to be sitting in the box. Hell, Bickel has been gone for a month and still leads the Whale with 8 fights! McNaught will instantly become a fan favorite at the Civic Center.

[IhateLindros]

So this a little confusing. Did the Rangers sign him or did the Whale sign him. I know hes a Ranger draft pick but your wording here is a bit cryptic. If the Rangers signed him to an AHL deal, then the Rangers didn't really sign him at all; the Whale did.

[chilly666]

the whale did and the rags have until june 1st to sign him or else they lose his rights and he becomes a free agent (title should be edited).



HARTFORD, January 23, 2012: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has signed forward Randy McNaught to an American Hockey League contract.

McNaught, a 6-5, 221-pound native of Nanaimo, B.C., comes to the Whale from the University of Calgary, where he was scoreless with 24 penalty minutes in 12 games this season. Last year McNaught, 21, was with the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, but his season was limited to eight games by injury. In those eight contests, McNaught had a goal and an assist for two points, along with 27 PIM.

A seventh-round (190th overall) selection by the parent New York Rangers in the 2010 NHL Draft, McNaught suited up for 154 total contests in a four-year WHL career with the Chilliwack Bruins, Saskatoon Blades and the Giants. His career stats include 15 goals and 12 assists for 27 points, and 321 penalty minutes.

[bigjack]

He's a goon and project at best. So much for a college education!

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Originally Posted by IhateLindros

So this a little confusing. Did the Rangers sign him or did the Whale sign him. I know hes a Ranger draft pick but your wording here is a bit cryptic. If the Rangers signed him to an AHL deal, then the Rangers didn't really sign him at all; the Whale did.

The story I pulled this from said The Rangers signed him to an AHL deal. This was originally posted in the PMR forum.

[chilly666]

He will get an opportunity to show what he can do, but it will be in a limited capacity. He has until the AHL's all-star game to impress head coach Ken Gernander with the possibility of being reassigned to the ECHL's Greenville Road Warriors for seasoning.

McNaught was known more for dropping his gloves in the WHL, dropping the gloves 21 times in 2009-10, according to hockeyfights.com, six times in 2008-09 and five times 2007-08. In 154 games he scored 15 times while adding 12 assists and registering 321 penalty minutes. In his dozen CIS games he picked up one assist and 24 penalty minutes.

McNaught will make his Whale debut on Friday when the Whale host the Wilkes Barre-Scranton Penguins and then the Springfield Falcons on Saturday in Hartford.

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[blackngold]

Will he fight Big Mac?

[chilly666]

i don't think he would unless he was out there and mac made a dirty hit/play that forced him to do it

[GaryW]

Has he player a game yet for them?

[IhateLindros]

Yes he's played. Im not sure wtf he's waiting for though.

[4thLineGoon]

Yes, he played two games last weekend, including the WBS game, where Mac boarded Pavel Valentenko, leaving him bloody. Mac got tossed for boarding, not sure if McNaught was on the ice or not.

[GaryW]

Does anyone know if he knows what his role is or does he think he is a "player" now. Seems I read somewhere where he thinks he is a power forward who will defend his team mates he needs to.

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by 4thLineGoon

Yes, he played two games last weekend, including the WBS game, where Mac boarded Pavel Valentenko, leaving him bloody. Mac got tossed for boarding, not sure if McNaught was on the ice or not.

mcnaught didn't play on friday night

[chilly666]

McNaught has been assigned to Greenville (ECHL)