What we’re hearing about Rangers prospects: Gabe Perreault ‘too smart’ for AHL
December 4, 2025
What we’re hearing about Rangers prospects: Gabe Perreault ‘too smart’ for AHL
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* Gabe is “too smart” but needs to mature physically
* Otter is having an identity crisis
* Chemlař is showing potential as fourth liner
* Roobroeck and Terrance are a couple of years out from being NHL ready
The title is clickbaity- makes it seem like a knock on the decision to keep him in the minors- but the article is just a compliment of his playmaking ability and scouts agreeing with Sullivan’s decision to have him play in the A and get stronger/faster.
Perrault needs to be in the NHL, period.
> The 20-year-old earned a three-game look with the NHL club in mid-November, but it quickly became apparent that the Rangers feel keeping him around will require more “physical maturity,” as coach Mike Sullivan put it.
> “He’s right,” the scout said, concurring with Sullivan’s assessment. “I think the kid would admit it, too. I think he just needs to use his time down there to get stronger, to get heavier. … Not just stronger in the gym but stronger on pucks, which usually comes hand in hand.”
> The scout noted that Perreault isn’t a burner — “If you say he’s fast, you’re lying,” he said — but he can make up for that because of how quickly he thinks the game.
> “It comes with reps,” he added.
> Those reps should come with Hartford, with the Rangers seemingly committed to allowing the 5-foot-11, 180-pounder the proper adjustment time. But whenever he arrives in the NHL for good — which all believe is a matter of when, not if — the consensus is that Perreault should be placed in a top-six role that befits his playmaking ability and lengthens a New York lineup in need of better balance.
> “I think he’s in the right place (in the AHL) and I think he’s developing nicely and I think he’s going to be more than fine,” the scout said. “Teams can ruin prospects if you put them in the wrong place and they’re not ready. So I think they’re doing it right, as frustrating as it can be.”
What the scout actually says about keeping Gabe in the A.
Everyone complaining about how we failed Kakko and Laf should be happy we’re letting Gabe grow into it. What’s the point of rushing him onto the team right now anyway? Gonna put “save the team” on his shoulders this early?
4 comments
* Gabe is “too smart” but needs to mature physically
* Otter is having an identity crisis
* Chemlař is showing potential as fourth liner
* Roobroeck and Terrance are a couple of years out from being NHL ready
The title is clickbaity- makes it seem like a knock on the decision to keep him in the minors- but the article is just a compliment of his playmaking ability and scouts agreeing with Sullivan’s decision to have him play in the A and get stronger/faster.
Perrault needs to be in the NHL, period.
> The 20-year-old earned a three-game look with the NHL club in mid-November, but it quickly became apparent that the Rangers feel keeping him around will require more “physical maturity,” as coach Mike Sullivan put it.
> “He’s right,” the scout said, concurring with Sullivan’s assessment. “I think the kid would admit it, too. I think he just needs to use his time down there to get stronger, to get heavier. … Not just stronger in the gym but stronger on pucks, which usually comes hand in hand.”
> The scout noted that Perreault isn’t a burner — “If you say he’s fast, you’re lying,” he said — but he can make up for that because of how quickly he thinks the game.
> “It comes with reps,” he added.
> Those reps should come with Hartford, with the Rangers seemingly committed to allowing the 5-foot-11, 180-pounder the proper adjustment time. But whenever he arrives in the NHL for good — which all believe is a matter of when, not if — the consensus is that Perreault should be placed in a top-six role that befits his playmaking ability and lengthens a New York lineup in need of better balance.
> “I think he’s in the right place (in the AHL) and I think he’s developing nicely and I think he’s going to be more than fine,” the scout said. “Teams can ruin prospects if you put them in the wrong place and they’re not ready. So I think they’re doing it right, as frustrating as it can be.”
What the scout actually says about keeping Gabe in the A.
Everyone complaining about how we failed Kakko and Laf should be happy we’re letting Gabe grow into it. What’s the point of rushing him onto the team right now anyway? Gonna put “save the team” on his shoulders this early?