When the Rangers selected Šmits with the fifth overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, it was under the impression that he was the most NHL-ready defenseman. Šmits did not divulge whether he would attend ...

Could Alberts Šmits make the New York Rangers’ opening-night roster? When the Rangers selected Šmits with the fifth overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, it was under the impression that he was the most ...

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For the New York Rangers, they needed to draft a defenseman; they delivered with the No. 5 overall selection of Alberts Smits. Smits is one of the most physically dominant defensemen in the 2026 draft ...

GREENBURGH – The book on Alberts Smits, who the Rangers took with the fifth overall pick in the NHL draft on Friday, is that of all the top-end defensemen available in the draft, he was the most ready ...

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