Artem Anisimov was a second round pick of the Rangers in 2006 (#54 overall).

Brandon Dubinsky was also a second-rounder, selected in 2004 (#60 overall). In 2001, the Rangers traded forward Zdeno Ciger, previously signed as a free agent earlier in the year, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Matthew Barnaby; Barnaby would later be traded, with a 2004 third round pick, to Colorado for Chris McAllister, David Liffiton, and a 2004 second round pick (#37). That draft pick would be traded, at the draft, to the Florida Panthers for their second and third-round picks (#50 and #73). The Panthers originally acquired that #50 pick in the trade that sent Valeri Bure from the Panthers to the Stars.In 2003, the Flyers picked up Tony Amonte from the Coyotes in return for prospect Guillaume Lefebvre and draft picks. Looking to trade down at the 2004 Entry Draft, the Rangers sent their second round pick (#50) to the Coyotes for the second round pick they’d acquired from Philadelphia (#60) and a third-round pick (#89). The Coyotes used that #50 to draft future Ranger (briefly) Enver Lisin; with the #60 pick, the Rangers selected Brandon Dubinsky.

Tim Erixon was a 2009 first round draft pick of the Calgary Flames. By 2011, the defenseman still refused to agree to a deal with the Flames. Rather than risk losing his rights, Calgary traded the highly-touted prospect to the Rangers, along with a 2011 fifth-round draft pick that would become Shane McColgan, for prospect Roman Horak and two second round draft picks that ended up being Markus Granlund and Tyler Wotherspoon. Horak was drafted by the Rangers in 2009, with a fifth-round pick that came over as part of the deal that sent Marcel Hossa and Al Montoya to Coyotes for Fredrik Sjostrom, David LeNeveu, and Josh Gratton. Hossa came to the Rangers in 2005, when he was traded from the Canadiens for Rangers’ 2001 draftee Garth Murray. Montoya was drafted sixth overall by the Rangers in the 2004 Entry Draft.