 However, the Rangers lost the next round to the Buffalo Sabres by four games to two.At the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Rangers chose Alexei Cherepanov 17th overall.Cherepanov had been ranked by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau as the number one European skater and was considered to be a top-five pick leading up to the draft, but fell due to teams being unsure whether he would ever come to the NHL from Russia.