Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala makarantar sakandare, New York Rangers ta zana Granato a zagaye na shida, 120th gaba ɗaya, a cikin 1982 NHL Entry Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan aikin kwaleji a Jami'ar Wisconsin <unk> Madison, Granato ya yi tasiri nan da nan a kakar wasa ta farko tare da Rangers a 1988 <unk> 89, yana jagorantar ƙungiyar a cikin kwallaye da aka zira (36), wanda har yanzu yana matsayin rikodin ƙungiyar don kwallaye ta hanyar rookie. A cikin abin da Rangers a wancan lokacin ya kira "mafi girma [yarjejeniyar] a tarihin kulob", an yi musayar Granato tare da abokin wasan Tomas Sandström zuwa Los Angeles Kings a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1990, a musayar Bernie Nicholls.