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The Rangers open training camp for the 2018-19 season today at the MSG Training Center. All players attending will undergo physicals while Friday is on-ice testing. New York has 52 players in camp split into three teams, all three of which will be reached n the ice Saturday and Sunday.
Bobby Butler and Jeremy Brodeur are the only players on PTO in camp. I was a bit surprised that Jakob Stukel, who played well at Traverse City, wasn’t invited. Hopefully he gets a minor league contract to play at Hartford.
Of the 52, you could probably make a compelling case that 30-35 have a shot to break camp. Even if you believe that number to be high, would anyone be shocked if that number of players had at least a cup of coffee with the team this season? As I noted in my McQuaid blog yesterday, competition on defense will be extremely high. Similar should exist up front, where Ville Meskanen and Michael Lindqvist both likely opened some eyes at Traverse City, giving them a bit of a leg up heading into camp. In net. Georgiev, Mazanec and Tokarski will all battle for the backup spot behind Henrik Lundqvist. The last 4-5 cuts overall will be very difficult and you have to wonder if the need to pass through waivers etc. play a larger than expected role in who earns a spot.
2018 Rangers Training Camp Teams
TEAM A
8 Cody McLeod
18 Marc Staal
29 Cole Schneider
30 Henrik Lundqvist
31 Dustin Tokarski
33 Fredrik Claesson
34 Michael Lindqvist
37 Gabriel Fontaine
44 Neal Pionk
50 Lias Andersson
55 Ryan Lindgren
82 Joey Keane
85 Sean Day
89 Pavel Buchnevich
90 Vladislav Namestnikov
93 Mika Zibanejad
95 Vinni Lettieri
TEAM B
13 Kevin Hayes
23 Ryan Spooner
24 Boo Nieves
26 Jimmy Vesey
32 Marek Mazanec
38 Steven Fogarty
42 Brendan Smith
54 Adam McQuaid
58 John Gilmour
59 Ty Ronning
74 Vince Pedrie
76 Brady Skjei
77 Tony DeAngelo
80 Chris Nell
81 Ville Meskanen
92 Dawson Leedahl
97 Tim Gettinger
TEAM C
12 Peter Holland
17 Jesper Fast
20 Chris Kreider
22 Kevin Shattenkirk
25 Bobby Butler
28 Chris Bigras
36 Mats Zuccarello
39 Matt Beleskey
40 Alexandar Georgiev
41 Nico Gross
43 Libor Hajek
46 Rob O’Gara
48 Brett Howden
56 Jeremy Brodeur
72 Filip Chytil
73 Brandon Crawley
78 Ryan Gropp
Pre-season games begin Monday. I am looking figuratively to seeing the line combinations deployed by new coach David Quinn and how he juggles the myriad of centers in camp. Where do Nam and Andersson and Chytil and Spooner line up? What about Spooner and Hayes? The same for Howden, who should get a long look see in camp. Does Beleskey earn a spot or does the presence of McQuaid make what Beleskey and to a lesser extent, McLead, bring to the table redundant? So many interesting questions and story lines as the Blueshirts open camp.
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