Training Camp Roster: It Begins

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Well, training camp started this morning. I'll summarize the reports for you: Torts's training camp has a reputation for being very hard because it is very hard. Everyone basically agrees. Groups of players skate back and forth a lot really fast, and they won't see a puck today at all. Sean Avery, again, is just a pinnacle of manhood and handles these better than most of the rest of them. He still won't make the nightly lineup, which will make me very angry, later. For now, let's talk about who's in camp.

63 players made training camp this year, and the Rangers will go through a series of cuts over the next few weeks until camp is down to a maximum of 23 by opening night. The camp itself, along with the preseason games (which start on Wednesday), will be the staff's opportunity to determine who stays and who goes. So, for lack of real hockey to watch, let's spend our time tracking who's in camp.

Forwards (37)

Rangers you saw last season (15)

Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan, Erik Christensen, Brandon Dubinsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Marian Gaborik, Chad Kolarik, Kris Newbury, Brandon Prust, Derek Stepan, Dale Weise, Wojtek Wolski, Mats Zuccarello

Summer acquisitions (4)

Andre Deveaux, John Mitchell, Brad Richards, Mike Rupp

Notable Prospects (7)

Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Ryan Bourque, Tommy Grant, Carl Hagelin, Shane McColgan, J.T. Miller, Christian Thomas

Other Kids (11)

Jordan Hickmott, Tayler Jordan, Kale Kerbashian, Chris McKelvie, Matt Rust, Michael St. Croix, Scott Tanski, Kelsey Tessier, Andreas Thuresson, Jason Wilson, Andrew Yogan

Defensemen (20)

Rangers you saw last season (6)

Michael Del Zotto, Steve Eminger, Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh, Mike Sauer, Marc Staal

Summer Acquisitions (1)

Brendan Bell

Notable Prospects (6)

Tim Erixon, Tomas Kundratek, Dylan McIlrath, Samuel Noreau, Blake Parlett, Pavel Valentenko

Other Kids (7)

Lee Baldwin, Stu Bickel, Collin Bowman, Peter Ceresnak, Sam Klassen, Jyri Niemi, Jared Nightingale

Goalies (6)

Rangers you saw last season (3)

Martin Biron, Chad Johnson, Henrik Lundqvist

Notable Prospects (3)

Jason Missiaen, Scott Stajcer, Cam Talbot

So, there you are: 63 potential New York Rangers. The first round of camp cuts will probably come after the weekend, but that's just me guessing. Everyone says this is going to be the most interesting, competitive Rangers training camp in years. Of course, they say that every year.