NEW YORK – It’s a common theme for every team every training camp: Competition for jobs.
Often, that’s just wishful thinking.
For the deeper (not to mention faster) Rangers, it’s for real, especially among the “bottom” four forward positions.
When you look at it, barring a trade or injury, the top eight are pretty much set: Derek Stepan, Mika Zibanejad, Rick Nash, Chris Kreider, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes, Jimmy Vesey. Throw Jesper Fast in that group as well, and we all know that coach Alain Vigneault thinks of Fast as a guy who can play on any line, one through four.