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How Rangers unknown has fought way to roster contention

It is indisputable that when camp began, Vinni Lettieri was an afterthought — if a thought at all — when it came to assessing candidates for spots up front on the Rangers’ opening roster.

Except, that is, in the mind of Lettieri, the 22-year-old whom the Blueshirts signed last March as a free agent out of the University of Minnesota.

“I came into camp with the intention of winning a job,” Lettieri, who has played his way into legitimate contention, told The Post on Saturday. “I never have set a low bar for myself.

“The sky is the limit for me.