The future of the Rangers was on the ice Thursday at the club’s practice rink before departing for the Traverse City rookie tournament that begins Friday. There was Filip Chytil and Lias Andersson; Brett Howden, Libor Hajek and Ryan Lindgren; Sean Day and Ty Ronning; Ville Meskanen and Michael Lindqvist.
And though there appears little room available for many of these NextGen Blueshirts to crack a roster that is jammed with veterans from last season’s varsity, general manager Jeff Gorton told The Post the team is prepared to accommodate young men whose play warrants a spot in the NHL.