GREENBURGH, N.Y. – As 56 players reported Thursday for physicals, only unsigned RFA defenseman Tony DeAngelo was absent. DeAngelo and winger Brendan Lemieux had been the two remaining unsigned players until the Rangers and Lemieux agreed to a one-year, $925,000 deal late Wednesday night.
Rangers president John Davidson, who met with the media Thursday, said general manager Jeff Gorton is in daily contact with DeAngelo’s agent, Pat Brisson.
“And it’s up to Tony,’’ Davidson said. “He’s welcome to join us every time he wants. He has every right in the world to not come to camp. So far, he’s not coming to camp, so we’re worried about who we have in camp, and that’s the way we’re going to go.