The New York Rangers kicked off their 2019-2020 training camp without defenseman Tony DeAngelo — having gotten Brendan Lemieux to ink a one-year extension at the 11th hour to avoid another holdout.
Lemieux is a different animal than DeAngelo, though. While Lemieux brings an aspect of the game the Rangers don’t have a lot of (and, quite frankly, don’t need a lot of), his inclusion does help keep players like Micheal Haley firmly in the “tryout zone” rather than on the MSG ice surface in October.