It will be now or never as a Ranger for Oscar Lindberg during training camp, with the 23-year-old center who on Tuesday signed a two-year deal worth $650,000 per, needing to clear waivers (which he all but certainly wouldn’t) in order to remain in the organization if he can’t crack the varsity.
An offense-minded pure center, Lindberg would seem to have two shots to crack the roster — either in the middle of the third line while Kevin Hayes shifts to the wing or as the 13th forward. The Swede doesn’t appear to have the checking game, faceoff prowess or penalty-killing ability to replace Dominic Moore as the Blueshirts’ fourth-line center.