There is no question the Rangers are extremely excited just looking at the sheet of names of the players attending this week’s prospect development camp at the MSG training facility in Westchester. But general manager Jeff Gorton is also well aware that he can’t run out a team of mostly young, inexperienced players in front of Henrik Lundqvist when the season opens Oct. 4 and think everything is just going to work out fine.
So Gorton was candid about how active he had already been as the free-agent courting period began in earnest Monday, and about how he is still looking to add veteran pieces to make sure next season’s team moves along at the competitive pace needed to aid in the development of all these young prospects.