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Rangers No. 1 pick Vitali Kravtsov faces decision on staying or going

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Vitali Kravtsov’s mom was at the rink Friday on the last day of the Rangers’ prospect development camp and got treated to a show. Her son scored a goal in the final scrimmage of the week, and his line, with Filip Chytil and Lauri Pajuniemi, dominated as the Blue team beat the White team 5-1.

As the 36 prospects at the camp packed up their stuff, met with team management and then scattered for the rest of the summer, Kravtsov, the first of three Rangers picks in the first round of last weekend’s NHL draft, wasn’t going back home to Russia right away.