00:00Hockey season is back, and here are the five under-the-radar Rangers rookies you'll want to know going into
00:06this season.
00:07Nathan Aspinall is participating in his third rookie camp as one of the most senior members on the ice today.
00:13And yet he's still only 20 and made his professional debut in 2024-25 with the Wolfpack.
00:19But he's primarily been in the OHL the last four seasons.
00:22The Rangers drafted him in the fifth round in 2024.
00:25He's notably 6'6 and 198 pounds.
00:30Center Tomáš Trenko was one of the Rangers' third-round picks this summer.
00:34He's 18 years old out of the Slavok Extra Liga, and he was one of the youngest players in the
00:39entire league.
00:40I noticed today he's definitely on the smaller side, but his fundamentals are really solid.
00:46Right wing Brody Lamb has also been around, having been drafted by the Rangers in the fourth round in 2021.
00:52He signed his two-year entry-level contract in March and is expected to report to Hartford this season
00:57after appearing in his first 15 professional games last year.
01:01He's 23, from Minnesota, and played at the University of Minnesota.
01:06Goalie alert, Danai Shaikov is in his first rookie camp after getting drafted in the third round this year,
01:12and that made him the highest-drafted Rangers goaltender since Brandon Halverson in 2014.
01:17He's 19, Russian, and Rangers goalie scout Scott Clemonson was apparently very high on him at the draft.
01:24I thought he moved from post to post very well today in camp.
01:28And I wanted to do Artem Goncher as a fifth under-the-radar player, but he's hurt and not cleared
01:33to play yet,
01:34so let's talk about Adam Sikora, who was neither new nor under the radar.
01:38He looks like a player with 11 NHL games under his belt today,
01:41but Sikora is known best for his energy, contagious work ethic, and non-stop motor.
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