Adam Edstrom already standing out amid pool of towering Rangers prospects

The median height of the Rangers organization has increased substantially in the last few years. One look around the rink at MSG Training Center in Tarrytown over the last month and it’s impossible not to take notice. A 6-foot-6, 235-pound defenseman in Ben Harpur, who joined the Rangers in 2022 by way of a PTO with the AHL Wolf Pack, passing the puck up to the Rangers’ 178th-overall pick in 2023, the 6-7 Dylan Roobroeck.Left wing Nathan Aspinall, all 6-6 of him, streaking down along the boards and shooting on 6-7 goalie Talyn Boyko, a fourth-rounder in 2021. The Blueshirts may have found something in these vertically gifted players. The 6-8 ½ Matt Rempe and the 6-7 Adam Edstrom are proving so. Both organizationally grown forwards are in the mix to make the Rangers roster out of training camp, with Rempe leading the way as largely a mainstay with the main group.

Edstrom, on the other hand, has made more noise with his performances in the rookie games and the last three exhibition games. “I think they’re a little bit different players,” head coach Peter Laviolette said at the start of training camp.“When they’re next to each other, the size is the first thing you notice.

They’re both really, really big individuals.So that’s the first thing that you compare.

They both can skate well.They both can play a physical game.

It’s different, their physical game, it’s a little bit different. “The next step for both of those players would be to — now that the rookie games are over, or last season is over — you come into training camp, get a summer of training in training camp.You get into games and opportunities to show what you do to make an impact, so that’s what we’ll be looking for.” Amid news that Jimmmy Vesey is going to miss a few weeks with a lower-body injury, Edstrom’s chances of making the team out of training camp have gone up. Having played all but one of his 11 games with the Rangers last season on the fourth line...