By BRETT CYRGALIS

So all of the prospects that were at Traverse City are now in Greenburgh, ready to try out for . . . how many spots?

The way that some of these guys who were already here have been looking, I would imagine that there aren’t too many left. So as a lot of them sit next to the media, under the graceful hotlamps that keep us warm, they are just as much amazed spectators as anything.

Highlights from Day 3 (day 2 on the ice):

– One of the guys that seemed to get lost in the mix during all of the off-season discussions is Nigel Dawes. Man, he can play.

He may be undersized, but he came into camp stronger and quicker, and has looked fantastic skating with Chris Drury and Petr Prucha.

During the scrimmage, he took a pass across the high slot and ripped a wrist shot over Henrik Lundqvist’s blocker. Okay, let’s go ahead with the Lundqvist is vulnerable high talk. But, in reality, he’s one of the best goalies in the league and Dawes just blew one past him. It drew cheers from the bench – both benches.

And Prucha has continued to be excellent. With a little more real-world experience (coming down to Earth after his rookie year), Prucha is ready to play on the top-tier line and contribute at both ends.

“[Last season] was a little difficult for me, but it’s a new year, a new season,” Prucha said. “I don’t think my confidence is shaken. I’m just trying to stay positive and think to the future and I’m excited for this season.”

So skating with a center like Drury and wing like Dawes?

“We played a couple times last year, so I feel pretty comfortable on this line,” Prucha said. “Chris is a great player. He’s unbelievable in the defensive zone. Right now, the worst part of my game is [in] the defensive zone, so he can helps us on all fronts.”

And, as relayed in the previous blog post, it seems that Renney is expecting a lot from Prucha, no matter who he’s skating with.

“If you look at the players individually, it gives you options to integrate them [with] any combination of people really,” said Renney of the aforementioned line. “Obviously there’s some touch there but they’re going to have to play strong and tenacious, because they’re obviously not the biggest guys on the sheet.”

And that segues into a question that Larry Brooks posed to Renney.

“The way you’re lining up now, I doesn’t look like you have a lot of size on the top three lines…”

“Well, you know, I’ve got to try some size,” Renney said. “I think [Aaron] Voros and [Pat] Rissmiller would love that opportunity [Brooks had already mentioned their names specifically], and who knows what they might have to offer.”

It’s a good point. The top three lines, in theory, look like this:

Naslund-Gomez-Zherdev

Dawes-Drury-Prucah

Fritsche-Dubinsky-Callahan

The biggest guys out there are Dubinksy and Fritsche, at 6-foot-1, 205 pounds. That’s not NHL big (although Dubi plays a lot bigger than his size).

What makes this discussion even more convoluted is that Dan Fritsche, the 23-year-old who came from Columbus in the Zherdev deal, has been outstanding in camp. At one point, he took an outlet pass and just blew by Michal Rozsival and then beat Steve Valliquette with a deke on the far side. Tell me that’s my third line – great forechecking, hard-working, some real offensive talent – and I’ll take it right now. (And just for note: Rozsival has looked pretty decent so far, so don’t look too deep into this play).

– Lauri Korpikoski had a clear breakaway on Valliquette during the scrimmage. Although he looked calm when he netted one last year during the playoffs, he tried to do too much with this golden opportunity and ended up deking his way into Valli’s right pad.

It was still a good moment for Korpikoski, and it didn’t diminish any views on his talent. But when it comes to actually fighting for a spot on this team, it’s hard to say whether he has a legit shot. Things seem to be leaning towards no, but ask Renney about it, and he thinks the kid deserves a ton of respect.

“I’m keeping an open mind,” Renney said of Korpikoski’s chance. “I know that’s not the answer you want, but he’s going to get a chance, he has to. He’s a great skater and he’s strong, he does go to the net well and he does have a defensive conscience.

“There’s just too much to turn down,” Renney continued, “so we’re going to have to make an educated decision.”

– Artem Anisimov is in camp after playing in Traverse yesterday and is skating with P.A. Parenteau and Freddy Sjostrom. They were one of the better lines on the ice this morning. A hopeful moment came when Parentetau, from the corner, gathered the puck and found a streaking Anisimov, who put the puck between his legs but was a little too close to goal to get a good shot. The puck got on net, but the look from Parenteau to Anisimov . . . can you hear Sam Rosen reeling off those two names followed by “Rangers’ Goal!” We can hope, right?

Yet with camp as competitive as it is now, that call might be many, many years in the future.

bcyrgalis@nypost.com