For those clamoring for hockey in August, tune into the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship tournament on NHL Network. Not only will it help pass the time until the Rangers take the ice for training camp at the end of September, but there are seven Rangers prospects representing five different countries on the international stage.

The baby Blueshirt to watch so far has been Brennan Othmann, the No. 16 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

Othmann has recorded two goals and four assists in four games, including the opener in Canada’s 6-3 victory Monday over Finland. Three of those points (a goal, two assists) came in an 11-1 beatdown of Slovakia last Thursday after Othmann was a healthy scratch for the group-play opener against Latvia. The left winger also took a nasty hit from behind by fellow Rangers prospect and Czech skater Jaroslav Chmelar, who was ejected for the infraction, before dishing a massive check of his own on Blue Jackets prospect David Jiricek in Canada’s 5-1 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday.

Othmann, who scored 50 goals and racked up 97 points in the Ontario Hockey League last season, is in a unique spot heading into Rangers training camp. Because the 19-year-old is not eligible to be assigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack — due to the fact that he won’t turn 20 until Jan. 5 — Othmann will either make the Rangers’ opening-night roster or be assigned back to the OHL.