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Originally Posted by kehatch
Haven't heard much about Street, Laing, Walter, or Sylvester. How do they look?
I assume the forwards still in the running for the top 13 are:
Baertschi, Street, Nemisz, Walter, Horak, Bouma, Aliu, Kolanos, Byron, Sylvester, Bancks, Reinhart, Eddy, and Laing? Estoclet or any of the invites still stand a chance?
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Street is very much in the Walter/Kolanos classification. You can tell he was a top 30 point getter in the AHL last season. He's got a quick release and is quite fast.
Walter has looked good, but a little unnoticable. It could be just me, but I don't notice him until he makes a good play, then I'll look at my sheet and say holy crap that was Walter. So he's looking good so far.
Laing is looking good as well. I'm a little biased because I don't want an older guy like Laing taking a job away from a young prospect, but it's hard not to like the guy. He's all heart and soul and has an awesome attitude.
Sylvester looks stronger than last season. He's able to hold off defensemen along the boards and he's still got a deadly shot. I wouldn't pencil him into the lineup quite yet though. There's some guys that look like they could be top 9 material.
Your last question is difficult to answer because there's so much damn parity right now at camp. There's sometimes when I'll think a guy is a lock, but then an hour later he'll look out of place.
I'm not even going to begin to guess who the 13 forwards will be because it hurts my brain haha. I will say that there are some invitees that have looked anywhere from good to really good. Off the top of my head Mouillirat, Drew McKenzie (at times), the goalie Rollheiser have been impressive.
If I were to make the cuts I probably wouldn't have Callahan on the opening day roster. It's not that he's been bad, but he hasn't stuck out.