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Originally Posted by bubbsy
i think folks, myself included, take this dev camp way too seriously. Heck, even the prospect tournament is just a series of scrimmages of players who barely, and in most cases, have never ever played together.
The real assessment are the preseason games, where you have at least some definite NHL caliber folks in the mix, and the potential of being cut the next day are a driving force for the young guys, in some cases even the vets.
It's exciting to watch the kids and see how the look, especially as we are getting into the summer and that hockey craving is kicking back in after the draft/july 1st, but hints of injuries, a guy looking out of breath, a big play here, or lack of noticable play can't really be used to evaluate anything just yet.
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With anything, it's just a snapshot of what's going on at that point. Some players have great Dev camps and that's it. Some have good Penticton tourneys and that's it (Ortio...).
Most of these guys this week are not going to play in the NHL this season. The only guys that are more likely to are Janko, Tkachuk, Kylington, and Gillies. We won't be able to determine who is up to snuff really until December/January as players sort themselves out.
If a player does good in this tourney like AOM, that's great. You've cleared this bar. Now go out there and have a good camp. If they continue to clear bars, they are on their way. Morrison for example had a good end of season and cleared that bar. Then he had a good dev camp, and cleared that bar. Then he completely vanished at the dinos game/penticton, and in Stockton for most of last year. Just because one has a good section doesn't mean that will continue in a linear way because development rarely is a linear process.
Just have to keep checking in with everyone to see how things are from time to time. This camp is one of those check ins.