I think the any criticism (or more accurately, any disappointment) in Wolf last night is unfair. Watch Markstrom in camp - he will look somewhere between pedestrian and downright awful. It takes some reps for goalies to find their game (as it does basically every prospect). I actually think Wolf did fantastic all things considering - in fact, I thought both goalies were really strong.
As for the rest of the prospects, I am more interested in some of their skills and their determination, rather than how well or poor they did. They only had one practice leading up to this - you expect them (both teams) to look rusty and somewhat crappy. I wanted to see a GAF metre for these prospects trying to prove themselves, and wanted to see how the respond with physical play, and to see what they are trying to do out there.
Pospisil, Zary, Pelletier (what a puck hound he continues to be), Duehr, and a few others stood out to me. Zavgorodniy's shot is pretty nice, as is his puck skills. He also didn't look as small as I remember somehow. Whynot was noticeable to me. Francis came as advertised.
Will be interesting if the Flames sign any of the walk-ons.
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