Flames Development Camp July 10th - 16th

[Lanny_McDonald]

Bartschi-Monahan-Poirier
Gaudreau-Jankowski-Agostino
Klimchuk-Reinhart-Horak
Ferland-Knight- Bouma
Hankowski-Arnold-Harrison

That's some good prospect depth on the forward lines there. Good job Mr. Feaster.

[killer_carlson]

Great thread.

Looking forward to tomorrows as well. Well done.

[flamesrule14]

Great job guys on the reports. Definitely appreciate it. With this thread and the numerous videos today on flamesTV there is definitely not a lack of information to catch up on.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

Gaudreau will be back finishing his degree (2 more years)

That's crazy to think about. If you translate Gaudreau's college stats to the NHL using guys who have gone between the leagues as a basis, Gaudreau is about a 49-point player already. Last year it was 34. What's that going to be in two years? 60? 70? 80?

[Canada 02]

“I really enjoy it here,” protests Johnny Gaudreau, the little guy with the big talent from Carneys Point, N.J. “I love all the coaches and the GM. I really enjoy my time when I come up here to Calgary.
“I’m just trying to get my education right now and I just want to keep playing hockey and hopefully I’ll get a chance to play for the Flames someday.”
...
“I understand (the apprehension),” says Gaudreau. “Like the Schultz thing. That was a big deal. Some players do it.
“I’m strictly going back to school to improve my game, not to wait out the years to try and sign with someone else.”

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...273/story.html

Although Gaudreau told reporters Thursday “attending a couple more years of college might be beneficial for me in the long run,” the Flames seem to have a tighter timeline in mind.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/07/11...velopment-camp

[Canada 02]

Forced out of their downtown digs by the flood, Calgary Flames rookies Ben Hanowski and Max Reinhart had desperately needed somewhere to crash for the summer. Solution? Leave that to Martin Gelinas, who opened his own doors to his mother-in-law, which left her house — right next door — vacated for the boys.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...261/story.html

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...273/story.html

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/07/11...velopment-camp

This is incredible news!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

“I’d be more worried,” reasons assistant to the GM Craig Conroy, “if next year at this time we were at this same point. We have the same agent. And I’ll kill Lewis (Gross) if he pulls a fast one on us.”

Haha.

He'll sign. I'm not worried. I'm actually glad he's going back next season. I hope he absolutely lights it up.

[SebC]

The lure of playing alongside younger brother Matt at B.C. this winter [...]

Draft ALL the Gaudreaus!

[Freeway]

Nice to see AC and bluck down at the building today.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Still love seeing the progress of Jankowski. Admittedly still a project however is doing all of the right things and is bringing the right attitude. He has a huge ceiling and should not be rushed in any way, and it doesn't appear that the Flames are rushing him.

Gaudreau just seems awesome too.

[Justin]

So...nervous.. about... Gaudreau.

[FBI]

There will be a lot more pressure on him to sign next year I think..

[devo22]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...273/story.html

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/07/11...velopment-camp

gotta love this kid. I hope that puts that "he won't sign" angst to bed

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by New Era

Bartschi-Monahan-Poirier
Gaudreau-Jankowski-Agostino
Klimchuk-Reinhart-Horak
Ferland-Knight- Bouma
Hankowski-Arnold-Harrison

That's some good prospect depth on the forward lines there. Good job Mr. Feaster.

My dream lineup from this development camp would be:

Baertschi Monahan Gaudreau
Klimchuck Jankowski Poirier
Agostino Knight Horak
Ferland Reinhart Arnold/Hanowski

Wotherspoon Sieloff
Kanzig Roy
Kulak Ramage

Berra
Gillies

We should scrap the main camp & just roll with this lineup next year!!

There's still a shocking lack of depth in Right-shooting players, but at least we have Knight...

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by devo22

gotta love this kid. I hope that puts that "he won't sign" angst to bed

I doubt it. This should likely stoke the fears of the chicken littles who brought it up in the first place. In their minds just having this mentioned in the media lends some level of credibility to their fears, regardless of what the team and player have to say. The only thing these articles do prove is reporters from the Herald and Sun lurk this board and get ideas for their stories from the discussions going on, and reporters are more than willing to indulge irrational fears to sell papers.

[StrykerSteve]

Has anyone interviewed Agostino?

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by FlameZilla

My dream lineup from this development camp would be:

Baertschi Monahan Gaudreau
Klimchuck Jankowski Poirier
Agostino Knight Horak
Ferland Reinhart Arnold/Hanowski

Wotherspoon Sieloff
Kanzig Roy
Kulak Ramage

Berra
Gillies

We should scrap the main camp & just roll with this lineup next year!!

There's still a shocking lack of depth in Right-shooting players, but at least we have Knight...

I do not see Bartschi and Gaudreau on the same line. Too small. I think you need to maintain some balance in the lineup and you need guys that have specific skills to compliment each other. While Gaudreau and Bartschi are extremely skilled, who is going to go in and win the board battles for the puck on the dump in? One of your wingers needs to have some size and willingness to get his nose dirty. I think Poirier's speed and grit, and Agostini's all around game, make them perfect players to compliment the two small left wingers. Both of those guys play a strong game along the boards and have the tenaciousness to retrieve the dump ins.

One observation, while looking at the developing team on paper, is that the Flames top LW prospects are all pretty small. I think this means the team will move to a strategy of exiting their zone on the rights side to free up the small players from the boards and opening up the middle of the ice for them. This means they need guys on the right side with some size and speed, and again, Poirier and Agostino seem to fit that bill. I think this will still be an area where the team tries to find some strong RWers in the up coming drafts to suppliment that philosophy. I doubt the Flames will expend the early picks on RWers though as they need to plug a couple holes on the blueline, and those holes are in the top four.

On the blueline I would love to see Sieloff and Ramage paired together. Talk about the tunnel of death. Both guys love to catch guys with their heads down and deliver the big hit. I see these guys as a throw back Macoun-Nattress pairing. Brodie (Suter) now just needs his Macinnis and we're looking good on the blueline too.

You know, as I look at this team in development I see almost a mirror image of the '89 Flames developing. They had some small RWers (Loob and Mullen) who were complimented by LWers who could get into the zone, crash the boards and retrieve the puck. We're just looking at the team through the mirror. I really like how this is developing. Exciting stuff lay ahead!

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Has anyone interviewed Agostino?

Yes, he was on Flames TV not too long ago IIRC. I wouldn't get excited about Agostino though. He's goingback to Yale for his senior year, so that means he doesn't want to play for the Flames and will use the Schultz clause to escape and instead try and break into the league on a team that has an established roster and not take advantage of the opportunity to play in the NHL immediately.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Has anyone interviewed Agostino?

"I met with he and his father (at the Frozen Four) which was the first time that I got to meet the kid in person and that experience has made me even more excited," Flames Assistant General Manager John Weisbrod told

CalgaryFlames.com. "I think this is a really special kid, a really special person and a really good player. He's a really hungry kid. He's a mature kid.
"I have really high hopes for Kenny."

Weisbrod has watched the winger play for the last few years, going back to when he was a member of the Boston Bruins scouting staff, so when the Flames were negotiating a deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins for former captain Jarome Iginla, he was insistent that the Flanders, NJ product be a part of the package.
"It's absolutely an honour to be a part of that trade and now to be a part of the Flames organization," Agostino said. "As a player, to know a team believes in you like that, it's really exciting. I'm so excited to a part of the organization."

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...=DL|CGY|FUTURE