If anyone is 'disappointed" after watching these practices I would question their judgement. I bet if you took the worlds best roller hockey player and put him out there with these guys, he would probably look great in these drills, but come to gametime, he would be slaughtered.
Well close, but I still think these drills have some viewing merit. Players like Howse and Penner have stood out as awful to me.
We all know the book on Howse. But when you actually see him tripping over himself in skating drills and struggling to keep up with everyone, completely gassed. I think you can be disappointed at these sessions.
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Agostino was as good as everybody has been saying. Very fast terrific skater, bigger than I expected. He was just repeatedly going top cheese on Ortio from the top of the slot on 2 on 1 drills. Wicked wrister.
Have there been many foot race drills? I would love to see these guys go head to head to skate a lap of the ice just to compare their speeds. I know its a cheesey "All-star game" kind of event but I could see a race between Agostino and Poirier being pretty exciting.
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94 - Agostino, Kenny - LW some solid goals and shots during the first shooting drills. Nice breakaway goal, twice.
92 - Arnold, Bill - C some very solid goals from him. Won his groups second race.
47 - Baertschi, Sven - LW - impeccable edge control. He made half the sheet of ice hopping on one foot. The pulling puck side to side drill was like watching him dance. Two nice goals in a row. Turned Arnold inside out on the 2 on 2
1 - Brossoit, Laurent - G faced the d from the point shots at the far end again. Finally in front. Made four saves on a play before the puck finally ended in the net. Didn't make quite as many saves as Ortio on the 2 on 0's. Ortio was beyond excellent though, gave up only 2 or 3 on like 25
45 - Eddy, David - RW nice goal on ortio
65 - Elson, Turner - LW never gies up on the puck. Beauty snipe. He's picking up some great goals. One of the only guys getting goals consistently on Ortio. Won his group race 1st round.
62 - Gordon, Coda - RW - nice pick shot
60 - Granlund, Markus - Beauty corner pick from the side of the blue paint. Left side, top right corner. I'm a tad worried how little I notice him.
77 - Jankowski, Mark - C - very nice pivots. Very nice snipe goal on Ortio. Combined with Poirier for a very nice goal. Continued his great play. A lot faster today IMO.
86 - Jooris, Josh - C - smooth skater. Didn't notice as much yesterday. Almost always jumps the gun on the skating drills and has to turn around. Did it yesterday too lol. Won his groups second race.
73 - Kanzig, Keegan - LD haha his hop skip skate jump is half the length of the pylons distance. Actually has great side to side skating was great. Brake pivot too. Man does he have a shot when he uses it. Tank defensively 5 on 5.
61 - Kulak, Brett - LD - had a nice skate to stick correction when he bobbled the puck with speed. Had a rough 2 on 1 and followed it up with a much better one. Did a great job stopping up Djanko. 5 on 5 is where he had his best hockey of the day did well on the races.
63 - MacKenzie, Drew - RD didn't stand out.
96 - O'Donoghue, Dan - C didn't stand out
37 - Ortio, Joni - G got the forwards cutting across the crease and then screened shots. Did an excellent job. Did great on the breakaways too. It's going to be very interesting to see who wins the job at the AHL level. I'm under the assumption we run with three at the NHl level for a bit
93 - Penner, Linden - RW only squeaker goal I've seen on Ortio so far.
57 - Poirier, Emile - RW saw a glimpse of his speed during the side to side drills. Also did well during puck side to side. Picked up a rebound and immediately made a great pass. Looked a little more comfortable on the breakaway drills. 5 on 5 I was finally impressed.
49 - Ramage, John - RD did really well 2 on 1's. won his groups race first round.
59 - Reinhart, Max - C I see him standing off to the side, not dressed. He must be hurt.
50 - Sieloff, Patrick - LD first out again 15 minutes early, fair few followed minutes after. Looked a little more comfy during the skating drill but still not as smooth as say Wotherspoon. Nice d on the 2 on 1's. wow. Ridiculously good. Bart managed to beat him and Ortio once, but it was far more a testament to Bartschi than a knock on Sieloff. He's manhandling guys out there. Skates backwards very well. Took a high stick from Penner, and nearly got in a fight over it. Few slashes, pushes. Surprisingly took the race at the end by a mile and Poirier and Djanko were in there. Forwards are dead tired. First race that is. And second too. Good man.
56 - Wotherspoon, Tyler - LD making more of an effort to keep an eye on hi, today. I like his size and bulk compared to some of the others. Skating is better than I recall from WJC. Very smooth during the skating drills
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Wow, I totally missed Conroy getting the GM of the Heat title. Good for him.
Have there been many foot race drills? I would love to see these guys go head to head to skate a lap of the ice just to compare their speeds. I know its a cheesey "All-star game" kind of event but I could see a race between Agostino and Poirier being pretty exciting.
No foot race drills. That would be fun though. Lots of skating technique drills, hopping from one foot to the next, side stepping footwork stuff. Some puck handling drills. Then 2 on 1 odd man rush sorts of plays and 3 on 2 zone work.
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Guess what? We're going to live-stream tomorrow's scrimmage! It will be on http://CalgaryFlames.com ! We'll send out a link in the AM!
Finish Degree - Fail Safe incase going Pro doesn't work out (Probably pushed strong from his parents). Gets to play with his brother. Gets another shot at the Hobey Baker. Gets to keep having fun in college before things get serious for the rest of his hockey career.
However, if at the end of this summer Gaudreau finds himself on another level to all the other prospects.. He should definitely take his chance next year at going Pro. You can only spend so long developing and if you are NHL ready it's time to take that next big step.
Also extremely exciting to be intrigued in more than 3 prospects at a Development camp!
The risk is that he gets a severe injury in college, can't play in the NHL, and misses out on millions. Not sure how common that is, but it makes things less simple.
The risk is that he gets a severe injury in college, can't play in the NHL, and misses out on millions. Not sure how common that is, but it makes things less simple.
There's also the even larger risk he gets a severe injury/mis-development being rushed to the NHL and misses out on his career.
The Kenny Agostino Video up on the Flames website has me impressed with his demeanor. He's a lock to sign with the Flames after his season next year IMO. Seems pumped to be here.
