Prospect Camp Day 1
There were very few people there. Not at all like last year when we picked up KT. Probably about 50 to 60 people, Gintonio, Heeter and 3 news cameras. I tried very hard not to focus all my attention on the new kids (I didn’t look at my program to find out who was who unless a player caught my attention) I looked the kids up when someone had a great pass, a really skilled type of move or a steal/poke check or some other defensive play. Worked pretty well until the same players kept pulling my attention back to them.
Tiki and Bods looked fantastic (fast, good hands, good skate work) both have hard shots and rang some posts as well as catching a couple of the goalies 5hole w/ quick, nasty snap shots.
Ross surprised the hell out of me… fast and sneaky (stealing/stripping pucks with very little effort as well as good at catching up to the forwards and getting position back).
Ahnelov appears to be bigger w/out having lost any speed, good instincts for keeping his man out of good scoring positions too.
Reese was catching my eye quite a bit during the complex figure eight ish drills, good shot on that boy.
Summers stood out, good skating, good positioning, good passing, not flashy, real solid. Was playin a lot of forward so I guess they are looking at him as offense but that may change as camp progresses.
Impressed the most by the lines of Boedker - Turris - MacLean and Tikhonov - Kolarik - Porter, they look like they’ve been playing together for years rather than an hour (which gives me hope that Tiki can develop that kind of chemistry at the next level) quickly and that Boedker may just really be as ready as has been touted. Kyle is definitely a natural leader, he led a few of the stretching and exercise drills with aplomb.
Juha Uotila (from the U of Nebraska-Omaha) might just make a case for himself to head to SA. Lunden and Long may be sleepers too, none of them looked out of place, all of them have decent size, hands and speed.
Billingsley was yellow shirted (for no contact) due to spleen troubles. I’d really like to see more of him at full strength. Both he and Brodeur have potential but are raw.
Players I didn’t notice as much, Brosnihan, Ferriero, Staal (came late to the session) and Perry… I will pay particular attention to them next session.
There are some crappy pics and some odd movies posted in my flickr account if you have a desire to be tortured by horrible camera work or are desperate to see just a hint of what the kids look like. I am downloading more (it takes awhile on dialup) j/k but it does take awhile when the files are like 50mb to 110mb each.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onyxstarr33/
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