2018 Prospect Tournament and Training Camp

[krsmith17 7,191]

Smitty ties it up!

[e_prime 1,936]

...and now to the PP we go!

 

[krsmith17 7,191]

Cholowski on the power-play! 3-2!

3-3...

[krsmith17 7,191]

4-3 Columbus...

[e_prime 1,936]

Damn.  I went away just for a minute to put my son to bed.

I blame Regner for talking about how we're the favorites for this tournament.

Niiiiice save!

...and there's a BJ penalty.

Edited September 12, 2018 by e_prime

[kickazz 5,459]

5 minutes ago, e_prime said:

Damn.  I went away just for a minute to put my son to bed.

That's karma, shoulda let him watch. 

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

incoming zadina broken wrist or something.

[e_prime 1,936]

Somebody needs to eff that guy up.

[krsmith17 7,191]

Zadina's been targeted this whole tournament. Gets run over again. Slow to get up...

[e_prime 1,936]

4 minutes ago, krsmith17 said:

Zadina's been targeted this whole tournament. Gets run over again. Slow to get up...

...that's some booolsheeeet.

Wow.  5 goals on 12 shots for Colombus. 

Edited September 12, 2018 by e_prime

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

2 minutes ago, krsmith17 said:

Zadina's been targeted this whole tournament. Gets run over again. Slow to get up...

Yep, it's been nerve-racking to watch each shift for me. Was just starting to relax as this last game winded down. 

[e_prime 1,936]

Zadina's gonna need to keep his head on a swivel for a while.

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

Well looks like his arm is okay anyway, that's a huge relief for me. Thought for sure with the way he was holding it something was broken. 

[The 91 of Ryans 3,019]

6 minutes ago, krsmith17 said:

Zadina's been targeted this whole tournament. Gets run over again. Slow to get up...

 

2 minutes ago, Wheelchairsuperhero said:

Yep, it's been nerve-racking to watch each shift for me. Was just starting to relax as this last game winded down. 

Well. The NHL says "hi Zadina" . 

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

Just now, The 91 of Ryans said:

 

Well. The NHL says "hi Zadina" . 

I just don't want to see anyone injured in a prospect tournament. If he gets drilled by a big boy in the NHL, then so be it. 

[kipwinger 8,772]

Zadina is definitely not NHL ready.  I'd leave him in the AHL.  Kid needs some time.

[krsmith17 7,191]

3 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

Zadina is definitely not NHL ready.  I'd leave him in the AHL.  Kid needs some time.

I agree.

[Dabura 12,232]

4 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

Zadina is definitely not NHL ready.  I'd leave him in the AHL.  Kid needs some time.

 

[e_prime 1,936]

Well... that escalated quickly.  

[Dabura 12,232]

Well that sucked.

[The 91 of Ryans 3,019]

18 minutes ago, kipwinger said:

Zadina is definitely not NHL ready.  I'd leave him in the AHL.  Kid needs some time.

Meh. Zetterberg had a notoriously bad prospect tournament. I'm not saying you've wrong. I'll give him a full preseason to see if he adjusts. 

[Dabura 12,232]

My tournament takeaways:

• Zadina was one of our better players. Sadly, he also checked off pretty much all of the "Signs Zadina Isn't Quite Ready for Primetime" boxes. The fact that he got drive-by'd multiple times over the course of the tournament is probably reason enough to hold him back. But we'll see how he does in camp.
• Veleno and Cholowski had themselves a tournament. [Mike Emrick]Myyy goodness![/Doc]
• Veleno is every bit the player Larkin was at his age. Change my mind.
• Seems like Cholowski spent the entire summer in an intense Rocky training montage, or maybe the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Should he make the Wings out of camp? Ask me again in a few weeks.
• Michael Rasmussen is secretly two eight-year-olds in a 6'6"-long trenchcoat and I am going to devote all of my time and energy to exposing this flagrant chicanery.

Edited September 12, 2018 by Dabura

[Wheelchairsuperhero 1,453]

According to Zadina's post game interview, it was his wrist that was hurt after that hit. Color me concerned. 

[kickazz 5,459]

34 minutes ago, Dabura said:

 

• Michael Rasmussen is secretly two eight-year-olds in a 6'6"-long trenchcoat and I am going to devote all of my time and energy to exposing this flagrant chicanery.

They are both lazy and they suck. 

[kipwinger 8,772]

44 minutes ago, Dabura said:

My tournament takeaways:

• Zadina was one of our better players. Sadly, he also checked off pretty much all of the "Signs Zadina Isn't Quite Ready for Primetime" boxes. The fact that he got drive-by'd multiple times over the course of the tournament is probably reason enough to hold him back. But we'll see how he does in camp.
• Veleno and Cholowski had themselves a tournament. [Mike Emrick]Myyy goodness![/Doc]
• Veleno is every bit the player Larkin was at his age. Change my mind.
• Seems like Cholowski spent the entire summer in an intense Rocky training montage, or maybe the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Should he make the Wings out of camp? Ask me again in a few weeks.
• Michael Rasmussen is secretly two eight-year-olds in a 6'6"-long trenchcoat and I am going to devote all of my time and energy to exposing this flagrant chicanery.

He's probably more advanced defensively. Dylan still isn't great in that regard.

I'd be thrilled if Veleno turned into a Ryan O'Reilly type guy.  20 goals, 50+ points, stud defense and faceoff wizard.