Lots of smiles. Glad they are having fun and enjoying their time here.
I am honestly so jealous of their experience. They worked very hard to get to that point but man... spending all day playing games and working out? What a summer!
Lots of smiles. Glad they are having fun and enjoying their time here.
Sorry if it was covered, but any reason why the Russian we drafted wasn't in camp? Cost?
At the de element camp, I spent a lot of time with Marcus Karlstrom's mother & dad.
They said that Marcus was invited for the Penticton tourney.
The Karlstrom from Sweden say that Marcus little brother is a much better hockey player then Marcus was at age. 13.
He is extremely fast and usually scores many goals in every game.
They are good friends with Jimmy Roy, Roy will be watching the young brother.
Penticton lines for me for now:
Ehlers-Petan-Kosmachuk
De Leo-Lowry-Lodge
Lipon-Blomqvist-Olsen
Brassard-Walker-Hickman
Morrissey 'C'-Kitchton
Nogier-Kostalek
Hauf
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Stinks that most of the guys we have are college guys.
Sorry if it was covered, but any reason why the Russian we drafted wasn't in camp? Cost?
Olsen played wing last Penticton. Although without invites I'm sure he will be playing C this year.
Last year they but Lowry with Blomqvist to make a heavy line. Wonder if they will do that again.
The Karlstrom family paid there way to winnipeg and away to the Canary Islands this week.....they are not short of $$$.
Probably not cost. He doesn't have to foot the bill like an NCAA player would. Plus I don't imagine the Jets would mind flying him (and likely even his parents) over as well. As they've done that for Karlstrom.
He is under contract already with his KHL team though and more than likely they didn't want him to go in case of injury or simply as competition for his services. As he is under contract with them he's obligated to do what that club wishes him to.
Probably not cost. He doesn't have to foot the bill like an NCAA player would. Plus I don't imagine the Jets would mind flying him (and likely even his parents) over as well. As they've done that for Karlstrom.
He is under contract already with his KHL team though and more than likely they didn't want him to go in case of injury or simply as competition for his services. As he is under contract with them he's obligated to do what that club wishes him to.
Thanks. That makes sense. Too bad though, It would have been great to see him. I think these camps and the Penticton one could be even more important for a guy like him. I'm guessing the Jets don't get to see or talk to him in person as much, so it would have been good for both sides to be able to have the time together.
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I won't be surprised if Lowry dominates in that tournament. I think he might be on a pretty fast development curve now. He started to put things together nicely in the second half of the AHL season, and when a guy his size starts to put it together, he can transition to the NHL fairly quickly. I think the main issue will be getting a bit quicker on his feet, though I think he already thinks the game fairly quickly. I wonder if Nick Bjugstad might be a comparable, though I have to admit I can't compare their skating accurately.
The Karlstrom family paid there way to winnipeg and away to the Canary Islands this week.....they are not short of $$$.
Why would a development camp mean the slightest thing at all to him? Even a rookie camp like Penticton tournament doesn't mean a single thing, I mean why would it? He is someone trying to establish himself in pro life in Russia and his focus is there. 2-5 years down the road he might be looking at crossing the pond, but as a guy trying to establish himself in KHL (which opens up camp in next 2-3 weeks btw, so Penticton is out) why does he care right now about Jets? He shouldn't. The Jets will come talk to him when the time is right.
During the media scrum at last Tuesday's Development camp Paul Maurice said something that intregued me. He sited the statistic that only about 30% of 1st rounders actually play 100 games in the NHL. That sounded awfully low to me so I analyzed the drafts between 1996 and 2005 to find out how many draftees actually did play 100 games in the NHL. I decided it wasn't fair to assess the numbers after 2005 because it can take some kids many years to accumulate that number of games. As we know kids like Jason Kasdorf get drafted while in junior, then spend another 4 years in college, can take some time in the AHL and then finally take several years to get 100 games under their belt. So it was take awhile to get to 100 games.
So what I found for first rounders by year:
2005 - 20 of 30 (66.7%)
2004 - 22 of 30 (73.3%)
2003 - 28 of 30 (93.3%)
2002 - 22 of 30 (73.3%)
2001 - 24 of 30 (80.0%)
2000 - 20 of 30 (73.3%)
1999 - 16 of 28 (57.1%)
1998 - 22 of 27 (81.5%)
1997 - 16 of 26 (61.5%)
1996 - 15 of 26 (57.7%)
Total - 205 of 287 - 71.4%
I also counted the other rounds during the same period of time:
2nd round - 102 of 327 (31.2%)
3rd round - 87 of 306 (28.4%)
4th round - 56 of 315 (17.8%)
5th round - 44 of 325 (13.5%)
6th round - 44 of 295 (14.9%)
7th round - 42 of 309 (13.6%)
*8th round - 32 of 267 (12.0%)
*9th round - 28 of 271 (10.3%)
*Prior to the 2005 there were 9 rounds in the draft.
Incomplete counts for 2006 to 2014 (1st rounders only):
2014 - 0 of 30 - 0.0%
2013 - 0 of 30 - 0.0%
2012 - 2 of 30 - 6.7%
2011 - 8 of 30 - 26.7%
2010 - 11 of 30 - 36.7%
2009 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%
2008 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%
2007 - 21 of 30 - 70.0%
2006 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%
I think next year if Draisaitl doesn't return to junior, Morrissey should be traded to Kelowna. If Tri-City still doesn't do well, I say trade Comrie to Kelowna as well. Would say Petan, but he'll be the face of Portland next year.
During the media scrum at last Tuesday's Development camp Paul Maurice said something that intregued me. He sited the statistic that only about 30% of 1st rounders actually play 100 games in the NHL. That sounded awfully low to me so I analyzed the drafts between 1996 and 2005 to find out how many draftees actually did play 100 games in the NHL. I decided it wasn't fair to assess the numbers after 2005 because it can take some kids many years to accumulate that number of games. As we know kids like Jason Kasdorf get drafted while in junior, then spend another 4 years in college, can take some time in the AHL and then finally take several years to get 100 games under their belt. So it was take awhile to get to 100 games.
So what I found for first rounders by year:
2005 - 20 of 30 (66.7%)
2004 - 22 of 30 (73.3%)
2003 - 28 of 30 (93.3%)
2002 - 22 of 30 (73.3%)
2001 - 24 of 30 (80.0%)
2000 - 20 of 30 (73.3%)
1999 - 16 of 28 (57.1%)
1998 - 22 of 27 (81.5%)
1997 - 16 of 26 (61.5%)
1996 - 15 of 26 (57.7%)
Total - 205 of 287 - 71.4%
I also counted the other rounds during the same period of time:
2nd round - 102 of 327 (31.2%)
3rd round - 87 of 306 (28.4%)
4th round - 56 of 315 (17.8%)
5th round - 44 of 325 (13.5%)
6th round - 44 of 295 (14.9%)
7th round - 42 of 309 (13.6%)
*8th round - 32 of 267 (12.0%)
*9th round - 28 of 271 (10.3%)
*Prior to the 2005 there were 9 rounds in the draft.
Incomplete counts for 2006 to 2014 (1st rounders only):
2014 - 0 of 30 - 0.0%
2013 - 0 of 30 - 0.0%
2012 - 2 of 30 - 6.7%
2011 - 8 of 30 - 26.7%
2010 - 11 of 30 - 36.7%
2009 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%
2008 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%
2007 - 21 of 30 - 70.0%
2006 - 20 of 30 - 66.7%