Young Stars Classic Tournament - September 11-14th

[Ace Rimmer]

Stumbled across this info this morning.

http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2015/05/22/calgary-prospects-to-participate-in-tourney/

GAME | TEAMS | DATE | TIME
GAME 1 | CALGARY VS WINNIPEG | SEPT. 11 | 4:00 PM
GAME 2 | VANCOUVER VS EDMONTON | SEPT. 11 | 7:30 PM
GAME 3 | CALGARY VS EDMONTON | SEPT. 12 | 7:30 PM
GAME 4 | VANCOUVER VS WINNIPEG | SEPT. 13 | 2:00 PM
GAME 5 | EDMONTON VS WINNIPEG | SEPT. 14 | 11:30 AM
GAME 6 | VANCOUVER VS CALGARY | SEPT. 14 | 3:30 PM

The Calgary Flames will announce their roster closer to the start of the tournament. Of the 27 skaters and three goalies that attended the tournament last season, 10 skaters and one goalie ended the 2014-15 regular season in the AHL with the Adirondack Flames.

Those players include Brett Kulak, Ryan Culkin, John Ramage, Garnet Hathaway, Turner Elson, Kenny Agostino, Emile Poirier, Pat Sieloff, Bill Arnold, Bryce Van Brabant and goalie Joni Ortio.

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[Lunatik]

this will be the first chance to see Gillies!

 

[Yung Rotini]

So hyped!

Going to buy tickets to the entire tournament again.

 

[1989]

Always stoked for this event. Might be grabbing some tickets myself this year.

 

[Volica]

So hyped!

Going to buy tickets to the entire tournament again.

Thinking I might want to go down and watch this tournament. I'm going down to the trade in a couple weeks already, so I think by September my eyes are going to be burning for hockey

 

[Yung Rotini]

Thinking I might want to go down and watch this tournament. I'm going down to the trade in a couple weeks already, so I think by September my eyes are going to be burning for hockey

HFCF meetup in Penticton??

 

[Yung Rotini]

SOEC using McDavid to advertise the tournament, as expected.

 

[Lunatik]

SOEC using McDavid to advertise the tournament, as expected.

as they should

 

[Yung Rotini]

as they should

Yes. It's odd though because they usually use mediocre Canucks prospects.

 

[Lunatik]

Yes. It's odd though because they usually use mediocre Canucks prospects.

to be fair all the Canucks usually have are mediocre prospects.

 

[Yung Rotini]

to be fair all the Canucks usually have are mediocre prospects.

Exactly.

 

[Trae]

Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary all have strong pools, should be interesting this year for sure.

 

[Sean Monahan]

guess Ramage aint going

 

[Anglesmith]

guess Ramage aint going

No longer part of the organization. He might attend Chicago's prospect tourney, though.

 

[Lunatik]

No longer part of the organization. He might attend Chicago's prospect tourney, though.

is that where Columbus is playing in a prospect tourney?

 

[Anglesmith]

is that where Columbus is playing in a prospect tourney?

...

If not, then they should.

 

[Bezer]

There are direct flights this year btw.

 

[marbsarebad]

I wonder if they're allowing Nakladl to participate. That seems unfair against kids.

Excited to have Bennett and Janko as our 1-2 punch, with Poirier, Carrol, Smith on the RW, Klimchuk, Mangiapane, and Hathaway on LW. Our defense, though, will probably be the best at the tourney.

Nakladl, Hickey, Kanzig, Culkin, Kulak, Kylington, Anderson, Sieloff, Ollas-Mattson and Gilmour.

Gillies as the tender. That's pretty solid.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I can't remember and to lazy to look up, but I don't believe our college kids can participate in this unless they sign a contract.

 

[Anglesmith]

I can't remember and to lazy to look up, but I don't believe our college kids can participate in this unless they sign a contract.

I believe they can only participate in something like this if it lasts no longer than 48 hours, so I think you're right.

 

[Lunatik]

I can't remember and to lazy to look up, but I don't believe our college kids can participate in this unless they sign a contract.

NCAA players are ineligible for any professional exhibition games of any kind.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Tyson Baillie will be joining the group in Penticton.

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774799

“We call him Pig Pen. Everything may not look great," when you first see Baillie. “But it just ends up that he does a lot of things that impact a game. He's around the net. He's making plays. He was an interesting guy.”

 

[Lunatik]

Tyson Baillie will be joining the group in Penticton.

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774799

according to sureloss onn CP Thomas Soustal, Jason Fram and Mason Marchment will all be joining the Flames in Penticton in addition to Baillie.

Baillie & Soustal are still eligible for the 2016 draft so this will extend our window to sign them as undrafted UFAs if we choose to do so. Jason Fram I expect to get an AHL deal as this is the 2nd year he has been at prospect camp. Marchment @ 20 is also eligible to sign an AHL deal, he is a big dude at 6'3, 194 and could be used as a fill in on the 4th line in Stockton with the possibility of Wolf not returning.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Soustal? Nice.

 

[Lunatik]

Soustal? Nice.

the best part about Soustal is when you translate his name from Czech to English