can you give us a recap on who you thought were the top 10 or so forwards and top 5 defenseman? im only going by things that i heard second hand, it would be nice to hear from someone that was there. the things i heard were dmen that stuck out were blum, cohen, blood, ruth, petrecki, and bailen and others. forwards were that line previously mentioned, pat and matt white, thurber, james vr, palmieri, harper, and i probably missed a few. this is just second hand info, id like to hear your opinions though
Well, I think this group of forwards is really deep. Not a ton of high end guys, but a lot of guys in the next tier. I think the scoring at this camp was tough. It depended on a lot whether you put up any numbers at all. Some guys played a lot of their shifts in a game shorthanded due to all the penalties. But here goes:
Hayes and Hoeffel were both good. They are huge. Tough to move, and both plenty skilled.
Thurber is a tough customer. I like him.
Matt White and Nick Dineen were good together. Not a lot of points, but both really good players.
Pat White was good.
Tyler Johnson was really good. Strong for his size.
Van Remsdyke(sp) - was the best of the NTDP forwards by a long shot.
Ryan Hayes didn't do much. Tries to do to much himself.
Tyler Thompson was pretty good here. Needs to play the whole game though.
Joey Diamond is a good player. Tough and can score.
Corey Tropp wasn't bad. He has nice hands
I honestly didn't notice the Mueller kid, but he must have done something right. Led in points.
Palmieri is a big tough kid. He looked good.
Corey Chakeen looked good.
Nico Sacchetti is a solid player.
Schooley and Miani are both good players also. These are the guys I took notes on.
Defensively, I like Ruth, Lavin, Blood played well. Cohen was patient.
Brian Brutlag looked good.
I really didn;t see a dman that stood out as far as their presence running a powerplay. But, the powerplays were really not very good. You could tell they didn't play together much the most on powerplays. There were a significant number of shorthanded goals.