Anybody actually went to the 3v3 tournament and can provide comments on the players?
Those of us who have not been to the development camp appreciate the reports and feedbacks from people who were in attendance (e.g., koreaboy's assessment). We need more of those and less useless rebuttals.
I was there yesterday morning and while I wasn't really thinking about it too much I could provide my opinions on some players.
Shane Prince: He looked really good, was all over the place and has some nice hands. He really burned some people with some quick moves.
Curtis Lazar: Did not stand out as much as I hoped but I think that is because he is much better suited to really game situations. He works hard, has a great shot and you can see how much he loves playing.
Max McCormic(Spelling?): I was very impressed by him, he looked fast and controlled the puck well. He also went hard to the net with some recklessness that I liked seeing.
Eiserman: This guy looks like a good mid round pick. Has some good awareness is filled out nicely for such a young prospect and he scored a very nice goal.
Puempel: His shot is insane, he just missed a couple of times. Also I would love to see him playing with better players, a couple of times he was open for passes that went into his feet so he could not get the shot off quickly.
Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head, if there is someone you are really interested in feel free to ask and I will see what I can remember.
I find it amusing that people rarely take issue with glowing reviews of players in developmental scrimmages but are quite sensitive to any perceived slight against a particular player.
I agree with MoO that it's a bit of an unfair extrapolation to characterize a player's future based on a few shifts in the summer.
But I also appreciate it when people point out when someone doesn't really show well, provided we take it with the grain of salt that it deserves.
It's easy to get excited about our prospects but they're not all going to work out and they're not all going to have good days.
The challenge that I have (and I'm sure most people have) is that, if I have a pre-conceived notion of a player, it's hard not to look for certain things - both positive and negative.
Stop making it sound like this came out of observing one scrimmage. I said again and again I've watched the player very closely, over a dozen times, at least, over the past 3-4 years. I'm saying that again, just like in all those other years, that the player has never really demonstrated any one skill that ever made me say, "wow". Not a quick burst, not a great play with his hands, not a big hit, not an amazing snipe, not a great pass, not a burst to the outside to burn a dman, really, nothing. And from a first round pick, especially as he gets older, that's not good.
Interesting comparison. We have to hope he skates better than cheechoo did.
Puempel isnt an MVP of anything, he got 30 goals and was also a healthy scratch on occassion (meaning he got outplayed by AHL players) he also was on a team that got swept in the first round of the AHL playoffs (meaning he got outplayed by AHL players) he isnt friggin Gretzky.
Its perfectly plausible that Puempel ends up a bust.