Watched the tournament. A few thoughts:
- Liam Foudy: As advertised. At one point he danced around all three defenders and I audibly gasped. Dude can fly, and more importantly, he can keep control of the puck while he's doing it. Hard to say who was the best on the ice, but he was definitely the most exciting.
- Andrew Peeke: Really impressed me. Liked how he seemed to be reading the play a step ahead of everyone. Liked how he was confident jumping up on the rush. Liked how quick he was getting back on defense. People I know who are dialed into college hockey have had good things to say about him, and I can see why.
- Emil Bemstrom: By far the best player on the blue team, for me. Confident, poised, always seemed to be in good positions. Good shot, too. Not extremely fast but not slow either. Worked well with Karlberg (who was his teammate in Sweden last year).
- Marcus Karlberg: Looks just like Cam Atkinson out there. Shootout goal was nice.
- Eric Robinson: Second-oldest guy at camp, and it showed. Looked bigger and stronger than just about everyone there. Not slow, either. Liked his tenacity on his goals.
- Kale Howarth: In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit. (Also, he can skate.)
The rest of the signed/drafted guys were pretty quiet. As far as FA invites, I liked the look of FHCTR's kid, and I think it was Jack Ahcan who made a nice cross-crease pass to set up a blue team goal. Also seemed like Tim Theocharidis's name got mentioned a lot, but that might have been because it took Bob and Jody a long time to say it.