Pre-Game Talk: 2023-2024 Habs Rookie Camp & Training Camp

[rickthegoon]

I hope they won't participate at a Rookie Tournament against TO or OTT rookies.

Well; a Jackeye needs to ragdoll some Sens . Isn't that a new rookie tournament tradition since last year?

 

[Nevins]

Invite

Jordan Tourigny, RHD​

Previous team: Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL), 67 GP, 6 G – 35 A – 41 P.

Mazden Leslie, RHD​

Previous team: Vancouver Giants (WHL), 66 GP, 12 G – 38 A – 50 P.

Ty Halaburda, C​

Previous team: Vancouver Giants (WHL), 66 GP, 21 G – 16 A – 37 P.

 

[26Mats]

With back to back games they'll likely have at least two line-ups worth of players. Can't imagine finishing up at 9:30 and playing again the next afternoon.

Friday, September 15th @ 7PM vs. BUF
Saturday, September 16th @ 3:30PM vs. BOS

Actually - I might be wrong. Last year's roster only had 28 players:

Montreal Canadiens 2022 Rookie Camp Roster (Click here to view a PDF version)

Forwards

Owen Beck, Lucas Condotta, Jared Davidson, Pierrick Dubé, Ryan Francis, Cédrick Guindon, Emil Heineman, Riley Kidney, Filip Mesar, Jan Mysak, John Parker-Jones, Joshua Roy, Xavier Simoneau, Juraj Slafkovsky, Brett Stapley

Defensemen

Justin Barron, Santino Centorame, Gianni Fairbrother, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Logan Mailloux, Mattias Norlinder, Miguël Tourigny, William Trudeau, Arber Xhekaj

Goaltenders

Antoine Coulombe, Riley Mercer, Joe Vrbetic

I would like to see Slaf in this year's tournament.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Good point. For Mann, he is turning 25 in August. Unsure about a rookie tourney for him. They'll probably go with Dobes-Miller plus an invite

Centorame was there last year at 26 years old.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

I could tell Caufield was going to be a star pretty early. Just his goal scoring in close you always knew he was going to make it. He roofs everything from in close, I swear half of his goals don't even hit the back of the net they are straight top twine.

I think people are starting to sleep on Roy - but I have a similar good feeling about him. I don't think he has the offense Caufield has but I think people need to start seriously considering the possibility that he will be a legit top-6 LW very soon. I want him to start in the AHL, but I expect him to look like he belongs in the NHL during all of these camps.

Yeah Roy’s a bit question mark-y but he’s a heck of a talent. If he was asked to be a saviour I’d be more worried. But it’s pretty low pressure for him.

If his offence translates our top 6 could be in pretty damn good shape. Seeing his latter year highlights where his puck protection was looking pretty special got me pretty damn excited about him. Where his weak skating could be counter balanced by strength along with his skill and smarts.
His commitment to D bodes well too.

I see bust there for sure but plenty of real upside.

 

[Adam Michaels]

With back to back games they'll likely have at least two line-ups worth of players. Can't imagine finishing up at 9:30 and playing again the next afternoon.

Friday, September 15th @ 7PM vs. BUF
Saturday, September 16th @ 3:30PM vs. BOS

Actually - I might be wrong. Last year's roster only had 28 players:

Rookie camp is about that many players. The year before, they had 27.

With it being just being about 5 days, they need to be able to evaluate players. So almost all of them will play 2 of the 3 games. Some might even play all 3.

 

[jrom]

Small info tidbit, there was a recent mention on DLC blog of kids seeing Suzuki and visiting Habs facilities this week.

The article mentionned that once the kids left the ice they saw a couple of Habs prospects jump on the ice to work on what seemed to be skating exercises with Habs skill coaches.

Players were Xavier Simoneau, William Trudeau, Joshua Roy, Miguel Tourigny & Riley Kidney. I think last year Trudeau & Simoneau spent the summer in MTL training also, nice to see more players doing it (especially Roy).

 

[Rapala]

God I hope we only keep a handful to play with the top club at the main camp. The past couple of camps have been a huge joke playing scrubs alongside our top players. More focus on the main team's potential lines and pairings. Get those boys in shape FFS maybe we will incur fewer injuries.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Small info tidbit, there was a recent mention on DLC blog of kids seeing Suzuki and visiting Habs facilities this week.

The article mentionned that once the kids left the ice they saw a couple of Habs prospects jump on the ice to work on what seemed to be skating exercises with Habs skill coaches.

Players were Xavier Simoneau, William Trudeau, Joshua Roy, Miguel Tourigny & Riley Kidney. I think last year Trudeau & Simoneau spent the summer in MTL training also, nice to see more players doing it (especially Roy).

Kidney had mentioned he planned on spending the entire summer in Montreal to train at their facilities.

This is something we didn't see a lot of before.. more and more of these kids are coming and taking advantage of the ice and our development staff.

 

[jrom]

Agreed, in his TSN690 interview yesterday Guhle said he decided early in the year to spend the summer in MTL.

He said it was a no brainer for him in order to have access to the medical staff and that he was really enjoying the town in the summer. Training in the morning and hanging around in the afternoon (with Suzuki, etc).

 

[Adam Michaels]

Agreed, in his TSN690 interview yesterday Guhle said he decided early in the year to spend the summer in MTL.

He said it was a no brainer for him in order to have access to the medical staff and that he was really enjoying the town in the summer. Training in the morning and hanging around in the afternoon (with Suzuki, etc).

It's what I like about a bunch of the young guys they have now, they either choose to spend all of their summer here or spent a good chunk of it here.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

they all lying they just prefer the woman here

 

[bcv]

Montreal in the summer is as good as any city in the world I would say. Although, I haven't been everywhere.

I can see why the youngins want to spend the off-season here.

 

[TesseractPrice]

Agreed, in his TSN690 interview yesterday Guhle said he decided early in the year to spend the summer in MTL.

He said it was a no brainer for him in order to have access to the medical staff and that he was really enjoying the town in the summer. Training in the morning and hanging around in the afternoon (with Suzuki, etc).

Montreal is wonderful in the summer, especially late may to mid-July. Dreadful in the second half of winter and the beginning of spring though...

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Montreal in the summer is as good as any city in the world I would say. Although, I haven't been everywhere.

I can see why the youngins want to spend the off-season here.

i have been around the world and can tell you Montreal is an amazing city to live in very europeen like and some of the best restaurants,bars and woman ive seen

For Habs players its gets even better those guys are superstars here so they get all the attention and privileges in the city even a 4th liner Like Pezetta will feel like a star here in MTL

 

[Goldenhands]

@Adam Michaels Do you expect Engstrom to be part of the Habs training camp? I know his SHL season starts early and that he is expected to play a big role this year in Rogle...

 

[Habs]

Anyone with a pair of big nuts going to be in this camp, or just a pile of creampuffs from the Q? Need more Arbs on this team

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Anyone with a pair of big nuts going to be in this camp, or just a pile of creampuffs from the Q? Need more Arbs on this team

Florian.

That's about it.

 

[HABitual Fan]

Montreal is wonderful in the summer, especially late may to mid-July. Dreadful in the second half of winter and the beginning of spring though...

For the young guys, the 3 music festivals running through August are also big attractions.

 

[Adam Michaels]

@Adam Michaels Do you expect Engstrom to be part of the Habs training camp? I know his SHL season starts early and that he is expected to play a big role this year in Rogle...

I don't. If he was signed to an ELC, then yes. But because he's not, I expect them to leave him in Sweden from the get-go.

 

[David Suzuki]

i have been around the world and can tell you Montreal is an amazing city to live in very europeen like and some of the best restaurants,bars and woman ive seen

For Habs players its gets even better those guys are superstars here so they get all the attention and privileges in the city even a 4th liner Like Pezetta will feel like a star here in MTL

I'm not super well travelled but Montreal is easily the most laid back big city I've ever been to. As a maritimer, it feels like home no one seems pressed like they do in Toronto, NY etc...

 

[montreal]

@Adam Michaels Do you expect Engstrom to be part of the Habs training camp? I know his SHL season starts early and that he is expected to play a big role this year in Rogle...

hopefully not, his season starts right when the main camp starts so it would be dumb.

Anyone with a pair of big nuts going to be in this camp, or just a pile of creampuffs from the Q? Need more Arbs on this team

Struble and the young Xhekaj.

 

[Scriptor]

Yeah Roy’s a bit question mark-y but he’s a heck of a talent. If he was asked to be a saviour I’d be more worried. But it’s pretty low pressure for him.

If his offence translates our top 6 could be in pretty damn good shape. Seeing his latter year highlights where his puck protection was looking pretty special got me pretty damn excited about him. Where his weak skating could be counter balanced by strength along with his skill and smarts.
His commitment to D bodes well too.

I see bust there for sure but plenty of real upside.

His puck protection skills and improved defensive awareness lead me to think he could legitimately be a good option for the Suzuki - Caufield tandem as a RW.

Caufield seems to have convincingly moved to his offside to maximize exploiting his shot and Roy has made a Junior career of playing on his off side as a RW.

Digging pucks down low would give him a good passing angle for a Caufield one-timer coming up from behind the opposing net. Roy's good shot could also cause some hesitation for opposing Ds when covering Caufield and give him that extra second to snipe one in...

 

[Skip Bayless]

Anyone with a pair of big nuts going to be in this camp, or just a pile of creampuffs from the Q? Need more Arbs on this team

We are getting our asses hemmed in by all the goons in the Atlantic, I wonder if Jake Evans is going to be alive past november.

 

[Belial]

We are getting our asses hemmed in by all the goons in the Atlantic, I wonder if Jake Evans is going to be alive past november.

Oh please... We having Arber probably made those other teams around react lmao