He has to work out hard this summer. I have some doubts though, he used to party a good amount in Halifax and really didn't have to work hard in junior hockey to get points (junior hockey pts basically = success). He sat on the PP and was fed shot after shot, hardly had to move. I think playing with Mackinnon and Drouin wasn't the best thing for his development. He had half a year off from his concussion then a year of playing w/ Drouin and Mackinnon not having to win many puck battles and do the hard work on the ice himself. He says he's willing to put extra work in this summer so hopefully he'll have a comeback year in 15-16, really needs to work on his conditioning and needs to actually battle on the ice.
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He has to work out hard this summer. I have some doubts though, he used to party a good amount in Halifax and really didn't have to work hard in junior hockey to get points (junior hockey pts basically = success). He sat on the PP and was fed shot after shot, hardly had to move. I think playing with Mackinnon and Drouin wasn't the best thing for his development. He had half a year off from his concussion then a year of playing w/ Drouin and Mackinnon not having to win many puck battles and do the hard work on the ice himself. He says he's willing to put extra work in this summer so hopefully he'll have a comeback year in 15-16, really needs to work on his conditioning and needs to actually battle on the ice.
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Some of Malik's development camp impressions.
http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comment...g-skate?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://kuklaskorner.com/tmr/comment...g-skate?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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i agree with all of this, except the partying part, don't know anything about that.
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Mantha was a dog out there. Either hungover or not interested in being there. No way he makes the team to start the season. Larkin was realgud. Very impressed with him.
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Pretty cool...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSh0dLeIBI&list=UUj_N4nmrUUiYd0_Vn5_as_w
don't know why, but wouldn't embed for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSh0dLeIBI&list=UUj_N4nmrUUiYd0_Vn5_as_w
don't know why, but wouldn't embed for me.
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Hmm. Isn't working for me. I can't open it at YouTube either.
I copied and pasted the URL, it would not embed for me, for some reason.
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Pete Renzetti, motivational speaker. That speech will make you motivated to do anything at all. They should play it for kids who don't want to do their math hw.
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https://soundcloud.com/georgeums/christoffer-ehn-070514
Cool interview with Ehn. He's always been a Wings fan, which might be a polite answer, but it makes sense coming from a Swedish kid. and I'm a sucker for European prospects who speak good English, so I'm pulling for this kid. He's a lot more articulate in a second language at his age than I ever would have been in my first.
Big kid, good skater, two way game, good hockey sense? Sign me up. I like this pick.
edit: really, I'm starting to wonder if the Wings intentionally draft kids with good English skills. Nedomlel sounds like a Canadian these days. Marchenko has some of the best English I've heard from a Russian player (Fedorov notwithstanding). Holmstrom has solid English skills too.
Cool interview with Ehn. He's always been a Wings fan, which might be a polite answer, but it makes sense coming from a Swedish kid. and I'm a sucker for European prospects who speak good English, so I'm pulling for this kid. He's a lot more articulate in a second language at his age than I ever would have been in my first.
Big kid, good skater, two way game, good hockey sense? Sign me up. I like this pick.
edit: really, I'm starting to wonder if the Wings intentionally draft kids with good English skills. Nedomlel sounds like a Canadian these days. Marchenko has some of the best English I've heard from a Russian player (Fedorov notwithstanding). Holmstrom has solid English skills too.
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I am not sure about Holmstrom, I remember hearing/seeing that the vets would always make him speak at the Rookie dinner even though he wasnt a rookie due to his language skills, or maybe he just didnt come of as very eloquent but I know he always had to make a speech.
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Yeah I watched him when they aired the Memorial Cup on the NHL network. I think you hit it on the head. I wasn't sure why I wasn't impressed, but I think it was his speed. He's either not fast enough to stand out or he doesn't want to skate hard enough. Either or.
There's a guy on ****** that said he's attending the camp. He has some high praise for A2. Excited for that kid!
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I didn't see him play today, but in the Memorial Cup that was just his style. He's not really an explosive type player where he is making something happen all the time. It's his style to set up and wait, kind of like a hunter. and then *boom*.
But he's not going to be able to do that all of the time, and he needs to learn that. His skating is actually pretty good, especially his top speed. But he doesn't use it enough. and his skills with the puck are excellent, so it's not like he can't make plays happen that way. It just hasn't been his style.
Also, as Malik has said, Mantha is still taking long shifts, and that's a part of it. He's got it in his head that he's going to do more by being on the ice so long. That was true back in the Q, but it won't be in the pro game. Looks like he might need some time in GR just to get rid of bad habits like that.
In his defense, though, Bertuzzi supposedly looks tired. Maybe that's what we're seeing from Mantha. Might just be that those kids are still recovering from playing so much. Especially Mantha, who was playing ridiculous amounts of icetime for VDO. We're talking like 25-30 minutes a game over the season, a stop at the WJCs, and then playoffs all the way to the Memorial Cup. That's a lot of hockey.
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Could see Jiri Fischer being in an even bigger role someday. I really think a duel GM of Martin and Fischer would be interesting. I could listen to him breakdown the game and our prospects for hours.
Wings had to have an idea they were bringing this kid in at the time they traded Jarnkrok...
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Doesn't match up with Nosek's interview the other day where he made it clear the Detroit thing came together pretty quickly through his agent.
Now they could have had a list of guys and he was near the top, think Fischer has a big influence in this signing. Didn't hurt that the kid has Jurco's agent and who knows how long that was in the works, but Nosek described it as he was interested in the NHL but was waiting and hoping not some foregone conclusion which a couple of months would indicate. I do believe they had a series of contingency plans when they got worried about Jarnkrok's defection possibility.
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It's just development camp, and he has legit reasons to be fatigued. Sounds like he still needs to learn some things and I do expect him in GR at the start of the season, but september is when he should be expected to make his push for a roster spot, not now.
Can you post this in the Legwand thread instead
I am really excited about A2, sounds like they are really high on him and have big expectations for him.
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Can you post this in the Legwand thread instead
I am really excited about A2, sounds like they are really high on him and have big expectations for him.
They are absolutely pushing the center aspect with him. Every chance they get they seem to be trying to develop that part of his game. Was happy to hear Fischer talk about using his teammates better in his interview which is my biggest gripe with Athanasiou.
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Nosek is 21 and plays in a pro league, albeit not one of the better pro leagues. Blashill likes him alot and I expect he'll lock down a center spot in Grand Rapids:
