My thoughts on the tournament/me just rambling:
Overall, I felt only 2 guys had an actual good tournament/did good things to potentially help their future career: Poirier, Wheatcroft, Zloty
Seminoff falls somewhere between "good" and "okay" for me.
Most of the team was just okay. I was disappointed we didn't see more from guys like Kyrou, Bourque, etc. But is what it is.
I actually liked Stranges' game for the most part outside of his execution in the O zone. He could've had several assists this weekend if he was able to get his passes through. D zone and forechecking tho, I liked his game compared to previous years, which is where I cared to see improvement. Still not sure if it's at a good enough level yet to see consistent AHL time, but hopefully.
Kyrou just seems a bit all over the place. The offensive skill is clear, especially on the PP, but he can be a mess at times. I'm still not gonna give up on him yet though.
Bourque was just quiet. Much better today, but even today he had some weird passes that you just don't see him make often. He's not gonna be one of those dominant superstars though, likely at his peak he will just be a complimentary depth guy who is a good playmaker and especially useful on the powerplay. I see him try to hold off guys to give himself time and space to make plays but that'll never work at the NHL level given his size and lack of pace, and it hardly works at his current level.
Guys I straight up did not like after 3 games:
Ertel
Bertucci (better today, but still bleh, didn't see anything that impressed me this weekend). This was my first time watching him
Disappointing:
Arcuri - scored a goal today but man he was basically non-existent out there 95% of the time. I think even the AHL level will be tough for him. Doesn't have the pace to his game yet that he needs.
Other guys who were just "okay":
Stankoven, Grushnikov, Blumel, Murray, White, McDonald (decent first 2 games but not impressed today). Back was solid too but he should be in this tournament.
I'd probably rate White higher if he wasn't so chaotic in his own zone. 2 goals and a good skater though, decent tournament for him.
No one else worth mentioning really I don't think.