Prospect Info: Wings Prospect Discussion

[jaster]

Wuest rolling over.

Ah dang, I wasn’t even thinking about how they named it after Matt. Will there still be a Wuest Cup with only two teams, and two games? Seems like maybe they should just name the whole training camp after him.

 

[lilidk]

Can't find any news on Buchelnikov. He never been in training camp, wonder if he even care about coming to NA, is it just another waste of second round

 

[RRhoads]

Can't find any news on Buchelnikov. He never been in training camp, wonder if he even care about coming to NA, is it just another waste of second round

He wants to come, and has said so in interviews.

He is coming over after his contract, 25/26 season.

 

[Murmansk16A]

Can't find any news on Buchelnikov. He never been in training camp, wonder if he even care about coming to NA, is it just another waste of second round

Saw this on Twitter the other day.

Red Wings Prospects

@LGRWProspects

Dmitri Buchelnikov(2nd round’22) on the Russian 25 Roster. Just excited to watch this kid play some more. Hopefully he plays. I’ll obviously be tracking these games.

 

[lilidk]

Saw this on Twitter the other day.

Red Wings Prospects
@LGRWProspects

Dmitri Buchelnikov(2nd round’22) on the Russian 25 Roster. Just excited to watch this kid play some more. Hopefully he plays. I’ll obviously be tracking these games.

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Some familiar names, who do they play against?

 

[Astyanax]

Saw this on Twitter the other day.

Red Wings Prospects
@LGRWProspects

Dmitri Buchelnikov(2nd round’22) on the Russian 25 Roster. Just excited to watch this kid play some more. Hopefully he plays. I’ll obviously be tracking these games.

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What is the Russian 25? A Tournament?

 

[Henkka]

What is the Russian 25? A Tournament?

It's a young players U25 Team Russia, which will play in a tournament against Belarus and Kazakhstan.

 

[GoBoltz56]

Can't find any news on Buchelnikov. He never been in training camp, wonder if he even care about coming to NA, is it just another waste of second round

The KHL season starts before training camp. European contracted players are never at camp.

 

[Hen Kolland]

Sounds like the Traverse City prospect tourney is all but dead. Only Dallas is coming up this year, to play a couple games against Detroit. All good things must come to an end, but kinda sad.

I went to two of the tournaments over the years, back when it was 8 teams. I didn’t quite appreciate back then that it was the golden age of the tournament. Was pretty cool to see the number of big time hockey names around. Was a blast to see so many all in one place. Somewhere I still have programs filled with signatures, and all my amateur scouting notes from the practices and games


Red Wings’ Traverse City Rookie Tournament Down to Two Teams

Seems to me like as the camp started to be composed of teams with different intentions, it lost value. I think it was a few years ago when I noticed teams coming into town with a bunch of nothing caliber prospects who just played to make some hits. It's unfortunate, but the reality is the kids are getting more out of 99% of their other offseason camps, training, and their in-season matchups than they do from the tournament.

 

[jaster]

Some familiar names, who do they play against?

They'll play against the only former Soviet republics that are both friendly toward Russia and also have enough hockey players in their country to ice a team.

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

I kind of expected the Traverse City tournament to die when teams started sending literal groups of goons to injure other team's prospects.

A lot of teams were not acting in good faith.