Young stars Sept 8 -11 th

[CorgisPer60]

https://futureconsiderations.ca/player/antoine-crete-belzile/

A two-way defenseman who thinks quickly and makes simple yet strong plays in all zones…not a guy who will lead many rushes up ice but does move the puck effectively…makes great outlet passes and effective breakouts…his one-timer is heavy and if improved in accuracy, this could make him a very dangerous point man on the powerplay…skates with good mobility and a strong stride…defensively is where he excels, making strong reads and doing a great job forcing attackers off course and to the outside… plays a physical game and uses his body and his strength to remove players from the puck…despite not being overly big he is tough to compete with in the corners and around his crease…not a hyperactive competitor by nature but instead displays with a calm and composed persona making calculated decisions when to engage his opponent…has middle pairing safe defensive defender NHL upside. (November 2016)

An interesting name from the defense invite. Another website says he models his game after Marc-Edouard Vlasic. We'll see how good he is at the tourney, I guess.

Also, Mike Webster looks like he had a decent go of it in his first pro year in the ECHL.

 

[puck stoppa]

Forwards are "meh", but that's an interesting D group to watch (including Poolman).

Niku-Poolman
Stanley-Green
Kulevich-Gawanke

Took the words outve my mouth! I'm really looking forward to seeing these Ds. Exciting stuff.

 

[garret9]

I'll be there.
It will be fun.

 

[mcpw]

Young team with a lot of F invites and most of our top prospects not playing. I'll consider it a success if they win a game or score more than 6 goals.

Most interesting storyline is probably the center/winger aspect of the three Moose rookies Harkins/Spacek/Appleton. All three of them spent time at C in the WHL/NCAA, not all three of them will play C for the Moose (Cormier will center one line, and then there are DeLeo/Sgarbossa/Roslovic as possible centers -- and Petan, if PauMau still doesn't like him, or Hendricks, if PauMau surprisingly doesn't like him). Their position in this tournament might give a first hint on whether the guys view them as a center or winger -- they could all center their own line, or they could just play together on the first line. If any of them plays on the wing for all three games we know what's up.

 

[garret9]

I'm guessing that at the start you'll see Appleton, Spacek, Harkins, and Hugg all centre a line.
After the start though is anyone's guess.

 

[garret9]

Getting closer. It will also be my black out date. I will still creep though and be on Twitter.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Garrett .... Do not drink to the point that you black out.

Just enjoy the hockey and report back to us.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

No Drink to you black out and hit on women...you are only young once

 

[garret9]

Garrett .... Do not drink to the point that you black out.

Just enjoy the hockey and report back to us.

Hahaha well it's a partial vacation and partial work trip so I'll have to behave somewhat.

No Drink to you black out and hit on women...you are only young once

My wife would kill me. She can get angry...
(I didn't black out but I did have a lot to drink before that photo)

 

[Whileee]

Getting closer. It will also be my black out date. I will still creep though and be on Twitter.

One of the main reasons I got a Twitter account...

 

[Saintb]

Hahaha well it's a partial vacation and partial work trip so I'll have to behave somewhat.



My wife would kill me. She can get angry...
(I didn't black out but I did have a lot to drink before that photo)

that's too funny. I've seen that look.

 

[MardyBum]

Getting closer. It will also be my black out date. I will still creep though and be on Twitter.

So no more posting on here at all? Or just anything related to analytics?

Can't stop by and drop a "LOL" when we have Hendricks in the lineup for 20+ games at the end of the season ?

 

[nobody important]

Hahaha well it's a partial vacation and partial work trip so I'll have to behave somewhat.



My wife would kill me. She can get angry...
(I didn't black out but I did have a lot to drink before that photo)

I pulled up that picture and suddenly I felt like a 6 year old that had just spray painted the cat.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

I am looking 4wrd to Appleton /Harkins/Spacek having a good Tourny and showing that we have some good depth in the system waiting on stanby with the Moose.

 

[mcpw]

Oilers roster is out. Looks similar to ours... defense should be good, forwards are mostly invites and some long shots. Benson is probably injured but still listed, similar to Poolman. Puljujarvi won't attend.

 

[CorgisPer60]

I can't wait for this. Hockey's been a long time coming. ****, the summer drags without it.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Were the games televised last year? I recall watching, but not sure if it was online or TV.

Remember Tkachuk cross checking Lemieux in the back of the head several times, causing his injury.

 

[Daximus]

Were the games televised last year? I recall watching, but not sure if it was online or TV.

Remember Tkachuk cross checking Lemieux in the back of the head several times, causing his injury.

They were streamed last year. Though not through the Jets. I remember having to watch the Flames and Oilers streams.

 

[csk]

They were streamed last year. Though not through the Jets. I remember having to watch the Flames and Oilers streams.

I watched it through the Jets I think, but IIRC it wasn't working for most people

 

[Daximus]

I watched it through the Jets I think, but IIRC it wasn't working for most people

Actually I think we streamed the Jets v. Flames but they had issues and didn't stream the Jets v. Oil or Canucks so we had to watch on youtube streams for the teams. My memory is pretty hazy though at the best of times.

 

[csk]

Actually I think we streamed the Jets v. Flames but they had issues and didn't stream the Jets v. Oil or Canucks so we had to watch on youtube streams for the teams. My memory is pretty hazy though at the best of times.

That could be right. Either way, I hope we have a good stream this year

 

[Daximus]

That could be right. Either way, I hope we have a good stream this year

Same here. I think they realise that people are fiending for some Jets hockey about this time of year and should have a good one up.

 

[mcpw]

Flames roster is out, too. Unlike the Jets/Oilers they did invite their AHL sophomores... so Mangiapane-Jankowski-Foo/Valimaki-Andersson is clearly the best starting lineup, and the Flames are the clear favorites to win this tournament.

 

[Daximus]

Flames roster is out, too. Unlike the Jets/Oilers they did invite their AHL sophomores... so Mangiapane-Jankowski-Foo/Valimaki-Andersson is clearly the best starting lineup, and the Flames are the clear favorites to win this tournament.

They stacked their team last year too. Always seem to.
I think they had like a 25 year old last year.

 

[mcpw]

And finally the Canucks roster. Boeser, Juolevi, Demko on there. Fun fact: they only have 4 F listed as center, two of them are invites, one is an undrafted FA signing, one is a 2016 overage 7th round pick.