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TangoMcBride said:
Texas should be fun to follow this year with Stranges and Bourque on the squad.
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Their talent level across that lineup would make it highly disappointing if they're not a dominant team in the AHL next season. They're loaded with veteran talent, especially on defense. They have high-end forward talent with both young prospects and veterans that have proven capable of scoring at the AHL level.

The only semi-question is in the net. Matt Murray looked fantastic last year, but it was only a handful of games. I'm really optimistic about him, but I'm also realistic in that you can't really say there is a slam-dunk option at that position either. If Texas gets let down somewhere, goal is probably the most likely culprit even if I'm not expecting that.

Texas has had deeper and better overall defense before (they dumped a ton of money into defense on top AHL talent that inaugural year), but I'm not sure they've had a better mix of forwards.
 
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The "veteran" prospects mostly carried the team. Interesting that Stranges had a much better showing than Bourque but that maybe because his strengths make him excell more at pond hockey type situations.
 
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serp said:


The "veteran" prospects mostly carried the team. Interesting that Stranges had a much better showing than Bourque but that maybe because his strengths make him excell more at pond hockey type situations.
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It’s 3 games . Bourque is better than stranges .
 
Seminoff has been sent back to Kamloops. I imagine several other guys have already been cut as well. Probably everyone who didn't play in the scrimmage

 
Fegaras apparently had a standout performance the opening weekend in the USHL.

George Fegaras, D, Muskegon Lumberjacks (Dallas Stars): A four-assist performance in his first USHL weekend was quite the showing for Fegaras, who spent last season in the OJHL. The Stars third-rounder looked like a veteran out there, skating well and getting pucks to the net. There’s a quiet confidence in his game, which allowed Fegaras to navigate the ice well, play physical defense and make some solid plays with the puck. While he’s not really a rookie thanks to his previous junior experience, he is new to this league. It’s pretty safe to say the USHL is going to get very familiar with him very quickly.
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www.flohockey.tv

Hrabal, Fegaras, Strathmann Among 15 Standouts At USHL Fall Classic - FloHockey

Chris Peters details some of the standout performances and notable prospects from the 2022 USHL Fall Classic.
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Juniorhockeyguru said:
Stankoven said that he expects to be back in Kamloops this season. Which isn't a shock.
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Right now everyone expects him to be back in Kamloops, even despite him looking ready to play at this level. Short 19 year old forward? Was always a veryyyy slim chance he'd make this roster even if he dominated in camp. Nothing to gain for him at the junior level anymore imo so it's dumb, but it's still gonna happen. I've also seen him talking about how excited he is to play in the Memorial Cup.

Unless Jim Nill has turned a page, which would be nice. I mean he did just trade a 1st rounder for the first time in his Dallas tenure AND it was for a guy under 25, so who knows. Unlikely tho, I'd imagine management has already told him he's headed back soon.
 
Stankoven is from Kamloops playing for the Blazers who host the Memorial Cup next season. To stick in the NHL this year something extraordinary must be happening. Unless he shows he's ready for top6 minutes right now he should go back to the Blazers and enjoy his final year there and hopefully win the Memorial Cup.
 
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Vrana15 said:
How has Olofsson looked in camp? any shot at making it?
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It seems like he's mainly in the AHL grouping. In fact, I'd say there's a reasonable chance the line he played with in Tulsa could be a top-quality line for Texas in the AHL:

Karlstrom-Back-Olofsson

As a precaution, he missed the team scrimmage with a minor injury, and the Tulsa game wasn't televised. Not many opportunities to watch him for fans.
 
I think even if Kamloops wasn't a priority of Gaglardi, that Stankoven would still get sent back to juniors. There's only so many roster spots and Blumel seems like he's going to snag one of them. Johnston and Blumel are the most likely rookies to make the team right now. If you like them both then Kiviranta gets sent down. Passed that there's just no room for anyone else.
 
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SwatKatz said:
I think even if Kamloops wasn't a priority of Gaglardi, that Stankoven would still get sent back to juniors. There's only so many roster spots and Blumel seems like he's going to snag one of them. Johnston and Blumel are the most likely rookies to make the team right now. If you like them both then Kiviranta gets sent down. Passed that there's just no room for anyone else.
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I haven't seen much posted about the actual camp results, but why would you think that Johnston would make it over Stankoven outside of the Kamloops memorial cup nonsense?
even still, the point that there is so many "spots" open is in itself ridiculous, I know in actual application, especially with the Stars, young players will get shafted for a worse veteran 95% of the time regardless of how well they perform, hell we saw it just last year with Oettinger being relegated to the AHL undeservedly. But still, you don't improve a team by keep worse players around because you might lose them to waivers.
It'd be hard for all of Stankoven, Damiani, Johnston, Dellandrea, and Blumel to be any worse than what we saw from half of the forwards last year (Kiviranta, Benn, Gurianov, Studenic, Faksa, Radulov, Seguin, etc)
yet somehow they are "locks". (not radulov obviously and benn and seguin are understandable because of the money) but everyone else is moveable (some more so than others),
 
I’d love to see Stank make it but it just seems like a foregone conclusion he’s going back to Kamloops, and it may be a mutual interest too.

Dellandrea seems like a given at this point and deservingly so.

I’m hoping Johnston and Blumel can somehow both make it but more than likely only one probably will. If that’s the case, Johnston is the best option.
 
If Robo doesn’t sign by the time the regular season starts, it’s got to increase the chance one or both of WJ and Stank get 9 games or less right? Maybe they can tear it up and force a move to keep them around.
 
M88K said:
I haven't seen much posted about the actual camp results, but why would you think that Johnston would make it over Stankoven outside of the Kamloops memorial cup nonsense?
even still, the point that there is so many "spots" open is in itself ridiculous, I know in actual application, especially with the Stars, young players will get shafted for a worse veteran 95% of the time regardless of how well they perform, hell we saw it just last year with Oettinger being relegated to the AHL undeservedly. But still, you don't improve a team by keep worse players around because you might lose them to waivers.
It'd be hard for all of Stankoven, Damiani, Johnston, Dellandrea, and Blumel to be any worse than what we saw from half of the forwards last year (Kiviranta, Benn, Gurianov, Studenic, Faksa, Radulov, Seguin, etc)
yet somehow they are "locks". (not radulov obviously and benn and seguin are understandable because of the money) but everyone else is moveable (some more so than others),
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Typical fan optimistic BS around here. We really can't know that those young guys, with no NHL experience and less than fully mature bodies would outperform Seguin's 24 goals or Benn's 18. We would also expect them to struggle for the first 20-40 games. Guri and Faksa could continue their downward trends, or maybe bounce back a bit with a new coach, but those are the kinds of changes typically made about 20 games in when what they are this year is known. Ty D and Studenic have different levels of experience, but some is better than none in most cases. Some young players (think Nuke) were set back 4-5 years by being brought up too early.

In other words, it is not shafting young players if you make them play head and shoulders above the guys already here. It is sort of a "tie goes to the veteran" type of deal, which I think most GM's and coaches would subscribe to. That is balanced out by cap needs and the obvious need to bring in a few rookies each year because it is a young man's game anymore. Cup teams win when the majority of their core is in their late 20;s, i.e. peak years. I think we all know (and so does Nill) that we are too old and too young at the moment to be true Cup contenders. Miro, Otter, and JRob (and Nils, Peterson, and a few others) will still be in their primes if the young guys marinate a bit for a year or more before making the move.

Short version, the most popular guys in town are always the backup QB and goalie, and untested prospects who we are sure will tear up the NHL.
 
M88K said:
I haven't seen much posted about the actual camp results, but why would you think that Johnston would make it over Stankoven outside of the Kamloops memorial cup nonsense?
even still, the point that there is so many "spots" open is in itself ridiculous, I know in actual application, especially with the Stars, young players will get shafted for a worse veteran 95% of the time regardless of how well they perform, hell we saw it just last year with Oettinger being relegated to the AHL undeservedly. But still, you don't improve a team by keep worse players around because you might lose them to waivers.
It'd be hard for all of Stankoven, Damiani, Johnston, Dellandrea, and Blumel to be any worse than what we saw from half of the forwards last year (Kiviranta, Benn, Gurianov, Studenic, Faksa, Radulov, Seguin, etc)
yet somehow they are "locks". (not radulov obviously and benn and seguin are understandable because of the money) but everyone else is moveable (some more so than others),
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Well, no offense but you should use your head a bit when it comes to Stankoven. Hometown kid that plays for the Memorial Cp host, with an owner that has put millions into the event, who btw is also born and raised in Kamloops. Stank is only 19, and not even a first round pick.

You really are that ignorant to all those very legitimate factors playing a part? Good grief.
 
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