Not really talking about the talent pool, but that the philosophy for even picking tryouts is pretty damn brutal.This shouldn't surprise anybody. Our prospect pool is embarrassingly poor.
Thank you for the depressing update.
Not really talking about the talent pool, but that the philosophy for even picking tryouts is pretty damn brutal.This shouldn't surprise anybody. Our prospect pool is embarrassingly poor.
Thank you for the depressing update.
So we finished 0-3 in this rookie tournament and the talent out there was obviously lacking. A bigger problem I have is that Avs never really invite anybody interesting to these tourneys or even the main training camp. If there is a hyped prospect who was weirdly passed over in the draft, you never see them get an invite here. Ivan Ivan is probably one of the only few players Avs invited for the past four or so years that had an intriguing, later-bloomer sort of background.
Most, if not all of their invites are just AHL depth players who more likely will never see any sort of light in the NHL. I get you need role players and they are important, but considering how below-average our prospect pool is, you'd think they would go after some of the higher potential, higher bust invitees who have a red flag, but the potential talent to overcome it. No offence to players like Bunelle, Pyke, Hillebrand, or Scheel, but these are bottom-of-the-barrel scraps.
They announced Bellemare. I doubt we have any others.We're really gonna be the last f***ing team in the league to reveal all our PTOs, aren't we?
They announced Bellemare. I doubt we have any others.
Did you see the lists of those teams!??We're really gonna be the last f***ing team in the league to reveal all our PTOs, aren't we?
The defense other than Behrens was pretty useless.
Ivan Ivan looked good, smart possession player. At worst, he's a long time AHLer. Ritchie has great on the PP.
He’s pretty bad, a penalty magnet, and rather uncoachable.What happened to Makar's brother? Is he really that bad that he will not make the Avs opening night roster?
Why aren't you more like your brother!? Go to your room!He’s pretty bad, a penalty magnet, and rather uncoachable.
I'm positive Carvel has at least said those words in his head.Why aren't you more like your brother!? Go to your room!
They already announced it exclusively on Altitude... but this is a if a tree falls in the forest problem.I bet they'll announce a week from now.
Bro's gonna be eating a lot of nachosNuke listed on the Camp roster
He has to be.Nuke listed on the Camp roster