GDT: Nashville Predators 2024 Training Camp

[triggrman]

As much as I have never been a fan of Josi as Captain, I don't see that spot opening up until he retires, unless he just decides he wants to give it up.

TBH outside of the preseason games in Florida I haven't seen much of camp. The Florida games weren't good, but I think Stamkos and O'Reilly were about the only big names that even played.

I'm curious how you judge a NHL captain as a fan?

 

[BigFatCat999]

Postponed to October 7.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839692349208776852

Good we got other things to worry about other than a f***ing preseason game

 

[herzausstein]

Postponed to October 7.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1839692349208776852

Good deal. Tampa area is under water and my area of north east TN is having a ton of issues with flash flooding. Lost some bridges and Unicoi county hospital is surrounded by water. Absolute freakin disaster. I hope everyone is doin ok as it travels towards central tn

 

[SirKillalot]

How has Jake Livingstone looked, any chance for him in regards to being close to a roster opportunity?

 

[Armourboy]

Good deal. Tampa area is under water and my area of north east TN is having a ton of issues with flash flooding. Lost some bridges and Unicoi county hospital is surrounded by water. Absolute freakin disaster. I hope everyone is doin ok as it travels towards central tn

TBH here it had been so dry as long as it didn't rain too hard there wasn't going to be too much runoff. Its mostly been just a constant slow rain here since Thursday evening. River wise I think by the time it works through the dam systems it shouldn't be too bad.

 

[Armourboy]

Fabbro is shooting tonight, I like it.

 

[Armourboy]

One for the good guys!

 

[SouthNash]

Two for the good guys!

 

[Armourboy]

Tomasino from the side of the net. 2-0!

 

[Armourboy]

We want Frosties!

 

[SouthNash]

Frosties!!

 

[Armourboy]

Make it a nickel!

 

[SouthNash]

Marchie's first

 

[Armourboy]

That Novak, Marchessault. Evangelista line looking pretty dang good.

 

[SouthNash]

Shorty for ozzie!

Nope parsnip?

Nope ozzie

 

[Armourboy]

Weisblatt looks like a Meth Forsberg or how I imagine Donnie Baker from Bob and Tom looks like.

 

[Armourboy]

Well that's definitely a style choice. A hockey helmet, with a sombrero on top, with a toboggan cap on top of that.

 

[Armourboy]

They need to keep the Saros , that's kind of funny.

 

[Adz]

Mmm, let's have some Entenmann's tarts/ pie-lets for preseason. Juuse and Marchy...you first.

Fun game! Go Preds!

 

[triggrman]

I hope Fabbro continues that type of play

 

[Gnashville]

Yeah, I dunno. Would be fun to see as a fan but obviously the main goal is to win those (presumably) first 9 games so he'd have to be ready or real close since this isn't a rebuilding team. The (IMO) silly CHL rules suck again because Milwaukee seems like the place for him right now.

They don’t have to play him in the first 9 games though they can scratch him and keep him all season but once he plays a 10th game his contract counts towards free agency. But the best thing is play him sparingly for about five games until SS is healthy and return him to Jr.

 

[glenngineer]

The guys I expected to play well tonight did so. Luke, Phil, Novak, March, Sissons, Fabbro, Saros

The guys I hoped would step up and show me something not so much. Pars, Kemell, Del Gaizo

One guy I haven't seen play that who was impressive was Ufko. Weisblatt also did some nice things.

I think Parssinen is a lost cause. While he looked good two seasons ago in a short stint, he's 23 and a former 7th-round pick and I haven't seen a lot of improvement. I'd expect him to shine and be seen in a game where we're playing a team with AHL/prospect talent.

Kemell has an amazing shot. He needs to work on his overall game to make it at the next level.

Del Gaizo made some really questionable plays with the puck. Not good to see at this stage of his development.

 

[Armourboy]

I haven't been thrilled with Parssinen but I think this is the 2nd game I've seen him in and I think both times he was paired up with AHL level talent. I've never seen him as a guy that could drive a line alone, so if he doesn't have much to work with he isn't going to do much. That said I didn't really see anything that would make me just jump up and down if they waived him or decided to have him in and out of the lineup.

I agree on Kemell, no doubt the guy can shoot, but feels like everything outside of that is weak.

I didn't know Ufko was even playing tonight until late in the game, never heard his name until then. That can be good or bad depending on what you are looking for out of a guy.

Weisblatt still needs some work, but he does have something there I think you can mold into a useful player eventually. Have a strange feeling his development with San Jose was not all that great. Got a strange feeling he spent several years playing with some pretty bad players.

Del Gaizo is a guy I never expected to be more than a 6 or that guy who can come off the bench and give you a game or two and not kill you ( and not waste a younger guys development ). One of his pluses in the NHL games he has gotten was that he at least seemed steady and made the right choices most of the time. Might end up being one of those guys who gets exposed the more he plays.


Edit: Tomasino and Fabbro's play last night probably made me more happy than anything. It was much more the style of play you want to see from them so maybe with all of the mess of the offseason those two finally buckled down and figured it out. We shall see.

 

[herzausstein]

Someone i havent seen mentioned but i dont think Wilsby did a bad job. No giveaways, a couple hits, a couple shots, an assist.... just a solid game.

 

[Armourboy]

Someone i havent seen mentioned but i dont think Wilsby did a bad job. No giveaways, a couple hits, a couple shots, an assist.... just a solid game.

He wasn't bad, just don't think he was good enough to take an NHL job from someone at this point. That said it never hurts to know you have a guy that might can handle it if things really hit the fan and you really need to dig into the depth.