Training Camp Standouts

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Victor Mancini and Dylan Garand both had good preseason game 1’s after they were good at the prospect tournaments. I don’t think either has a chance to make the NHL roster for the opener, but both are making a good case to be first up at their positions when another player becomes needed at some point.

Rempe is winning skating contests in practice and giving motivational speeches to the press. He looks thoroughly frightening for the opponents and ready to upset the main boards a lot this season. I think he has a completely safe roster spot, but we’ll see.

 

[CraigBillington]

LDBB

Cmon man, don't make me do research on who you're talking about here. This is why I HATE using initials.
Especially when referring to general managers like GMMG, there have been a bunch of those

 

[CBJx614]

Cmon man, don't make me do research on who you're talking about here. This is why I HATE using initials.
Especially when referring to general managers like GMMG, there have been a bunch of those

It's a mouthful

 

[GettingYourMoms]

Mateychuk looks like he's picking up exactly where he left off this past season.

Brindley looks like he's ready to steal a spot out of camp

LDBB looks like he's ready to get heavy 1C minutes in Cleveland for a year or two

I think Jiricek needs another season or two in Cleveland to fill out and calm his game down a little bit.

Jiricek´s first showing is tomorrow, how can you even say this when you didn´t see him play lol?

 

[CBJx614]

Jiricek´s first showing is tomorrow, how can you even say this when you didn´t see him play lol?

... because we've been watching him play for the last two years? And a guy like Mateychuk looks miles ahead of him. Mateychuk stepped straight into the AHL playoffs from the WHL and looked better than Jiricek who had been in the AHL/NHL all season.

And in the Jackets scrimmage yesterday Mateychuk looked like an NHLer out with prospects meanwhile I noticed Jiricek maybe once. Which isn't exactly what you want to see from a known aggressive offensive dmen.

Not to mention Trent Vogelhuber (Cleveland Monsters HC) Was interviewed during the scrimmage yesterday and said we need to hold off on starting to judge Jiricek for another 150 games as dmen usually take 300+ plus games before they really start to define themselves. Not everyone is a generational talent that can come in and make an impact right away. He was talking about calm and collected Mateychuk was and how he came in and felt like a veteran and then later mentioned how they want Jiricek to be more calm out there.