wildcam Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Captain Canuck #12 said: I'm afraid his play in the Canucks 2022 Development Camp didn't exactly draw a glowing review from Faber: Edit: I forgot about one more player. Left-shot defenceman Jackson van de Leest was in attendance as well. He is very tall (6’7”) and was very clunky with the puck. He didn’t really stick out aside from his size and was one of the worst puck-handlers in the camp. It looks like he is off to USports after playing out his WHL career with Calgary and Red Deer. Well he won't look great skating with Canuck players? Van De Leest would be nervous and not relaxed.. Have to judge him more in Penticton.. I sure hope he fits in and just keeps his game simple..Flyers had him at camp last year? I will be cheering for him.. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Castiglione Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 35 minutes ago, wildcam said: Well he won't look great skating with Canuck players? Van De Leest would be nervous and not relaxed.. Have to judge him more in Penticton.. I sure hope he fits in and just keeps his game simple..Flyers had him at camp last year? I will be cheering for him.. Hmmm. Faber is decent though I agree he'd probably be neverous at a new camp. Hopefully he shows better this weekend and we can get him in the system. Big guys like him take a long time to develop and mature into their body. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kootenay Gold Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, Petey Castiglione said: Big guys like him take a long time to develop and mature into their body. That they do. My niece's son just turned 16 this summer and he is 6'6 and about 220 lbs. He is a Left shot D man and will be playing in the AJHL this fall. He has always been big for his age but this last growth spurt has really messed up his co-ordination. Time will tell if the co-ordination catches up to his body. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Petey Castiglione Posted September 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Kootenay Gold said: That they do. My niece's son just turned 16 this summer and he is 6'6 and about 220 lbs. He is a Left shot D man and will be playing in the AJHL this fall. He has always been big for his age but this last growth spurt has really messed up his co-ordination. Time will tell if the co-ordination catches up to his body. Exactly! Crazy part is, he's not done growing. IMO these guys need even more reps/playing time to really get used to their ever growing bodies. Limbs get longer? Stick handling and skating feels totally different. Muscles get stronger? Balance and timing feel off. Chara was a big ol' pylon before he was Chara. Reading Big Z's story and you know why he's been committed to his fitness. I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record but again, we need to be hoarding defense, of all types, and do whatever it takes for them developmentally to be successful. We've found our stride in developing goalies and wingers. We now need to extend that to defenceman and centers. 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post BarnBurner Posted September 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: 4 pages? You can just sense the excitement. It all begins tomorrow! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Petey Castiglione said: Exactly! Crazy part is, he's not done growing. IMO these guys need even more reps/playing time to really get used to their ever growing bodies. Limbs get longer? Stick handling and skating feels totally different. Muscles get stronger? Balance and timing feel off. Chara was a big ol' pylon before he was Chara. Reading Big Z's story and you know why he's been committed to his fitness. I'm gonna start sounding like a broken record but again, we need to be hoarding defense, of all types, and do whatever it takes for them developmentally to be successful. We've found our stride in developing goalies and wingers. We now need to extend that to defenceman and centers. I absolutely can’t argue with this statement. I know that@Warhippy has been very vocal about how this must happen for us to truly be put into contender status. It begins with drafting and developing more RSD because no teams want to give up those highly coveted position players unless you trade away your first born and then some. I love our goalie development, wingers especially the right winger depth is deep in our organization. We must focus our scouting and resources on developing D. It’s a position that takes a long time for players to be developed and if we want to win with the core we have, we better boogie-woogie to get some blue chip blue liners in our system. You are bang on Petey, but don’t stop playing that broken record until the team fixes this problem. It’s warranted if we want to be a championship caliber team. (Sorry folks this is a YoungStars thread,not to try & get off topic) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, EP Phone Home said: I absolutely can’t argue with this statement. I know that@Warhippy has been very vocal about how this must happen for us to truly be put into contender status. It begins with drafting and developing more RSD because no teams want to give up those highly coveted position players unless you trade away your first born and then some. I love our goalie development, wingers especially the right winger depth is deep in our organization. We must focus our scouting and resources on developing D. It’s a position that takes a long time for players to be developed and if we want to win with the core we have, we better boogie-woogie to get some blue chip blue liners in our system. You are bang on Petey, but don’t stop playing that broken record until the team fixes this problem. It’s warranted if we want to be a championship caliber team. (Sorry folks this is a YoungStars thread,not to try & get off topic) Developing Centres might not be a bad idea as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EP Phone Home Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Developing Centres might not be a bad idea as well. Absolutely Ghost, we do have some centres in our system. But the list of Carson Focht, Jackson Kunz, Jack Malone, Connor Lockhart and Daimon Gardner may or may not scream NHL C’s but I surely hope one of these mentioned (as well as Aman, Karlsson) can take their game and surprise us. I’m especially looking forward to watching Karlsson play this weekend. Definitely need a Sutter/Malholtra shutdown 3C sometime in the future. With no disrespect to the three stud offensive centres we have on our roster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ghostsof1915 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Sometimes at night I can hear the ice crack. It sounds like thunder and rips through my back. Sometimes in the afternoon I still hear the sound. Of ice meets metal...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: That is a very nice arena.. Must be at least 5000 seats and press boxes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ghostsof1915 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, wildcam said: That is a very nice arena.. Must be at least 5000 seats and press boxes.. So it can support an NHL team you say? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said: So it can support an NHL team you say? Just the right size for AZ to move into 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcam Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said: So it can support an NHL team you say? Not even close good for WHL or very popular Penticton BCJH league team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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