Roscoe
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Post by Roscoe on Aug 19, 2024 3:18:42 GMT -4
I thought Blake was a huge disappointment this afternoon. I don’t think he ever went 5 feet into his own end on any shift, just hung around outside the blue line looking for a pass 🫤. Even in the offensive zone he seemed to have a big fear of going into the corners. Blake seems to have some speed when he wants to, but that didn’t seem to apply to going off the ice on a change with the puck in his end. Slow and looked lazy 🤷♂️. A 16yr old rookie is a huge disappointment after a scrimmage in August? And it starts..... Well, he's presumably playing for a spot on the team - you'd expect *some* effort to try and impress the coaches and his teammates. Even the returning players were concentrating on the scimmage - Levesque especially... |
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Roscoe
Blue-Chip Prospect
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Post by Roscoe on Aug 19, 2024 3:20:09 GMT -4
Yeah I find this one a bit odd. It’s a game of mostly rookies getting their feet wet on day 1, and mistakes are made all over the place. One of the few kids that has shown natural abilities (mostly skating) is getting the gears. Let’s see how he looks in a month at least. Were you there watching him? It wasn't mistakes I mentioned, btw... |
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Post by moosefan1994 on Aug 19, 2024 7:46:55 GMT -4
I thought Blake was a huge disappointment this afternoon. I don’t think he ever went 5 feet into his own end on any shift, just hung around outside the blue line looking for a pass 🫤. Even in the offensive zone he seemed to have a big fear of going into the corners. Blake seems to have some speed when he wants to, but that didn’t seem to apply to going off the ice on a change with the puck in his end. Slow and looked lazy 🤷♂️. A 16yr old rookie is a huge disappointment after a scrimmage in August? And it starts..... Yep, it’s that time of year again, Prospect has a “bad” shift, BUST!!! Prospect doesn’t skate hard enough so as to almost have their muscles give out from over exertion, LAZY!!! Prospect doesn’t come down below the hash marks in their own zone, DEFENSIVE LIABILITY!!! |
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Post by statsman18 on Aug 19, 2024 7:47:44 GMT -4
A 16yr old rookie is a huge disappointment after a scrimmage in August? And it starts..... Well, he's presumably playing for a spot on the team - you'd expect *some* effort to try and impress the coaches and his teammates. Even the returning players were concentrating on the scimmage - Levesque especially... This is the classic fans expecting to much from a 16yo. A 16yo who was picked 11th overall not 1st mention. Also he’s not playing for a spot he has a spot. |
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Post by howitzer on Aug 19, 2024 9:25:48 GMT -4
Agree with it or not, 16yr olds are immune from criticism their first year in the league. They just are. They're 16 ffs. They get a free pass for a year.
Unless a kid is blantenly not trying or being a cancer to the team. But that would be incredibly rare. If a player had that in them, they likely wouldn't have been drafted.
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Roscoe
Blue-Chip Prospect
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Post by Roscoe on Aug 19, 2024 11:49:38 GMT -4
Well, he's presumably playing for a spot on the team - you'd expect *some* effort to try and impress the coaches and his teammates. Even the returning players were concentrating on the scimmage - Levesque especially... This is the classic fans expecting to much from a 16yo. A 16yo who was picked 11th overall not 1st mention. Also he’s not playing for a spot he has a spot. 11’th? You’re thinking Walter’s. It’s Blake I was talking about. |
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Post by papadopoulos on Aug 19, 2024 13:48:41 GMT -4
During the training camp update video posted by the Mooseheads, Scott mentioned Nasreddine as a player that has made the final roster. Now I guess we wait and see about the other two Americans.
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Post by Citris on Aug 19, 2024 13:58:29 GMT -4
I thought Blake was a huge disappointment this afternoon. I don’t think he ever went 5 feet into his own end on any shift, just hung around outside the blue line looking for a pass 🫤. Even in the offensive zone he seemed to have a big fear of going into the corners. Blake seems to have some speed when he wants to, but that didn’t seem to apply to going off the ice on a change with the puck in his end. Slow and looked lazy 🤷♂️. 16 year old playing in his 3rd game in 24 hours, plus whatever off-ice stuff they're doing. It's training camp for a reason. Part of it is testing these kids conditioning. "Lazy" and "16 and not in major junior shape" are two completely different things. |
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Post by statsman18 on Aug 19, 2024 14:54:13 GMT -4
This is the classic fans expecting to much from a 16yo. A 16yo who was picked 11th overall not 1st mention. Also he’s not playing for a spot he has a spot. 11’th? You’re thinking Walter’s. It’s Blake I was talking about. Even better a 2nd round pick, who yeah has a spot. A 16yo picked in the 2nd round and you’re giving this type of feed back. Come on man it’s probably the first time he’s played against kids 3 years older than him. That’s actually worse. |
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Post by knuckles on Aug 19, 2024 14:54:47 GMT -4
Let's get 2024-25 underway folks! Returning after a long hiatus/watching from sidelines.
Reading the Blake comments and while yes it is early, it should be noted that this has been a concern for him since his U15 days. It hasn't changed even when moving to play at MSC. He's an uberb talented kid but competing/playing defensively is a critique that many scouts and GMs had of him leading up to the draft. In the video from draft the team released, I believe they mentioned something along these lines.
I'm intrigued to see how he adapts, there is no question of natural talent. Exhibition games upcoming will be nice to see!
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Post by statsman18 on Aug 19, 2024 16:33:04 GMT -4
Good little watch. Now that the last inter squad game is over we will hear of kids leaving. The one to watch for is Nico.
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Post by statsman18 on Aug 20, 2024 8:09:35 GMT -4
Someone said that the Mooseheads brass will look at these boards. The lack of talk about training camp should be deafening. Usually we get a little bit of insight on what people thought about the inter squad games. Crickets!!!!! We actually hear about who left camp for the NCAA reasons by now too. More Crickets!!! Hell I’ll admit I usually try and sneak to see at least one myself but couldn’t be bothered this year. I have a feeling the new owners are going to get a rude awakening on attendance this year. We’ll see what the first exhibition game is like for viewership but I don’t think it will be pretty.
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Roscoe
Blue-Chip Prospect
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Post by Roscoe on Aug 20, 2024 8:20:44 GMT -4
Someone said that the Mooseheads brass will look at these boards. The lack of talk about training camp should be deafening. Usually we get a little bit of insight on what people thought about the inter squad games. Crickets!!!!! We actually hear about who left camp for the NCAA reasons by now too. More Crickets!!! Hell I’ll admit I usually try and sneak to see at least one myself but couldn’t be bothered this year. I have a feeling the new owners are going to get a rude awakening on attendance this year. We’ll see what the first exhibition game is like for viewership but I don’t think it will be pretty. Attendance at the afternoon scrimmages was surprisingly good. I mean, it's not a big place but probably 75% full... |
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Post by itsame2023 on Aug 20, 2024 8:23:44 GMT -4
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Post by thecaptain on Aug 20, 2024 8:29:20 GMT -4
Barring no trades or Americans signing
Carrier Kilfoil Crosby
Levesque MAcPhee Sprynar
Moser Todd Fontaine
Blake Walters Nasredine
Carroll/Shaw
Schultz
Handel
Phillips
Martin
FA/Trade for depth D/Waiver pickup
MacKenzie
7/8 Brodeur or George
Rousseau
Milner
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