JTech780 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Development camp starts next week. I am looking forward to hearing and seeing about our young prospects. Adam Ollas Mattsson (@ollasmattsson) tweeted at 11:51 PM on Fri, Jul 03, 2015: Calgary I"m coming for you ✈ Looks like we will get our first look at Ollas Mattson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Development camp starts next week. I am looking forward to hearing and seeing about our young prospects. Adam Ollas Mattsson (@ollasmattsson) tweeted at 11:51 PM on Fri, Jul 03, 2015: Calgary I"m coming for you ✈ Looks like we will get our first look at Ollas Mattson. Of our drafted D prospects, he is one of the few I have not seen on skates. I hope he wanders over here for good sometime in the future. Shutdown D aren't very sexy, but you need them in your pipeline and lineup. We actually have a good number of defensemen that could eventually see regular ice time; Kylington, Andersson, Vulkin, Rafikov, Morrison, Nakadl, Nattson, and yes even Kanzig. Hickey is an exciting prospect too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Development Camp Schedule: Monday July 6th: Testing (All Players) 8:00am-3:00pm Tuesday July 7th: Skill Development (Groups A&B 10:30am, Groups C&D 12:15pm) Wednesday July 8th: Skill Development (Groups A&B 11:30am, Groups C&D 1:15pm) Thursday July 9th: Scrimmage (AllPlayers) 9:30am Friday July 10th: Skills Development (Groups A&B 9:00am, Groups C&D 10:15am) Everything will take place at Winsport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 (Bold indicates invited player) Group A: Rasmus Andersson LD Riley Bruce RD Austin Carroll RW Garnet Hathaway RW Mark Jankowski C Keegan Kanzig LD Pavel Karnaukhov C Morgan Klimchuk LW Louick Marcotte RW Adam Ollas Mattson LD Patrick Sieloff LD Hunter Smith RW Rylan Toth G Group B: Sam Bennett C Jason Fram RD Brandon Hickey LD Jonathan Jutzi LD Andrew Mangiapane LW Philippe Myers RD Emile Poirier RW Julien Proulx LW Tomas Soustal C Jon Gillies G Group C: Matt Deblouw C Chris Dienes LD Scott Dornbrock LD Carter Foguth RD Brandon Hawkins RW Brett Kulak LD Ryan Lomberg LW Jakub Nakladal RD Sam Studnicka C Mason McDonald G Group D: Tyson Baillie C Ryan Culkin LD John Gilmour LD Oliver Kylington LD Mason Marchment LW Kenney Morrison RD Josh Pitt C Matt Wilkins LW Adam Clark G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Added links to the invited players. The only thing most of the invited players have in common, size. I most curious about Tomas Soustal, Brandon Hawkins and Mason Marchment. Soustal is 6'3" and sounds like he can skate, didn't put up many points in Kelowna last year but it was his first in NA and he might have stuck down the depth chart on a very good team. Hawkins is 21 but put up 30 points in 39 games in his rookie NCAA season. Marchment is 6'3" and the son of Bryan Marchment, interesting to see if he has any of his dads mean streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Thanks for the info JT. I thought we had signed Marcotte, but maybe that was just for the AHL. So, Fram is back again. I thought he was going to get signed last year. Hope that we have some eyes on the prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarkRaving Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Anyone going to this? I'll likely go either Tuesday or Wednesday. I'd like to see the scrimmage on Thursday, but don't think I can make it. Last year, Gaudreau was definitely the standout, followed closely by Bennett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm hoping to make later in the week sessions. Hockey in the summer, life is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KACaribou Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I would be interested to know opinions on development since last year (for some), and who can skate and who needs work still. Interestingly 14 guys are 6'3 or over; 6 over 6'5" including goalies mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kehatch Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I agree with Treliving that this camp should be more about development and less about evaluation / making the team. But it will make for a less interesting camp as there are far fewer games to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Scott Cruickshank (@CruickshankCH) tweeted at 5:20 PM on Sun, Jul 05, 2015: Prospects D Rushan Rafikov (visa) and RW Tim Harrison (injury) are not participating in #Flames development camp this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccsberg Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hoping to make most of the sessions. With the different format its hard to tell how it will be. I think you'll still get a good sense of the players, and hopefully the scrimmage will be a complete game. In any case it should be fun to see all the prospects and it'll provide the brass with a locks on the invitees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1970 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Scott Cruickshank (@CruickshankCH) tweeted at 5:20 PM on Sun, Jul 05, 2015: Prospects D Rushan Rafikov (visa) and RW Tim Harrison (injury) are not participating in #Flames development camp this week. Disappointing Rafikov won't be there again. I also noticed that Oleg Yevenko isn't anywhere on the list. Anyone know why that is? Our D prospect pipeline looks a lot more promising than it did 12-18 mths ago. I'm not that excited about our forward prospects at the moment. With it a near certainty Bennett graduates to the big club, the only guys that are all that exciting are Poirier and Klimchuk. I like Hathaway, but he's a bottom 6 guy, and Janko has a lot to prove yet. Maybe somebody like Carrol, Mangiapane or Marcotte will surprise us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1970 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I guess if you include Granlund, Arnold, Ferland and Wolfman things aren't as thin as they seem for our forward prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cccsberg Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Disappointing Rafikov won't be there again. I also noticed that Oleg Yevenko isn't anywhere on the list. Anyone know why that is? Our D prospect pipeline looks a lot more promising than it did 12-18 mths ago. I'm not that excited about our forward prospects at the moment. With it a near certainty Bennett graduates to the big club, the only guys that are all that exciting are Poirier and Klimchuk. I like Hathaway, but he's a bottom 6 guy, and Janko has a lot to prove yet. Maybe somebody like Carrol, Mangiapane or Marcotte will surprise us. Somebody mentioned Yevenko signed with another team. Yes on Rafikov and the D pipeline. I think we've got some good forward prospects, including Poirier and Klimchuk (a given), Carrol who might surprise, Hathaway (Bouma-type), Smith (2nd-3rd line RW), Wolf (power forward) and best looking of the bunch-Jankowski (great in the Frozen 4, speed and skill). And that's not mentioning this year's picks, Karnaukov (Klimchuk-type?) and Mangiapane (JH-type, better stats at same year of development). And yes, I forgot Marcotte.... Arnold, Agostino and VBB. I agree there are few "blue chipper" high draft picks in there, but I'm pretty confident there's probably a good half dozen or likely more NHLers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Disappointing Rafikov won't be there again. I also noticed that Oleg Yevenko isn't anywhere on the list. Anyone know why that is? Our D prospect pipeline looks a lot more promising than it did 12-18 mths ago. I'm not that excited about our forward prospects at the moment. With it a near certainty Bennett graduates to the big club, the only guys that are all that exciting are Poirier and Klimchuk. I like Hathaway, but he's a bottom 6 guy, and Janko has a lot to prove yet. Maybe somebody like Carrol, Mangiapane or Marcotte will surprise us. Oleg Yevenko signed with the Lake Erie Monsters. http://www.lakeeriemonsters.com/team/news/craig-vogelhuber-ambroz-yevenko-signed-15-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I have heard two versions of status for Tyson Baillie: 1) He would need to go back into the draft in 2016 to be able to sign any contract 2) He is free to sign a contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_jones Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I have heard two versions of status for Tyson Baillie: 1) He would need to go back into the draft in 2016 to be able to sign any contract 2) He is free to sign a contract They are both kind of correct. He is free to sign as long as it's in the offseason. He is also eligible to re enter the draft next year if he doesn't get a contract by Sept 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 They are both kind of correct. He is free to sign as long as it's in the offseason. He is also eligible to re enter the draft next year if he doesn't get a contract by Sept 15. If that is true, we could sign him and play him in the AHL, as he is old enough. Perhaps the Johnny Hockey phenomena has clouded my judgement. But I also would like the Flames to sign Jason Fram, at least to an AHL deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Just watched some of the videos from day 1 of the development camp and I came away impressed with Garnet Hathaway's interview. He seems like a very upbeat guy, who wants to be a leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Just watched some of the videos from day 1 of the development camp and I came away impressed with Garnet Hathaway's interview. He seems like a very upbeat guy, who wants to be a leader. I liked Hathaway a lot at last year's camp. He did most things well but didn't seem to have much finish. Good size and smarts for a bottom 6 W. Another year in the A and he could be a keeper, perhaps spot duty call up this year? Perhaps another Jooris-type find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1970 Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Oleg Yevenko signed with the Lake Erie Monsters.http://www.lakeeriemonsters.com/team/news/craig-vogelhuber-ambroz-yevenko-signed-15-16Thanks, I missed that.Disappointing? I thought it was a bit of a coup that Calgary was able to sign 2 of the top 4-6 free agent defensemen coming out of the NCAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thanks, I missed that. Disappointing? I thought it was a bit of a coup that Calgary was able to sign 2 of the top 4-6 free agent defensemen coming out of the NCAA. He made it into 4 games last year, so I am guessing that he didn't impress the coaching and management staff enough to garner another contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Gimour is the forgotten Friar. He may never get signed by the Flames, but he was playing well in a shutdown role on a defensive team. Must be getting hockey fever a little early this summer. Looking forward to see where some of the new guys are in conditioning and skills: Kylington, Andersson, Mangiapane, Marcotte. Interested to see if Baillie is not just another junior player. Hope that these guys are near the tops in skills and conditioning: Bennett, Janko, Smith, Klimchuk, Mattsson, Nakladal (sp?), Morrison We seem to be very deep with D prospects, any of which could be a diamond in the rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) tweeted at 11:50 AM on Tue, Jul 07, 2015: .@PatSieloff is spending his summer in #yyc, working with #Flames @RyanVanAsten and prepping for next season. I really like hearing about young players spending their offseasons in Calgary looking to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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