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**Whitesnake** · 09-20-2008, 12:37 PM

Came back from the practice. Pissed off. Didn't see everyting I wanted.

My rant of the day is that for fans, today wasn't that good. You had to be in rink #1 to have something interesting as far as drills are concerned. I didn't go to rink #2 but the pamphlet was saying that on rink #2 it was only skating exercices. So people who were could confirm if it was interesting anyway. If I remember correctly in previous camps, you had 2 teams playing simultaneously on both rinks. Now everything started in rink #1 and then an hour later, the guys from rink #1 go in rink #2 for skating while another group takes the stage in rink #1. So had to leave at 11:45 so saw 1 group for the entire practice, and another group for 15 minutes.

Just to say that I arrived at 9:15 and at rink #1, I think it was already 2 lines standing while in rink #2 it was almost 1 though I understood that once I got the schedule. I've never seen, and I've been to a lot of them, that many people. My guess is that to be seated, you'll have to be there 2 hours prior to the start tomorrow. The problem is that if people think it's at 10:00, they'll be there at 8:00 which will make 3 hours before the start.....I won't be there that early but I wouldn't be surprised if some are.....It's actually crazy and it doesn't serve the fans too well. Better be moving this in something much bigger, even the Bell Centre.

As far as reports of players for day 1, it won't be as extensive as I used to 'cause didn't see everything and there's not a lot to say though some things 'caught my eye:

- The guy that caught my eye the most was......Gregory Stewart. Awesome wristers, great dekes, nice speed, nice passes, honestly, I'm not going to exaggerate but let's say I was so pleased by what I saw.

- Guys like Flinn and especially Henry are monsters. Komi is a big guy but those 2 caught my eye. Flinn though also caught my eye as far as not so good he is with the puck. Though we all know what his role would be. Henry was fine on D for a big guy. Laid the body for a couple of occasions.

- Kosto welcomed Weber in the NHL with a thunderous bodyckeck near the blue line. Weber was fine and I think Kosto went to see him right after to check if he was fine. Welcome in the NHL kid. Though Weber showed some of his great passing skills today.

- Price looking faster but I wasn't close to his end at all. Just got 2 or 3 shots that he should've caught with his glove and didn't. So I hope that still not a problem. But I let the others who were closer to say how he really was.

- I actually like what I've seen from Lacasse today. Looked more composed. Though there's some NHL quality shots I'm not sure he saw or heard, and I might compare to what I've seen from him in the latest camps, but he might actually be a nice goalie for Cincinnati, something I wasn't even sure he'd be able to do....

- Desjardins' day didn't start so fine. I think he let the first 5 shots in. But he also saw some quality shots there.

- MaxPac got some OH's from the crowd with his precise wristers on the top shelf. He really didn't look out of the place for the few minutes I saw him.

- Belle's skating is impressive. I really really like how he moves on the ice.

- Gorges looks to play with such confidence now. Great to see.

- Both Kostys showing that the wristers are still there. I was pleased to see Sergei K. going at it quite hard. Is not taking this too lightly.

- Kovy and Lang doing their thing. Nothing to write about except that on a lot of exercices we saw a lot of Lats-Lang-Kovy doing some 3 on 1 together. Didn't seem to click at first, worked better as it went along. But Lang seems so happy, was joking around with a lot of guys. Looked to me like he was the only one doing it that much. Great to see.

- Lats looking faster and his wristers and moves are up to par.

- Tanguay; didn't see a lot of him, looked smaller than I thought he looked.

-Trotter: Liked him today. Some impressive moves he did, didn't seem to be impressed by the vets he was playing with. Really liked his wristers as well. Good practice for him.

- White......is White. Again, amongst the rookies, didn't shine, I saw a good wrister that touched the crossbar. Besides that, just looked out of place, but again, and again, and again....I must be biased.

-Russell....seems a good candidate for Cincinnati once again.

-Aubin: doing what he does best....being invisible.

Other guys were there but didn't notice them too much, guys like Chip, Desharnais, Beauregard, Carle, Pleks (besides one incredible wrister to Desjardins), Maxwell, Wyman, Halak, Bouillon, Markov and Martin.

Note that I didn't see half of the second practice and didn't see the 3rd group who is practicing as we speak. So I didn't see guys like Bégin, D'Agostini, Fortier, Glumac, Higgins, Koivu, Lapierre, Laraque, Lehoux, Denis, Mayer, Brisebois, Dandenault, Hamrlik, O'Byrne, Subban, Valentenko. Don't remember if Anderson was there or not.

09-20-2008, 12:37 PM	#86
Whitesnake Habs MVP Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lorraine Country: Posts: 36,718 vCash: 500	Came back from the practice. Pissed off. Didn't see everyting I wanted. My rant of the day is that for fans, today wasn't that good. You had to be in rink #1 to have something interesting as far as drills are concerned. I didn't go to rink #2 but the pamphlet was saying that on rink #2 it was only skating exercices. So people who were could confirm if it was interesting anyway. If I remember correctly in previous camps, you had 2 teams playing simultaneously on both rinks. Now everything started in rink #1 and then an hour later, the guys from rink #1 go in rink #2 for skating while another group takes the stage in rink #1. So had to leave at 11:45 so saw 1 group for the entire practice, and another group for 15 minutes. Just to say that I arrived at 9:15 and at rink #1, I think it was already 2 lines standing while in rink #2 it was almost 1 though I understood that once I got the schedule. I've never seen, and I've been to a lot of them, that many people. My guess is that to be seated, you'll have to be there 2 hours prior to the start tomorrow. The problem is that if people think it's at 10:00, they'll be there at 8:00 which will make 3 hours before the start.....I won't be there that early but I wouldn't be surprised if some are.....It's actually crazy and it doesn't serve the fans too well. Better be moving this in something much bigger, even the Bell Centre. As far as reports of players for day 1, it won't be as extensive as I used to 'cause didn't see everything and there's not a lot to say though some things 'caught my eye: - The guy that caught my eye the most was......Gregory Stewart. Awesome wristers, great dekes, nice speed, nice passes, honestly, I'm not going to exaggerate but let's say I was so pleased by what I saw. - Guys like Flinn and especially Henry are monsters. Komi is a big guy but those 2 caught my eye. Flinn though also caught my eye as far as not so good he is with the puck. Though we all know what his role would be. Henry was fine on D for a big guy. Laid the body for a couple of occasions. - Kosto welcomed Weber in the NHL with a thunderous bodyckeck near the blue line. Weber was fine and I think Kosto went to see him right after to check if he was fine. Welcome in the NHL kid. Though Weber showed some of his great passing skills today. - Price looking faster but I wasn't close to his end at all. Just got 2 or 3 shots that he should've caught with his glove and didn't. So I hope that still not a problem. But I let the others who were closer to say how he really was. - I actually like what I've seen from Lacasse today. Looked more composed. Though there's some NHL quality shots I'm not sure he saw or heard, and I might compare to what I've seen from him in the latest camps, but he might actually be a nice goalie for Cincinnati, something I wasn't even sure he'd be able to do.... - Desjardins' day didn't start so fine. I think he let the first 5 shots in. But he also saw some quality shots there. - MaxPac got some OH's from the crowd with his precise wristers on the top shelf. He really didn't look out of the place for the few minutes I saw him. - Belle's skating is impressive. I really really like how he moves on the ice. - Gorges looks to play with such confidence now. Great to see. - Both Kostys showing that the wristers are still there. I was pleased to see Sergei K. going at it quite hard. Is not taking this too lightly. - Kovy and Lang doing their thing. Nothing to write about except that on a lot of exercices we saw a lot of Lats-Lang-Kovy doing some 3 on 1 together. Didn't seem to click at first, worked better as it went along. But Lang seems so happy, was joking around with a lot of guys. Looked to me like he was the only one doing it that much. Great to see. - Lats looking faster and his wristers and moves are up to par. - Tanguay; didn't see a lot of him, looked smaller than I thought he looked. -Trotter: Liked him today. Some impressive moves he did, didn't seem to be impressed by the vets he was playing with. Really liked his wristers as well. Good practice for him. - White......is White. Again, amongst the rookies, didn't shine, I saw a good wrister that touched the crossbar. Besides that, just looked out of place, but again, and again, and again....I must be biased. -Russell....seems a good candidate for Cincinnati once again. -Aubin: doing what he does best....being invisible. Other guys were there but didn't notice them too much, guys like Chip, Desharnais, Beauregard, Carle, Pleks (besides one incredible wrister to Desjardins), Maxwell, Wyman, Halak, Bouillon, Markov and Martin. Note that I didn't see half of the second practice and didn't see the 3rd group who is practicing as we speak. So I didn't see guys like Bégin, D'Agostini, Fortier, Glumac, Higgins, Koivu, Lapierre, Laraque, Lehoux, Denis, Mayer, Brisebois, Dandenault, Hamrlik, O'Byrne, Subban, Valentenko. Don't remember if Anderson was there or not. Last edited by Whitesnake: 09-20-2008 at 01:04 PM.