Training Camp Heroes

by Cam Collingwood on Oct 6, 2011 12:18 PM EDT in Uncategorized

If only I had a nickel for every time I've heard, "You're a tool, you missed Kostka in the Breakout Bible"

Alright, so while we've been talking for the last few weeks about this guy getting cut and how this other guy won't make it, we're getting down to the nitty-gritty and now we turn the spotlight on those that might actually not get cut.

Some of these guys could still be on the chopping block but it's still worth mentioning them for surviving this long and it certainly can't hurt their status in the organization. Others could use this as a springboard for a dream rookie season like Cam Fowler, Derek Stepan & Jeff Skinner did last year... so stay tuned.

Players that are still in jeopardy of getting cut are in italics.

ANA - Andrew Gordon & Devante Smith-Pelly
CGY - Roman Horak
CAR - Ryan Murphy, Justin Faulk & ~~Riley Nash~~
CHI - Brandon Saad
COL - ~~Stefan Elliott~~ & ~~Mark Olver~~
CBJ - David Savard, Cam Atkinson & Maksim Mayorov
DAL - Tomas Vincour
DET - Cory Emmerton
EDM - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Anton Lander & Lennart Petrell
FLA - Jacob Markstrom, Erik Gudbranson & ~~Mike Kostka~~
LA - ~~Viatcheslav Voynov~~
MIN - Brett Bulmer & Marco Scandella
MTL - Raphael Diaz
NSH - Craig Smith & Mattias Ekholm
NJ - Adam Larsson
NYI - Ryan Strome & ~~Kirill Kabanov~~
OTT - Mika Zibanejad, Stephane Da Costa, David Rundblad & Jared Cowen
PHI - Matt Read, Sean Couturier & ~~Erik Gustafsson~~
STL - Evgeny Grachev
TB - Brett Connolly
TOR - Jake Gardiner & Matt Frattin
WSH - ~~Dmitri Orlov~~ & ~~Cody Eakin~~
WPG - Mark Scheifele

Most Unexpected:

1. ~~Kostka~~ (FLA)
2. Saad (CHI)
3. Bulmer (MIN)
4. Horak (CGY)
5. Scheifele (WPG)

Most Likely to Head Back to Jr.:

1. ~~Kabanov~~ (NYI)
2. Smith-Pelly (ANA)
3. Bulmer (MIN)
4. Murphy (CAR)
5. Strome (NYI)

Living the dream... but all dreams must end (aka I don't think these guys are that good):

1. ~~Kabanov~~ (NYI)
2. Mayorov (CBJ)
3. Horak (CGY)
4. Grachev (STL)
5. Zibanejad (OTT)

Best Breakout Chances:

1. Rundblad (OTT)
2. Larsson (NJ)
3. Markstrom (FLA)
4. C.Smith (NSH)
5. Savard (CBJ)
6. Nugent-Hopkins (EDM)
7. Couturier (PHI)
8. Scheifele (WPG)
9. Gardiner (TOR)
10. Read (PHI)

Drop a comment if you have an update that I missed & I'll try to keep this updated over the next few days.

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Nice list Cam.

Some interesting names on there. I’m surprised that Couturier is on there. I grabbed him in a league over Brett Connolly and was kinda kicking myself (since I think Connolly has a much better chance to make an impact this season) so he’s giving me some hope.

Your boy Ryan Murphy is surprising me as well.

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by jaymeyer on Oct 3, 2011 9:39 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks, Cam. This is awesome.
Do you still think that Rundblad can outperform Larsson this year?
Seems like Larsson has a clear shot to the #1 PP duties on a stacked NJ team.
Whereas Rundblad is behind Karlsson and Gonchar on not-so-stacked Ott team.

by Diomedes7 on Oct 3, 2011 11:53 PM EDT reply actions

Horak looked good out there – makes the Erixon blunder a little easier to take. Wouldn’t mind seeing him play a few regular season games before being sent down to the A for another year to work on his game.

by dotfras on Oct 3, 2011 11:57 PM EDT reply actions

Kotska was cut… see, told you all.

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 4, 2011 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

Ekholm makes Preds

Good looking prospect, virtually invisible to most fantasy GMs. Had great numbers in the SEL last year & beat out Ryan Ellis for a spot on the roster

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 4, 2011 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

what’s his O like?

by Diomedes7 on Oct 4, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Last year could be an outlier but he was 4th in SEL scoring by a dman (10+23=33 in 55 games), was named SEL ROY.

NHLe is 38 pts this year but I think he won’t see a lot of PP time playing behind Weber, Suter & Blum so I’m only expecting around 20 pts.

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 4, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Brett Connolly in, Orlov & Eakin Out

all the rosters should be finalized today.

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 5, 2011 8:42 AM EDT reply actions

any thoughts on whether Orlov gets called up this year. Barring a slew of injuries, is he at least a full year away?

what do you make of Brandon Saad? will he get sent down as soon as Bolly is back?

by Diomedes7 on Oct 5, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

If Orlov is this close then I imagine he’ll be up again at some point… maybe just for a few games here and there.

Very skeptical that the Hawks would keep Saad around all season.

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 5, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Voynov & Elliott cut, Olver on IR

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 5, 2011 2:30 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for updating this, will be checking back. Hoping Da Costa stays

by andrew21nz on Oct 5, 2011 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

nice list.

only thing i disagree with is zibinijad i do think he is that good, i see him sticking this year and getting some points. I like his type of plays and playing in sweden against men for thelast two years is only going to help him.

by Jt Malley on Oct 5, 2011 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

26 games in the SEL last year and 5+4=9 is respectable but the rest of his production in the Swedish Jr. leagues and at international events doesn’t impress me.

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by Cam Collingwood on Oct 5, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions