[Murat Ates] Camp d’entraînement des Jets Jour 1 : Impressions de Bowness, l’excitation de Scheifele

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1. WandererMount 2 ans ago

   Another Murat article! He must be working overtime this week lol

   Really good and very long article here. One interesting part was Murat’s quick hits on some specific players. It’s a short section of a lengthy article so I’ll share it here for those who don’t have a subscription to the Athletic:

   “Dylan Samberg stood out to me in a positive way, handling himself effectively in one-on-one situations and moving well. Right here, right now, he may be the best of Winnipeg’s next wave of defencemen that includes Ville Heinola, Declan Chisholm and Logan Stanley.

   Stanley, for his part, was great with the puck. He walked around Scheifele in a one-on-one drill before scoring backhand five-hole, looking like a more offensively gifted player. Scheifele wasn’t dogging it, either — I think he was upset to have been burned.

   There is a narrative that Brad Lambert needs more confidence. I saw him pull up on a rush and go top corner on David Rittich, drawing an “Oooh” from part of the crowd, and showing more than enough swagger for a 19-year-old rookie. I think he’s a player that can help the Moose and who could benefit from the ups and downs of a full AHL season.

   Mikey Eyssimont has a Brandon Tanev-esque work ethic and complete lack of quit, proving himself to be a pain in the ass to players way above his pay grade. I don’t think he’ll make the Jets but I love the aggressive way he attacks every play.

   The veterans looked like veterans. Morrissey looked as fast as he did last season. Dubois looked tough to stop and Neal Pionk looked tough to beat. Morrissey dangled around rookie Daniel Zhilkin at one point, firing a cross-body forehand into the top right corner that showed a lot of confidence.

   I’m always curious as to who hangs out with who when the drills are done. Zhilkin and Lambert took one-timers from Scott Arniel during one stoppage while Johnathan Kovacevic, Jeff Malott and Declan Chisholm worked on their hand-eye coordination by flipping pucks to each other and batting them out of the air along the boards. Gustafsson and Toninato went head to head in a series of faceoffs (I think Gustafsson had the edge) and both Morrissey and Scheifele spent a lot of time talking to the coaching staff.

   Lowry, Harkins and Appleton looked like a line that had played together before, especially Lowry and Appleton.

   Kevin Stenlund and Saku Maenalanen impressed me, if nothing else, for their size. They look like professional hockey players, for whatever that’s worth, and I suspect Stenlund in particular has an outside shot of earning a depth job.”