Triumph Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888995 People not there, presumably because they've attended 5 development camps: Reid Boucher, Blake Pietila People not there who were drafted this year: Jeremy Davies, Mikhail Maltsev, Yegor Rykov Some interesting names invited, including Austin Cangelosi, a top scorer at BC last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Pride 26 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Also of note: Freehold Township product Zach Berzolla getting an invite. Good for him, coached against him a few times. Type of kid you had to gameplan around. Pretty rare being a defenseman. Hope he succeeds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas0nMacIsaac Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Lets hope NJ signs Austin Cangelosi, he has scored at every level and Id expect him to atleast he an AHL scorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Devils Pride 26 said: Also of note: Freehold Township product Zach Berzolla getting an invite. Good for him, coached against him a few times. Type of kid you had to gameplan around. Pretty rare being a defenseman. Hope he succeeds. Just talked to a friend of mine about him. Says he's a great kid, stud defenseman (don't know if that translates to NHL stud), and has a full ride to Denver. He also didn't play his Senior year at Freehold Township HS. Probably so as to not get injured is my guess. I'll be keeping an eye on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Pride 26 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 52 minutes ago, Jimmy Leeds said: Just talked to a friend of mine about him. Says he's a great kid, stud defenseman (don't know if that translates to NHL stud), and has a full ride to Denver. He also didn't play his Senior year at Freehold Township HS. Probably so as to not get injured is my guess. I'll be keeping an eye on him. My guess is it to do with conflicts with club hockey. Kids in the local junior leagues have tough decisions to make in terms of commitment. Lot of scheduling conflicts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Leeds Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 That's what I'm assuming. My son tells me he goes to Colorado College, not Denver. So I'm not sure which Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Today is the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 really hoping hear good things about Santini and Jacobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomtemp Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Are they doing an open scrimmage this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessus Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Today's a day that we will really miss TG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 8 minutes ago, nessus said: Today's a day that we will really miss TG. Does anyone know if his replacement going to be there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby89 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Didn't Gross take over for him? He's at least writing for the Fire & Ice blog now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 12 minutes ago, Bibby89 said: Didn't Gross take over for him? He's at least writing for the Fire & Ice blog now... He covers the obvious stories here and there but I don't know if he's actually attending things in person like development camp to give us those kinds of updates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Lost among some of the big move(s) and trade(s) we've been part of the past few weeks is the Yohann Auvitu move. Great signing and I hope he can show some promising signs that he'll pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 On 7/11/2016 at 10:02 AM, roomtemp said: Are they doing an open scrimmage this year? From Fire & Ice: " Today is apparently devoted to drills while there will be a three-on-three tournament on Wednesday and a full scrimmage on Saturday. Wednesday and Saturday's sessions are open to the public with tickets available on the Devils' team web site. Today, Thursday (off-ice workouts) and Friday are closed to the public." Here's where you can get tickets: http://devils.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=113552&navid=DL|NJD|home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Nice that for the 2nd year in a row the team is not treating this camp like Area 51 and allowing fans to watch. Great and simple way to engage the fans and get them excited for the season to begin. Fans that are excited means more likely there will be more butts in the seats. Never understood why Lou was such a hard-ass about Rookie camps being private. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMinder Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 @ChrisRyan_NJIs live tweeting a little of the practice so far. He said zacha has a hip pointer and isn't skating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeCups Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 1 hour ago, DevsMan84 said: Nice that for the 2nd year in a row the team is not treating this camp like Area 51 and allowing fans to watch. Great and simple way to engage the fans and get them excited for the season to begin. Fans that are excited means more likely there will be more butts in the seats. Never understood why Lou was such a hard-ass about Rookie camps being private. Why was Lou such a hard-ass about *everything*?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 34 minutes ago, ThreeCups said: Why was Lou such a hard-ass about *everything*?!?!?!? Only he knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 9 hours ago, ThreeCups said: Why was Lou such a hard-ass about *everything*?!?!?!? Lou could never seem to evolve with the times when it came to fan relations. He still believed in the old school ideas of hiding the team away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Lou could never evolve with the times when it came to literally everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Devil Dan 56 said: Lou could never seem to evolve with the times when it came to fan relations. He still believed in the old school ideas of hiding the team away. He was able to get away with a lot as long as the team remained competitive (and as we know, it did for a long long time)...once the playoff appearances stopped, to many he became a humorless out-of-touch stick-in-the-mud who couldn't adapt (or simply refused to). I think in some ways he tried to, but lack of homegrown talent forced him to start going through channels he wasn't comfortable with, and he just got so far away from his MO that I think he simply no longer had any real plan in place. The organization always seemed to take on his best and worst traits while he was here: lots of on-ice success, but the organization itself often felt cold and distant, and completely indifferent to its fanbase. The team threatening to leave NJ during its first Cup run kind of said it all. The tandem of McMullen and Lou wasn't exactly full of warm-and-fuzzies. At any rate, I like that things have changed, and that the organization seems to be much more accessible now. Wouldn't trade the past for anything (it was awesome), but the present just "feels" right, factoring in everything...when the team isn't making the playoffs (and is a tough watch, as this team has been in recent seasons), the franchise trying to find ways to improve the overall fan experience is important. They've tried to do that...they've had clear missteps here and there (the initial goal-song goof reeked of stuffed suits not really knowing much about its fanbase and making a by-the-numbers decision), but on the whole I think they've tried hard to make this transition period less painful that it could have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzey Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I think people like me (or a young me) might have ruined it for you guys. I used to go to SMA when they had open practices and bother the players for autographs afterwards. Now something like the rookie camp is a little different but I'm guessing that has a lot to do with Lou's open practice policies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Jerzey said: I think people like me (or a young me) might have ruined it for you guys. I used to go to SMA when they had open practices and bother the players for autographs afterwards. Now something like the rookie camp is a little different but I'm guessing that has a lot to do with Lou's open practice policies. Well no. Every. Single. Team. in the league does it and every year 16 teams makes the playoffs and every year one team wins the cup. It doesn't change anything in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0asterleav1ns Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Fine with Hall taking 9. Hopefully Ill start to associate that number with him more, instead of the Judas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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