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So I went to the Cochella Valley playoff game here in Calgary last night. My friends came in from Regina to see Ryker Evans as they were his billet parents for 4 years in Regina. Thoughts on the team:
Bias here but Evans will be one of the D-man quarterbacking the PP in Seattle sooner than later. Probably in Schultz place. Not just age but they shoot the same side (I don't know the finite points of the game enough to know that last fact, but my friend pointed that out to me) Anyway, expect to see him up with the big club at least a bit next year. Played sound defensively too and is a good skater. Not afraid to hit and he laid a guy out with nice clean open ice hit.
Luke Henman was another player who stood out to me. Kole Lind looked good with a couple of goals
David Goyette, (another high pick I was told), flashed as well.
This is unfair as it's still a 19 year old kid playing against a lot of seasoned vets, but Shane Wright did not stand out at all. Unfair but I would think as high as pick as he was he would look better than he did. And if Daccord is the best on the farm, I would say the Kraken need to draft some young goaltending depth this year. (Don't know if they have anyone playing junior or college). His rebound control was awful. At least 1 Calgary goal was the result of that and there could have been a couple more. He loves to come out of the crease and play the puck too but didn't appear very good at it!
I guess it's a 2-3 best of 5 so Coachella is in good shape. Up 1-0 with a road win and after game 2 tonight the remaining games are all in the Valley.
Got as much opinion from my friend as I could thinking it might be interesting for you folks here. I know and follow the sport pretty well but he's way more knowledgable than me from watching and playing.
Bias here but Evans will be one of the D-man quarterbacking the PP in Seattle sooner than later. Probably in Schultz place. Not just age but they shoot the same side (I don't know the finite points of the game enough to know that last fact, but my friend pointed that out to me) Anyway, expect to see him up with the big club at least a bit next year. Played sound defensively too and is a good skater. Not afraid to hit and he laid a guy out with nice clean open ice hit.
Luke Henman was another player who stood out to me. Kole Lind looked good with a couple of goals
David Goyette, (another high pick I was told), flashed as well.
This is unfair as it's still a 19 year old kid playing against a lot of seasoned vets, but Shane Wright did not stand out at all. Unfair but I would think as high as pick as he was he would look better than he did. And if Daccord is the best on the farm, I would say the Kraken need to draft some young goaltending depth this year. (Don't know if they have anyone playing junior or college). His rebound control was awful. At least 1 Calgary goal was the result of that and there could have been a couple more. He loves to come out of the crease and play the puck too but didn't appear very good at it!
I guess it's a 2-3 best of 5 so Coachella is in good shape. Up 1-0 with a road win and after game 2 tonight the remaining games are all in the Valley.
Got as much opinion from my friend as I could thinking it might be interesting for you folks here. I know and follow the sport pretty well but he's way more knowledgable than me from watching and playing.
