3 years ago
326
It’s been 2 years since the Golden Knights rookies convened successful a grooming campy setting.
But they’ll beryllium backmost unneurotic — oregon successful immoderate cases gathering for the archetypal clip — erstwhile rookie campy begins Wednesday astatine City National Arena.
The 27-player roster that was released astatine the commencement of the period is full of apical draught picks, intriguing prospects and unsigned escaped agents hoping to gain a spot astatine the main grooming campy that opens Sept. 22. They volition vie successful the Rookie Faceoff Tournament that runs Friday done Monday successful Arizona.
Forward Peyton Krebs, the Knights’ first-round prime successful 2019, highlights the squad and could enactment himself successful presumption to conflict for an NHL roster spot with a beardown showing astatine the tournament.
“You’ve got to spell successful determination and enactment your container disconnected each day,” Krebs said. “I bash judge I’m ready. But similar I said, I’m conscionable going to enactment my hardest each and each night, person a batch of amusive doing it.”
Here are 5 much storylines to travel during rookie camp:
1. Captain Jack
At 23, winger Jack Dugan is the second-oldest subordinate connected the roster down guardant Jermaine Loewen and volition supply an illustration for the younger players. Dugan had a beardown debut with the Silver Knights, finishing 2nd successful the American Hockey League successful rookie scoring with 33 points (10 goals, 23 assists) successful 37 games. Ideally, helium volition look retired of spot successful campy and amusement he’s acceptable to play successful the NHL, akin to 2017 erstwhile Alex Tuch dominated and yet cracked the roster.
2. How adjacent is Korczak?
Defenseman Kaedan Korczak spent clip connected the taxi squad and astir made his NHL debut past play earlier returning to his inferior squad successful Canada. The 2019 second-round prime logged dense minutes for the Silver Knights successful the postseason and practiced with the Knights during their tally to the Stanley Cup semifinals. With Dylan Coghlan inactive unsigned, Korczak could get a longer look than helium mightiness person otherwise.
3. Looking astatine Lukas
The Knights mightiness person uncovered a gem successful Lukas Cormier, a 2020 third-round enactment who earned defenseman of the twelvemonth honors successful the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League aft posting 54 points successful 39 games. This is the archetypal accidental to spot however the 5-foot-10-inch puck mover stacks up against his chap prospects and whether helium reminds anyone of erstwhile Knights imaginable Erik Brannstrom.
4. Net neutrality
Jiri Patera enters campy arsenic the No. 1 goaltender, but 2 Swedes should conflict it retired to spot who is adjacent successful enactment connected the organization’s extent chart. Jesper Vikman is acceptable to play successful the inferior Western Hockey League aft helium was drafted successful the 5th circular successful 2020. Carl Lindbom’s deficiency of tallness bumped him to the seventh circular of the astir caller draft, but helium has represented his state astatine aggregate planetary tournaments.
5. New faces participate chat
All six of the Knights’ selections successful the July draft are scheduled to attend, including halfway Zach Dean. The first-round prime volition beryllium joined by forwards Jakub Brabenec and Jakub Demec, defensemen Daniil Chayka and Artur Cholach, and Lindbom. None of those players volition situation for an NHL roster spot yet, but this is simply a bully accidental for the caller picks to acclimate with their caller club.
Contact David Schoen astatine dschoen@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-5203. Follow @DavidSchoenLVRJ connected Twitter.
English (US) ·