Notes from Training camp

Most of the guys were there except for Mcginn, but that was expected since he’s out having back surgery. I also didn’t see our dear captain Mackenzie on the ice, but maybe I just didn’t notice him.

Notable guys at training camp:

-Michael Hutchinson (I saw him and had him sign my hat and had an “oh no, he’s cute moment”. Also seemed kinda shy around the fans since I guess he thought no one knew him down here but he lightened up once he saw that fans actually wanted to talk to him and sign stuff. Lots of people welcoming him to Florida and wishing him a good season)

- Mike Hoffman (Idk he seemed kinda weary when he approached the fans and seemed kinda stiff. He was also practicing on Trocheck’s line... lineys possibly???)

(left, Trocheck, middle Hoffman, and I’m assuming that the guy on the right might be Huberdeau but I’m not 100%)

-Troy Brouwer (when fans asked him if he had gone to South Beach yet, he said he hadn’t had a chance to check it out since he was busy trying to get his kids into school down here. Also apparently people are tweeting “welcome to Brouwer county” (instead of saying Broward) I think its hilarious)

Bobby Lu actually looked good and he looked healthy. He was in net for a while and kept switching with Hutchinson. My guess is that they’re trying to see how Hutchinson is doing in net in case one of the guys get injured and he has to step in. Or maybe they’re seeing if he replaces Reimer as our back up. I guess we’ll see.

Barky was actually one of the last guys on the ice and he signed everyone who stayed to see him.

The majority of the guys actually stayed after practice to interact with the fans and sign things. I actually got most of them to sign my hat including our favorite goalie, Bobby Lu. I also got Hutchinson, Reimer, Yandle, Bjugy, Barky, Sceviour, Brouwer, Dadanov, and Vatrano to sign my hat as well. I’m a very lucky gal. 

So after the scrimmage, the prospects were having a game in the rink over. The usual guys you’d expect to be there were there:

-Owen Tippet (I was actually lowkey disappointed because his roster pic shows his hair as a really vibrant, deep red but irl it was just orange. Still cute though and he looked good on the ice)

-Henrik Borgstrom (looked good on the ice)

(Borgstrom and Tippet on the ice during warmups)

- Serron Noel 

I thought I was gonna see Denisenko, but he wasn’t there or I didn’t catch a glimpse of him. I did manage to see the infamous Bajkov, who everyone is confusing for Barkov on twitter since its just a letter difference. 

They separated the rookies into two teams for practice and they kept TIppet and Borgstrom on the same line. They seemed to connect on the ice and were very buddy-buddy. Line ideas anyone???

They also had Mamin, McCoshen and Weegar playing with them, which I thought was wierd since they’ve played NHL games last season. Are they going to get sent down maybe?