New York Rangers Breaking News: J.T. Miller Invited To Team USA Junior Evaluation Camp
by Joe Fortunato on Aug 4, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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USA Hockey announced a list of 40 players who have been invited to its National Junior Evaluation Camp today. One of those players was the New York Rangers' first-round selection in this year's NHL Entry Draft: J.T. Miller.
Miller, and the rest of the invitees, will be competing for a roster spot with the U.S. National Junior Team. The team will play against both Finland and Sweden in the exhibition.
This would be a fantastic opportunity for Miller to impress the Rangers' brass before training camp opens up in September. There were some questions about a few aspects of Millers' game when the Rangers took him with their 15th overall pick, now is a chance to show what he's got.
Another Rangers' prospect on the list (stick salute to George for reminding me) is Shane McColgan, the Rangers fifth-round selection in this year's NHL Entry Draft. McColgan was selected with one of the two fifth round picks Glen Sather had in the draft. McColgan had 66 points (21 goals) in 67 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL last season. McColgan also had 19 points (eight goals) in 10 playoff games.
Obviously Blueshirt Banter will keep a close eye on both of their progress in the exhibition, which takes place between August 6-13.
Before you click on the jump to see the full schedule on practices and games from the event (from USA Hockey), make sure to check out Russ Cohen's analysis on Rangers' prospect Tim Erixon.
2011 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp Schedule
Aug. 6-13
· Lake Placid, N.Y. • Olympic Center • USA Rink
| Date | Event | Time (EDT) |
| Sat., Aug. 6 | USA Blue Practice | 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
| USA White Practice | 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | |
| Sweden Practice | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | |
| Finland Practice | 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | |
| USA Blue vs. USA White | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Sun., Aug. 7 | Sweden Practice | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
| Finland Practice | 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. | |
| USA Blue vs. USA White | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Mon., Aug. 8 | Finland Practice | 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
| USA Blue vs. Sweden | 1:00 p.m. | |
| USA White vs. Finland | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Tues., Aug. 9 | Sweden Practice | 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
| Finland Practice | 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. | |
| USA Practice | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| Finland vs. Sweden | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Wed., Aug. 10 | USA Practice | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
| Finland Practice | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| USA vs. Sweden | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Thurs., Aug. 11 | Finland Practice | 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
| USA Practice | 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. | |
| Sweden Practice | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| USA vs. Finland | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Fri., Aug. 12 | Sweden Practice | 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
| Finland Practice | 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. | |
| USA Practice | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | |
| Finland vs. Sweden | 4:00 p.m. | |
| Sat., Aug. 13 | USA vs. Sweden | 1:00 p.m. |
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This should be a good chance to see how far away he is. If he can’t dominate, or at least hold his own, in this group, I think he might have to re-adjust his one year of Jr/NCAA projection. Hopefully he steps up and gets it done. Also, for the extra lazy (you speak my language), here’s the link right to the full list of 40 players.
Thanks!
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Hey...
just wanted to tell you that you are doing a great job keeping us going here Joe. I love having these kinds of updates.
Yea, I really think the international Juniors competition is one of the best forums for actually assessing where young talent is at. It isn’t the pros, but this is when we really were able to see that someone like Stepan was going to make an impact.
Peace,
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did anyone notice
shane mccolgan is also on that list?
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by George E. Ays on Aug 4, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
derp
missed the fourth paragraph entirely somehow
@joereiter
"You can be a lion maybe once in your life. If you don't make this deal, you're a
mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
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i'm gonna go sit in the corner and just quietly twiddle my thumbs
all while being happy i didn’t write “hey dumbass you forgot to mention mcclogan” in the subject, thus making me look even stupider
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mouse forever….Wouldn't you rather be a lion for one day than a mouse for life?" - Lord General Sather
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off topic
Anyone see the proposed Isles third sweaters? Talk about DERP.
New York Islanderps…
Bring back the fisherman!
by '94 better not last a lifetime on Aug 4, 2011 6:33 PM EDT reply actions
omg…. they are absolutely miserable. That franchise is an embarrassment in all departments.
here is the link if anyone wants it
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Is-this-the-New-York-Islanders-8217-new-black-?urn=nhl-wp10174
by CrazyRangerFan on Aug 4, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I just threw up on my keyboard.
Fits that team perfectly!
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this should be the islanders third jersey
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