Everybody won this week during Tracy Tutton and Adam Foote's skating camp, but this group made the biggest impression.
Let's be clear: what we witnessed this week were mostly a series of skating drills. Yes, superlative skating is becoming more and more important in today's NHL, even for the league's biggest players, but it is still just one element of a complete hockey player. So, what we don't want to do in the aftermath of this development camp is make hard judgments about players who have yet to play any actual hockey for the team. Quite a few of these prospects are likely to receive an invite to training camp in September and we'll gain a much clearer understanding of their actual ability to play the sport, as well as size them up against the players who will eventually comprise the NHL roster.