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Winnipeg Jets Development Camp Day 1: Director of Player Development Jimmy Roy

Video Description:
You spend a year watching the kids develop in their various leagues and now, along with a new crop of prospects drafted by the Jets over the weekend you bring them to Winnipeg for a Development Camp. Director of Player Development Jimmy Roy spoke today about the prospects in the system.

Topics:
1 – Value of holding a Development Camp
2 – Is he brushing up on his Swedish? (:38)
3 – Connecting prospects to city/fans/organization (:58)
4 – Growth of Colby Barlow (1:36)
5 – Barlow getting over the up/down season (1:54)
6 – Different approach for players about to turn pro? (2:32)
7 – When prospects get dealt in junior, do they reach out? (3:18)
8 – Did he see the season Kieron Walton had coming?  (3:47)
9 – What stood out about Zach Nehring’s development? (4:22)
10 -Experience winning at highest level (i.e. Frozen Four/Memorial Cup) (4:46)
11 – What was it like at the Draft in Los Angeles? (5:13)
12 – What was it like seeing Chaz Lucius go through his health issues? (5:49)
13 – What has he learned about Brayden Yager in the last year? (6:30)
14 – Excitement to see a number of prospect ready to turn pro (7:05)
15 – Does this bode well for the Moose? (7:29)

Audio:

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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