Owen Protz

If it's on the right side, guaranteed he's getting called up.

I have high hopes for Protz.

I'd love to see him crush people.

Yeah, well, him too.

Tyler Thorpe.

Luke Middlestat, Owen Protz, Bryce Pickford.

I'm going to read those again.

Of Sasha Pastashov, Tyler Thorpe, Luke Middlestat, Owen Protz, or Bryce Pickford, which of them gets a call-up from the Laval Rocket this season to make their NHL debut?

I really like this question.

I don't know who designed it, but it's brilliant.

There's Samson as well, who had a nice fight against the Leafs.

So there's not a... ton of new players mostly returning but for protz and pickford i mean owen protz is going to be worth the admission ticket alone uh he's not going to wow you with these with the skills but he will you know in the same sense that fans really root for arbor jack guy uh you'll root for owen protz right he will fight for his teammates he will be annoying for the opposition he will hurt the opposition he takes a pleasure of doing so i spoke with the young man and he loves it He really does.

And he's really good at it, right? Snake, the hitting part of his game is a major skill, and he really refined it.

Like, his timing is impeccable.

We don't know what they're actually gonna be.

But the, the commonality between these guys is obvious, right? Why I'm hesitant to answer the question immediately, as I tend to do, is, you know, we can talk about the defensive guys, you know, that, that you've seen, uh, Engstrom, uh, maybe one day Bryce Pickford is entered into the conversation, Owen Protz or whatever else, right?

Maybe.

Like, maybe.

So how can you judge the upcoming players when they're not facing real bona fide NHL competition? Exactly.

So what do you learn about, you know, I don't know, a Luke Middlestat or an Owen Protz? You don't learn much during

training camp, really.

It's a great point you bring up, Snake, because, you know, for the most part in preseason, it's kind of half and half, right? It's mostly partially NHL, partially AHL prospects type of thing.

Schruble, that's left-handed.

Protz, that's left-handed.

Luke Middlestad, that's...

Is Luke Middlestad left-handed? I'm pretty sure he's left-handed.

We have Jack Eye.

We have Struble.

We have Protz.

uh anybody else condotta condotta is known to uh drop the gloves here and there as well i don't know i don't know what to expect tomorrow night but i feel as though it could get uh it could get uh interesting over there at

All right.

Uh, on defense, Hudson, Carrier, Struble, Xhekaj, Middlestadt, Samson, Protz, Dubinsky.

Xhekaj playing right D, by the way.

Let's go to Team B. Evans centering Berard on his right, Newhook on his left.

And in a humble way, he gives a lot of credit to both his teammates and his coaches for his easy transition to the AHL.

I said that we were going to get back to Owen Protz this time.

However, here is what head coach Dan Jacob feels about Owen Protz.

What I like the most about him is a great kid.

And he's willing, he's eager to learn.

We're gonna dive into not just him, but also David Reinbacher and what Laval's assistant coach had to say about his progress, and it is really good news.

Finally, a little look at a couple of standout guys from rookie camp, the physical Owen Protz and Tyler Thorpe, as they both had some real great quotes about what's coming up next.

Look, rookie camp is just underway.

There's not a whole lot to glean from it yet.

But for now, let's just talk about some of the guys that we're keeping an eye on, right? I know we're gonna talk about Flo and Reinbacher later, but we've already talked a bit about Protz as well.

I want to just highlight some of the quotes here today, Jesse.

Uh, Owen Protz said, "Look, it's about being realistic, sticking to my game, knowing how I play and trusting myself.

That's gonna bring me a spot or earn the trust of the coaches." And we talked yesterday about what Daniel Jacob had to say about him, and Tyler Thorpe was saying some similar stuff.