Rylan Singh

And you know, one thing I heard whispers from those NHL camps was that the Islanders were actually really high on defender Vladimir Dvorak, that they thought his game was gonna translate really well.

Um, what an add, what an under-the-radar add for Guelph, 'cause when you talk about, uh, Quinn Buchらせ bolting for the NCAA and Rylan Singh now with a significant injury that's gonna keep him out the majority of the year, you think, "Oh, is that really gonna toast their, their defensive depth?" But Dvorak's right there.

You've got, you know, a Spada.

J- Jenkin and, uh, Babine are players that are gonna get more ice time.

Their grandparents ran restaurants that made them pillars of Winnipeg's Chinese community.

Rylan Singh went in the seventh round to Seattle and he earned it through a draft year that tested him pretty mightily.

Singh is a right shot defender from Pickering, Ontario who plays for the Guelph Storm.

He missed 14 games after an appendectomy and still finished second among Guelph defenders with 23 points in 52 games.

But, uh, o- outside of that, I mean, they're an incredibly talented team.

I think they'll miss Rylan Singh.

Yeah.

Um, you know, I don't know what his status is.

It's not good from what, what I've heard.

But, uh, everything else is there, and, and more importantly, they've got, um, they've, they've got assets that they can still move to firm up some places that, that may have a couple of shortcomings as you approach the trade deadline.

Definitely, uh, you know, with the loss of Rylan Singh and, of course, uh, Quinn Beauchesne walking, uh, to NCAA in the summer, you know, the defense could be a little bit deeper, and, uh, I think that's something that the team will be addressing.

But, uh, perhaps the deepest net in the OHL, you know, you've got Zach Jovanovski, who was drafted this summer to Carolina, and I know, you know, there was some questions around him, could he be the guy? But then the Storm go out and get Ben Hrebec, who I, I kinda maintain, I don't wanna, uh, I don't wanna downplay what the Colts did as a whole last, last year.

Lots of NHL draft picks with Eric...

Eric Forstead and Rylan Singh, Seattle pick and an Anaheim pick.

And then you kind of look at all the way down here with Grant Seda, who was the seventh round pick by Tampa Bay.

We know Tampa Bay has an excellent scouting department and kind of hits on those guys later on.

People get my name wrong all the time, so, uh, we're, we're there, we're there.

Anyways, for the defensemen, you had Alexi, uh, Alexis Bernier, uh, Lucas Dragicevic, and Kaiden Hamill, Tyson Jugnauth, K- Finn Karns, Ty Nelson, Kaiden Price, Will Reynolds, Rylan Singh.

And then also goalies are Max Korovkin, an invite, and Nikke Koko to round out this rookie camp for 2026.

And what did we see? Well, to be honest, we saw a little bit of good and a little bit of improvement, but also this franchise and just, uh, with where they're going, we need to see continuous improvement.