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The Flyers are holding their camp July 5-12.  Participants:

Forwards:
Michael Chaput
Justin Dowling
Brian Flynn (previous galleries:  one    two)

Blake Gal
Phil Ginand
Gregor Hanson
Shane Harper
Ben Holmstrom (previous gallery)

Dave Labrecque
Tye McGinn
Kyle Mountain
Luke Pither
Brendan Ranford
Zac Rinaldo
Andrew Rowe
Everett Sheen
Mike Testwuide
Eric Wellwood

Defense:
Mike Banwell

Jason Beattie
Ricard Bildstrand
Marc-Andre Bourdon
Jesse Dudas
Erik Gustafsson
Jordan Hill
Tyler Hostetter
Oliver Lauridsen
Nick Luukko
Kevin Marshall

Goaltenders:
Sergei Bobrovsky

Adam Morrison
Brad Phillips

Chris Rawlings (previous galleries:  one      two     three     four)
Nic Riopel
Brian Stewart

Goalies: Johan Backlund, Brian Boucher, Michael Leighton
Defensemen: Oskars Bartulis, Matt Carle, Braydon Coburn, Lukas Krajicek, Ryan Parent, Chris Pronger, Danny Syvret, Kimmo Timonen

Forwards: Arron Asham, Blair Betts, Danny Briere, Daniel Carcillo, Jeff Carter, Riley Cote, Simon Gagne, Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, David Laliberte, Ian Laperriere, Ville Leino, Andreas Nodl, Darroll Powe, Mike Richards, Jared Ross, James van Riemsdyk (previous gallery)

Ryan Thang has signed an ATO with the Milwaukee Admirals. He was a third round pick of the Nashville Predators in 2007.
 

Ben Holmstrom has been signed by the Philadelphia Flyers and assigned to the Adirondack Phantoms.  Expected to make his professional debut tonight against Hamilton.

Florida Panthers vs. Chicago Blackhawks
     Chicago – none
     Florida – Mike Duco, Dmitry Kulikov, Alexander Salak
St. Louis Blues vs. Detroit Red Wings
     St. Louis – none
     Detroit – Daniel Larsson
New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
     New York – Michael Del Zotto, Matt Gilroy
     Pittsburgh – none
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
     Carolina – none
     Philadelphia – Marc-Andre Bourdon, James van Riemsdyk:

Article discusses changes made in 2002 both structural and mental – “…Boustedt said it used to be acceptable for Swedish junior teams to finish in the top four in international competitions. “Now the only thing the players are going for is gold,” he said. …” 

I’ve been lucky enough to be able to shoot a number of the drafted kids – click for a full list of 2009 National Hockey League-drafted players available in my archives.

I’ve included some of the Swedes in the gallery below:

• 002 – Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
• 006 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phoenix Coyotes
• 010 – Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, Edmonton Oilers
• 017 – David Rundblad, St. Louis Blues
• 020 – Jacob Josefson, New Jersey Devils
• 023 – Tim Erixon, Calgary Flames
• 024 – Marcus Johansson, Washington Capitals
• 034 – Calle Klingberg, Atlanta Thrashers
• 040 – Anton Lander, Edmonton Oilers
• 046 – Robin Lehner, Ottawa Senators
• 087 – Simon Bertilsson, Philadelphia Flyers
• 088 – Mattias Lindström, Carolina Hurricanes
• 143 – Peter Andersson, Vancouver Canucks
• 181 – Viktor Ekbom, Pittsburgh Penguins
• (left out Philip Samuelsson as he has now played in a IIHF game as a member of Team USA, but a number of photos in the archive which will only grow as he is joining Boston College this Fall.)

Unrelated Pt. 1 – Is there a way to make a single-spaced list w/o bullets on WordPress?

Unrelated Pt. 2 – The televised Sugarland concert from Lexington, Kentucky (in Boston on WCVB) was terrific, much better than Soundstage concert televised earlier this year on WGBX – both are staying on my DVR which is handy since I keep their cds in my car.  Apparently tonight’s concert is going to be for sale tomorrow, but only at Walmart :-(.  Maybe they’ll include their REM cover on their next regular album.

I still don’t understand using “Joey” for an audience singalong.  Am I totally misunderstanding the lyrics? The song sounds like her friend “Joey” was killed while drunk driving.  Am I wrong?   Of course, I don’t understand why people would be yelling out during “Stay” either. 

Okay, while looking for a link for Sugarland’s website to use above – only found the “fan” membership site so grabbed the CMT artist link and discovered this:

I think I’m going to have to make an appropriate charitable donation to assuage my guilt over buying from Walmart.com – it not only has Love Shack, but several other covers, I even like the Beyonce cover judging by the mini-clip on Walmart’s website.  Thank God I’m a Presbyterian and therefore can sin (shop at Walmart) with zero need for confession or worry about going straight to hell :-).