The hockey season is a long endurance battle to escape uninjured and not fatigued at some point. So I expect a number of prospects will get an opportunity to play a few games or maybe more

Out of camp Slaggert is the only newbie while I would love to see Nazar wind up with a half of a season in the big show. I am intrigued by Hayes though because he has the scoring ability to receive and shoot fluidly and has improved aspects in his game the past two seasons

The following season and particularly the second season after the upcoming campaign, is when I expect a tremendous amount of prospects filter into the lineup. In some cases there are players who need not only development time in Rockford but at least one if not two seasons to work out and become much stronger

Korchinski is an interesting player because it is difficult to say whether he goes to the AHL Both Philips and KK are needing to play well in the exhibition season