[O’Connor] Torts talked a bit about the camp battle on defense. Said that Andrae has earned the “No. 8” spot due to his good camp. Said they had Adam Ginning penciled into that spot, but he’s had a “bad camp.” Torts said he was a bit disappointed more of the young D-men haven’t stepped up.
October 2, 2024
[O’Connor] Torts talked a bit about the camp battle on defense. Said that Andrae has earned the “No. 8” spot due to his good camp. Said they had Adam Ginning penciled into that spot, but he’s had a “bad camp.” Torts said he was a bit disappointed more of the young D-men haven’t stepped up.
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[Also, Torts said that he’d rather not carry eight d-men on the NHL roster. So even though Andrae appears to have “won” that competition, it probably doesn’t mean he’ll make the opening night roster. They’ll make those final decisions in the coming days.](https://x.com/charlieo_conn/status/1841513507650494489)
Looks like Andrae will be first call up if there is an injury on D.
Probably for the best. I would’ve been fine with Ginning sitting in the press box as the 8th defenseman if he’d proven something, but Andrae should be getting minutes. Hopefully he is the first injury call-up.
Ginning had a really disappointing camp. Not expecting him to be top 4 or anything, but for a guy on the verge of no longer being a prospect, I would’ve expected more.
Ginning has been disappointing tbh. I thought he’d push for a spot on the opening day, but he looked horrible the other night vs the Islanders
Young dmen not stepping up? It’s like he hasn’t watched any phantoms film from last year where Andre was really the only one that was worth it in their d core which looked terrible throughout the season
Ginning will never actually be a better defenman than Andrea. Andrea is much more skilled. Ginning just has the be a 6-7th D man that doesn’t make mistakes and plays physical. Andrea has potential to be much more than that
good think Lappy has a lifelong appointment for prepping the Phantoms.
Danny has a lot of work to do over the next 2 years with this defense and center depth indeed
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[Also, Torts said that he’d rather not carry eight d-men on the NHL roster. So even though Andrae appears to have “won” that competition, it probably doesn’t mean he’ll make the opening night roster.
They’ll make those final decisions in the coming days.](https://x.com/charlieo_conn/status/1841513507650494489)
Looks like Andrae will be first call up if there is an injury on D.
Probably for the best. I would’ve been fine with Ginning sitting in the press box as the 8th defenseman if he’d proven something, but Andrae should be getting minutes. Hopefully he is the first injury call-up.
Ginning had a really disappointing camp. Not expecting him to be top 4 or anything, but for a guy on the verge of no longer being a prospect, I would’ve expected more.
Ginning has been disappointing tbh. I thought he’d push for a spot on the opening day, but he looked horrible the other night vs the Islanders
Young dmen not stepping up? It’s like he hasn’t watched any phantoms film from last year where Andre was really the only one that was worth it in their d core which looked terrible throughout the season
Ginning will never actually be a better defenman than Andrea. Andrea is much more skilled. Ginning just has the be a 6-7th D man that doesn’t make mistakes and plays physical. Andrea has potential to be much more than that
good think Lappy has a lifelong appointment for prepping the Phantoms.
Danny has a lot of work to do over the next 2 years with this defense and center depth indeed