The Malik Report

As I sit in the lobby at Centre Ice Arena, the Red Wings' summer development campers are listening to a presentation from Rob Ramage, and the players are being exposed to quite the powerful speaker. I'm going to post a few more audio files when I'm back at the hotel, but I wanted to tide some of you over to my "impressions" articles with a few interviews.

The Red Wings' development campers engaged in a spirited 50-minute practice today, a practice in which there were I believe ten total coaches on the ice for the 40-something campers. For the first half of the practice, the defensemen and forwards were separated into the David's and West Rinks, respectively, and for the second half of practice, the gents skated together; after the forwards were done, defensemen and goaltenders continued to work on skill development for another 50 minutes.

In between, the locker rooms were opened, and the media was able to talk to several prospects:

Michael Rasmussen is all business when he talks to a microphone, and Rasmussen delivered a businesslike interview, discussing the Wings drafting him 9th overall, his strengths and weaknesses, what he's looking to accomplish during the summer development camp and what he hopes to achieve going forward:

I snuck in on Keith Petruzzelli's interview, and the affable netminder was discussing the influence that John Vanbiesbrouck has had upon his career before discussing his experience with the Muskegon Lumberjacks, his status as heading to Quinniapac, his goals for the development camp and the strengths of his game:

Dennis Cholowski was the "belle of the ball" as the media descended upon him, asking him questions about his decision to turn pro, where he may end up, what he needs to work upon in order to improve as a pro and how his experience at St. Cloud State University was (it was fine). Cholowski handled the unspoken why aren't you Jakob Chychrun question very well:

I then spoke with Cholowski's stallmate, Reilly Webb, who was still a bit overwhelmed by being drafted by the Wings and then finding himself at development camp a little under two weeks later:

I had a great conversation with Adam (cousin of Dylan) Larkin, a Yale defenseman who was just really, really sharp and well-versed in the concept that development camp is not an evaluation camp, but instead, one big learning experience:

Finally, I spoke with Chase Perry regarding his season at RPI and his points of empahsis as he attempts to improve his game:

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