Shots from the Point--Late Monday Edition

The Calgary Flames are impressed with our Patrick Holland:

Evidently the confidence Holland gained from attending the Team Canada world junior development camp this summer carried over to the Young Stars tournament because the Flames seventh-round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft was playing at another level in Penticton. 

Holland was placed on the top line for the Flames last two games in Penticton and he didn't look out of place at all. He, Reinhart and Baertschi were the perfect mix of grit and skill, making them the Flames most effective unit throughout the entire tournament.

"I'm pretty honoured to play with those two guys," Holland said. "They're obviously great players and I felt really comfortable with them."

Neither of the 19 year-old's two goals against the Canucks on Monday could be called fancy by any stretch of the imagination but that doesn't bother Holland a bit.

"I'll take anything," he chuckled. "They both just kind of chipped over the goalie. Our line had good battle. We got to the net."

Ward praised Holland's line for the level of compete they brought each shift, stating the rest of his squad could take a cue from the three youngsters.

"They play at a high pace," said Ward. "That's the part I really like about them. They don't play a slow game. Like for young kids out there, they're playing at a higher pace than some of our guys who have a little more experience."  (Flames)

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The Philadelphia Flyers returned Sam Grist to us.

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The Pipeline Show revisits their talk with Bob Tory about gambling on a 16-year-old goalie (ass-pat to Aeris for passing along):

"Everyone told us that we couldn't win with a 16-year-old goalie and all he did was take us to the Memorial Cup."

That is a quote from Tri-City Americans GM Bob Tory from his September 3rd appearance on our show. On paper, the Americans are arguably as deep as any other team in the WHL and may have the best trio of overage players as well. But after trading away both 20-year-old starter Drew Owsley and solid prospect Chris Driedger, Tory is taking a huge risk putting most of his eggs in the very young basket of Eric Comrie.

Then again, Tory is no stranger to this scenario and it's paid off pretty well for him in the past.

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Comrie played 214 minutes in the pre-season and finished with a 3.36 GAA and .887 SV%. The other netminder in Tri-City, Ty Rimmer, played the exact same amount of minutes and posted a 1.96 GAA and .938 SV%.  (Coming Down the Pipe!)