The oases of hockey during the otherwise barren late summer weeks are the multiple international prospect tournaments. And while some of these games took place weeks ago, I felt it would be worth looking at how players did during this quiet point of the year.
Nils Lundqvist (2018 first round) and Joey Keane (2018 third round) represented Sweden and the USA respectively at the World Junior Summer Showcase.
Pound-for-pound, Keane had one of the most impressive tournaments among all of the participants. He entered camp as a fringe participant, but quickly impressed USA personnel. First-round pick K’Andre Miller suffered an illness that kept him out of the tournament, and that opened up a bigger role for Keane.