Development camp

Again, with thanks to Andie Bennett of The Team 990, some audio from today's development camp in Brossard.

I've stitched together Andie's edited clips into longer ones for ease of consumption. Fan mail to Andie left as Comments here surely would be appreciated!

• Danny Kristo: On the camp; differences between camps; on future plans; on Saku Koivu; mental toughness; strengths/weaknesses; comparing this year to last.

• Louis Leblanc: On whether being a first-round pick adds pressure; on improvements; on what fans can expect in Saturday's intra-squad game.

• Joe Stejskal: On future plans; on what is being worked on at camp.

• P.K. Subban: On changes from last year; on Saku Koivu; on personal differences from last year.

• Trevor Timmins: On Leblanc; on Subban; on what Leblanc must improve; on whether Subban's play at world juniors will speed along the team's plans for him.

Pat Hickey writes today of some friendships that are forming among more than a few of the prospects in town for this week's Canadiens development camp.

Boone and Stubbs will drop by camp today and check in here this afternoon.

Louis Leblanc of Kirkland, the Canadiens' first pick (18th overall) in last weekend's entry draft, is among the 40 players attending the camp. He's seen here with Trevor Timmins (left) and Bob Gainey.
Dave Sidaway, Gazette

From a release: The Canadiens announced today that 40 prospects will participate in the team’s annual development camp from July 6-12 at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard. It is the most players attending since the first edition of the development camp in 2001.

All sessions are open to the public. Here's how to get there.

The Canadiens prospects will first take to the ice on Monday, July 6, at 1:30 p.m. The development camp consists of on-ice sessions every day until July 12 with on-ice sessions on both surfaces of the complex. Off-ice conditioning sessions are also scheduled every day. An intersquad game is set for Saturday, July 11.

Twenty-four of the 40 players at camp are Canadiens draft selections, including all eight players from the 2009 NHL Entry Draft held last June at the Bell Centre. The group includes first round picks Louis Leblanc, Max Pacioretty and David Fischer, as well as prospects P.K. Subban, Olivier Fortier and Yannick Weber.  Twenty-four of the 40 players also participated in the 2008 Development Camp.