Rookie Tournament Reaction: Notes on 50 players from Arizona Rookie Faceoff and beyond

Plus some thoughts on what, if anything, should be read into from rookie tournaments

The amazing thing about NHL rookie tournaments is that we get to see these players among their peers, wearing the jerseys we expect to see them wearing for real in the near future and doing things that create a lot of excitement about what might be possible. The bad thing about NHL rookie tournaments is that it’s often the most visible event that fans c…