I just caught some of the Boston University hockey game against Notre Dame.  I watched for a few reasons.  1 being the amount of Avalanche prospects on the team.  2 my sister goes there.  And 3, and you can't hate me for this, but a kid I played club hockey with is on the team.  He also happens to be a 4th round draft pick of the hated Red Wings (in interviews he said he was excited to go to Detroit but whisperings around town is that he wanted to go to the hometown LA Kings so got to like him for that at least).  Back to the short recap.

Shattenkirk.  The broadcasters reported that he was fighting the flu but this kid can skate.  I liked his outlet passes out of his own zone and he definitely has some offensive ability from the blue line.  He played smart and there were stretches where he would he would control the play by either jumping into the zone on a rush or pinching in the zone to keep the puck in.  His defensive placement seemed a bit off tonight but it's early in the season, he had the flu, and the game was played on a Tuesday (normally games are weekend tilts if you were unaware).  I'm definitely excited to see him play in the pros next year, I think he can be that good.

Cohen-  This kid is big.  I've seen him play before but I didn't realize how large he is.  He's taller than most other players on the ice and built bigger (I don't know if it's the pads or if he has more muscle).  I liked his offensive instincts too and his outlet passes seemed effortless and always on the tape leading the forward.  Exactly what you teach defensemen.  His defense was suspect as he lost his man if they cycled the puck and he seemed a little slow/sluggish in and around the net area.  Hopefully, if his defense picks up and after a year or two in the AHL, we will see him in an Avs sweater.  He has a heavy shot.

Milan (G)- I played defense in club hockey so I may not be the best to judge goalies but Milan would go down early nearly every shot it seemed.  He gave up 3 goals (I missed the 3rd) but the first one wasn't his fault, it was deflected off a defenseman's skate (my buddies of all people), the second one was a bouncing puck scramble that he went down on and couldn't reach the puck on the rebound.  The broadcaster kept commenting on his positioning and saying it was good. Even though he we would go down, he seemed to cover most of the net.  However, once he was down, he seemed really slow.  He'll have to work on that but he has a couple years at BU to fix that problem.

As far as my friend, the Red Wings may have drafted a potential solid defenseman.  Maybe the Avs can acquire him in a trade...or the Red Wings can drop him ala Quincey.  I meant this to be a short recap but it was quite lengthy.  Sorry team.