Carolina Hurricanes Select Justin Faulk With 37th Overall Pick

i am excited for this team this coming year

I just read the link at Western College Hockey blog Bob put up there ^ . Really helpful. Sounds a lot like a Corvo-type player, similar size and booming slapshot, PP QB. Young and makes defensive blunders, but hopefully will learn at Minnesota-Duluth. And hopefully a little lot more stable mentally. (sorry Joe)

Is he a left or right shot?

Here’s a feature on Justin from Dec. 2009 on the USA Hockey site.

In particular, this quote from his coach was interesting:

"He can shoot the puck like Al McInnis," Under-18 coach Kurt Kleinendorst said. "He can flat out shoot the puck. Physically, he might be our strongest defenseman. You watch him play and he is strong, the way he physically handles the puck, the way he shoots the puck and the way he can control his puck on his stick."

And, also these high words of praise:

"I wish that I could bottle him — the way he handles himself as a player and he way he handles himself as a person. He was definitely raised the right way. He is easy to pull for," Kleinendorst said.

The prospect wonks at the HockeyFutures board were sure unanimous in their praise of this pick. I’m grading this one as a near-lock NHL’er.

…can be found here.

Has a knack for using his stick to pick pocket the opposition in the corners. Has great agility and transitions in a flash. Not very physical but is willing to dish it out. Faulk is the equivalent to a corner in the NFL, he can shadow anyone. Uses great positioning and decision making to take away opponents available options. Could use a little polish on his offensive game, sometimes treats the puck like a hot potato in the opponents zone.

This just came out today on Faulk, over at the College Hockey site.

The NTDP boys (12 of whom were drafted this year) hung out all the time and still stay in touch. They even handed out a few superlatives at the end of the year to each other as well.
"I got Most Likely To Be a Zamboni Driver," Faulk said. "I think I got that because a lot of the guys just know I love to be around the rink and hang out. I love hockey and that’s just kind of the way I am as a person.
"But memory-wise, winning the gold medal in Belarus this past spring was definitely one of the best memories. We dreamed of that for the last two years as a team. That was our goal from day one. It was just great."