Was this tough conversation a turning point for Flames prospect Etienne Morin?
'I want to make my name. I want to make my place,' Morin said during development camp, which continued with Friday's team-builder in the mountains. 'I have a dream ever since I started skating, and it's to play in the NHL. I'm not going to stop until I achieve that.'
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The next step is to show he's ready for a regular role with the Wranglers.
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In what will be his final junior campaign, Morin finished third among QMJHL rearguards in points (58), assists (44) and plus-minus (+38).
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In Game 2 of the league final, which dragged into double overtime, he clocked almost 40 minutes of ice-time. He contributed seven points in a series that the Wildcats wrapped in six games.
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Morin beams when he talks about his championship crew, although there was one slight downside to their playoff success. He made arrangements to train this summer with Mews in Ottawa, but he didn't switch to off-season mode until a lot later than most of the Flames' future hopefuls.
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'It's a different kind of training for me,' said Morin, whose Wildcats ultimately lost to the London Knights in the semifinal at the Memorial Cup. 'It feels like I'm going to Japan and learning a new language. But I'm learning quick. It's really fun. I've trained for two weeks and I can already see the improvements. So I can't wait to see what two months does.'
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The Flames can't wait to see what Morin, listed this past season at 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, could someday be capable of. They won't need their left-shot defencemen to be flashy, but rather rock-solid.
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Morin has tried to learn over the years from Marc-Edouard Vlasic, studying some of the stick tricks that earned him a reputation as one of the NHL's best shutdown sorts.
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'I'm a kid from Montreal, so I've been watching a lot of what Lane Hutson is doing at the blue-line and how he's just so explosive,' Morin said. 'That's definitely a guy I'm watching for tips and try to recreate his moves and maybe create some new ones.'
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