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Atte Engren: Nashville Predators Rookie Camp Preview

Nashville Predators Rookie Camp begins on September 10th, so to help you get ready we'll walk our way through the prospects, from youngest to oldest.

Atte Engren, Goalie - #36

Born: February 19, 1988 From: Rauma, Finland

Height: 186 Weight: 6-1 Catches: Left

2010-2011 Team: TPS Turku (Finland)/Milwaukee (AHL)

Stats: 15-13-1, .921 Save %, 2.63 GAA

Drafted: 2007 7th round (204)

Follow after the jump for some background!

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Scouting Report

This comes from EliteProspects.com:

A very technically skilled goalie with good quickness. Not a completely butterfly style goalie. Could improve his stick skills. Mentally strong and able to play under pressure. Athletic.     

Then there's this, from Hockey's Future:

"Engren is a much more athletic goalie, very quick, relies on quickness," Predators goaltending coach Mitch Korn said in the summer of 2009. "Not the biggest guy in the world, but probably the most athletic-playing of the (Nashville prospects)."

Korn described what Engren needs to work on. "It's keeping his game under control. Using that athletic ability when it's needed, and not when it's not needed.    

Arbitrary nickname we'll give him even though he'd probably hate it

"Atta Boy" - hopefully he'll hear that often after making a big save.

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What's at stake

The goaltending situation after Pekka Rinne is potentially wide open; one can make the argument that Anders Lindback's development might best be served by starting in Milwaukee, rather than getting just 20 games or so with Nashville. Engren made a strong impression late in the year with the Admirals after wrapping up his season in Finland, and has the opportunity to climb the depth chart within the organization this fall.

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Did anyone get out to see the guys today?

Wondering if anyone has any thoughts.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, and Boogaard.

by CAustin on Sep 11, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions  

I was hoping to, but didn't make it

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by Dirk Hoag on Sep 11, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

“Born: February 19, 1998”

i can’t tell you how incredibly old i felt when i read this. gotta be a typo. lol

by robjustice on Sep 11, 2011 10:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, you’re at least ten years younger than you felt when you read that. lol! It’s supposed to be 1988.

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, and Boogaard.

by CAustin on Sep 11, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was really having a time with birth dates yesterday, yikes.

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by Dirk Hoag on Sep 12, 2011 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

I got to watching some clips on YouTube

And I’ll say this: Finnish hockey has both waaaaaaaayy too many ads and the most awful refs uniforms ever.

Oh, and the kid’s pretty good but quite undisciplined (clips from 2010 or earlier, so something may have changed.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zm9j-J68

R.I.P. Belak, Rypien, and Boogaard.

by CAustin on Sep 12, 2011 8:43 AM EDT reply actions  

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