At the Sept. 19th Blackhawk exhibition, I spent some time talking to Ty Jones and Nathan Perrott. I approached Jones and identified myself as the Hockey’s Future Hawk editor and asked if I could talk to him about training camp.
He agreed and I asked about his experiences starting with the 1998 training camp through this 1999 camp. I told him everyone I talked to in the organization had him tabbed as a can’t miss NHL caliber player, but that last preseason he seemed very tentative and a step behind the play, and I wondered was going through his mind then.
Ty: When you finally come to a camp where the parent club is taking a long look at you, you feel afraid of making any mistakes. You could look at many of the guys brought into Hawk camp and their biggest problems on ice were just that fear of error.
Q2: Ty, I am wondering how you felt going back to junior, just waiting to get back here this September and then ending up unable to get any ice time (due to tailbone and finger injuries).
Ty: Going back to junior was a change. Here in the NHL the play and abilities are so accelerated that junior was much less challenging.
Q2:Did the Hawks have things they asked you to specifically work on in junior?
Ty: All I was asked to do is go out and play. Concerning my inability to play in preseason, all I could do now is lift and train.
Q3: Are you expecting to go down to Cleveland and play?
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