Traverse City Notebook: Day 3

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TRAVERSE CITY – You can drop a game in the NHL Prospects Tournament and bounce back to make the final. What you can’t do, however, is go 0-for-2 in the first pair of games and expect anything other than an early flight on Tuesday evening.

The Blue Jackets are two-time defending champions and they stubbed their collective toes on Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings, who took advantage of careless penalties and put six goals on the board in the West Rink at Centre Ice Arena.

Yes, this is one of the Blue Jackets’ youngest Traverse City teams in quite a while, but they know they can play better.

Development coach Chris Clark said there were some things they’d look to clean up before their second game (Saturday night against St. Louis), and there could be some lineup changes as well.

Here are some brief observations:

– The post-game talk centered on Sonny Milano, who’s entering his …

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