Calgarypuck.com took in the 10:00 AM session of Saturday's day two of official Calgary Flames training camp. 

The majority of the session was set aside to work on one on one drills with assistant coach Jim Playfair looking over the defenceman. Each defenceman was asked to play the body against an attacking forward, foil his attempts to score and then return to the blueline to face yet another attacker.

The overall flow suggested one of two possible scenarios, with the reader welcomed to select their one of choice based on whether their hockey glass is half full or half empty.

Very few players managed even decent scoring chances, with ever fewer actually bending the twine.

An optimist would suggest that's a great sign for the Flames crop of young defenceman ... a pessimist? That the Flames are still in some pretty steep trouble when it comes to goal scoring.

The realist? It's day two of training camp with only a split squad on the ice, or in a word, it's early.

Some notables:

Given the nature of the drill, we'll keep our main comments to the blueliners.

Jordan Leopold - was turned inside out by both Josh Green and Shean Donovan, but showed good speed to recover and close off avenues to the net.

Tim Ramholt - looked bigger on the ice than I expected, and was pretty impressive matching his upper body strength against NHL forwards, and not being afraid to mix it up. He should have a strong season in the CHL.

Andrew Ference - One of the strongest defenceman on the ice in this drill when it comes to playing the man, and finishing his checks. Clearly the man knows he's in a battle for the sixth and seventh spots, though he likely has the inside track.

Mike Commodore - Though only a drill, Commodore once again was everything but his reputed slow, labouring, immobile self, in handling everyone with good positioning and superior size. Very much in the mix for the bottom spots, though I didn't get a chance to see Jesse Wallin and Steve Montador. 

Some Forwards ...

Steve Reinprecht - looked great on some occasions, but very regular on others. Decent set of hands. A veteran just getting his feet wet.

Baby Face - It wasn't hard to find Kevin Harvey, Cam Cunning and Tyler Johnson out there. One part baby face and one part slight of stature made them stick out like a frail thumb. Just learn boys, learn.

Chuck Kobasew - strong tenacity for a drill that puts the forwards very much at a disadvantage. Kept after the puck, and never let a series die without a fight.

Shean Donovan - the hardest working player on the ice. Great speed, and excellent balance going wide and bring the puck from the corners.

Josh Green - pretty much a straight ahead guy. Great size, but he won't fool anyone with the puck at the NHL level.