The recovery of the NHL Upper Deck 2025 will be held from June 27 to 28 at the Peacock Theater from Live to Los Angeles. The first round will take place on June 27 (7 p.m.; ESPN, ESPN +, SN, TVAS), with 2-7 rounds on June 28 (Midi and Nhln, ESPN +, SN, SN1). NHL.com has the project with in -depth profiles on prospects, podcasts and other features. Today, an overview of the USA Hockey Jake Stuart Center team to develop the national team development team. Complete project coverage can be found here.
Jake Stuart feels that he is well prepared for the NHL recovery.
After playing for the Kings Junior of Los Angeles in high-level tournaments, he has spent the last two seasons as an attacker with the development program of the national hockey team in the United States. He added about 35 pounds during his stay at the NTDP, guided by the force and packaging coach Brian Galivan, who recently accepted the same role with the Sabers of Buffalo.
Stuart (5 feet 9 inches, 161 pounds) also has a wired knowledge of the NHL lifestyle, which he started to absorb well before lace his first pair of skates.
Consider the chronology:
Brad Stuart was a defender of Boston Bruins when Jake, his eldest son, was born on January 8, 2007. Barely a month later, on February 10, 2007, Brad was exchanged in Calgary in an agreement that brought the future champion of the Stanley Andrew Ference Cup in Boston.
The Stuart contract expired after the 2006-07 season. He signed with the Kings of Los Angeles in July 2007, while Jake was about to have 6 months. The Stuarts would be based in California full time.
In fact, not quite.
During the following season, the Detroit Red Wings increased potential opponents of the western conference qualifiers and determined that they had to upgrade their defenders. On February 26, 2008, they acquired Stuart des Kings for two recourse choices.
That’s how it Brad Stuart wore four NHL jerseys in his first 14 months as a father. For the record, the movements were worth it: on June 4, 2008, Stuart and the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.
Brad would play eight additional seasons in the NHL, the last four separated between two seasons each with San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche, while the Stuarts were trying to spend more time (or near) from their house in California. Jake was two months before his ninth anniversary when Brad played his last NHL match, with the avalanche on November 10, 2015.
While Jake has thought about these years, he offered one of the greatest compliments that a traveling parent could hear.
“I don’t remember that he had disappeared a lot,” said Jake. “It’s the bizarre thing. Even if he was (traveling), I don’t remember that he left. He was always a little there. He would always find a way to go home a little.”
It helped Jake and the younger brother Logan spent time at the ice with Brad. Jake has always loved No. 9 and turned to the players who worn him for his father’s teams. This is how Jake became a fan of Martin Havlat in San Jose and Matt Duchene in Colorado.
In retirement, Brad became assistant coach of Kings Junior, working with defenders in the birth year of Jake in 2007 and the 2008 Logan group.
The irony, of course, is that Jake and Logan are now forward.