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Forsling did not play in the Sweden opener today against the Swiss
..Sweden dressed only 6D for tge game....but the injury is day to day so maybe he gets into their next game..
Saw Joni Tuulola play for Finland in their win over Belarus today..No points for him but he did finish +2 ...Nothing special about him..OK defensively as a SAH type...but I do not think he is good enough to have an NHL career.
As for tge USA 4-2 win over Canada today ...score flattered USA ..Canada generated far more dangerous scoring chances ...a lot more of them...but USA had puck luck and some undeserved help from the refs...USA first goal pure luvk..a shot missed tge net wide and rebounds off tge backboard tight to an open Colin White fir wast tap in....pure luck..2nd USA goal came on a penalty that should be very have been called against Canada as the American goalie was out beyond tge blue crease and he initiated contact so should not have been interference against Canada...USA took advantage on the PP point shot through a double screen...Mac Donald in net for Canada had no chance ..Third USA goal was an own goal deflected in by Canadian D-man Hickey ts off a point shot by USA...pure luck goal..So tge first 3 USA goals were hardly deserving and not really a Mano a Mano beating of tge Canadian net minder who had no chance on any of these lucky goals..The last USA goal was another point shot
.MacDonald ganeve a rebound and that was whacked in by Mathews ..so I will give credit 9n that one as deserving..but really 3 lucky goals and 1 of thise on a PP they never should have had in the firs place.The hockey gods were with them but on another day Canada might have scored 7...5hat is how many good scoring chances Canada has if not more 8n this game
..but they only got 2 in.
..My impression of Nick Scmaltz for USA ..he played Centre on their 3rd line...At least he did not flat out stink like last year at the WJHC ..this viewngI would grade A bit better
.upgrade to MEH...still.not crazy about him..do not see anything g special at all..He was mostly 9ne and done on a few routine hardly dagerous shots ..he did make 2 defensive strips in the o-zone but nothing generated off these and he did get a stick on stick to block a scoring chance in 9ne defensive zone play I will.give him.credit for
.but offensively I cannot recall him.generating much action in attacks on net ..hard to see how he got so.many assists at North Dakota because this game he hardly used his wingers at all...mostly on his own trying a few routine shots..Meh Meh.Meh..not impressed by him at all..Still think he lacks pro speed and hustle..more like cruising speed and does a lot of empty circling loopy skating without hard on the puck play..I just do not like his game at all...Not impressed with him
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AGAIN...Everyone I have seen him play he does zero to.impress me..so either I miss when he does play well ...or I am correct that he will.not ever star for us as an NHL ER. ..sorry but I just do not get it with him.9r his alkeged vast improvement this year
.I suppose 8f you go from stink to.mwh it is some kind 9f mprovement..but if that is all there is
.it ain't much..
..Sweden dressed only 6D for tge game....but the injury is day to day so maybe he gets into their next game..
Saw Joni Tuulola play for Finland in their win over Belarus today..No points for him but he did finish +2 ...Nothing special about him..OK defensively as a SAH type...but I do not think he is good enough to have an NHL career.
As for tge USA 4-2 win over Canada today ...score flattered USA ..Canada generated far more dangerous scoring chances ...a lot more of them...but USA had puck luck and some undeserved help from the refs...USA first goal pure luvk..a shot missed tge net wide and rebounds off tge backboard tight to an open Colin White fir wast tap in....pure luck..2nd USA goal came on a penalty that should be very have been called against Canada as the American goalie was out beyond tge blue crease and he initiated contact so should not have been interference against Canada...USA took advantage on the PP point shot through a double screen...Mac Donald in net for Canada had no chance ..Third USA goal was an own goal deflected in by Canadian D-man Hickey ts off a point shot by USA...pure luck goal..So tge first 3 USA goals were hardly deserving and not really a Mano a Mano beating of tge Canadian net minder who had no chance on any of these lucky goals..The last USA goal was another point shot
.MacDonald ganeve a rebound and that was whacked in by Mathews ..so I will give credit 9n that one as deserving..but really 3 lucky goals and 1 of thise on a PP they never should have had in the firs place.The hockey gods were with them but on another day Canada might have scored 7...5hat is how many good scoring chances Canada has if not more 8n this game
..but they only got 2 in.
..My impression of Nick Scmaltz for USA ..he played Centre on their 3rd line...At least he did not flat out stink like last year at the WJHC ..this viewngI would grade A bit better
.upgrade to MEH...still.not crazy about him..do not see anything g special at all..He was mostly 9ne and done on a few routine hardly dagerous shots ..he did make 2 defensive strips in the o-zone but nothing generated off these and he did get a stick on stick to block a scoring chance in 9ne defensive zone play I will.give him.credit for
.but offensively I cannot recall him.generating much action in attacks on net ..hard to see how he got so.many assists at North Dakota because this game he hardly used his wingers at all...mostly on his own trying a few routine shots..Meh Meh.Meh..not impressed by him at all..Still think he lacks pro speed and hustle..more like cruising speed and does a lot of empty circling loopy skating without hard on the puck play..I just do not like his game at all...Not impressed with him
.
AGAIN...Everyone I have seen him play he does zero to.impress me..so either I miss when he does play well ...or I am correct that he will.not ever star for us as an NHL ER. ..sorry but I just do not get it with him.9r his alkeged vast improvement this year
.I suppose 8f you go from stink to.mwh it is some kind 9f mprovement..but if that is all there is
.it ain't much..