hisgirlfriday
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IK, it's basically irrelevant but something about it bothers me.
Schmaltz scores to cue the Dagger!
More of that in the future please
Yes. But today, I think everyone gets a goal. It is like a participation trophy in this game
As for our own first round this summer...if we have not traded our pick at the trade deadline in a deal for immediate help or as a package with other assets to.move up to get the 2nd or 3rd pick overall if we can package enough
Methinks you use the adjective "great" t describe the tournament Schmaltz is having as quite a bit excessive....Please reserve for Mathews or th 2 Finland greats up for the draft...they had "great" days today...Schmaltz was just another American in the horde they had again st a No Mas Swiss team that failed to show up today and had nothing in their tanka term exerting g their "A" effort against Canada yesterday and tge rested USA took advantage again st a bunch of MIA. ..so unless you got a 4 pointer like Mathews did...do not call Schmaltz's half that anything great...Of course had he not blown 2 break-away all in alone chances I would have allowed 7se 9f the term "great" but just like Hossa blows all his break-aways we saw our "great" prospect hope fail 9n them against sub-par Swiss goalies this day..Nope...I refuse to allow Schmaltz and great in the same sentence.
AS for Bondra scoring g..It would warm the cockles of Q's constant preaching of net front presence ...as it was a deflection while he stood in front of the crease ....hardly a thing of skill or beauty ..but he will.never be an NHL player unless he improves his skating..he is not fast or agile nor can handle the puck well. .he is huge and can screen at the net that us about it...but that ability alone will not be enough unless his skating g gets a lit better..
On the player I did like today who we drafted..except for 1 very bad brain-fart ill-advised pass out up tge middle from behind his own net while being fore-checked...I thought Jon Tuulola had a very good game otherwise...better size and speed than I had thought...broke up a lot of plays and rubbed guys out of the play and even had a break-away up the middle by joining g the rush..did not score but he was sold and perhaps some potential tial there..could be a pro I the NHL if he gets stronger as he fills out his frame and maybe some latent offensive ability if he joins tge attack more like today...
Forsling has a good shot from tge point and was solid defensively today..
So I am quite satisfied with our d-prospects playing at tge WJHC ...but as for Scmaltz ...getting us playing Centre ...not sure where that position fits with us for years because we have Toews and Anisimov as the 1C and 2 C...if centre is tge position best suited for Schmaltz to play pro ...then I think we need to trade him for a top 6 LW or RW (since Hossa will also need replacing on.line #1 at RW...Thus maybe we package Schmaltz and Dano and a first next year for the 2nd or 3rd pick after tge lotto to get either of the 2 Finland wingers ...that is if we have not done a deal for immediate help in the top 6 wingers at the trade deadline...
forsling POTG vs Canada
When handing out the Player of the Game Awards after tge Swedes beat Canada ,Forsling stood together with Travis Konecny the POTG for Canada of the game..He looked much taller ...Konecny is supposed to be 5'10.5 ...if that 8s true then Forsling looks to be a real 2.5 inches taller..so a legit 6'1 ...so hardly that "small"...perhaps he grew a bit since his draft?
Thank you very very much Mr. Jim Benning