What's the O/U for how many goals Canada scores tomorrow? 15?
No way, the Czech Republic are actually a good team.
It'll be far closer than the Finland game was. I'll say 4-1 Canada.
I thought they were playing Denmark?
Must have misread the schedule. My mistake.
What's the O/U for how many goals Canada scores tomorrow? 15?
the czechs looked tidy in victory. This game should be close. I think canada is going to keep scoring but questions about goaltending are not going to go away.
score canada 5-3.
Unfortunate news in regards to Smith-Pelly. His absence will definitely be felt.
Seconded. Other than maybe Boone Jenner, no one is going to be able to replicate Smith-Pelly's physical play.
Lol Harrington made the team that is such a joke.
Harrington should have been one of the first guys cut not a guy that made the team.
[Harrington's ego] might get smaller when he and the hockey world realizes that he has no place at the U20 for a player of his caliber.
I'm not taking about role players. Last year Cizikas and Foligno both made the team and were two of the best players in camp. Olsen is an example from last year, didn't have a great camp, not many expectd him to make the team but he does. This year same way with Harrington, except Harrington is probably worse than Olsen.
Don't bring this bull up that just because they play for the team with the best record doesn't mean all their defensemen are good. Harrington hasn't look "very reliable" since his draft year. Nobody is looking at +/- to determine how good they are, they watch him, and they can see that Harrington isn't reliable, he gets beat often, and his hockey IQ is severely lacking. Nobody thought Harrington would make the team, absoulutely nobody. He's not an elite U20 defensemen, and I'd argue he's not even a good one.
When you have your own fans bashing him, as well as most other people, many of whom have watched him plenty, that probably says something. I'm going to laugh when Harrington shows how outclassed he is on the world stage.
See, you say something like that than admit you haven't watched him out here. Harrington isn't miles ahead of Murphy in any regard, and not defense either.
Harrington is big and imposing, but thats about it. He has way to many mental mistakes in his own end, and for the life of me I can't understand why he's even in the World Junior camp let alone making the team, the coaches system is the only reason I can think of.
Harrington hasn't look like a trusty, steady, or consistent player since his rookie season in the OHL. When Kitchener plays London, I love when Harrington and Tinordi are on the ice because it's so easy to skate circles around them. Harrington has horrible hockey IQ and if the only reason he made the team was he is a defensive defensemen. Personally, I don't even think Harrington should have been in camp, and I'm sure a tonne of people will argue with me. Harrington is not talented enough to be playing in this tournement.
That would certainly be a surprise, since Harrington has played well enough in previous international tournaments to earn his the staff's trust, and steady, consistent play is his hallmark.
But hey, stick around. It will be interesting to get your take throughout the tournament, since you've taken such a hardline stance against Harrington from Day One.
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The "worse than Dylan Olsen" comment was especially facepalm-worthy. No one can be worse than Olsen. Not even me.
Well, that and the fact that Harrington's play has pretty much been the exact opposite of what he claimed it would be.
Forget the fact that he's been great. This was either a clear attempt to troll, or he's completely full of it. I'm going for some of both.