soilwork2004
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proclaimed the best team of the WJs, could this team compete with an NHL team and which one?
soilwork2004 said:proclaimed the best team of the WJs, could this team compete with an NHL team and which one?
Epsilon said::lol
ANY NHL team, even the Pittsburgh Penguins, would not only take this team to school, but you could put together the U20 world all-star team, and they would get smashed too.
Vlad The Impaler said:Actually, take a U20 world star team, let them play on a tour for a full month in Europe and against their peers and I think they can provide *decent* (not stellar) opposition to many NHL teams.
This is of course pure speculation on my part and the one month playing together is absolutely mandatory as far as I'm concerned. Forget it if you just assemble the team quickly and throw them to the wolves. But many of these guys could make the NHL this year and if you let them a month to get to know each others, you can probably provide decent competition to a NHL team.
I think they would be more talented than some NHL teams I have seen in recent years, and even the worse NHL teams DO get the odd win. Anyone wants to take a shot at assembling a world U20 lineup?
Handsome B. Wonderful said:The Penguins would make them look like...well...ummm...the...Penguins...
I fully believe the Penguins would destroy them without much trouble.
well, if many of htem are the size of Cam Barker or Jeremy Colliton, they should be start picking out their hospital beds. barker looked rail thin, but should keep in mind mono had an effect. still, looked like a kid in street clothes, not a professional level athlete. im sure he will put on the weight though, just saying right now, most those U20's are just not physically mature enough.soilwork2004 said:proclaimed the best team of the WJs, could this team compete with an NHL team and which one?
Honestly. This thread is the epitome of homer glasses. Any average NHL blueliner would absolutely truck most of these junior players. Not to say that this team won't amount to anything.. but they still a couple years off from solid NHL players (most of them at least).Mark Fischel said:Does this question need to be even asked?
Any NHL squad would mop up the ice with this jr. Team.
Remember, every player in the NHL is there for a reason that they simply are the best of the best, and a Jr. National team is full of players who arent even ready to show that they can even belong in the NHL (with the exception of a few players).
This is the same argument that a dominant NCAA College football team could beat a sad-sack NFL team, and it is the same answer in almost all cases.
No matter how great a Jr. World Championship team is, an NHL squad would smoke them, and even more, might even set back their development for decades....
MojoJojo said:Theyre 19, not 12. Quite a few of these players would dominate in the AHL, and some of the worst NHL teams are practically AHL teams with one or two high draft picks manning the top line. I think they would do well. Keep this team intact, give them two or three years to mature and learn, they could contend for the cup.
MojoJojo said:Theyre 19, not 12. Quite a few of these players would dominate in the AHL, and some of the worst NHL teams are practically AHL teams with one or two high draft picks manning the top line. I think they would do well. Keep this team intact, give them two or three years to mature and learn, they could contend for the cup.
Tricolore#20 said:Which players here would dominate in the AHL? You are underestimating the ability of players in the AHL. Look at the current rookies in the AHL, and compare them to the veteran players. While guys like Parise and Vanek are having fairly good seasons right now in the AHL, they are no way near dominating. Also, an NHL club, even the most mediocre is far better than an AHL club. There was a discussion a few months ago whether the Penguins could beat the AHL champions, and most people agreed that the Penguins would easily win.