How do we rate their performances on their respective teams?
Nuge led his team and the tournament in scoring, and Yakupov stepped up and led Russia to a victory in their most important game on home ice, both being named player of the game for each team.
Almost a perfect outcome from am Oilers perspective. How did our other guys do as well? Musil and zharkov?
How can the bronze medal be the most important game? I would think the semi finals would be due to the fact that they could still go for gold.
And isnt that what winning is all about?
This is a time when +/- is a good stat. RNH at +6 wasn't responsible for a lot of goals against. If he had played more the outcome may have been different.
No are you joking? +- is not a good stat in the worlds, junior or senior.
You have players raking tons of points against teams like switzerland, latvia, germany, finland...
likd RNH who had 5points against germany, remove them and against semi discent competition he is +1.. remove the 2points against punchingbag slovakia (even thou canada didnt show up for this game either) he is suddenly -1 when facing good wjc competition..
It was really similar when MPS had tons of points in the wc a few years ago.. people thought he was the next jesus christ but what most failed to mention was 95% off his points came from group play against countries like switzerland.
Everyone saying that RNH has a major blemish because of the 2nd US game are quite frankly being unfair. He was working his ass off, one of a small handful of Canadians that you could say that about that game. The only part of his game that IMO was sub par were his faceoffs after his first couple of games. It is not RNH's fault that guys like Huberdeau, Hamilton, Murphy, etc. were crap much of the tournament.
I wouldnt blame RNH for the canadian fiasko. However he wasnt outstanding or anything like that. Sure one could tell he is a great player however it wasnt like the opposition trembled in fear whenever he got the puck...
Also i think everyone worked hard in that game, its just a mather off US coming out guns shooting like there was no tomorow. But RNH being an oiler i think one automaticly notices him a bit more as an oiler fan.
With that said, i give RNH a 6.5/10, how anyone can go beyond that is beyond me.
First time in tons of years that Canada do not get a medal, finishes the tournament loosing to archrivals America and Russia..
No, no way is he getting more than that even thou that might be a top score for any Canadian player.
Yaku gets 3 ****storms out of 10. Dude was poison for his team at times even thou showing glimpses of greatness is hardly enough against juniors. Id rather discuss the failings of yaku than how "dominant" RNH was.. as an oiler fan am alot more worried about that. But yea one tournament doesnt make a player, just expected him to be a bit further developed from what i saw.