Official 2018 World Junior Championship Thread

[LegionOfDoom91]

I doubt the GM that doesn't believe in 9 game trials will go for it, but if it gets Patrick away from Hakstol for a few weeks sign me up.

Yeah I don’t expect it at all. I just don’t think it would be a bad idea personally.

 

[bennysflyers16]

The posts Xmas schedule is

12/28 at Florida
12/29 at TB
1/2 Pit
1/4 NYI
1/6 StL
1/7 Buf

Then a five day break. The WJC gold medal game is on 1/5, so he'd miss six games at most.

That's like 38 total mins of icetime,,,He'd get that in 2 WJHC games. Only reason I would want him on TC is to be back playing in all situations with not Dale Weise

 

[Tripod]

The posts Xmas schedule is

12/28 at Florida
12/29 at TB
1/2 Pit
1/4 NYI
1/6 StL
1/7 Buf

Then a five day break. The WJC gold medal game is on 1/5, so he'd miss six games at most.

He would also miss games pre-X-Mas because you need him to spend time with the team, running lines, etc...

Camp is 12-15th

Flyers play 7 games between 12th-23rd
12
14
16
18
20
22
23

You can't just drop him on the team on the 24th/25th. That would be bad for him and the team. Need time to build chemistry.

I don't expect them to let him go missing potentially 13 games.

 

[Curufinwe]

Pastrnak played in the AHL on 12/19/15 and 12/22/15, so he wasn't loaned out till after the 2015 Christmas roster freeze.

TheAHL.com

 

[Magua]

Yamamoto having an NHL hangover? 9 points in 10 games including a 4 point night in his 1st game back. I thought he would push 100 points this year even after missing the start of the season.

It's almost never a good idea to pull the extended 9 game charade over a couple months. Don't get into a rhythm, much game action anyway, feel rusty to start the year, then you toy with them emotionally. I don't think Hexy is totally off about the 9 game trials, but either make the games mostly consecutive right away or don't bother. I remember Barzal (far from the only one) started slow last year too after something similar.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Surprised Frost did not even get invited with the year he is having

 

[Tripod]

Pastrnak played in the AHL on 12/19/15 and 12/22/15, so he wasn't loaned out till after the 2015 Christmas roster freeze.

TheAHL.com

Doing it for the Czech is different than Canada. TC doesn't want guys "dropped" in from the NHL without going thru the team building parts.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Canada wouldn’t turn down Patrick if the Flyers released him close to the tournament. When you’re playing in the NHL your stock goes way up in Hockey Canada’s eyes just look at Virtanen & Lazar in recent years.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Love the idea of sending Patrick down to play. Let him dominate, see if he can get a spark and bring it back to the NHL with him.

 

[Magua]

Patrick will go to the WJC, not do well, have his entire country turn on him, and have his confidence destroyed for all time.

Flyers.

 

[kudymen]

Doing it for the Czech is different than Canada. TC doesn't want guys "dropped" in from the NHL without going thru the team building parts.

True. Considering how much smaller our pool is, the Czechs would definitely have taken Pastrňák even if his airplane landed literally in front of the arena during the first period of the first Czech game.

 

[Tripod]

Canada wouldn’t turn down Patrick if the Flyers released him close to the tournament. When you’re playing in the NHL your stock goes way up in Hockey Canada’s eyes just look at Virtanen & Lazar in recent years.

Those add ons have gotten lots of bad press up here in Canada for not working. And the one thing they point to is team building. But you are probably right in that they would not turn him down. But for sure they would be pushing for him to be released earlier than on the 24th.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Those add ons have gotten lots of bad press up here in Canada for not working. And the one thing they point to is team building. But you are probably right in that they would not turn him down. But for sure they would be pushing for him to be released earlier than on the 24th.

There’s a roster freeze for the NHL before the holiday that that starts at midnight on the 19th & runs through the 27th. So any player on an NHL roster would have to be released before that.

 

[Tripod]

There’s a roster freeze for the NHL before the holiday that that starts at midnight on the 19th & runs through the 27th. So any player on an NHL roster would have to be released before that.

So that means he would miss a min of 3 games before X-Mas as we play on the 18th.

He would miss a min of 9 games if released. I don't see them doing that.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

So that means he would miss a min of 3 games before X-Mas as we play on the 18th.

He would miss a min of 9 games if released. I don't see them doing that.

I don’t see them doing it either & that has been my position the whole time. However I would do it opposed to what’s going on now if had to make a call.

 

[Hurricane28]

I think Sweden is going to win this tournament. That defense is scary good

 

[Curufinwe]

Swedes gonna ride their Hog' to the gold.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I don't see a clear cut favorite. All the teams look pretty solid at the top. Sweden is always good. Finland has a great blueline on paper and a lot of young talent. Canada may not have a star, but a lot of depth as usual and Hart could be the best goalie in the tournament. USA is on home ice and look to have another good team. Russia under Bragin is always tough to beat at this level.

 

[Hurricane28]

Yeah I definitely don' t think there is a favorite. Wide open this year.

 

[sobrien]

I'm between Sweden and Finland. Finland is stacked with NHL draft picks and is always a goalie factory.

Is anyone doing a WJC pool this year? We must be close to draft time, given how long they usually take. I'd volunteer to run it, but I don't think I'd be able to run it a fraction as well as it's been run in the past.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'm between Sweden and Finland. Finland is stacked with NHL draft picks and is always a goalie factory.

Is anyone doing a WJC pool this year? We must be close to draft time, given how long they usually take. I'd volunteer to run it, but I don't think I'd be able to run it a fraction as well as it's been run in the past.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that again too.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I would not send NP to the WJC. Too much can go wrong. Remember the Flyers brass wouldn't be in charge of the lineup so depending who is there he may not be getting the minutes you want. Not to mention those seeking a "confidence boost" by sending him there could have that backfire as well. First off taking a hit by getting sent to play there, then if he doesn't come in and really light it up how does that help his confidence? No thanks no dice.

 

[phil162888]

If he stays in this rut for another week i'd send him if he's going to be a star player in this league he will show it during that tournament. Playing 10 minutes a night is useless

 

[NYCFlyer]

I would not send NP to the WJC. Too much can go wrong. Remember the Flyers brass wouldn't be in charge of the lineup so depending who is there he may not be getting the minutes you want. Not to mention those seeking a "confidence boost" by sending him there could have that backfire as well. First off taking a hit by getting sent to play there, then if he doesn't come in and really light it up how does that help his confidence? No thanks no dice.

If he can't shine in a WJC, then wtf is he doing in the NHL?

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

If he can't shine in a WJC, then wtf is he doing in the NHL?

He may just have a bad week or be stuck with guys he doesn't click with. I certainly wouldn't expect it, but I don't understand the logic behind taking a kid out of the NHL and that somehow giving him more confidence. I would be much more concerned that sending him to WJC is going to be a negative rather than a positive.