Prospect Info: Wjc 2015

[Habs]

wtf Big Mac? You get a chance like that, you make it count.

 

[WeThreeKings]

13th overall: Ryan Pulock
22nd overall: Emile Poirier
28: Morgan Klimchuk
29: Jason Dickinson
30: Ryan Hartman

5: Michael Dal Colle
7: Haydn Fleury
12: Brendan Perlini

etc. etc.

A lot of good players get cut.. don't make the teams. the WJC doesn't mean anything or Justin Pogge, Louis Leblanc and Chris DiDomenico would be stars.

 

[JAVO16]

****ing ****. I'm really disappointed about Mac getting cut.

Edit: In big part because I bought 2 tickets for Team USA games hoping to see McCarron in action. Guess Eichel, Matthews, Hanifin, etc will have to do

 

[Dwight]

13th overall: Ryan Pulock
22nd overall: Emile Poirier
28: Morgan Klimchuk
29: Jason Dickinson
30: Ryan Hartman

5: Michael Dal Colle
7: Haydn Fleury
12: Brendan Perlini

etc. etc.

A lot of good players get cut.. don't make the teams. the WJC doesn't mean anything or Justin Pogge, Louis Leblanc and Chris DiDomenico would be stars.

Dan Bertram, Ryan O'Marra, Dustin Boyd, etc.

 

[kernkraft]

Plenty of excellent future NHLers didn't make their respective WJ squad and the opposite is also true.

Erne and McCarron, both CHLers, get dropped, hmmm.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

****ing ****. I'm really disappointed about Mac getting cut.

That sucks.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Fucale is hot garbage.

He catches like Steve Penny..... not very well.

Fucale's got AHL written all over him. A waste of a high draft choice in a very deep draft.

 

[Stjonnypopo]

Plenty of excellent future NHLers didn't make their respective WJ squad and the opposite is also true.

Erne and McCarron, both CHLers, get dropped, hmmm.

I guarantee that the US National development organization puts a lot of pressure on the management for international tournaments to promote their local development. It's like Russia and their players that go overseas to develop and play.

 

[gusfring]

Not a good sign he didn't make the team.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Lol @ the overreactions in this thread.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Let's put this in a tournament way of seeing things. He was cut before the summer camp ended. The only reason why he was brought back it's because he was just incredible. Yet.....was used on an offensive role at C....There was no point in having back in that tournament if you take a guy who is succesful at C in an offensive role, to put him on the 4th on the wings in a banging role.

He had to do more. He didn't. And the US will/should have guys that will be better than him to do the job in Hayden and maybe even Fasching. As I said before, I'm not saying he was THAT much more noticeable, but I prefered Wood game yesterday's than Mac even if Mac looked better as the game progressed. But he was starting with 2 strikes....

Note: It means NOTHING as far as his value as a prospect or his future as a NHL'er. And EVERYTIME people will want to believe that it does, I will bring the name Ryan McDonagh....EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Will you underline it every single time too?

 

[Shutdown]

He catches like Steve Penny..... not very well.

Fucale's got AHL written all over him. A waste of a high draft choice in a very deep draft.

Was highly regarded as the top goalie in the draft and probable first round pick. Talk about revisionist history.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

WJC has absolutely nothing to do with a player's NHL potential. In fact, I would argue it can sometimes be a mirage for those that DO make it, sucking people into believing these kids are all 100% confirmed studs or, if they play especially bad, absolutely duds.

 

[montreal]

He showed a good physical game but overall he needed to be better as it wasn't his best game for sure.

 

[Carey Chant]

I'm not the biggest Fucale fan but he just got traded and looked pretty nervous. Not to mention he wasn't seeing as much action on the other end (Canada outshot Rus by large margin). He's the type of goalie that needs to see some shots, not sit there for 5 min and have a breakaway come his way.

As for McCarron, he was setup to fail from the start. 4th line with crappy linemates. Give the kid some PP time, who wouldn't want a 6 6" dude screening a short russian goalie. The coaches pretty much knew who they wanted so when you see McCarron penciled in on a 5th line with the lower level players, you know he would have to stand on his head to get a chance to play.

They might not be allstars but I'd bet both these guys make the NHL someday.

 

[montreal]

As for McCarron, he was setup to fail from the start. 4th line with crappy linemates. Give the kid some PP time, who wouldn't want a 6 6" dude screening a short russian goalie. The coaches pretty much knew who they wanted so when you see McCarron penciled in on a 5th line with the lower level players, you know he would have to stand on his head to get a chance to play.

They might not be allstars but I'd bet both these guys make the NHL someday.

McCarron did get a few seconds at the tail end of the PP. He was easily the most physical player on the ice and they were playing the #1 rated team in the NCAA (although that team was playing without their best player since he was playing for Team USA) I'm not worried about McCarron in the least bit as I think he will be a very solid addition to the Habs since we sorely need someone like him. Fucale I like but with Price here I don't know what the future holds for him with the Habs at least.

 

[Drunk World Order]

Believe me this will just make Big Mac even hungrier to prove his skeptics wrong. See you in the NHL next year big man.

 

[Whitesnake]

will you underline it every single time too?

Every single time.

 

[deandebean]

Easy on Fucale. Lots of young goalies aren't very steady. And the Price argument doesn't stand. Sure Price is here, but in 4-5-6 years from now who knows? I remember this lanky fella that looked like shlit in 1983 with Granby. His team sucked but allowed a plenty bad goals per game. And I've seen junior goalie stars being steady as a rock and never make it.

 

[deandebean]

As for Mac, the US program is based on speed. Mac is built for the NHL.

 

[MTLAzzurri]

Jacob de la Rose takes on Canada today on TSN2 at 7.

 

[LaP]

Dan Bertram, Ryan O'Marra, Dustin Boyd, etc.

Murray, Gendron, Dubé.

 

[Eagle Eye Cherry]

Any of my fellow montrealers going to the world juniors in montreal?

I could've went but the tickets were too expensive for my taste.

 

[MTLAzzurri]

Any of my fellow montrealers going to the world juniors in montreal?

I could've went but the tickets were too expensive for my taste.

Going to Canada/Slovakia. Trying to get Canada/USA tickets but they're so expensive.

 

[Born in 1909]

Believe me this will just make Big Mac even hungrier to prove his skeptics wrong. See you in the NHL next year big man.

Hope so.