Gaudreau's good for one awesome GIF per game. If he keeps this up all tournament, that would be amazing.
GDT: 2014 World Championships Thread
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Pirate King Luffy
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Unreal. France beat Slovakia 5-3. France is on the rise...
Backlund is in a 3 way tie for the tourney lead.
Backlund is in a 3 way tie for the tourney lead.
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Gaudreaubey Baker
Being outshot 8-0 is a pretty good start in my opinion. They're playing dead right now in hopes the Czechs get bored with them and leave.
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Go Flames
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He plays a pretty physical game here. Personally, I'd like him to not risk injury and thereby summer development, while at a tournament that in no way impacts the Flames. I'm happy with him strictly working on his offensive creativity while at tournaments such as these, and that sentiment stems to all other Flames players at the tournament. Baertschi just lost 4-6 weeks of summer training because he played in an optional tournament after a 9 month grind.
I think Backs as a whole is a lot stronger with core strength than ever before, thus being able to play more physical and be injured less. Knock on wood.
His focus on fitness and strength last off season was matched only by Iginla and Cammalari in terms of flames players. He is now at an age where professional maturity starts to set in, and he continues to raise his own bar. These international tournaments, are when he needs to push like he is in the playoffs for us.
That's what developing is. Getting better with every situation, in all sides of the game. Meh
His focus on fitness and strength last off season was matched only by Iginla and Cammalari in terms of flames players. He is now at an age where professional maturity starts to set in, and he continues to raise his own bar. These international tournaments, are when he needs to push like he is in the playoffs for us.
That's what developing is. Getting better with every situation, in all sides of the game. Meh
Backlund's OT move from Sunday's game:
Like most Swedes historically, Backlund seems like bit of a late developer. He should only continue to improve, especially offensively as he matures.
Great save though.
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I just read an article about Finland's performance against Belarus and it said Erik Haula is due to join the team in the next few days. Totally threw me off, I had somehow assumed with complete certainty that Haula was American 
I guess he did play college, so there's that...
I guess he did play college, so there's that...
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that must be why you were thinking that, Haula is from Pori, Finland.I just read an article about Finland's performance against Belarus and it said Erik Haula is due to join the team in the next few days. Totally threw me off, I had somehow assumed with complete certainty that Haula was American
In 2008 he crossed the pond to attebd Shattuck St Marys Prep
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Yeah I looked him up after reading the article. I was surprised since I normally have a pretty good read of players around the league. He was a tough one though, HS+college player with a name that didn't sound particularly Scandinavian or Finnish. Watched nearly every Minny game during these POs and still didn't pick up his POB
Something about him just struck me as American and I never questioned it.
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the spelling of Erik is a bit of a give away I think. In North America it is fairly rare for Erik to be spelled with a K. And Haula sounds Scandinavian to me, maybe just because it reminds me of ValhallaYeah I looked him up after reading the article. I was surprised since I normally have a pretty good read of players around the league. He was a tough one though, HS+college player with a name that didn't sound particularly Scandinavian or Finnish. Watched nearly every Minny game during these POs and still didn't pick up his POB
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the spelling of Erik is a bit of a give away I think. In North America it is fairly rare for Erik to be spelled with a K. And Haula sounds Scandinavian to me, maybe just because it reminds me of Valhalla
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Sean Monahan
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