Prospect Info: 2018-2019 WJC Thread

[Cheddabombs]

Way to go Talvitie!

 

[BenedictGomez]

If the US had a decent goalie, they might have had a chance.

Someone obviously hasnt watched anything other than 1 period of this entire tournament.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Score was 3 to 3 and should be an OT classic.

Sadly the refs screwed USA out of a goal and it's 3-2 Finland.

or the US broke the IIHF rules and it was disallowed

 

[Darkauron]

Finland did really good. Gotta hand it to them

 

[Better Call Sal]

Primeau played really well

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Score was 3 to 3 and should be an OT classic.

Sadly the refs screwed USA out of a goal and it's 3-2 Finland.

And maybe the US isn't even here if the refs don't screw Russia. You have to overcome those things and the US had every opportunity to. They blew way, way too many glorious chances.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

f*** YEAH! Aarne captaining a team to the finals and gold?? Talk about a major confidence booster, couldnt have gone better for the kid. Hopefully this confidence takes him to another level

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Primeau played really well

I thought he was OK, not great, but just OK. The guy at the other end of the ice was far superior. It wasn't really close IMO.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

THEY SAID WE GOT A STEAL IN TALVITIE! Wow a Devils prospect getting respect

 

[The Wumpus]

Announcers with some praise for Aarne

 

[BenedictGomez]

or the US broke the IIHF rules and it was disallowed

Except they didnt. Neither announcer had any idea why it wasnt a good goal, and they watch IIHF hockey. I have no idea either.

Neither did anyone in the WJC thread, just random speculation (goalie interference, whistle blew, crease violation, etc...).

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Someone obviously hasnt watched anything other than 1 period of this entire tournament.

His performance has been greatly overrated IMO. He was OK.

 

[Cheddabombs]

lmaaaooo the girl holding the tray trying to get that guy's attention to take the player's prize

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Except they didnt. Neither announcer had any idea why it wasnt a good goal, and they watch IIHF hockey. I have no idea either.

Neither did anyone in the WJC thread, just random speculation (goalie interference, whistle blew, crease violation, etc...).

It was a crease violation, they did say that IIRC.

 

[BenedictGomez]

And maybe the US isn't even here if the refs don't screw Russia.

Now, in this case, that actually is an IIHF rule, and I wish it was an NHL rule too - it's not soccer. You shouldnt be able to angle a puck into the net with your skate.

Back in the day that wasn't a good goal in the NHL either, until Bettman started his campaign to do anything possible for "more scoring" plays.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

This couldnt have gone any better from an NJ perspective except maybe Smith making the finals as well.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Announcers with some praise for Aarne

Hope he's OK physically

Heck of a player

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Nice cheer for J. Hughes, though I think they were thinking it was Q. Hughes.

It's really amazing that both Canada and Sweden are walking away without medals. The world hockey scene may finally be shifting. I still think Canada had the best team in the tourney and just fell asleep at the wheel, but in the past they could get away with that. Not anymore.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Nice cheer for J. Hughes, though I think they were thinking it was Q. Hughes.

It's really amazing that both Canada and Sweden are walking away without medals. The world hockey scene may finally be shifting. I still think Canada had the best team in the tourney and just fell asleep at the wheel, but in the past they could get away with that. Not anymore.

Its a big reason I think the World Cup of Hockey can work if done properly - like the World Cup of Soccer.

Hockey is a top 5-6 sport worldwide in total fans

 

[Blender]

Talvitie definitely outplayed a lot of guys at this torunament with much more pedigree than he has.

 

[MadDevil]

Was that Mad Dog they showed in the crowd watching his kid?

 

[Billdo]

If the US had a decent goalie, they might have had a chance. But they absolutely killed themselves going 0 fer on the PP.

He's been good.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

If the US had a decent goalie, they might have had a chance. But they absolutely killed themselves going 0 fer on the PP.

uhhhhhh the goalie was not the issue lol. The U.S. defeated themselves + the disallowed goal which should've been a goal

 

[TheUnseenHand]

He's been good.

IMO, the US did a very good job limiting the number of high danger scoring opportunities other teams had. He made the easy saves, but he didn't do anything spectacular IMO. He definitely got outplayed in this game. The US had a ton of really great chances and had an exceptionally tough time converting. If you switch goalies in this game, IMO, the game would have been pretty one-sided.

 

[JimEIV]

Was that Mad Dog they showed in the crowd watching his kid?

Yup