Sounds like it will be another WJC followed by a bottom ten finish where this team only has 2-3 prospects in the tournament.
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Sounds like it will be another WJC followed by a bottom ten finish where this team only has 2-3 prospects in the tournament.
Not surprised about Focht but that's a blow for Woo.
Highest-drafted Canadian player not invited aside from Ryan Merkley whose non-invite isn't related to on-ice performance.
Other than Mikey DiPietro, it's so long since the Canucks have had an impact player on Team Canada, I'm almost ambivalent on how they do. In the past few tournament the Americans and Finns have had more future Canucks playing for them.
I have no idea how this edition of Canada will stack up, but last year's entry couldn't have scored on a soccer goal and were excruciating to watch. Kind of curious about Silovs. Is Latvia in this tournament, and is he eligible to play?
I have no idea how this edition of Canada will stack up, but last year's entry couldn't have scored on a soccer goal and were excruciating to watch. Kind of curious about Silovs. Is Latvia in this tournament, and is he eligible to play?
Yeah is Team USA announced yet? Is Madden and Rathy boy Bonerson locks to make it i wonder?
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Claiming that this team will finish bottom 10 while they are sitting in a playoff spot with one game in hand on Vegas and close to the the top 3 of pacific is a wild take
Also I don’t see any problem having only 2-3 players in WJC when the core of this team are so young.
Our 2019 first and second round pick will both be in the WJC, our 2018 1st round pick is in the Calder race.
2018 2nd round pick has a weak start to the season but he’s also playing on a bad Calgary Hitman team
After re-watching some of those Tyler Madden NCAA highlights, I'm really starting to wonder when he signs, and how much time he's going to need in the minors. Already has NHL wheels as far as I can see, and if there's a kid who could make a splash in pro hockey at 160 pounds, it's Madden.
I never made that claim, you just have poor reading comprehension. Re-read my post.
Having only a three or so prospects in the WJC each year for a period of five or so years when you are one of, if not the worst, team in the NHL is really bad. And also, Quinn Hughes is 20 and wouldn't be eligible this year anyway.
What makes you think that he regrets deciding to spend an extra year at Dexter, before Harvard? His reason has been documented several times and shows his strong character.
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Again, it really doesnt matter when your core players are all under the age of 24, it's not like there is no future for the team.
You are putting too much stock in to a 2 weeks junior tournament where players dont even get to practice together that much
I normally read and then disregard the negative posts, but curiosity made me look it up. You are only 25-50% off on your claim.
2018 - Vancouver had more selections than 14 other teams
2019 - Vancouver had more selections than 18 other teams
Vancouver Canucks (4) 2018
- F Jonah Gadjovich – Canada – 2017 second round pick (55th)
- D Olli Juolevi – Finland – 2016 first round pick (5th)
- F Elias Pettersson – Sweden – 2017 first round pick (5th)
- F Will Lockwood – United States – 2016 third round pick (64th)
- G Michael DiPietro – Canada – 2017 third round pick (64th)
- D Toni Utunen – Finland – 2018 fifth round pick (130th)
- D Quinn Hughes – United States – 2018 first round pick (7th)
- F Tyler Madden – United States – 2018 third round pick (68th)
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You want to talk about being negative. Guy says 2-3 and it ends up being four. Who cares? Lmao at calling that "50% off." This is the kind of disingenuous bullshit that makes things "toxic."
Gadjovich barely even counts anyway. Did he even get into a game?
His point clearly stands.
How is proving that a claim is inaccurate, being negative? I just said bullshit.
Guy makes a number claim that is false and you imply that it is close enough to the truth, so it stands, in cases where it suits you?
If I had said:
"No, Hodgy, I think the number of selections is 5-6 every year", then would you also not care? I am sure you don't use this type of rounding in your potato list.
It was a great response with facts given. Their were a lot of false claims with original post. The strength of the canuck young talent has been shown from numerous neutral sources this year. Some prospects rise some fall like every team. Woo and others are down while Madden and others are up. The development of Hughes, Demko and Gaudette at NHL level is the best news for the organization. The only issue is I do not see a push next year from our prospects.
Thanks for doing the leg work on this. I had wondered how we compared to other teams. Sometimes I think we focus too much on just Team Canada and ignore the other countries where we have had good representation. Especially the US where Brackett’s picks come in to play. We’ve done really well with the US guys.
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Too bad for Jett Woo. I don't see him as an inferior choice to half of those selected, and the team decided to roll with a couple of 2020 undrafted guys. WJC selections are always hotly contested and every year there's surprises and snubs. I'm sure he will use it as motivation. I think there's also a pretty good chance Canada could miss his presence and relative experience against bigger teams on the RHS. He has a knack for separating players from pucks, and I'm not sure who on that D can do that any better.
Remember last two years, Hughes had a terrible WJC and Petterson's was relatively pedestrian as well, and there was a lot of hand wringing on these boards. The takeaway is that the tourney is fun to watch but it portends little about the future.
Sounds like we'll have:
Pod
Madden
Hoglander
Utunen
Plasek
Anyone else?
Remember last two years, Hughes had a terrible WJC and Petterson's was relatively pedestrian as well, and there was a lot of hand wringing on these boards. The takeaway is that the tourney is fun to watch but it portends little about the future.
Sounds like we'll have:
Pod
Madden
Hoglander
Utunen
Plasek
Anyone else?
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I mean we are also closer to being a bottom 10 team(3 points) than the lead in the division(5points); heck the 2 points between us and Vegas is the same between us and being 4th last in the confrence. So us finishing bottom
10 isn’t as crazy as you make it seem.
Madden will not be in the tournament.
20 year old players are only allowed if their 20th birthday begins on the start date of the tournament, or if they turn 20 throughout the tournament.
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