WJC: Best Player Predictions

[Jesus Christ Horburn]

Now that the round robin games are over, I think it's a good time to make predictions of who the best forward, best defenseman and best goaltender will be when the tournament ends.

IMO:
Best forward: Jordan Eberle
Best defenseman: I would have said Sbisa, but since he's out I'll say Alex Pietrangelo or Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Best goaltender: Jack Campbell

And incase anyone is wondering, last year's winners were Tavares for best forward, Karlsson for best defenseman and Markstrom for best goaltender.

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[hockeywatch]

Now that the round robin games are over, I think it's a good time to make predictions of who the best forward, best defenseman and best goaltender will be when the tournament ends.

IMO:
Best forward: Jordan Eberle
Best defenseman: I would have said Sbisa, but since he's out I'll say Alex Pietrangelo or Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Best goaltender: Jack Campbell

And incase anyone is wondering, last year's winners were Tavares for best forward, Karlsson for best defenseman and Markstrom for best goaltender.

yup
Pietro
yup

 

[Tombernack]

Eberle hands down.
Truthfully have no clue which d-man it could be.
Markstrom for sure.

 

[Latex*]

Joni Ortio

 

[SMoneyMonkey]

Kozun/Schenn
Teubert
Jones

(guess which team I'm a fan of )

Aside from painfully homer picks

Eberle
Pietrangelo (He really should be in the NHL)
Allen

Allen has impressed me thus far. The only other one I liked a lot was Campbell, though. Jones might be good but not quite the same level as these two.

 

[Peter K]

Pietrangelo without doubt

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

Markström, Pietrangelo and Eberle are pretty safe picks for the best players at their position, so I'm going with them.

Let's take a closer look at the starting goaltenders for the teams that qualified for the quarter finals (while including both goalies for USA):

Player |Team |GPI |Min |SOG |SV |SV% |GAA |SO
Jakob Markström |Sweden |3 |180:00 |97 |94 |.969 |1.00 |0
Igor Bobkov |Russia |4 |240:00 |148 |140 |.946 |2.00 |1
Jake Allen |Canada |3 |185:00 |53 |49 |.925 |1.30 |2
Benjamin Conz |Switzerland |4 |238:35 |172 |157 |.913 |3.77 |0
Jack Campbell |USA |2 |125:00 |57 |52 |.912 |2.40 |1
Mike Lee |USA |2 |120:00 |39 |35 |.897 |2.00 |0
Joni Ortio |Finland |4 |218:16 |67 |57 |.851 |2.75 |0

 

[Jesus Christ Horburn]

The reason I'm not certain about Pietrangelo is that while he is blowing the competition away offensively, he had quite a few defensive break downs against the Americans (not as many as Ellis, but more than usual).

 

[PumpkinBombX]

My All Tournament Team:

G: Markstrom (Conz could get it if he keeps the Swedes to 3 or less goals in the Bronze Medal game. Or The US goalie could win it if they beat Canada.)

D: Pietrangelo
D: OEL

RW: Eberle
C: Stepan
LW: Hall/MPS

Tournament MVP - Eberle

 

[vippe]

My All Tournament Team:

G: Markstrom (Conz could get it if he keeps the Swedes to 3 or less goals in the Bronze Medal game. Or The US goalie could win it if they beat Canada.)

D: Pietrangelo
D: OEL

RW: Eberle
C: Stepan
LW: Hall/MPS

Tournament MVP - Eberle

Cant really decide the MVP pre-final :p If usa wins I'm sure Stepan would be the MVP

 

[PumpkinBombX]

Cant really decide the MVP pre-final :p If usa wins I'm sure Stepan would be the MVP

True, after I submitted I thought about putting in a caveat about the US goalie getting tournament mvp, but Stepan does have a great shot at it.

That said, if Canada does lose and Eberle, say, has a 4 point game, he'll probably still get MVP, but now i'm doing too much what-if-ing.

 

[sbtatter]

Markstrom
OEL (only because Pietrangelo had a melt down defensively NYE)
Eberle

 

[Stoneberg]

Markstrom
Pietrangelo
Eberle/Stepan depending on which team wins it all.

I'd be absolutely shocked if the outcome varied from that.

 

[CapsWolverinesUSA]

Markstrom
Pietrangelo
Eberle/Stepan depending on which team wins it all.

I'd be absolutely shocked if the outcome varied from that.

Agreed. I guess there's a small chance that either goalie in tomorrow's game would swipe the award if they pitched a shutout.

 

[SpitsOHL89]

Best forward: Eberle
Best D- Pietrangelo
Bet goalie- Conz

 

[La Bamba]

Best forward: Eberle
Best D- Pietrangelo
Bet goalie- Conz

Exactly what I was gonna post!

 

[MXD]

Forward : Stepan or Eberle
D : NOT PIETRANGELO. OEL, maybe?
G : Benjamin Conz

 

[RoyBoyCoy]

Eberle
Pietrangelo
Markstrom

All Tourney Team

MPS-Stepan-Eberle
Pietrangelo-OEL
Markstrom

 

[Addison Rae]

Eberle
Pieterangolo
Markstrom

 

[McMatthews]

Jordan Eberle
Derek Stepan
Jerry D'Amigo

Alex Pietrangelo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Benjamin Conz

 

[SpitsOHL89]

Exactly what I was gonna post!

If the States win and Stepan has a good game then i think he could get best forward, but I think Pietrangelo and Conz will be best D and best goalie no matter what happens.

 

[OracularSpectacular]

Forward: Taylor Hall
Defencemen: Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Goalie: Benjamin Conz

 

[Glen Erickson]

MVP (Most Valuable Player to his Team): Nino Neiderreiter, Switzerland. (hands down, the ultimate no-brainer.)

MVP (Most Valuable Player who gets the most Media Attention): Eberle...obviously an outstanding player, but also surrounded by many outstanding players.

Defenseman: Pietrangelo...great at both ends of the rink throughout the tournament.

Goaltender: Conz...if you're looking for a guy who has given his team a legit chance to win against all comers...just look at the shot totals. Markstrom...if you're looking at preliminary round numbers, but in two years at the WJC, he's never won a "big" game.