GDT: Canes at the 2018 WJC

[DaveG]

Martin Necas (CZE)
Janne Kuokkanen (FIN)
Jake Bean (CAN)

So, we have 3 players reping the sightless eye at one of the more wide-open WJC tournaments in recent memory. Finland and the Czechs seem to have stronger then usual teams this year, but the US, Canada, and Sweden are also bringing strong groups and are the favorites to medal as of right now, though Finland seems to be getting a lot of medal talk with that stacked first line and blueline.



First game is already underway and Bad Weather is 1+1 two periods in as the Czechs lead Russia 4-2.

Scoring:

Pos/Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTs	+/-	PIM
C Martin Necas	Czech Republic	2	1	2	3	-2	0
C Janne Kuokkanen	Finland	2	0	0	0	+2	0
D Jake Bean	Canada	2	0	0	0	-1	0

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Full slate of games here:

Nr	Group	Date	Time	Phase	Venue	Game
1	B	26 Dec, Tue	12:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	CZE 5 vs 4 RUS
2	B	26 Dec, Tue	14:00 GMT-5	PRE	Harborcenter	BLR 1 vs 6 SWE
3	A	26 Dec, Tue	16:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	CAN 4 vs 2 FIN
4	A	26 Dec, Tue	20:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	DEN 0 vs 9 USA
5	B	27 Dec, Wed	15:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	SUI 3 vs 2 BLR
6	A	27 Dec, Wed	19:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	SVK 0 vs 6 CAN
7	A	28 Dec, Thu	12:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	FIN 4 vs 1 DEN
8	B	28 Dec, Thu	14:00 GMT-5	PRE	Harborcenter	RUS 5 vs 2 SUI
9	B	28 Dec, Thu	16:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	SWE 3 vs 1 CZE
10	A	28 Dec, Thu	20:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	USA 2 vs 3 SVK
11	B	29 Dec, Fri	12:00 GMT-5	PRE	Harborcenter	BLR vs RUS
12	A	29 Dec, Fri	15:00 GMT-5	PRE	New Era Field	CAN vs USA
13	B	30 Dec, Sat	12:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	CZE vs BLR
14	B	30 Dec, Sat	14:00 GMT-5	PRE	Harborcenter	SWE vs SUI
15	A	30 Dec, Sat	16:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	FIN vs SVK
16	A	30 Dec, Sat	20:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	DEN vs CAN
17	B	31 Dec, Sun	12:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	SUI vs CZE
18	A	31 Dec, Sun	16:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	USA vs FIN
19	A	31 Dec, Sun	18:00 GMT-5	PRE	Harborcenter	SVK vs DEN
20	B	31 Dec, Sun	20:00 GMT-5	PRE	Key Bank Center	RUS vs SWE

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[Caniackid]

 

[DaveG]

No goalie anywhere's stopping that. Seriously that's just what we need, a big center with instincts to get open in front of the net on the PP. God knows we have enough playmakers, need someone that can just snipe that motherf***er when it matters.

 

[Caniackid]

The assist. Great eyes getting it down low instead of taking the shot.

 

[Brock Anton]

That's 'worst player for Canada in WJC history' Jake Bean, to you.

 

[Mathios]

Martin Necas (CZE)
Janne Kuokkanen (FIN)
Jake Bean (CAN)

Isn't Eetu Luostarinen playing for FIN ?

 

[Brock Anton]

Isn't Eetu Luostarinen playing for FIN ?

Didn't make the team.

 

[Breakdowns]

Necas with important face-off win in the dying seconds, to stop Russians comeback, 5:4 Czech`s win. Necas 1+1, huge game time, playing good.

 

[Caniackid]

Czechs let two in late and had a late penalty. Necas won the faceoff in their zone then covered the puck in the corner for the last ~10 seconds to seal the game.

Won player of the game!

 

[Breakdowns]

Also player of the game for Czech, wow!

 

[Novacane]

Necas played 22:02. The most for any player in the game

 

[geehaad]

Dammit. He peaked too soon.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Dammit. He peaked too soon.

Career AHLer.

 

[Novacane]

Kuokkanen is looking sluggish and very timid

 

[Canes]

Most of Team Finland looked nervous or scared. The results of the 1st period speak for themselves. For the sake of watching a good game, I hope they can turn it around.

On a side note, gotta love all the Avs fans crying about Bean playing over Makar. Makar just got owned in front of the net for Finland's 1st goal in a way that makes Ryan Murphy look like Chris Pronger.

The Canadian WJC echo chamber is a really interesting phenomenon. If Bean played for say, Toronto or Edmonton, and/or if he were a top 5 draft pick, I'm sure the situation would be reversed. It's a really interesting dynamic.

 

[WreckingCrew]

The officiating in that CAN-FIN game was so laughably bad I was starting to think I was watching a Penguins game.

First goal was so blatantly obviously no goal because: 1) forward knocked the net off the moorings before puck crossed the line, 2) easy case for goalie interference / "incidental" contact with the goalie (puck moving away from net until player kicked goalies leg into puck into net). Second goal I think a case could be made for goalie interference as well. Fourth goal the CAN player tripped up the FIN d-man, stole the puck, and got up ice to set up the goal (FIN couldn't recover from that). I won't argue the Finnish "no goal" as I don't think it was clearly over the line. Still, one obvious no-goal for CAN, 2 other questionable. Not to mention the hooking, tripping, boarding, interference, etc that CAN got away with throughout the game.

 

[Lempo]

Most of Team Finland looked nervous or scared. The results of the 1st period speak for themselves. For the sake of watching a good game, I hope they can turn it around.

You try playing your best game when you don't know if the same guy will be coming back to coach you in period 2.

 

[Canes]

You try playing your best game when you don't know if the same guy will be coming back to coach you in period 2.

Either I'm missing a joke or you're serious? Please tell me it's the former.

 

[Lempo]

Either I'm missing a joke or you're serious? Please tell me it's the former.

It's the former. Finland had a very interesting tourney last year, coaching-wise.

 

[Canes]

It's the former. Finland had a very interesting tourney last year, coaching-wise.

Oh ok, I thought you were serious that the Finland coaching situation was tenuous enough for a coach to be fired mid-game.

As much as I hope for Peters and Francis to be fired mid game sometimes, even I know the shitstorm that would cause.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Oh ok, I thought you were serious that the Finland coaching situation was tenuous enough for a coach to be fired mid-game.

As much as I hope for Peters and Francis to be fired mid game sometimes, even I know the ****storm that would cause.

They should hold a surprise pre-game ceremony and retire Bill Peters.

 

[Canes]

They should hold a surprise pre-game ceremony and retire Bill Peters.

As long as Peters keeps adequately coaching *some* of our players how to play defensively, I am so down.

 

[Breakdowns]

Oh ok, I thought you were serious that the Finland coaching situation was tenuous enough for a coach to be fired mid-game.

As much as I hope for Peters and Francis to be fired mid game sometimes, even I know the ****storm that would cause.

That actually happened last WJC

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

That's 'worst player for Canada in WJC history' Jake Bean, to you.

Didn't they use to say that about Ryan Murphy back then as well?

 

[DaveG]

Didn't they use to say that about Ryan Murphy back then as well?

Yep. This despite the fact that he was just as productive as Morgan Reilly in that tournament and tied for the most productive player on that blueline. The narrative that was created because Vancouver fans were pissed about him taking a spot over the rather mediocre Frank Corrado really took over any preception of Murphy. He didn't have a good tourney (none of the Canada dmen did) but he wasn't the tire fire people make him out to be either IIRC.