no, the logic that the people arguing against body checking is using is the recent qmjhl outbreakIs there some fact based evidence that body checking somehow makes it easier to catch covid. Players will constant be in contact around each other anyways.
Is there some fact based evidence that body checking somehow makes it easier to catch covid. Players will constant be in contact around each other anyways.
i disagree with him not having trineyev as at least an extra but im pretty confident trineyev will make the 2021 WJC roster if he keeps playing as well as he is, as he's doing pretty well for an 18 year old in russiaScott Wheeler released his roster projections for the WJC on the Athletic today. He projects the rosters for CAN, USA, SWE, FIN, and RUS
Has McMichael as the top line LW and Lapierre as one of the extra forwards.
"My top nine came together pretty quickly. I think each of those players deserves to be locks.
Kirby Dach will be the team’s No. 1 centre, and I like the stylistic fit that returnees Connor McMichael and Dylan Cozens offer him on the top line."
"For the thirteenth and fourteenth forwards, I settled on Hendrix Lapierre and Jakob Pelletier. Lapierre has played so well in the QMJHL that it feels like a disservice not to include him."
The only other Caps prospect he has making one of those teams is Oskar Magnusson as an extra forward for Sweeden.
"I like slick Capitals draftee Oskar Magnusson and giant Red Wings prospect Elmer Soderblom (he’s 6-foot-7!) as my extra forwards because of the variety of looks they provide."
Doesn't have Bogdon Trineyev making the Russian squad.
He wasn't named to a recent tune-up type roster, though, and without the CHL/Russia tournament as a showcase option this year he might not get much of an opportunity. Historically Russia also by and large tends to go with 19 year old's.i disagree with him not having trineyev as at least an extra but im pretty confident trineyev will make the 2021 WJC roster if he keeps playing as well as he is, as he's doing pretty well for an 18 year old in russia
Would love to be a fly on Dale Hunter's wall when they told him this.
Pretty different than ours. Wondering who they have top 10 that we didn’t?Japers has the first part of their Caps prospect rankings (25-11):
The Capitals’ Top 25 Under 25: 2020-21, Part I
25) Riley Sutter
24) Kody Clark
23) Lucas Johansen
22) Mitchell Gibson
21) Hugo Has
20) Shane Gersich
19) Bogdan Trineyev
18) Oskar Magnusson
17) Beck Malenstyn
16) Brett Leason
15) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
14) Joe Snively
13) Garrett Pilon
12) Damien Riat
11) Bobby Nardella
Pretty different than ours. Wondering who they have top 10 that we didn’t?
Japers has the first part of their Caps prospect rankings (25-11):
The Capitals’ Top 25 Under 25: 2020-21, Part I
25) Riley Sutter
24) Kody Clark
23) Lucas Johansen
22) Mitchell Gibson
21) Hugo Has
20) Shane Gersich
19) Bogdan Trineyev
18) Oskar Magnusson
17) Beck Malenstyn
16) Brett Leason
15) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
14) Joe Snively
13) Garrett Pilon
12) Damien Riat
11) Bobby Nardella
I'd have Trineyev over Magnusson for sure, but otherwise this looks pretty solid. Might have had Geisser on the list over one (or both?) of Sutter/Clark, as well.
I get the Magnusson hype, he's got a motor that never quits, good hockey instincts, likes to go straight to the net, can shoot and pass, and has a mentality that can be described as a bull dog's tenacity...
But.. but.. he's so small
I know that there are players his size (5'10" 165 lbs) that are excelling in the NHL these days. And that at only 18 he's still got time to grow and definitely fill out. And I think until he does that, I just can't fully buy into it yet. It's just so random for the Caps to develop him. Maybe he can be our Gourde.
I get the Magnusson hype, he's got a motor that never quits, good hockey instincts, likes to go straight to the net, can shoot and pass, and has a mentality that can be described as a bull dog's tenacity...
But.. but.. he's so small
I know that there are players his size (5'10" 165 lbs) that are excelling in the NHL these days. And that at only 18 he's still got time to grow and definitely fill out. And I think until he does that, I just can't fully buy into it yet. It's just so random for the Caps to develop him. Maybe he can be our Gourde.
If you have speed and skill in today's NHL, height doesn't matter. I'm sure he'll fill out from 165 over time.
Japers has the first part of their Caps prospect rankings (25-11):
The Capitals’ Top 25 Under 25: 2020-21, Part I
25) Riley Sutter
24) Kody Clark
23) Lucas Johansen
22) Mitchell Gibson
21) Hugo Has
20) Shane Gersich
19) Bogdan Trineyev
18) Oskar Magnusson
17) Beck Malenstyn
16) Brett Leason
15) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
14) Joe Snively
13) Garrett Pilon
12) Damien Riat
11) Bobby Nardella