Series Talk: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad World Juniors

[Tom Hanks]

Good for them. Up against it and pull out a win.

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[ColePens]

Zegras... wow

 

[ColePens]

I remember when McAvoy made a name for himself and next thing you know.

 

[Tom Hanks]

On the Brink of a hatty #dadjokes

 

[Gurglesons]

We could've drafted Brink eh?

 

[wheelz87]

Boldy with the between the legs beauty

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

We could've drafted Brink eh?

Of the two, would still rather have Poulin.

 

[Gurglesons]

Of the two, would still rather have Poulin.

Wasn’t he taken in the 2nd?

For some reason I thought he was taken after Legare, but he wasn’t. So no biggie.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

It was so god damn dumb for the Hawks to send Dach to the WJC. So dumb.

Why would they do that? Especially with the NHL season tentatively around the corner?

Might have made sense if the NHL had no plans to return this season, or had no idea when they would, and they wanted to get him some game action. But with a January 13th start date in the works, it made no sense.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Why would they do that? Especially with the NHL season tentatively around the corner?

Might have made sense if the NHL had no plans to return this season, or had no idea when they would, and they wanted to get him some game action. But with a January 13th start date in the works, it made no sense.

Why would they send him to the WJs? Or why would they have him surgically fix his wrist....?

Pretty sure both answers should be obvious. They send him to get in some prime playing time against real teams. Going and playing big minutes and potentially wearing a gold medal can be a huge boost for a young player.

The chances of an injury are there for anything. Sucks that it happened to him, but he could of tripped on the sidewalk and done the same thing.

 

[Sideline]

Why would they do that? Especially with the NHL season tentatively around the corner?

Might have made sense if the NHL had no plans to return this season, or had no idea when they would, and they wanted to get him some game action. But with a January 13th start date in the works, it made no sense.

The World Juniors is better than meaningless training camp scrimmages for getting into game shape. If he was going to miss real NHL games I would definitely not loan him out, but injuries happen in practice too so it's not like they were taking extra risk.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

While doing a wee bit of research for this most recent draft, I liked Brendan Brisson. How has he looked? I watched part of the USA vs. Russia game and no US players looked good.

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

No revving engine or screeching tire sounds while pushing: 4/10

 

[Tom Hanks]

Yes!!!

 

[Tom Hanks]

Very nice!

 

[Tom Hanks]

14 skaters make it to the WJC quarter finals for the first time in Germany’s history.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

14 skaters make it to the WJC quarter finals for the first time in Germany’s history.

The Swiss laying down for the Germans...

Nothing ever changes.

 

[Gurglesons]

Amirov looking pretty tasty tonight.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Country Name is one to watch

Did Switzerland merge with someone lol

 

[Tom Hanks]

Country name wins in OT!

 

[dogthateats]

Country name wins in OT!

Clang would have stopped that.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Country name wins in OT!

Malkin must be so proud of the glorious nation that is Country Name.

 

[ColePens]

I never really get over hyped by WJC players but my goodness... Zegras is f***ing INSANE. The last player that looked this good was McAvoy. A player that looked so dominant in these tournaments. My goodness is he good.