Official 2016 WJC Thread Part II

[CodyTheHuman]

I'm glad these games are too early for me to watch so I don't have to get upset too

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Canada nearly losing to the Swiss has pretty much become a fixture for this tournament. In the end though no matter how bad Canada plays their talent always wins out.

 

[FLYguy3911]

5v5 and 4v4 is one thing, but the biggest kick in the nuts is he gets one maybe two PP shifts a game. It's incredible the logic being used in these decisions.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Canada nearly losing to the Swiss has pretty much become a fixture for this tournament. In the end though no matter how bad Canada plays their talent always wins out.

Really? I can't recall exactly, but I think Canada won something like 20 straight against Switzerland in regulation at this tournament. I know they have given the senior team trouble, but I think Canada has been pretty dominant against Switzerland at the WJHC.

Probably was brought up on the broadcast, but I didn't get to watch the game today.

 

[flyershockey]

Just got done watching this one... and yikes! Good luck to HC in the future if this is the level of coaching they're going to employ. They no longer have far and away the most talent at these things, and the pet projects are starting to cost them.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Wouldn't be a big accomplishment. Outside of Chabot and maybe Fleury I don't see a top 4 guy in the NHL.

Fleury is probably the best bet TBH.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Fleury is probably the best bet TBH.

The best bet of what?

 

[usahockey22flyers]

The best bet of what?

Weren't we talking about who is the top D-Man in the Team Canada D?

I think it's either Sanheim or Fleury with the advantage to Fleury.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Weren't we talking about who is the top D-Man in the Team Canada D?

I think it's either Sanheim or Fleury with the advantage to Fleury.

We were talking NHL potential. And I've seen Sanheim dominate Fleury's Red Deer team too many times to agree that Fleury has the edge. Doesn't make enough plays with the puck. Doesn't have the same vision. He may never play on an NHL power play.

 

[Striiker]

I'd take Sanheim over Fleury 101/100 times.

 

[Rebels57]

I'd take Sanheim over Fleury 101/100 times.

Same. Defensively they are close. Offensively Sanheim blows Fleury away.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

We shall see! Hopefully I'm wrong.

 

[JWEKD]

This is where i'm at, especially since i'm not a fan of Team Canada.

Sanheim and Konecny will still be great Flyers in due time. I feel a little bad for them but at the same time I love watching terrible coaches fail.

I would be pissed if I was a fan of Team Canada though.

I suppose this is why im not a raging lunatic about this. I'm not rooting for Canada, so it doesn't pain me that they're being misused.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I like how they just gave that guy his own thread to rant in about Russian players playing in the CHL.

 

[Psuhockey]

I actually like that Sanheim is getting screwed over. I can't imagine a bigger motivator going forward. Tom Brady til this day mentions being taken in the 6th round and how many quarterbacks were taken ahead of him. When you get marginalized on a national stage like this, Sanheim has to be pissed. If he uses it, watch out NHL.

 

[Rebels57]

Im watching the Swiss-Canada game on DVR now. Sanheim had a 2 minute shift with around 8 minutes left in the 1st where he made 5 good plays.

Cant believe the Bruins passed on Barzal 3 straight times. That will be laughed at for the next decade plus.

 

[Tripod]

I actually like that Sanheim is getting screwed over. I can't imagine a bigger motivator going forward. Tom Brady til this day mentions being taken in the 6th round and how many quarterbacks were taken ahead of him. When you get marginalized on a national stage like this, Sanheim has to be pissed. If he uses it, watch out NHL.

I hope Hextall sends him a message about using it as motivation.

Not that he needs it though. You can see he is trying to make things happen but is not being rewarded for it.

 

[Stizzle]

Someone put up a Sanheim vs Hicketts poll on the main board. This could get ugly.

 

[FLYERSG]

Yep. Sanheim > Fleury.

 

[Cyborg LeClair]

I actually like that Sanheim is getting screwed over. I can't imagine a bigger motivator going forward. Tom Brady til this day mentions being taken in the 6th round and how many quarterbacks were taken ahead of him. When you get marginalized on a national stage like this, Sanheim has to be pissed. If he uses it, watch out NHL.

I was thinking this too. Sanheim is a kid who has to earn everything in his career. Late WHL draft pick, works his way up from bottom pair minutes to nearly a ppg for his last 25 games. Gets taken by the Flyers. Burns down the WHL. Comes in this year doing the same thing, but now he's being used sparingly for team Canada. If Lowry is actually a good coach, we might see Sanheim unleashed in the next game or two and never look back. But he'll probably just give the minutes to Hicketts instead.

 

[Rebels57]

Its very clear Lowry is not a good coach and it extends beyond his pro-Hicketts, anti-Sanheim agenda.

I wouldnt expect anything to change.

 

[Tripod]

Someone put up a Sanheim vs Hicketts poll on the main board. This could get ugly.

Poll is now closed....23-0 for Sanheim.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Poll is now closed....23-0 for Sanheim.

Not surprising. One guy is 5'8" 175 lbs. while the other is 6'4" 198 lbs. on that alone people would side with Sanheim.

Hicketts has defied odds to this point in his career with his accomplishments but the odds are still seriously stacked against him in carving out a meaningful NHL career. It's really hard to play on the backend in the NHL with that lack of size.

 

[CanadianSniper]

Someone put up a Sanheim vs Hicketts poll on the main board. This could get ugly.

Yeah that was me, I was pretty angry still after the game and reading the Canada roster thread and seeing people actually saying Hickets is better than Sanheim put me over the edge lol
Poll went pretty much how I expected. I REALLY hope Lowry pulls his head out of Hickets' *** soon.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Leafs fans call Nylander "King Joffrey"? OMG

Every single one of them is an utter mentalist. Every one. The people of Toronto are the nicest and most polite bunch I have ever been around, but the Leafs fans are really way, way around the bend.