I agree with Strome, I always want more from him. I can see flashes with huberdeau being an elite player, but dont see anything with Strome.
WJC: Players that disappointed the most
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I agree with Strome, I always want more from him. I can see flashes with huberdeau being an elite player, but dont see anything with Strome.
I gotta agree with those saying Reilly was a disappointment. I really thought he played poorly. But in the same way as Yakupov. You can see he has the talent, just played a bad tournament.
Furthermore it speaks volumes that a 19 year old elite offensive talent basically sees no ice time in his teams most important game after the 2nd period.
See you can't sit there and complain about coaching decisions and then use them as a tool to make an argument. Murphy was by far the worst player on Team Canada and yet he played 1st pairing and 1 PP minutes. It has nothing to do with homerism... he was given very limited opportunity and was very solid in the limited time he had.
No he wasn't... not in any way. He was actually very good in his own end, far better than he has been in Moosejaw.
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bottom 3 d
Murphy
Rielly
Hamilton
All played equally bad and were a major reason canada came it forth. To many offensive d that cant play defense
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I certaintly hope thats not the case, I dont watch many MJ games so this is my main viewing of him. Thats bad news tho
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Filip "Floppa" Forsberg was probably one of the worst underachievers, - taking into consideration his high 1st round draft position - and the fact that many of his teammates were actually overachievers in this tournament...
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If that's the case then I seriously doubt Morgan Rielly's NHL future. He was shaky, scrambly, and easily overpowered and not great positionally in this tournament.
Considering he was still one of the best forwards in the tournament you must have pretty high expectations on him. I could understand why one would expect more points out of him. I did. But he was not one of the biggest dissapointments in the tournament
Ok.....enough with e Reilly Bashing....How can you say he was a disappointment when he led all Canadian defence in Points while getting the least ice time. I am a Reilly fan but here's the thing I ultimately blame Spott and the Canadian Coaching staff for making it a less than stellar appearance for Reilly.
Who was Reilly playing with 95% of the time he was out there on even strength...Yeah Murphy. How Can a coach get away with playing 2 individuals that are mainly looked at as offensive minded with issues in their defensive zone. Had he tried Reilly with a Harrington and given regular shift this would have been a completely different tournament and I do recall that Team Canada PP had more success with Reilly and Ouellet at the helm than their #1 pairing.
Also in regards to coaching, I find it interesting and intriguing that Reilly was considered a lock during the selection camp only to end up playing the 7th defenceman role with little even strength and mainly PP minutes
Who was Reilly playing with 95% of the time he was out there on even strength...Yeah Murphy. How Can a coach get away with playing 2 individuals that are mainly looked at as offensive minded with issues in their defensive zone. Had he tried Reilly with a Harrington and given regular shift this would have been a completely different tournament and I do recall that Team Canada PP had more success with Reilly and Ouellet at the helm than their #1 pairing.
Also in regards to coaching, I find it interesting and intriguing that Reilly was considered a lock during the selection camp only to end up playing the 7th defenceman role with little even strength and mainly PP minutes
- could somebody please arrange a poll regarding best forwards - I don't think he will make top 15 (several teammates ahead of him as well)
He was the worst forward for team Russia. He wasted chance after chance that his linemates worked very hard for. No team game, no passing ability, no hockey sense. This guy will forever need an elite center to play with to do anything in the NHL.
Yeah, tap-in's don't count.
They count..they just dont make you a great player.
Both goals were tap in from hard work and amazing passes by Kapustin and Yarullin. Watch the replay.
oh please. he had 8 points in 7 games. tied for first on russia if i'm not mistaken. and also 5 of them were assists so i'm not sure what you're talking about. pretty good for a player with no hockey sense or passing ability right?
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The toe drags, and amazing wrist shots do. Unfortunatly luck doesnt go your way on the nice plays. Elite players find ways to score in all situations. Watch all 60 of stamkos's goals, alot of them were tap ins from being in the right spot
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Doesnt have an elite center in the KHL and still doing well. Plus the Oilers do have an elite center
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"We had Rielly rated as our #1 pick" Blowhard
Why do you keep calling Burke a blow hard?
It's not far off to believe he was rated as Toronto's number one pick.. and he very well good be, along with everyone else in the 2012 draft, the best player in the draft.
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Although you dont want to judge him on a tournament, I do think Drouin and Jones have set themselves above him as it currently stands.
On another note, it's interesting that Oullette, a player without the fanfare, set himself up for larger expectations now. I know Detroit is high on him, but others will now be just as high. It'll be interesting to see how he deals with the added pressure.
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I'll agree with you on Jones because he was terrific. Not that I think he's a better prospect than MacKinnon, but he was given the minutes and he performed as well as anyone could expect. Drouin was good, but I felt he faded in the medal games. He played decent against the Americans (at least by the standards of the team) but was not very visible against the Russians. MacKinnon is still above him by a bit as far as I'm concerned, since I don't feel the tourney was any indication of his ability. Drouin probably would have performed better if he played with MacKinnon consistently as well, I was disappointed that they played so little together. But when Spott is your coach..........
