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$@#&, I have to listen to the super-homer US broadcast crew for the gold medal game on NHL Network.
Either way, gold game is going to be a great matchup.
Zegras’ vision is high high end. His hockey IQ alone will make him an NHL player, and a very good one. I don’t follow Ducks info, is he going to camp after this tournament? He has a contract...
IMO he’s tournament MVP at this point.
Cam York is less than impressive defensively.
He is not so good in the d zone.
I think Heinola might be the best d man in this game.
I think Boldy should be MVP. He's been their best overall forward along with Turcotte.
Not at all. Finland would've been a cake walk like it was in round robin. I don't think any of the clubs can hang with Canada but the US at least are an opponent we haven't seen Canada walk all over.
Boldy over Zegras? Absolutely not. Turcotte has been good but Zegras is the guy that stirs the drink on that team. Like it's not even close.
Eh, tbh, I think this Finnish team has more moxy and is a scarier opponent than the US. Just no quit in their game, when their going gets tough they put their head down and work harder. They're the kind of team that would come into a gold medal game against a team that fed them their lunch through a straw with a renewed sense of purpose and pride.
The US club on the other hand seems to struggle a lot with adversity. Too used to sleeping through USNDT games and winning 5-0 because all the good players are on their team. Plus I think the Canadian players will get up to play the Yanks instead of an opponent they already steamrolled.
Finland needed 2 fluke goals just to get by a German team missing several players. Finland lost the game against Canada in the first period and put up the resistance of floor mats.
Canada would sweep Finland around like a broom, again. No doubt of that.
The December 31st pot went unclaimed. Someone missed out on over $3.8 million.
Rough way for the Finns to lose. They dominate the 3rd, come back and tie it, continue hemming the US in their own zone, and then the US finally get the puck into the Finnish zone and it's in the back of the net. Good performance by Turcotte though, and that goes to show why Kaliev can be so dangerous.
Just desserts. For years the Finn Juniors win every close knockout game they are involved in. Nice to seem them lose a tough result for once. Should happen more often. Lucky to W against Sweden to even be in Semi final. Finns were in no way impressive in the tournament and their top scorer has 7pts in tourney. They really don't have a producer in the lineup as far as I can see. Wonder if we're going to see a drop in Finland performance now in World Juniors and less talk of them being the hockey super power, lmfao.
Finland getting punted, good riddance.
Really disagree. Zegras is super flashy but Boldy has been doing everything for that team while also being an offensive catalyst. There's more to the game than just points and this is coming from somebody who is a fan of Zegras.
I mean, I could see an argument for Zegras, I just like the all purpose guys (Turcotte included) especially when they are also putting up offense.
Just desserts. For years the Finn Juniors win every close knockout game they are involved in. Nice to seem them lose a tough result for once. Should happen more often. Lucky to W against Sweden to even be in Semi final. Finns were in no way impressive in the tournament and their top scorer has 7pts in tourney. They really don't have a producer in the lineup as far as I can see. Wonder if we're going to see a drop in Finland performance now in World Juniors and less talk of them being the hockey super power, lmfao.
Finland getting punted, good riddance.
I don't know much about the Finnish roster for upcoming years but Lambert should at least be one of the top point getters in the tournament next year. It seems like no matter who is on the Finland roster, all of their teams are super competitive so I wouldn't be surprised if they made it to the semi final or even beyond in the 2022 WJC.
Canada would stomp either of these teams so it really doesn't matter who won this game.Either way, gold game is going to be a great matchup.