WJC: Tournament standouts and dissapointments so far?

[crump]

Really? I was waiting for someone to mention him and I'm surprised it came out in the positive comments. I find a lot of his decisions questionable at best, and thought he had a lot of problems with passes and control in the first few games.

I noticed him more in the last game for sure. I don't have his advanced stats in front of me, but his skill level is up there, pretty good vision in the O zone. So maybe he has turned a corner in the tournament after a slow start, I just noticed him in a good way that last game. Finland as a group play a pretty good defensive game and he's part of that.

 

[Canucks LB]

You guys can thank me for Podkolzin and Amirov Domination in the last Couple Games.
I was "Disappointed" in them, Since then, Well you have seen!

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

CZE- Goaltender Parik. Obviously an upset win against Russia. The CZE team played a hard heavy game and took a lot of top Russians out of the game. But at the end of the day Parik stopped everything. He's their "backup".. perhaps he should start from now on.

USA: Zegras and York look dangerous all the time.

Canada: Drysdale is pretty slick. Cozens is a great pick for Buffalo. Tamasino seems clutch too. Levi solid.

Russia: Whole team is sort of underperforming. 1st line totally shuts down against a physical team. Their checking line is good though. SAFONOV is a beast of a young man, if he can find a way to finish more plays he would be intriguing. I like Abramov when he has played.

Finland: Lundell and Niemela are standouts, I like HEINOLA - despite the lack of production, he has been dominant in ice time and controlling the play.

I disagree with Cozens

 

[couture23]

I disagree with Cozens

How could you be disappointed in Cozens?

 

[NyQuil]

You guys can thank me for Podkolzin and Amirov Domination in the last Couple Games.
I was "Disappointed" in them, Since then, Well you have seen!

Please be disappointed in Roby Jarventie but not too much.

 

[Satanphonehome]

I think Tomasino’s finishing skills have been outstanding and applaud him for making the most of his opportunities.

I’m not surprised that he’s been used in the somewhat sheltered way he has. He’s not shown much as a puck retriever or a defender, relative to most of the team.

Tourigny has him in a position to succeed, something that has been true for most players. That’s pretty hard to do on a team this deep. It will be interesting to see if Canada’s “roll 4 lines” approach wavers as the games get tough.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

I disagree with Cozens

How so?

 

[Judas Tavares]

I understand the situation Rossi is in, but he really isn't generating much. I wasn't expecting a Stutzle performance, but I expect a few points and to at least look like the best player on his team.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I know I've been spoiled by the past performances of Karlsson, Chabot, Dahlin, Werenski, Ellis etc, but the defensemen in this tournament sure are underwhelming.

 

[Bedards Dad]

I disagree with Cozens

Please explain. He has been great.

 

[NyQuil]

I know I've been spoiled by the past performances of Karlsson, Chabot, Dahlin, Werenski, Ellis etc, but the defensemen in this tournament sure are underwhelming.

Byram and Drysdale making things happen out there.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Team Finland standouts
Topi Niemelä
Anton Lundell ( before the Canada game )
Kasper Simontaival.
Samuel Helenius
Kari Piiroinen

Team Finland disappointments
Roni Hirvonen ( fumbling puck and wasting scoring chances )
Roby Järventie ( why this clown has made on the team )

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I know I've been spoiled by the past performances of Karlsson, Chabot, Dahlin, Werenski, Ellis etc, but the defensemen in this tournament sure are underwhelming.

We’re spoiled every single time we get to witness Byram and Drysdale take the ice.

 

[czechcanadian]

The 2022 eligible defenceman David Jiříček has been very impressive for the Czech Republic in my book. I've got to admit he's been outplaying Stanislav Svozil so far. Which makes sense because he's a more direct, physical, no-nonsense kind of player while Svozil needs a more offensive structure to really thrive. That said, I have no complaints about Jiříček's passing and puckhlandling either, he's indeed a very talented defenceman.

It’s shocking that he’s had very little recognition from Canadian announcers. He’s so active out there with his anticipation of plays and physicality. Beyond impressed. Pretty bold to say he’s been better than Svozil but none the less, these 2 kids have been the best looking Czech defenders I’ve seen for 15 years. Next year should be fun. I see them being dominant.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Someone I had no idea about going into this was Russian defenseman Kirill Kirsanov and he’s been excellent. As a draft eligible he’s someone take notice of.

 

[Ace]

I disagree with Cozens

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Raymond has never impressed me

 

[majormajor]

Byram and Drysdale making things happen out there.

Not on the level of some of the performances the poster mentioned. They've just been good, nothing mind-blowing.

 

[Boxscore]

Just off the top of my head...

Standouts:
Cozens, Zegras, Stuetzle, Peterka, Boldy, Amirov, Podkolzin, York, Byram, Heinola...

Disappointments:
Caufield, Raymond, Holtz, McMichael, Perfetti, Askarov...

Not that the "disappointments" have been horrible by any means--I think I just expected them to dominate and be major factors in every game.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

It's a short 4 game sample and I'm leaving out the obvious standouts but...

Standouts: Drysdale, Pelletier, Soderblom, Berard, Beniers, Niemela

Disappointments: Caufield, Turcotte, Kaliyev, Raymond, Holtz, Byfield

 

[DeysArena]

Standouts: Stutzle, Drysdale, Cozens, Zegras

Disappointments: Askarov, Caulfield

 

[Odie Cleghorn]

I think Tomasino’s finishing skills have been outstanding and applaud him for making the most of his opportunities.

I’m not surprised that he’s been used in the somewhat sheltered way he has. He’s not shown much as a puck retriever or a defender, relative to most of the team.

Tourigny has him in a position to succeed, something that has been true for most players. That’s pretty hard to do on a team this deep. It will be interesting to see if Canada’s “roll 4 lines” approach wavers as the games get tough.

He was doing everything in the Finland game and since Suzuki and Krebs aren't showing enough finish guys like Tomasino and Quinn should be the guys being set up.

 

[PatrickEaves]

We’re spoiled every single time we get to witness Byram and Drysdale take the ice.

If you really think those two have played at a level anywhere close to the performance of the guys I'd mentioned, I'm not sure what else we have to talk about.

 

[bigdog16]

We’re spoiled every single time we get to witness Byram and Drysdale take the ice.

For two dmen who everyone said would absolutely dominate this tournament, they havent really done much of anything. A combined zero goals and 5 points thru the round robin isnt anything to write home about. Especially for a team that scored 33 goals. Their play has been fine, maybe I just expected more from the way they were hyped on here

 

[bsu]

Everyone's list should have Faber on it.