WJC: Tournament standouts and dissapointments so far?

[Eye of Ra]

Soderblom looks ok, but he looks nowhere near as dominant as another giant, Jordan Greenway, did in his WJC. Soderblom has the reach, but nowhere near the strength.

ok? he was totally dominant against czech

 

[stastny12]

I 100% disagree with this assessment, and I will point out that many of Peterka's points have come on plays not involving Stuetzle. I find him quite noticeable, though the one thing that this forum has proven to me is that player assessment is an "eye of the beholder" type of thing.

Since I consider him as a future NHLer, It's more related to my expectations of him. His impressive stats from this season of ICEHL force me to expect more. Sixteen points in only twelve games? Thats imposing.

 

[Belhammer16]

Not really surprised but Heinola has looked really good, also surprised with how good Niemela has looked!

 

[Statsy]

Since I consider him as a future NHLer, It's more related to my expectations of him. His impressive stats from this season of ICEHL force me to expect more. Sixteen points in only twelve games? Thats imposing.

Umm... his current WJC pace projected out to 12 games would be 20. That's even more imposing.

 

[m0pe]

Don't get how someone could watch Peterka so far and come away disappointed. And I have high expectations too.

As for standouts; Soderblom has already been mentioned and he is a big one for me. Groshev has been great too. Berard has stood out as a guy who is really stepping up for the US.

 

[Canucks LB]

Standouts - Soderblom for sure, Guy has been awesome.
Disappointments - I would probably go with Podkolzin and Caufield, I expected more from both so far.
Lots to go tho.

Do you guys want me to lock this thread and make a new thread? Has a lot of last year posts in this one.
Let me know.

UPDATE: HOW THINGS CHANGE! Podkolzin and Amirov are lighting it up now, Dominating.
What a turn around!

 

[DueDiligence]

Stutzle>>>>> Byfield.

 

[stastny12]

Umm... his current WJC pace projected out to 12 games would be 20. That's even more imposing.

You got me.

Despite that, the greater impact on the game and more visibility is what I have found lacking in his game. As you said, Peterka can deliver points nonetheless. It's just my feeling he could do better.

 

[novisor]

Caufield - after a disappointing tourney as an 18 year old, you got to expect better things from him this year. How does he not even get a point against Austria?

 

[majormajor]

You got me.

Despite that, the greater impact on the game and more visibility is what I have found lacking in his game. As you said, Peterka can deliver points nonetheless. It's just my feeling he could do better.

I would disagree, even disregarding points he's been stellar. I always thought of Peterka as more of a forechecking type of guy but he has added some puck control skill it seems and ran transition for his team. He's also set up a lot of plays that his teammates failed to convert. Of all the Slovaks and Germans on the ice last night, the second best player, after Stutzle, was clearly Peterka.

 

[ViD]

Russia’s 4th line is the only bright spot so far

 

[stastny12]

Of all the Slovaks and Germans on the ice last night, the second best player, after Stutzle, was clearly Peterka.

Not really. Elias and Mrazik certainly had more influence in this game.

 

[My3Sons]

Standouts - Soderblom for sure, Guy has been awesome.
Disappointments - I would probably go with Podkolzin and Caufield, I expected more from both so far.
Lots to go tho.

Do you guys want me to lock this thread and make a new thread? Has a lot of last year posts in this one.
Let me know.

It makes sense to specifically update this thread for this year's tourney.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

I dont really get the excitment for Soderblom. Theres no way any of the stuff he pulls off is ever going to work against a #6 dman in the NHL. I see a lot of might but not really the speed of execution.

Caufield is fine with me, points arent coming but does his thing, very elusive, has had his shots. Comes off as unlucky in a small sample.

 

[McOvechking]

What has stood out to me the most in this tournament is Ray Ferraro criticizing the CZE coaching strategy at the beginning of the CZE/RUS game.

 

[newfy]

Soderblom looks ok, but he looks nowhere near as dominant as another giant, Jordan Greenway, did in his WJC. Soderblom has the reach, but nowhere near the strength.

Totally different circumstance and players though. Greenway was drafted in the second round as a big, strong guy and Soderblom was a late rounder that no one really expected anything from. Soderbloms skill game looks a lot better than Greenways did at the same age while Soderbloms hands/skill look better than Greenways.

But Soderblom isnt a bully like Greenway either. He needs to put on a lot of strength because hes still weak on his feet. His hands are as soft as any big guys that has been drafted in a while though. Stick him in the minors for 3 years and buy him a squat rack and he'll look really good.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

My standout are sens picks Stutzle and Sanderson. I think the sens have themselves a future Ryan Suter out there.

I used to be sceptic at Sanderson over Drysdale but turns out they knew what they were doing.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

Since I haven’t watched games in group B, I evaluate only group A. From what I’ve seen so far, standouts would be Newhook, Cozens, Levi, Nemec, Niemela and Stutzle. On the other hand, I consider a bit dissapointing performances of Byfield, Peterka and Knazko.

Whoa there, it looked like you thought JJP was disappointing for a moment

 

[HockeyAddict]

Zegras and Stutzle have impressed me as did the Austrian goalie (Wraneschitz) yesterday ... expected more from Turcotte.

 

[Llamamoto]

Surprises on the big-5:

Canada: Harley, Tomasino
USA: Boldy (I guess he was expected to dominate, but he's been a force so far), Faber
Russia: Groshev
Sweden: Olausson, Gunler, Soderblom
Finland: Niemela, Lambert

 

[bsu]

Zegras is the best player in the tournament. Boldy is USA's 2nd best player.

 

[dm1371]

Canada

Standouts: Cozens, Tomasino, Levi
HM: Mercer, Drysdale

Disappointment: Byfield

It is early to tell though, tonight's game should give us alot more information

 

[krutovsdonut]

shouldn't this thread be split into two threads for last year and this year? i got confused there.

 

[Passionis]

Disappointment - Larionov.

 

[Subway Schenn]

Stutzle is such a sexy player, I'm happy to see it even as a Leafs fan.