Prospect Info: WJC 2020-21 - Let's Watch the Kids!

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Caufield on a 3-on-2: “let me pull the puck between my legs and take a backhand shot from the goal line instead of dropping the puck to the trailer for a shot from the slot”

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Caufield on a 3-on-2: “let me pull the puck between my legs and take a backhand shot from the goal line instead of dropping the puck to the trailer for a shot from the slot”

Created some havoc.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Knight isn't good right now.

 

[Prior]

Wolf should probably get some run with how Knight looks in this one.

Really like how Boldy looks. Will be interesting to see how he transitions to the NHL and see if he can be physical/control the puck or if it’s a function of playing against his age group.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

US beating themselves

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Boldy and Caufield have been the only good forwards today. York the only good defenseman.

 

[Prior]

Zegras and Turcotte largely invisible and mostly all-around bad until Caufield moved to that line. Will be interesting to see what lines look like going forward.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Boldy and Caufield have been the only good forwards today. York the only good defenseman.

I've liked Beniers and Brink as well.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I've liked Beniers and Brink as well.

That’s fair. They’ve done their job well. I wouldn’t have broken up Boldy-Beniers-Caufield, I would’ve just started taking shifts from Kaliyev and giving them to Brink.

 

[Prior]

I've liked Beniers and Brink as well.

Berniers looks like a hell of a prospect. Wonder where he climbs to if he keeps playing like this? Don’t recall him being thought of as a top 10 guy? Don’t follow it super closely at this time of the year though.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

That’s fair. They’ve done their job well. I wouldn’t have broken up Boldy-Beniers-Caufield, I would’ve just started taking shifts from Kaliyev and giving them to Brink.

Works for me.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Berniers looks like a hell of a prospect. Wonder where he climbs to if he keeps playing like this? Don’t recall him being thought of as a top 10 guy? Don’t follow it super closely at this time of the year though.

I thought he was pretty firmly planted in the top 10 at the moment.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Berniers looks like a hell of a prospect. Wonder where he climbs to if he keeps playing like this? Don’t recall him being thought of as a top 10 guy? Don’t follow it super closely at this time of the year though.

He will continue to climb, probably between 4-8 when it’s all said and done. I’d love for the Wild to get their hands on him

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Berniers looks like a hell of a prospect. Wonder where he climbs to if he keeps playing like this? Don’t recall him being thought of as a top 10 guy? Don’t follow it super closely at this time of the year though.

He could realistically go #1. I think this draft is going to be similar to 2017 in that none of the players are really ready to jump out and take that top spot so some guys emerge years later and you’re scratching your head wondering why they didn’t go higher. I think Johnson has a chance to be a superstar. Beniers is impressive though too. I’m glad I don’t have to make that decision but I have a feeling Brackett is the type of guy who will love Johnson. Johnson is a Zegras clone and Vancouver was trying desperately to trade up to 6th to take Zegras in 2019.

 

[Prior]

I thought he was pretty firmly planted in the top 10 at the moment.

Okay. I may have missed him when there was talk of prospects to watch given there was no real buzz around a clear #1OA this year.

 

[Circulartheory]

I thought he was pretty firmly planted in the top 10 at the moment.

Planted as a firm top 8 pick with a chance of going into the top 3 (if you use the reasoning of his great performance vs Power and Johnson on the very same Michigan team, plus a great WJC performance). This draft is weird.

 

[Prior]

He could realistically go #1. I think this draft is going to be similar to 2017 in that none of the players are really ready to jump out and take that top spot so some guys emerge years later and you’re scratching your head wondering why they didn’t go higher. I think Johnson has a chance to be a superstar. Beniers is impressive though too. I’m glad I don’t have to make that decision but I have a feeling Brackett is the type of guy who will love Johnson. Johnson is a Zegras clone and Vancouver was trying desperately to trade up to 6th to take Zegras in 2019.

Thanks for the insight. Like I said, don’t follow it super close at this point. He does look significantly better than what Raty looked like earlier today but his star has dimmed somewhat anyway I guess. Lambert looked like a fine player though but that’s the 2022 draft.

 

[Prior]

Looks like Berniers and Boldy get to drag Kaliyev’s ass around the rink for the rest of the night.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Addison + Beniers will be a pretty nice haul for Zucker.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Lack of skilled looks at the net is concerning. Lots of scramble garbage.

 

[Prior]

Lack of skilled looks at the net is concerning. Lots of scramble garbage.

Game is completely different without Knight gifting Russia three turnovers leading to goals. Outside of the stretch pass, they haven’t created much to speak of either.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Game is completely different without Knight gifting Russia three turnovers leading to goals. Outside of the stretch pass, they haven’t created much to speak of either.

I wasn't really expecting them to. I was expecting us to.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Boldy is a horse down low, and Caufield is a lot more skilled than a lot of people give him credit for.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Boldy is a horse down low, and Caufield is a lot more skilled than a lot of people give him credit for.

Yeah I wouldn’t want to try and push Boldy off the puck. Caufield is really skilled I just wonder if his decision making isn’t pretty flawed when he has time and space

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Boldy assist alert