Vachon23
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He will Tourigny love him. He talk about him at on jase at RDS and he even said that he brings something unique to his D corps when he was ask if Guhle will make the team
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He will Tourigny love him. He talk about him at on jase at RDS and he even said that he brings something unique to his D corps when he was ask if Guhle will make the team
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No Struble, no Farrell, and no Tuch, who were all at the camp.
Only Caufield made the team out of the four Habs prospects.
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It sucks for Struble, wont have the chance to play in this tournament, hopeffully he can stay healthy this year, he has been fighting injuries alot so far...
Tuch will have the chance to make the team next year...
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He is lready 19, will be 20 before the start of the tournament...
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Wasn't expecting Tuch to make it. But no Farrell? While Bérard is still in? Not saying Berard won't be good...but as deep that lineup is up front, you had to find a spot for Farrell?
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Since Team USA often favors it's USNDTP players, it is a bit of a surprise that Farrell didn't make it after having such a great year last season and this year he's 3rd OA in points with his linemate 2nd OA 1 pt ahead. I could have seen him as a spare forward that you use as a PP specialist at the very least.
But we see the coach kept 3 players from his team, which likely had a major impact on both Hab prospects not making it and certainly in the case of Struble as the coach went with his own player Cam McDonald an undrafted undersized LD who had 6 pts in 34 games at Providence last year. Those are the kind of moves that if you win they won't care but if they don't get gold or silver then it's going to get more attention.
With Moynihan and Berard the coach goes with his own players but they also played for the USNDTP. I like Berard a good bit though they could have gone with the older Farrell.
But we see the coach kept 3 players from his team, which likely had a major impact on both Hab prospects not making it and certainly in the case of Struble as the coach went with his own player Cam McDonald an undrafted undersized LD who had 6 pts in 34 games at Providence last year. Those are the kind of moves that if you win they won't care but if they don't get gold or silver then it's going to get more attention.
With Moynihan and Berard the coach goes with his own players but they also played for the USNDTP. I like Berard a good bit though they could have gone with the older Farrell.
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Canada's world juniors roster: Corey Pronman projects the lineup
He has Guhle on the bubble but probable to make it as a a 3rd pairing, penalty killer.
He has Guhle on the bubble but probable to make it as a a 3rd pairing, penalty killer.
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We were kind of spoiled with the amount of WJC Habs picks over the last few tournaments anyways. That was above the normal that teams have at that tournament.
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I wasn't expecting Farrell to make it tbh, I thought he had an outside chance. I thought Struble had a legit shot though, so I'm kinda bummed about that one. Sucks, but there's still the NCAA. Hopefully he takes the next step.
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Man maybe all our prospects are just over-hyped again. Struble, the 'king of the combine' , and future top 4 D in Montreal (according to the masses) can't crack the world jr's. It's not that stacked of a blueline, so why didn't he make the team? This sucks.
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I know lot of guys will disagree even if it's kind of a fact but it's very rare for top players to not play in the u20. Not doing well in the u20 is quite common but usually top players either make the NHL at 18-19 or play in the u20 at 18-19.
I think our prospects pool is overrated personally. It certainly has good depth but there's no surefire prospects in the lot. Guys like Poehling and Brook did not look good at all in the AHL last year. Struble not making the u20 is definitely a bummer. Ylonen struggles in the liga at 21. Personally i did not like what i saw from Caufield at the u20 last year at all.
Suzuki gonna be good. JK has shown good flashes here and there. Loved Romanov at the u20. Norlinder looks solid but his offensive ceiling is questionable. I hope Guhle will make the u20 so i can see him more. Outside of that i would say it's questionable how good we are.
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read back a few posts as I covered how the coach opted to take 3 of his own players instead. Struble was injured at both camps so that clearly didn't help matters. No one knows what he is or will be because he's barely played at any level of competition since he's had several injuries.
USA is certainly one of the favorites to win gold.
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Thankfully teams don't draft players with the sole purpose of them making their countries WJC.
The decision to draft Struble will prove to be right or wrong, in 3-5yrs.
Not whether or not he makes USA WJC roster
hopefully, the bright spot will be that this omission only fuels his fire even more and uses it as motivation to prove the USA hockey ppl wrong
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Couldnt agree more, people forget we've even had years where we had ZERO prospects in it at all
ive adopted the same mindset with the draft as ive grown older
when I was much younger it felt like if you drafted 6 guys, then all 6 of those guys better make the NHL or ELSE
Now its really more, hey if we can get even just ONE NHLer per draft, ill feel pretty good
To me for this passed year, its clearly Jan Mysak, tho guhle could surprise we'll see
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it's overrated for sure though as it's a short 5-6-7 game tournament with at least one or two games vs weak ass countries that get the ever loving crap kicked out of them. We had Collberg who at 17 was over a ppg, yet Leks at 19 had 1 pt, but one of them is about to hit 300 NHL games while the other is about to start a career in hungarian cabinet making.
Struble was twice invited to USA's camp at 18 and 19 so clearly he's on their radar but since playing in the USHS he's played just 21 games. Struble has almost double the points in a lot less games % wise (since the NCAA season is so short to begin with) then Cam McDonald who plays for the head coach. So is it really a knock on Struble or is the coach just going with a player he trusts over one that has had a number of injuries and who's game is still very raw. We'll see if they made a mistake or not.
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