Tell me who'll be that Finnish who can help us to win USA in these U18 WJC's
Our goalies can't handle the pressures and they can't catch much pucks.
Roope Taponen has been atrocious in those 2 games ( Canada and Belarus) what he's played.
And Kari Piironen didn't impress either in the game vs Czech Republic.
We ( Finland) have serious goaltending and defense problem.
And if we somehow face USA in quarterfinal we don't have any chances to win that game.
Yes Finland's U18 WJC team is that bad this year.
You guys beat us two weeks ago. All it requires is some better play from the forwards and defensemen, which they obviously are capable of. If they do that, the goalie doesn't even have to play that well. The best way to insulate a goalie is to make sure he faces less shots and lower quality shots.
Thats not to say I think Finland will win. We were missing Turcotte in the game two weeks ago, who is essentially our best player or 1A with Hughes and Knight, and now our forward lines are playing well, so I think it's unlikely any team will beat us.
I thought we were the big favorites at the WJC18 last year. We lost in the final to Finland. I thought we were likely to win the WJC20. Lost in the final to Finland. I'm not going to count out Finland. You just watched your team win the WJC20 four months ago after they had a bad group stage. I think you are underestimating them.