The American goalie is for real, a Carolina pick I think.
Yup, second round pick in 2014.
Im glad the canadien team was sent home. À bunch of big egos. Bye bye.
Sweden wins this.
I can't help but think the Finns are going to go 2 and 3 in the draft after Matthews. They're both fantastic. Unbelievable players.
You don't make it out of the round robin that's more than coaching that is a deficit of talent and or motivation.
Be interesting to do a where are are they now 6 or 7 years from now with this Canadian team....betcha as a whole it doesn't bode well.
i love hw canadian fans like to discredit blackwood more than give credit to laine. that was a rocket
I wouldn't mind a shot at Tkachuk.
Canada has the talent to make it out of the round robin without a coach at all. They should have won the whole tournament, and Lowry(an average junior coach) made an absolute mess of things.
I don't know...opposing forwards attacked the Canadian net unmolested throughout the tournement. Canada's defense looked awful to me. So many times Canadian defenders were caught standing still or allowing players to blow past them. The Aho 5th Finn goal against Canada, Chabot looked like a child against men.
Another thing that popped out at me was how many defensive zone draws Canada lost.
I don't think this Canadian team was good at all.
Agreed, they weren't good at all. At least relative to the other big teams. Defense was an issue all tournament long, there wasn't really that go to guy back there that could play, and excel, in all situations. Mack Black could have been a lot better, he'll probably be the first to admit that. But it's a short tournament and coming off a lengthy suspension, it looked like he never got into the groove of his game. He really should have been pulled after the third goal. Even if the coach has more confidence in him, he needs to realize Blackwood just wasn't on his game. The biggest problem was the penalty trouble. The third period alone they pretty much lost due to careless penalties.
Oh well, still a really fun game to watch today. And give credit where it's due, the Finns were unbelievable. That first line is the real deal. I'd love to watch Jesse and Laine more this season because what they did in this tournament so far is nothing short of spectacular. Puljs looks like a step above Laine, but both great players. I wouldn't be surprised if they won the whole thing, just off that line alone they have a good chance at doing so.
I don't know...opposing forwards attacked the Canadian net unmolested throughout the tournement. Canada's defense looked awful to me. So many times Canadian defenders were caught standing still or allowing players to blow past them. The Aho 5th Finn goal against Canada, Chabot looked like a child against men.
Another thing that popped out at me was how many defensive zone draws Canada lost.
I don't think this Canadian team was good at all.
It does sound like Blackwood was Marty Stadium Series type bad...especially given how that first goal turned the game around. **** happens to goalies sometimes though.
So guess all the Devil prospects are out? Are there any at all on the US-Russia-Sweden-Finland teams?
someone on TV said that this years D wouldnt crack the top 4 of last years team