World Junior Summer Camps

[Festinator]

Winnipeg jets boys combining for a goal. Roslovic carries puck all the way around the offensive zone and back out to the blue line then fires a hard pass to the side of the net to foley who redirects it in.

 

[Whileee]

Roslovic to Foley (nice deflection) for a nice goal vs. Sweden. Roslovic controlled the puck, circled around the offensive zone and found Foley with good position in front of the net for a deflection.

 

[Whileee]

Roslovic with a really strong period... Button highlights the strong play of both Roslovic and Foley in the 2nd, though I think it's really been Roslovic - Foley hasn't played that much.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Foley 1+1 Roslovic 0+1

 

[YWGinYYZ]

2 things from that video:

Man, is Roslovic quick and shifty.
Man, does Foley not care about taking a beating in front of the net in order to pot goals.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Foley scored again. Net front awareness.

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[Whileee]

Would be great if Roslovic and Foley both make team USA. Foley might be a keeper.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Would be great if Roslovic and Foley both make team USA. Foley might be a keeper.

Tolvanen would be nice in the next draft.

 

[BB88]

Tolvanen would be nice in the next draft.

I was just going to write Laine and Tolvanen on the same team would be fun

(but Vaakanainen is the top wish)

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[puck stoppa]

USA has a decent looking team, they look better than Canada to me, right now anyway

 

[puck stoppa]

Who's Canada got going?

 

[janneydraketkachuk]

Surprised to see roslovic so low on the depth chart.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Goal for roslovic today vs Canada.

 

[Aavco Cup]

 

[truck]

 

[SM]

I have to say, Parsons was lights out yesterday excluding the one easy backhander he let in. Roslovic and Foley looked great. McAvoy's hit was deadly, but clean as a whistle.

Canada had a ton of turnovers, looked like they just couldn't make anything happen at high speeds like you'd expect to see in World Juniors. Really hoping the Canadian boys develop some sort of chemistry. Obviously Nolan Patrick will make the team this winter, but were there any other significant players left out of the summer showcase for Canada and for other teams? I know Liljegren didn't play either.

 

[Mud Turtle]

A few things I learned from watching some of the games:

1) if Erik Foley continues to play like this, he's going to have a future in the NHL. He plays just the type of game that coaches love to see. Lemieux, Lipon and Foley are all pests that aren't afraid of the front of the net and that can also put the puck in the net. Nice to have a few choices for that role.

Roslovic looked good but it sure makes you realize the difference in quality between Workd Junior caliber competition and development camp. Sometimes it's easy to get excited about all our prospects, including some B prospects, but these games remind us that very few of the development camp players will make any meaningful contribution at the NHL level.