U20: World Junior Summer Showcase 30 july - 4 august

[scotian1]

What was with the US players going 2 against 1 in those tussles, classless end American boys!

 

[Erikfromfin]

Camoon Finland! destroy em swedes

 

[Canucks LB]

I missed a lot of the other games, so it's hard to comment on the other teams.
I did watch one other finland game tho.

@UnfinishedBusiness (Not sure why the quote is not showing up)

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

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[FlyTimmo]

I've seen Wahlstrom, Frost and Glass all play plenty better. These games don't really mean much.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I've seen Wahlstrom, Frost and Glass all play plenty better. These games don't really mean much.

I personally don't care if Wahlstrom plays better. Canada will need Frost and Glass to when it counts

 

[lilidk]

Lol up 5-1 now 6-5

That 6 th goal was questionable.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

That 6 th goal was questionable.

It was questioned. reviewed and allowed .. no longer questionable

 

[FlyTimmo]

I personally don't care if Wahlstrom plays better. Canada will need Frost and Glass to when it counts

Ok?

 

[SabresSharks]

Love Can-USA junior games.

WJC, meaningless exhibition games, players, years. None of that matters. It's a competitive, intense, emotional game almost every time.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Yesh Kaapo Kakko is playing!

 

[Erikfromfin]

Kakko playing centre!? and Kupari wing

 

[redg]

Well that's it boys and girls.
Fun hockey in the summer, Pretty meaningless tho, but still entertaining as hell.

At least we got to see our prospects play some games, and get a small glimpse into the future, See you guys in the regular season, and WJC, should be a BEAUTY if this summer games are any indication.

My top 5 players of the tourney (mostly USA + canada players since I watched them the most) in no order.

Berggren
Quinn Hughes
Michael Rasmussen
Noah Dobson
Joel Farabee

Lots of others played well, This list could be massive, but also like to HM Tkachuk, Utunen, Josh Norris who were solid.

Tkachuk who I was not very high on, who I even criticized earlier on in the games, had a great solid last few games, and his skating is much better than I thought, so in that case, even tho it's just summer camp, I came away most definitely impressed.

Overall, It was a ton of fun.

Cheers

EDIT: Oh I forgot jay obrien as well, he was very good.

I think Formenton deserves at least a mention even though he only played one game. I also thought Ty Smith, and J. Hughes played well enough for mentions. A lot of Canada and USA's "depth forwards" played really well. There's gonna be some hard decisions to make.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finland up 1-0 who else Aarne Talvitie

 

[My3Sons]

Finland up 1-0 who else Aarne Talvitie

He’s more than a bottom six energy guy it seems. Will be interesting to see how he plays at Penn St.

 

[Erikfromfin]

1-1 Elvenes
2-1 Kakko
finns up by one

 

[GHJimmy]

How is Tkachuk doing so far?

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

How is Tkachuk doing so far?

He was one of the best players for the US today against Canada at least

 

[Erikfromfin]

Sweden leads 4.2 in third.. its clear material difference is starting to show on Finns

 

[Tripod]

Not watching....but see another Flyers prospect scored in Ginning! Crazy day for them.

 

[Jtown]

Not watching....but see another Flyers prospect scored in Ginning! Crazy day for them.

these games have been the first i have seen him, and i think he has performed better than any flyer player. He is pretty damn good.

 

[FlyTimmo]

these games have been the first i have seen him, and i think he has performed better than any flyer player. He is pretty damn good.

Nah Farabee had the best showcase.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

I was super high on wahlstrom before the draft and not so high on farabee but farabee has definitely been the better player during this showcase. Whether that means it will translate into the season, we will have to see. Very disappointed in wahlstrom and impressed with farabee

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

I was super high on wahlstrom before the draft and not so high on farabee but farabee has definitely been the better player during this showcase. Whether that means it will translate into the season, we will have to see. Very disappointed in wahlstrom and impressed with farabee

Always like Farabee more... Wahlstrom has that high end potential but more bust potential as well. Farabee is a player.. he can play in all situations. He has drive, speed and skills.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Always like Farabee more... Wahlstrom has that high end potential but more bust potential as well. Farabee is a player.. he can play in all situations. He has drive, speed and skills.

I agree with your assessment, I just though wahlstrom has the chance to be a big star. He reminds me so much of Brock Boeser