Prospect Info: World Juniors Thread

[CutOnDime97]

Is Jarvis surprising?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Is Jarvis surprising?

Surprising in that he was the best forward in the WHL last year (or Beckman who they also cut). Not surprising in that they only took two ‘02 forwards - Byfield and Perfetti.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[TB87]

Bordeleau getting cut is absurd. NTDP’s best forward last year (by a significant margin) and he’s been Michigan’s best forward so far this season.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Bordeleau getting cut is absurd. NTDP’s best forward last year (by a significant margin) and he’s been Michigan’s best forward so far this season.

Berard made the team.

Gonna be another one of those years. Beecher's play this year probably deserved this, but there probably aren't 14 better forwards than him. Especially the 14 they picked.

Kleven on the team. They took 9 defensemen for some reason.

Edit:


Covid related. Possible Bordeleau was involved as well.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Byfield is the youngest player on Team Canada in back-to-back years.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

How will a 9D setup affect York?

 

[FLYguy3911]

How will a 9D setup affect York?

They'll likely only dress 7 anyway. They just had no more healthy forwards so they took the extra defenseman.

York will be the 7th to continue the tradition.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

It’s funny seeing all the clearly Finnish names & then Brad Lambert.

 

[Appleyard]

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It’s funny seeing all the clearly Finnish names & then Brad Lambert.

Tbf Rafkin is also not a Finnish name.

Lundell, Helenius, Petman and Blomqvist are all Swedish names as well if being a real pedant.

But yeh, it does seem like the EHM regen namer went haywire.

 

[Appleyard]

Sweden NT doing Sweden NT things.

Cut Grans and kept 2x low talent junior players who are a year older.

I mean... good for Andrae. He should be the #4-5 for sure. But Grans was at worst Swedens #6 Dman in terms of level.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Tbf Rafkin is also not a Finnish name.

Lundell, Helenius, Petman and Blomqvist are all Swedish names as well if being a real pedant.

But yeh, it does seem like the EHM regen namer went haywire.

Yeah I figured some weren’t Finnish but seeing some Swedish & vice versa isn’t too uncommon compared to Brad Lambert.

 

[TB87]

I’ve heard and seen a lot of dumb things in 2020. One of the dumbest things I’ve heard is that the Russian, Finnish, & Swedish WJC teams are all flying on the same plan to Edmonton.

 

[Appleyard]

I’ve heard and seen a lot of dumb things in 2020. One of the dumbest things I’ve heard is that the Russian, Finnish, & Swedish WJC teams are all flying on the same plan to Edmonton.

It is a mess.

They have f***ed up with hiring the charter planes. Heads should roll at IIHF.

The planes were overweight with gear... and now another plane had to be got to take luggage separately.

ALSO non-team staff who have not been in bubble are on plane. Some journalists etc. And then players just left in the airport for hours as a result without private area etc.

Sooooo bubbles completely compromised.

If everything had been done properly after the quarantine beforehand as well as proper organisation of how to get to Canada and going into bubble in Canada... the yeh... in theory tournament might be fine.

But they just f***ed up and pretty much wasted the last two weeks of players being confined and tested.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I'm not a big Grans fan but that has to be Covid related. Makes no sense otherwise. There are 8 spots this year. Sweden will have to ride their top 4 pretty heavily if they have a chance at Gold.

 

[Appleyard]

I'm not a big Grans fan but that has to be Covid related. Makes no sense otherwise. There are 8 spots this year. Sweden will have to ride their top 4 pretty heavily if they have a chance at Gold.

Same management structure who thought Hedman was not better than Tallinder and Oduya for the 2014 Olympic team.

Hedman who was on his way to a 55 point season.

Swedish clubs and the grassroots philosophy is awesome at modern D development...

but the NT structure is often still obsessed with D FIRST Dmen.

 

[TB87]

It is a mess.

They have f***ed up with hiring the charter planes. Heads should roll at IIHF.

The planes were overweight with gear... and now another plane had to be got to take luggage separately.

ALSO non-team staff who have not been in bubble are on plane. Some journalists etc. And then players just left in the airport for hours as a result without private area etc.

Sooooo bubbles completely compromised.

If everything had been done properly after the quarantine beforehand as well as proper organisation of how to get to Canada and going into bubble in Canada... the yeh... in theory tournament might be fine.

But they just f***ed up and pretty much wasted the last two weeks of players being confined and tested.

It’s a staggering amount of failure at multiple levels.

 

[Tripod]

to add to Apple:

 

[Appleyard]

Btw, this is the eighth year in a row the Flyers have 3+ prospects at a WJC.

2021: Andrae, Brink, York
2020: Brink, Ginning, York, Zamula
2019: Cates, Ersson, Farabee, Frost, Ginning, O'Brien, St. Ivany
2018: Hart, Högberg, Rubtsov, Sushko
2017: Bernhardt, Hart, Kaše, Laczynski, Myers, Rubtsov, Sandström, Tomek, Vorobyev
2016: Fazleev, Kaše, Konecny, Lindblom, Provorov, Sanheim, Sandström
2015: Hägg, Lindblom, Morin
2014: Hägg, Laughton, Leier, Pettersson, Stolarz, Vasiliev

From 2009-13 they had four prospects TOTAL. (Bardreau, Gostisbehere, Bertlisson, JvR)

 

[FLYguy3911]

And Bardreau was a UFA signing and Bertilsson went unsigned.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Way to go Bobby.

How do you make sure everyone gets the most out of a final practice? You play a game of tag.

That’s right, tag. The same game you probably played on the playground, or in the backyard, and would try to get an extra push into your little brother.

Players lined up one-on-one, with the player skating forward designated as ‘it.’ Many USA Hockey coaches may recognize the lessons learned in a drill like this from their coaching seminars or ADM resources. Tag isn’t just for fun. It forces a player to focus on backward skating, lateral movement, sudden changes in direction, awareness on the ice, and most importantly competition. Bobby Brink (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Landon Slaggert (South Bend, Ind.) were standouts in the competition.
Brink, known for his unique skating ability, was able to remain elusive while skating backwards, making cuts that were both unpredictable and unfortunately for his opponents, impossible to replicate.

2021 WJC Notebook: Tag, You're It!

 

[bennysflyers16]

Apparently one of the Europe planes was a smaller plane too. It had to stop 3 times for gas and players all stayed on plane with masks the whole time LOL