2014-15 IIHF World Junior Championship Discussion Thread

[stokes84]

US look pretty lethargic out there today. And boy did Slovakia really lay down for Canada the other night.

To be fair, USA dominated Germany far worse than Canada did, and that was less than 24 hours ago.

 

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Compher has not had a good tournament thus far

 

[joshjull]

The more I watch Eichel the more he reminds me of Modano.

 

[ZeroPT*]

Compher has not had a good tournament thus far

The coach has a weird obsession with playing him on the 4th line even though he's probably one of the better players on the team.

Milano-Eichel-Tuch
Compher-Larkin-Fasching
Motte-Matthews-Schmaltz
Wood-De Leo-Hayden

 

[B U F F A L O]

To be fair, USA dominated Germany far worse than Canada did, and that was less than 24 hours ago.

True, but GER also had to play USA 24 hours after playing CAN and USA was rested.

SVK has played much better against USA and FIN than they did against CAN.

 

[joshjull]

Milano/Larkin/Fasching have been the best line for the USA.

Larkin/Fasching have been the best combo from the start of the tourney. Swapping Milano in for Motte was a good move.

 

[joshjull]

I think we now see Godla's weakness. The Jochen Hecht crazy angle shot.

 

[B U F F A L O]

Milano/Larkin/Fasching have been the best line for the USA.

Larkin/Fasching have been the best combo from the start of the tourney. Swapping Milano in for Motte was a good move.

Larkin has been awesome. Very impressed by his game. Cant wait for Fasching to make it to Buffalo. How many here thinks he turns pro this year?

 

[Zman5778]

Larkin has been awesome. Very impressed by his game. Cant wait for Fasching to make it to Buffalo. How many here thinks he turns pro this year?

I've thought this since the story come up that he was thinking of going pro after his freshman year to help his family with finances.

I'm betting that he goes pro after the season.

 

[Sabre the Win]

The more I watch Eichel the more he reminds me of Modano.

That was my comparisson earlier in the year.

 

[Fly Boy]

Compher with a great cross ice pass. Carlo couldn't put it in.

 

[MayDayMayDay]

Good god, Eichel. Get that kid some Purell, those hands are FILTHY.

 

[Moskau]

Eichel just reminds me of Mario. That reach is incredible. It's like he's playing with the puck from 15 feet away.

 

[Beerz]

2 minutes for "Splashing" .... interesting...

 

[MayDayMayDay]

Eichel just reminds me of Mario. That reach is incredible. It's like he's playing with the puck from 15 feet away.

Yes.

 

[Paxon]

Milano/Larkin/Fasching have been the best line for the USA.

Larkin/Fasching have been the best combo from the start of the tourney. Swapping Milano in for Motte was a good move.

Studson's looking as good as anyone so far. He's not completely dominating out there but he has been having a consistently positive impact every shift, every game. If we're going to beat a team like Canada that line is going to have to get the better of their match-up.

 

[MagnumForce2]

Larkin.....player of the game again

 

[Zip15]

Compher has not had a good tournament thus far

I disagree. He's played his role very well. He's good defensively and he's created offensively, too.

 

[Zip15]

Larkin.....player of the game again

Perhaps Tim should stop asking for Kindl so that deal can get done.

 

[BananaSquad]

Go canada go!

 

[MagnumForce2]

Perhaps Tim should stop asking for Kindl so that deal can get done.

The way he is playing, we might have to add...lol...incredible value at pick 15...if only the Islanders wouildnt have deferred until 2015.

 

[joshjull]

Barbeshev almost gives the Russians the lead. This has been a great 3rd period. Lots of skill and chippy play.

 

[Sabreality]

Samson puts home a PP rebound. 1-0

 

[FearTheBeard]

Sammy Reins on the Powerplay!!

 

[BananaSquad]

Woooo! Atta boy Samson!