WJC: 2016 — Canada Roster Talk (Part IV)

[covfefe]

Not enough pucks for Strome and Marner, both players love to hold onto the puck. If you watch closely Quenneville is always 3rd man high on that line and I'm guessing he has no problem being first man back out of those three. It's intentional that's why he was placed there by the coach. We'll see how Stome and Marner do with a more offensively skilled player.

Quenneville was on/off that line yesterday. And I'd be very surprised if they roll that line against the Danes. Pretty clear they had no chemistry whatsoever

 

[boredmale]

Actually I heard Bobby Mac say Strome and Barzal were the 2 most noticeable offensive Team Canada players this game.

My take on Barzal was he created a few good offensive chances, but on the flip side he overhanded the puck sometimes creating a few turnovers

 

[PecnoTrunk]

I agree with most of this. Canad outplayed USA for the most part. Perlini was absolutely robbed, and the American goals involved two tips by Canadians, a fortuitous bounce off the boards (and slow reaction by McDonald) and a wrister from the point. It's pretty uncommon to see that many goals scored in such a manner. Outplaying the United States isn't really the goal though. I'm somewhat concerned that Lowry seemingly made no adjustments when Canada's issues early on were easy to spot.



Guessing from those practice lines that Chartier is the 13th forward once Gauthier returns. Better him than Beauvillier.

This team canada has the skill to win gold. This will now depend on lowry coaching skills

Will he be another Spot?

Will he adapt?

But one thing for sure, i dont see any of these 18 yearolds in the nhl next season.

Anyways, we will see how lowry handles this

 

[BertCorbeau]

I liked how the Perlini-Strome-Marner line looked in the third period ... Glad they're keeping it in tact

 

[LethalCookie]

I wish they started with Perlini as the Strome/ Marner LW from the beginning. They needed a pure sniper.

 

[xIsle]

I liked how the Perlini-Strome-Marner line looked in the third period ... Glad they're keeping it in tact

Agree with you. Much prefer Perlini there instead of Quenneville! But now we have Quenneville with Barzal and Virtanen...

Quenneville should rotate with Crouse on the Stephens line.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Team Canada needs more from Virtanen. The obvious moves were to put him with 1 of Canada's 2 best playmakers. Strome or Barzal.

It's going to be interesting to see if Matthew can feed Virtanen the puck where he can finish some plays. He did this for Perlini last game but he couldn't convert.

Regardless, I hope to see more quality from Marner on the top line, if he is to be kept with Strome.

Denmark should be an easy game to wrack of some confidence and points to get the boys going this tourney.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

My take on Barzal was he created a few good offensive chances, but on the flip side he overhanded the puck sometimes creating a few turnovers

He tried to get too cute on some back passes. But overall, he created the most offence for Team Canada to Dylan Strome. Seems like he is getting a bigger role in game 2.

 

[Random Forest]

Quenneville-Barzal-Virtanen is a very strange second line.


I would go with:


Perlini-Strome-Virtanen
Gauthier-Point-Marner
Beauvillier-Barzal-Konecny
Crouse-Stephens-Quenneville
Chartier


A heavy top line with plenty of skill and speed on the wings. A creative second line with probably the most offensive potency on the team. And a third line with no shortage of skill and energy.


Trying to jam Strome and Marner together and stuff Quenneville into the top nine is making it hard for Lowry to put sensical combinations together. Beauvillier's not getting the role he deserves either.

 

[sting101]

Team Canada needs more from Virtanen. The obvious moves were to put him with 1 of Canada's 2 best playmakers. Strome or Barzal.

It's going to be interesting to see if Matthew can feed Virtanen the puck where he can finish some plays. He did this for Perlini last game but he couldn't convert.

Regardless, I hope to see more quality from Marner on the top line, if he is to be kept with Strome.

Denmark should be an easy game to wrack of some confidence and points to get the boys going this tourney.

I agree. Virtanen looked off from the first couple shifts, was changing fast and early......obviously wasn't feeling 100%

Was such a fast chaotic game and a lot of players weren't at their bests from both sides. It's gonna get better.

I like the Perlini addition to Strome and Marner.

Stephens Konecny and Crouse seem pretty dialled.

Now it's a matter of getting the other 2 lines sorted out.

Barzal-Virtanen. Point-Gauthier seem like good starting points....now a matter of finding the 3rds on those lines.

Chartier seems like the best for Barzal and Virtanen for me as I don't think Quenneville will keep up. I'd be a little less concerned about Barzal's defensive shortcomings myself.

 

[jdatb]

Quenneville-Barzal-Virtanen is a very strange second line.


I would go with:


Perlini-Strome-Virtanen
Gauthier-Point-Marner
Beauvillier-Barzal-Konecny
Crouse-Stephens-Quenneville
Chartier


A heavy top line with plenty of skill and speed on the wings. A creative second line with probably the most offensive potency on the team. And a third line with no shortage of skill and energy.


Trying to jam Strome and Marner together and stuff Quenneville into the top nine is making it hard for Lowry to put sensical combinations together. Beauvillier's not getting the role he deserves either.

I was thinking Barzal and Konecny would look great together too.

 

[6 Karlsson 5]

My vision is biased but I'd like to have views on Chabot from people here? I thought he was fine. Good crisp first pass and a few good shots on the powerplay from the limited time he had. Thoughts?

I'm sens fan but imo he was our best dman in that he made the least mistakes, the only thing is on one play behind the net he was soft on the puck and tkachuck just took it from him no other specific mistakes I can recall right now , but he also didn't do anything either if you know what I mean just a meh game but better then the other horrendous dmen

 

[Matias Maccete]

Perlini and strome on the top line as a coyote fan excites me. Perlini strome marner on a line as a hockey fan makes me salivate, even though I'm cheering for USA. Marner will pick up his play, and all three will compliment each other very well going forward.

 

[PostAndOut]

I'm sens fan but imo he was our best dman in that he made the least mistakes, the only thing is on one play behind the net he was soft on the puck and tkachuck just took it from him no other specific mistakes I can recall right now , but he also didn't do anything either if you know what I mean just a meh game but better then the other horrendous dmen

I'm with you on this. Put Konecny on a scoring line and give him some power play time. Would like to see him play with Perlini and Point. He and point had chemistry in the summer camp. I think playing with Barzal could work too.

 

[Get North]

I really like those centres, Strome-Barzal-Point as 3 very creative offensive players and then the checking line. Barzal had a great game with 2 big bodies yesterday and keeping two big bodies will be good for him to be creative with the puck. Point needs the puck on his stick and with players like Chartier and Beauvillier, they will want him to have the puck.

 

[canwincup]

I would split Marner and strome, my top 6 would be

Perlini-Point-Marner
Beauvillier-Strome-Virtanen

 

[6 Karlsson 5]

I would split Marner and strome, my top 6 would be

Perlini-Point-Marner
Beauvillier-Strome-Virtanen

I like the first line, but if you wanna ruin stromes production throwing virtanen on that line will do exactly that guys got negative hockey iq

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

I see no reason why this team can't use this as a lesson and go on a run to the Gold Medal Game. Getting Blackwood back in net is going to be more helpful then you can imagine.

 

[nelsojc]

I see no reason why this team can't use this as a lesson and go on a run to the Gold Medal Game. Getting Blackwood back in net is going to be more helpful then you can imagine.

Agreed..the americans won that game off a few lucky bounces...Ron Wilson is going to eat his own words for his comments today...I really hope Sweden beats them tomorrow.

 

[Peasy]

Agreed..the americans won that game off a few lucky bounces...Ron Wilson is going to eat his own words for his comments today...I really hope Sweden beats them tomorrow.

What did Rotten Ronnie say?

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

I like the first line, but if you wanna ruin stromes production throwing virtanen on that line will do exactly that guys got negative hockey iq

Lol, what?

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

What did Rotten Ronnie say?

Team USA coach Ron Wilson slams TSN at world juniors

"TSN has created this unconscionable amount of pressure on these young guys," said Wilson, the ex-coach of the Maple Leafs. "The Canadian guys have to be squeezing their sticks today because of all the pressure that TSN puts on them.
"They're expected to win. Here, they've lost their first game and the world's ready to end. I'm always saying make sure the flags are always flying at half-staff in Canada. That's what we (Americans) did. The flags in Canada are flying at half-staff."

 

[covfefe]

Lol, what?

(Virtanen has a low hockey IQ)

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

(Virtanen has a low hockey IQ)

Yeah ok, sure

 

[twistedsteel76]

Team USA coach Ron Wilson slams TSN at world juniors

Maybe he should focus on having that hideous mole removed from his eyeball. He's always such a miserable mope. Just hearing his voice sends me spiraling into depression.