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GDT: 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase, July 26-Aug. 3 | Plymouth, Mich.

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4-1 to Canada with a little to go. The Laf-Dach-Velano line was dominating.

The US’ lines weren’t really clicking. Caufield played well for the US and scored one, but many others had a rough night. Especially Wahlstrom that seem to be marginalized against better opponents and starts playing pretty destructive hockey throwing the puck around. Don’t think Zegras had the best night either. Looks a little weak and on the slow side. Boldy was good as usual though.

Nic Robertson is a player that never quite wins me over enough that he becomes someone that like I become a “fan” of in lack of better words, but still he always gets involved and contributes with his speed and skill. He is a good player and Toronto got a quality pick there for sure.

Newhook is always impressing me, can’t really understand why he fell as much as he did.

Bowen Byram was solid for Canada, of course, but at the same time, you can really tell that it’s another level for that age group.

K’Andre Miller was a force for 2 periods and carried the US, but he probably wants the last 15 minutes back. Started to force things a bit when Canada was ahead and for the first time in 3 games wasn’t spotless.
 
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Ola said:
K’Andre Miller was a force for 2 periods and carried the US, but he probably wants the last 15 minutes back. Started to force things a bit when Canada was ahead and for the first time in 3 games wasn’t spotless.
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That is good. He will learn from that. Good lesson and international experience against the best players in the world of his age. :)
 
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From what I can gather he's dominating this showcase
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Yeah, he is very reactive and very firm, and it feels like he comes away with the puck every time he goes into a battle. He stays back a little deeper than normal maybe, then he jumps up quite often and then he looks a bit like a man against boys.

I also like his out-let passes. He find good options and his delivery, ie the passes, are really hard and crisp.

At this level, the above alone is tremendous. It really is. It’s Pieterangelo level.

If anything, I think it’s important that Miller’s college coaches really pushes him to push his limits and especially be more offensive minded when his team has the puck. I remember how Terry Murray told Drew Doughty to not just play as a “4th forward” when he jumped up, but “as a forward period” (I don’t remember the exact words, but something like that) his rookie season. I hope Tony Granato pushes Miller like that too in Wisconsin. Stuff like that can be important for Ds.
 
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Is she a Rangers reporter?
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I like Zac Jones a lot. He is definitely not out of place at this level. And it’s especially impressive how calm and poised he is when sitting back a bit and letting the play come to him and not trying to do too much.

But he isn’t really able to put everything together at this level yet. You don’t see him rushing the puck much or jumping into the play a lot. But he is certainly working the forecheckers. This is his last year of junior eligible for the WJC, I don’t think we will see him really shine on the big scene. But give the kid 2-3 years in college and the out come could be attractive for sure.
 
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Ola said:
Yeah, he is very reactive and very firm, and it feels like he comes away with the puck every time he goes into a battle. He stays back a little deeper than normal maybe, then he jumps up quite often and then he looks a bit like a man against boys.

I also like his out-let passes. He find good options and his delivery, ie the passes, are really hard and crisp.

At this level, the above alone is tremendous. It really is. It’s Pieterangelo level.

If anything, I think it’s important that Miller’s college coaches really pushes him to push his limits and especially be more offensive minded when his team has the puck. I remember how Terry Murray told Drew Doughty to not just play as a “4th forward” when he jumped up, but “as a forward period” (I don’t remember the exact words, but something like that) his rookie season. I hope Tony Granato pushes Miller like that too in Wisconsin. Stuff like that can be important for Ds.
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If last season was any indication for what Granato will do with Miller, he’s in a very good spot. One or two games into the year Miller was already Granato’s do-it-all guy. He was just throwing Miller out in pretty much every situation that came up, the only real leash he was putting on him was not playing him 25 minutes a night every game.

I was initially concerned about Miller going the college route because with him switching from forward to defense, I wanted him to be getting as many reps and different looks as he possibly could, so I would’ve preferred him to go the junior route and play more games, where in college, freshman are usually eased into the team and don’t get bigger roles until their sophomore or junior seasons, but when I saw how he was being handled, that concern instantly went away
 
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Wow, no wonder why we can't get anything done at this critical juncture. JD's too busy eating hot dogs and watching prospects. :sarcasm:
 
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