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GDT: 2022 World Juniors Championship Part Deux

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Guttersniped

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PKs Broken Stick said:
I mean...no one has looked in the same leage as Canada and US so far...let's just skip to them.

I hope I don't look stupid tomorrow lol.
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Don’t sleep on how good the Swedish goaltending is and how potentially bad the US goaltending could be against better teams. The weak link in US teams, by far is the goaltending.

Going in with zero drafted goalies when Canada & Sweden both have 1st rounders plus other excellent drafted goalies on top of that is… challenging.

The 5 countries, out of 10, with only undrafted goalies are: Austria, Latvia, Switzerland, Slovakia, and the United States. So yeah. That’s not good.
 
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USA vs Sweden tonight at 10pm ET
Excited to watch Hughes vs edvinsson. Two elite D-prospects who will be compared for many years. Edvinsson is 6’7” and skates very very well. Can’t go wrong with either. Go Luke!
 
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PKs Broken Stick said:
First? More like only and that would be Jack. No offense to anyone else. I don't think they can pull it off honestly.
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Bratt and Nico could easily pull it off as well. I don’t think Nico would ever try it though

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Ugh, I think Finland begs to differ.
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Sweden too is also always going to be a threat. Acting like it’s ever a 2 team tourney is dumb.
 
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The issue with the michigan is not skill. You can watch kids at your local rink pulling it off. The issue is confidence and a little bit of hot-shottery. I agree with @Hisch13r that Nico wouldn't try it in a million years. He's got a little too much Captain Serious in him I think, which is not a complaint. I think the first might be Luke Hughes lol.
 
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Guttersniped said:
Don’t sleep on how good the Swedish goaltending is and how potentially bad the US goaltending could be against better teams. The weak link in US teams, by far is the goaltending.

Going in with zero drafted goalies when Canada & Sweden both have 1st rounders plus other excellent drafted goalies on top of that is… challenging.

The 5 countries, out of 10, with only undrafted goalies are: Austria, Latvia, Switzerland, Slovakia, and the United States. So yeah. That’s not good.
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True, but unless Sweden was just taking the day off again Swiss, I wasn't all that impressed with them.

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The issue with the michigan is not skill. You can watch kids at your local rink pulling it off. The issue is confidence and a little bit of hot-shottery. I agree with @Hisch13r that Nico wouldn't try it in a million years. He's got a little too much Captain Serious in him I think, which is not a complaint. I think the first might be Luke Hughes lol.
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I agree, it's just not really in his personality. Jack is really the only one who fits that imo.
 

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Devs3cups said:
Jiricek is a really good prospect imo, I wouldn’t base his potential on this tourney, it was a weird one. He definitely wasn’t at his best though, that’s for sure.
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I mean, not that you're wrong but how many excuses we gunna give for this guy lol.
 
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