WJC: 2023 Team Canada Roster Talk Part 2

[unkempt]

Let’s admit it. For once it proved that hits to the head don’t pay in hockey any more.

 

[ORRFForever]

Hopefully that's Canada

If this team gets on a roll, they will be unstopable.

If Round Robin games were important, Sweden would be have more Golds than anyone - and they only have 2.

 

[McDrailers]

This team isn't slow. This is a recording.

Clarke is. He looked very slow north south

 

[Kevin Musto]

Bedard is a dynamic talent and worthy of being a 1OA pick, but his game is immature and selfish. Don’t even mind him michiganning and doing all his Bedard stuff but he’s gonna be our point shot man too? Still though, If Canada wins Gold it will be on his shoulders.

Selfish?

His teammates were ass.

He had no choice but to do it all himself.

 

[Spic Bud]

where is Owen Beck when you need him

 

[ORRFForever]

Selfish?

His teammates were ass.

He had no choice but to do it all himself.

Yes and no. They were ALL trying to do it themselves and it came back to haunt them.

 

[Playmaker09]

Watching Bankier attempt to catch up to a loose puck that should have been a clear 2 on 0 - only to immediately turn it over when he finally catches up to it two years later - was peak comedy.

Who is this guy and why is he here?

 

[Gurglesons]

The narrative of Bedard being selfish is why Canada is falling behind in hockey.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

The narrative of Bedard being selfish is why Canada is falling behind in hockey.

Didnt they just win a world juniors last year?

 

[MessierII]

How did gaudreau make the team?

 

[Mathieukferland]

How did gaudreau make the team?

Because he played well in a tournament that was 18 months ago

 

[Remparts666]

Clarke is. He looked very slow north south

I’m halfway through the game, it is 5-2. Clarke has been the best D so far with his passes, his goal taken back and clean play. I’ll watch the rest of the game. So far other d have made bad pinches and passes. Fantili two costly bad reads

 

[Trash Panda]

Clarke is. He looked very slow north south

The same Clarke that was all over the ice tonight? End to end rush to boot.

Dude was pretty handily the best D in the offensive zone, and he didn’t hurt anything in his own end.

The dude needs more minutes.

 

[AUAIOMRN]

Yes and no. They were ALL trying to do it themselves and it came back to haunt them.

Yup, it looks like many of them are used to being a one-man show. Hopefully now they've learned that teamwork beats individual skills.

 

[McDrailers]

The same Clarke that was all over the ice tonight? End to end rush to boot.

Dude was pretty handily the best D in the offensive zone, and he didn’t hurt anything in his own end.

The dude needs more minutes.

I’m not saying he was bad. He played an overall solid game. I’m simply stating his foot speed looks slow. A couple times skating bsck for pucks it was noticed.

I agree with your assessment overall. Fantelli looked like he was trying to do too much out there.

Zellweiger didn’t impress me

 

[ORRFForever]

Didnt they just win a world juniors last year?

He's just trolling. Ignore.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

What hell Canada 2-5 loss vs Czech's how's that possible?
Just asking.

 

[ORRFForever]

What hell Canada 2-5 loss vs Czech's how's that possible?
Just asking.

Hopefully we can play them, again, in the Gold Medal Game.

 

[Stive Morgan]

What hell Canada 2-5 loss vs Czech's how's that possible?
Just asking.

An overconfident Canadian team more interested in trying to score highlight reel goals and land big hits rather than grinding out a win. Fortunately they got their kick in the ass as early as possible this year so hopefully they get it out of their system before the elimination round.

 

[Ace]

What hell Canada 2-5 loss vs Czech's how's that possible?
Just asking.

One team showed up to play hard. The other showed up to put on a skills competition.

 

[ORRFForever]

An overconfident Canadian team more interested in trying to score highlight reel goals and land big hits rather than grinding out a win. Fortunately they got their kick in the ass as early as possible this year so hopefully they get it out of their system before the elimination round.

Well said.

 

[Bounces R Way]

The narrative of Bedard being selfish is why Canada is falling behind in hockey.

Really don't know when handwaving any opinion, credible or otherwise, away just by calling it a "narrative" was popularized but I could do without it.

Going 1 on 4 over and over again is not good hockey. It's not the reason Canada lost tonight, and in fact he was their best skater but that mindset from the team had a lot to do with it.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

An overconfident Canadian team more interested in trying to score highlight reel goals and land big hits rather than grinding out a win. Fortunately they got their kick in the ass as early as possible this year so hopefully they get it out of their system before the elimination round.

This is why I had an issue with the team trying to pull off the Michigan twice in the first period. It wasn't necessarily those two plays on their own, it was more how it seemed to encapsulate the mindset this team had throughout the game where they were trying to hotdog and be too fancy instead of play a winning style of game. Toe drags, constant tick-tack-toe passing when a clear shot was available, trying to stickhandle around all five opponents, etc. That's what Canada was doing for too much of the game tonight.

Hopefully tonight was the wake up call they needed to actually go back to playing sound hockey.

 

[Mobiandi]

Canada getting their asses kicked is good for the sport so whatever

 

[Gold Standard]

Best thing that could have happened to this team. Now is the time to put in the work and ignore the TSN hype machine.