HF Habs: 2023 World U18 Men's Hockey Championship: Finals Sunday, April 30 | Canada wins Bronze, 4-3 (OT) | USA wins Gold, 3-2 (OT), Sweden Silver

[MarkovsKnee]

Alright, Quarter-Finals schedule, Thursday, April 27th, all QF games are on TSN4:


USA vs Czech Republic: 6:30 am EDT
Finland vs Slovakia: 9 am EDT
Canada vs Switzerland: 11:30 am EDT
Sweden vs Latvia: 2 pm EDT

Really sucks about Canada being later in the morning. Won't be able to watch it.

SF & Final are Saturday & Sunday.

 

[SOLR]

Anderson, Harris and a 2nd is not getting us PLD. There's 0 chance they listen without the Panthers pick or our 1st next year.

Unless you start talks with an Owen Beck, I think Beck, a 2nd and a prospect (Kidney, Harris) might get it done

If you remove Beck you add a first, if the Jets want Anderson which I doubt, it might work with Anderson, Beck and perhaps a 4th rounder.

No matter how we spin this, we lose either a first this year or next or Beck and then you add.

If I get a center with our earlier pick, I might be fine with losing Beck here

Ribeiro, Ryder and a 2nd...it was a joke.

 

[Mrb1p]

Alright, Quarter-Finals schedule, Thursday, April 27th, all QF games are on TSN4:


USA vs Czech Republic: 6:30 am EDT
Finland vs Slovakia: 9 am EDT
Canada vs Switzerland: 11:30 am EDT
Sweden vs Latvia: 2 pm EDT

Really sucks about Canada being later in the morning. Won't be able to watch it.

SF & Final are Saturday & Sunday.

Ill be able to watch all yhe games pretty much, super nice!

Ill probably miss one on saturday because I work.

 

[jaffy27]

Ribeiro, Ryder and a 2nd...it was a joke.

It was Halak, not Ribs lol

good one though

 

[SOLR]

It was Halak, not Ribs lol

good one though

lol I've seen both

 

[Vachon23]

Idk about that. Kidney mightve been a late 2nd round pick, but he's been putting up huge numbers since being drafted.

Yes but his game won’t translate, don’t think any team consider him as high grade prospect

 

[26Mats]

Yes but his game won’t translate, don’t think any team consider him as high grade prospect

Many scouts say this.

But like RHP and Ylonen, it may take him 3 or 4 years in the AHL. And if HF e can improve his skating, ...

If we don't trade him, I consider him like a stock you buy that you don't expect to succeed, but you put it in your portfolio and just look at again in 4 years to see if it took off.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Yes but his game won’t translate, don’t think any team consider him as high grade prospect

He's added a whole lot more inside to his game this year. Pretty early to say that it won't translate, especially since he has a lot of physical maturity ahead of him.

 

[Vachon23]

f we don't trade him, I consider him like a stock you buy that you don't expect to succeed, but you put it in your portfolio and just look at again in 4 years to see if it took off.

Agree but that’s not a piece other team will consider as a major piece for a player like PLD

He's added a whole lot more inside to his game this year. Pretty early to say that it won't translate, especially since he has a lot of physical maturity ahead of him.

It’s a little better but he still look like a good JNR player like Jordan Dumais. Not a great skater, tinny, not a great shoot, no motor. I don’t have any expectations in him (hope I’m wrong)

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Agree but that’s not a piece other team will consider as a major piece for a player like PLD


It’s a little better but he still look like a good JNR player like Jordan Dumais. Not a great skater, tinny, not a great shoot, no motor. I don’t have any expectations in him (hope I’m wrong)

I don’t know if his shot regressed but I was pretty heartened by it in his D+1 year anyways

 

[Schooner Guy]

As a goalie this is painfully true. Had one on Monday like that.

It happens. Goalies are also the first to know when it's one they should have had. Nobody needs to tell them.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Yeah, Slovakia over Finland is definitely possible, in which case Canada would play Sweden in SF.

Slovakia is a hard working team.

Agreed 100%. Slovakia, Sweden and USA are the only teams who haven't suffered a blow out loss yet. Slovakia has far less talent.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

So, all Quarter-Finals games are tomorrow beginning at the ungodly hour of 6:30 am.

All games are being televised on TSN4.

 

[atrud66]

I'm the only one who woke up at 6:30? Thought you all were die hards

 

[atrud66]

Czechs just positioning themselves compact in the slot in their d-zone and the US is just skating around the perimeter. Not the most entertaining

Smith taps home a rebound

1-0

 

[atrud66]

First time we saw Sale this period. Good burst of speed to create a breakaway but couldn't capitalize

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I'm the only one who woke up at 6:30? Thought you all were die hards

Nope, I got up!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Cole Hutson looks a lot bigger than Lane did at same age. I remember the first time I saw Lane with U.S. as a 16 year old I thought, why are the U.S putting a 12 year old on the ice?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Czech's playing zone in the defensive end. Game is just a penalty kill.

 

[Seb]

Cole Hutson looks a lot bigger than Lane did at same age. I remember the first time I saw Lane with U.S. as a 16 year old I thought, why are the U.S putting a 12 year old on the ice?

Suppressed Ben Maxwell memories suddenly appear.

 

[atrud66]

Goal for Leonard

 

[Playmaker09]

First time we saw Sale this period. Good burst of speed to create a breakaway but couldn't capitalize

The way the Czechs are playing, sitting 5 guys deep in their own zone, Sale (or any forward) won't get the chance to do much unless they randomly get a PP.

 

[atrud66]

Moore tends to force plays/passes. I wonder if it's because his linemates aren't as good or if it's because he has lower IQ/creativity

The way the Czechs are playing, sitting 5 guys deep in their own zone, Sale (or any forward) won't get the chance to do much unless they randomly get a PP.

Agreed

 

[atrud66]

Does Smith over-rely on his delay game? When he gets the puck in the O-zone, he often skates it up to the blue line which gives him lots of time and space on the perimeter to find a pass or take a shot from distance to create a rebound. It works against a Czech team that isn't applying pressure on the perimeter but at the NHL level, he'll be checked tightly.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Does Smith over-rely on his delay game? When he gets the puck in the O-zone, he often skates it up to the blue line which gives him lots of time and space on the perimeter to find a pass or take a shot from distance to create a rebound. It works against a Czech team that isn't applying pressure on the perimeter but at the NHL level, he'll be checked tightly.

I think it's because of the pk format Czech's are playing. They aren't being aggressive at all.