2024 CHL/USA Prospects Challenge

[jj cale]

Two groups of guys that just love each other.

 

[ORRFForever]

Finally. Nice!

The U.S. goalie has been terrific. So have the U.S. blocked shots.

 

[jj cale]

Reshny to the rescue.

 

[ORRFForever]

Why didn't the U.S. team stay for the ceremony?

 

[jj cale]

Why did the U.S. team leave the ice?

I don't think they do anthems at this thing or anything like that.

 

[ORRFForever]

I don't think they do anthems at this thing or anything like that.

But there was the player of the game for both teams, right?

 

[jj cale]

But there was the player of the game for both teams, right?

Dunno, shut it off once the game ended.

 

[peconcan]

This game could have been fight central if the Americans had visors on. Don’t think there was a single whistle without a scrum most had everyone on both teams involved. Refs must have told both teams to calm down in the 3rd

 

[Leviathan899]

Sorry, I was referring to the 2002 birth year that essentially only has Beniers, Faber, and Sanderson as three good NHL’ers, and then virtually no depth (Kleven, Berard, Commesso are okay, but all things considered not even locks to have long NHL careers).

Do you think Bordeleau becomes an NHL’er at some point?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Do you think Bordeleau becomes an NHL’er at some point?

I think he already should be (and he's done okay in his NHL games), but writing seems to be on the wall that he's not making it with the Sharks, and it's tough from there not breaking through with the worst team in the league to get your looks after that. He'll probably end up a very good AHL or European player.

 

[wishywashy19]

College players weren’t allowed, so no Hagens, Hensler, Potter, Vansaghi, Rheaume-Mullen.

The whole way they organized these exhibitions doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. It’s not a true USA vs. Canada best on best for a draft.

Do I think Canada wins anyway? Yeah, they probably just have a better 2025 crop, but the way they’ve organized it sees like half of the best American prospects for 2025 not playing.

For instance, this would likely be an approximation of the best USA lineup of 2025 draft eligibles (to mimic pretty much what I think the Canadian team is compromised of):

Mooney-Hagens-Murtagh
Kevan-Potter-Moore
Simpson-McKinney-Fondrk
Belle-O’Neill-Vansaghi
Moe

Rombach-Hensler
Barnett-Amico
DRM-Trethewey
Fiddler

Quinlan
Boettiger
Cameron

So this is hypothetically my best team of American 2025 eligibles. 12 of 23 of them played for the USA yesterday (Fiddler played for team CHL even though he played for USA at the Hlinka, don’t ask me how that happens).

And Team Canada is probably even better. But 5-4 better, not 5-1 better. If they want to put forth a serious best on best for draft eligibles every year, they have to actually do so as opposed to this half ass exhibition that is going to see Canada win easily virtually every single time.

This is what i agree to.
I don’t like the promotion of the free advertising of the NTP program as the only USA top players when this team rolls into town as a schooled highly trained defensive special teamed unit.