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WJC: 2024 Team Canada Roster Talk - Part 1

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What about Carson Rehkopf? 39 points in 21 games for Kitchener, 2nd round pick for Seattle in 23', 05' birthdate. Might be trending for next year's team but he's got to be on someone's radar.
 
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It’s probably a long shot but my brother and I were at the B’s/Habs game the other night and agreed that it wouldn’t be crazy to let Poitras go play. He’s slowed down a bit and I think it’s good to remind guys how to be the best player on the ice occasionally.
 
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Joe Zanussi said:
It’s probably a long shot but my brother and I were at the B’s/Habs game the other night and agreed that it wouldn’t be crazy to let Poitras go play. He’s slowed down a bit and I think it’s good to remind guys how to be the best player on the ice occasionally.
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From your post to God's ears.
 
I think it is highly unlikely that Fantilli is released, as he's playing between 15 and 19 minutes/night with Columbus (and trending up). Columbus is a complete s***show but Fantilli has already established himself as a key piece there and he seems to be more than holding his own.

Poitras is between 13 and 15 minutes/night with Boston...I think there is a higher chance Boston releases Poitras relative to Fantilli (mainly because Poitras hasn't participated in the world juniors before), but still below 50% in my view given the strong season Boston is having so far and presumably their reluctance to mess with what's working. I wouldn't be surprised either way, but feel Poitras is unlikely unless we start seeing his usage decline over the next couple of weeks.
 
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The Athletic came out with their projected rosters:

Pronman:

Benson - Geekie - Savoie
Celebrini - Yager - Dumais
Rehkopf - Danielson - Firkus
Minten - Beck - Cowan

Mateychuk - Lamoureux
Pickering - Luneau
Molendyk - Warren

Rousseau
DiVincentiis

Wheeler:

Benson - Celebrini - Savoie
Geekie - Danielson - Dumais
Minten - Yager - Firkus
Cowan - Beck - Barkey

Mateychuk - Pickering
Donovan - Luneau
Buchinger - Lamoureux

DiVincentiis
Ratzlaff
 
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TheDoldrums said:
This is the recent article is anyone was interested



Both projections have Cowan and Beck on a 4th line together which makes sense, but I can't remember a Leafs and Habs prospect working together like this in recent memory :laugh:
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I may be in the minority here but I think Beck should be the no doubt third line centre on this team. I'm tired of seeing Danielson over him, Beck is going to be so much more impactful in this tournament than I've seen people giving him credit for. He was extremely noticeable in the few games, and few minutes, he played in last years tournament after getting the call up. He's going to get so many defensive assignments, especially with no Wright, and I can't imagine them placing him lower than the third.
 
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TheDoldrums said:
This is the recent article is anyone was interested



Both projections have Cowan and Beck on a 4th line together which makes sense, but I can't remember a Leafs and Habs prospect working together like this in recent memory :laugh:
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Thank you!

Unfortunately, I can't read it - I was able to ready the earlier one so, perhaps, the articles stay behind the pay wall for a few months.

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Re : "We’ve elected to exclude the following players who we think won’t be loaned to their national teams: Shane Wright..."

Then fails to mention Bedard. :)
 
ChazzMichaelMichaels said:
The Athletic came out with their projected rosters:

Pronman:

Benson - Geekie - Savoie
Celebrini - Yager - Dumais
Rehkopf - Danielson - Firkus
Minten - Beck - Cowan

Mateychuk - Lamoureux
Pickering - Luneau
Molendyk - Warren

Rousseau
DiVincentiis

Wheeler:

Benson - Celebrini - Savoie
Geekie - Danielson - Dumais
Minten - Yager - Firkus
Cowan - Beck - Barkey

Mateychuk - Pickering
Donovan - Luneau
Buchinger - Lamoureux

DiVincentiis
Ratzlaff
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These guys don't watch goalies or pay attention to them. DiVincentiis played one game coming back from injury and hasn't even been the back-up since. He's not good enough of a goalie to be worth giving a spot on the roster without proving he's earned the shot and at this point he hasn't earned it. I wouldn't object to Mathis Rousseau being at training camp as he's having a fantastic year, I just have quite a few questions about his ability to translate his game to the WJC's.
 
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Have to think Bradley Nadeau might force his way onto the roster with how his NCAA campaign has started with Maine. 12pts in 10 games now.
 
Gigantor The Goalie said:
These guys don't watch goalies or pay attention to them. DiVincentiis played one game coming back from injury and hasn't even been the back-up since. He's not good enough of a goalie to be worth giving a spot on the roster without proving he's earned the shot and at this point he hasn't earned it. I wouldn't object to Mathis Rousseau being at training camp as he's having a fantastic year, I just have quite a few questions about his ability to translate his game to the WJC's.
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I would have absolutely no problem with Rousseau being our #1. Arguably the best goalie in the CHL this year, been playing at a ridiculously high level since mid way through last season.
 
TheBeastCoast said:
I would have absolutely no problem with Rousseau being our #1. Arguably the best goalie in the CHL this year, been playing at a ridiculously high level since mid way through last season.
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If he had to back a Canadian team that was set to rampage their way through the tournament in a dominant fashion I wouldn't mind Rousseau as the no. 1 goalie. I just don't think he game is going to translate to the level Canada would need it to. The goal isn't to bring the U20 Canadian goalie who is putting up the best stats but the U20 Canadian goalie whose skill set will best translate to the WJC's and what Canada will need from said goalie. You need some form of high end/elite skill and Rousseau is just good at a lot but not elite. He's not more agile than Ratzlaff or Leenders, he's not more technically sound than Bjarnason.
 
Gigantor The Goalie said:
If he had to back a Canadian team that was set to rampage their way through the tournament in a dominant fashion I wouldn't mind Rousseau as the no. 1 goalie. I just don't think he game is going to translate to the level Canada would need it to. The goal isn't to bring the U20 Canadian goalie who is putting up the best stats but the U20 Canadian goalie whose skill set will best translate to the WJC's and what Canada will need from said goalie. You need some form of high end/elite skill and Rousseau is just good at a lot but not elite. He's not more agile than Ratzlaff or Leenders, he's not more technically sound than Bjarnason.
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I mean I don't agree at all but he should get a shot at camp and from there let the play do the talking. You don't just be average and have the kind of season he is having right now lol he is slightly under sized. That is the only reason he isn't a highly touted prospect. We saw a under sized but elite CHL goalie do half decent for Canada last year.
 
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TheBeastCoast said:
I mean I don't agree at all but he should get a shot at camp and from there let the play do the talking. You don't just be average and have the kind of season he is having right now lol he is slightly under sized. That is the only reason he isn't a highly touted prospect. We saw a under sized but elite CHL goalie do half decent for Canada last year.
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I assume you wanted Nathan Darveau for last years team since he was the most dominant CHL goalie? Don't know why you're bringing up size when I didn't bring it up and was one of the few who advocated for Levi/Milic to be the no. 1 goalies on Team Canada before they were even named to the official roster. This isn't about size or I wouldn't be bringing up Ratzlaff/Leenders as goalies I'd be interested in bringing in. Never called Rousseau average either, just that he's good at a lot of things for a U20 goalie but not elite in anything to counteract the elite talent waiting at the WJC's.
 
Gigantor The Goalie said:
I assume you wanted Nathan Darveau for last years team since he was the most dominant CHL goalie? Don't know why you're bringing up size when I didn't bring it up and was one of the few who advocated for Levi/Milic to be the no. 1 goalies on Team Canada before they were even named to the official roster. This isn't about size or I wouldn't be bringing up Ratzlaff/Leenders as goalies I'd be interested in bringing in. Never called Rousseau average either, just that he's good at a lot of things for a U20 goalie but not elite in anything to counteract the elite talent waiting at the WJC's.
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Like I said I disagree. Guess we will find out.
 
ChazzMichaelMichaels said:
The Athletic came out with their projected rosters:

Pronman:

Benson - Geekie - Savoie
Celebrini - Yager - Dumais
Rehkopf - Danielson - Firkus
Minten - Beck - Cowan

Mateychuk - Lamoureux
Pickering - Luneau
Molendyk - Warren

Rousseau
DiVincentiis

Wheeler:

Benson - Celebrini - Savoie
Geekie - Danielson - Dumais
Minten - Yager - Firkus
Cowan - Beck - Barkey

Mateychuk - Pickering
Donovan - Luneau
Buchinger - Lamoureux

DiVincentiis
Ratzlaff
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Hard to really complain about anything in these lineups without really splitting hairs. Camp and pre tourney games may decide some different lines and things but no massive changes from me.

Minten Beck Cowan could be a really fun fourth line to watch. Unleash the hounds and let them go get some momentum, I'm not sure any of them score much in a oturney like this though

joeyrikley said:
I may be in the minority here but I think Beck should be the no doubt third line centre on this team. I'm tired of seeing Danielson over him, Beck is going to be so much more impactful in this tournament than I've seen people giving him credit for. He was extremely noticeable in the few games, and few minutes, he played in last years tournament after getting the call up. He's going to get so many defensive assignments, especially with no Wright, and I can't imagine them placing him lower than the third.
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He definitely shouldnt be the no doubt anything. Hes good and hes definitely going to play a role on the team, but hes not some guy you just give a spot to either. Everything he does, Danielson does as well and despite Danielsons slow start offensively hes definitely more rounded offensively. Like I said, depends on camp and pretournament games but having Danielson in a top 9 role on paper makes more sense due to his offensive upside over Beck.

Danielson offensively in his draft year was on a level that Beck has never hit before, same with in preseason in the NHL. I'll take that sample size over his slow start to his WHL season on a bad team
 
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