2025 IIHF World Junior Championship (12/26-1/5)

[UncleRisto]

They did their best, right? That's what matters.

 

[Avs_19]

They did their best, right? That's what matters.

Dave Cameron did NOT do his best. Or maybe he did, which would be even more sad.

 

[The Abusement Park]

 

[Avs_19]

Going the deflection and defiance route rather than some honest reflection of the (bad) choices they made, at least publicly. Clowns.

 

[S E P H]

That Bob McKenzie take in how that wasn't a kneeing pen was one of the worst I ever heard since Don Cherry saying you people lol.

Been the best WJC in a very long time. Feels like almost every game has been really competitive.

We just need USA and Sweden to be eliminated and that will make it even better!

Hockey Canada politics got them here. This is team is bad

I just don't know how you cut Misa. That is mindbogglingly numb there. That's the lad who I think can go 1st overall over Hagens and Schaefer and he doesn't even make the team.

 

[dahrougem2]

We just need USA and Sweden to be eliminated and that will make it even better!


I just don't know how you cut Misa. That is mindbogglingly numb there. That's the lad who I think can go 1st overall over Hagens and Schaefer and he doesn't even make the team.

Dave Cameron seemingly ignored all of the "slam dunk" picks and went for players he thought would listen to every word he spewed.

You can't teach skill/how to score in a short tournament like this. When you leave off some of the best offensive players at your disposal in favour of grinder after grinder after grinder, you end up with what happened.

Cameron still doesn't seem to realize that, either.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

So why was Team Canada so exhausted and other teams weren't?

I mean, the tournament is being held in *checks notes* Canada. So if he wants to blame travel and jet lag, I guess that's his business but I would have asked a follow up question there.

 

[The Abusement Park]

So why was Team Canada so exhausted and other teams weren't?

I mean, the tournament is being held in *checks notes* Canada. So if he wants to blame travel and jet lag, I guess that's his business but I would have asked a follow up question there.

Probably emotionally exhausted of dealing with Cameron all tourney.

 

[sethro109]

So they basically don't want to practice and they want to move away from the old "dinosaur way of thinking" that is playing physical? Canada's system might be f***ed.

 

[Foppa2118]

Dave Cameron seemingly ignored all of the "slam dunk" picks and went for players he thought would listen to every word he spewed.

You can't teach skill/how to score in a short tournament like this. When you leave off some of the best offensive players at your disposal in favour of grinder after grinder after grinder, you end up with what happened.

Cameron still doesn't seem to realize that, either.

Coaches for Team Canada seem to make bonehead decisions out of favoritism every WJC. Sometimes they get lucky that Canada is so stacked it doesn't matter, sometimes they don't.

Ducharme would have been roasted at the stake for not playing Makar more at the WJC, if he had lost in OT, instead of getting lucky scoring the GWG with a couple minutes left in the 3rd.

Cale was clearly Canada's best D man, led the entire team let alone the D in scoring at one point, and was playing well defensively on both the right and left sides, with multiple different partners.

There was literally no reason not to play him other than favoritism. Very overrated coach. Got lucky winning a MemCup with a stacked Halifax team too.

 

[Balthazar]

Canada is doing the same thing at the 4 Nation tournament and will likely do the same thing at the Olympics as well.

They don't believe in stacking the team with the best players, they are trying to build a balanced team.

Sometimes it works but when it doesn't they expose themselves to heavy criticisms.

 

[Foppa2118]

Canada is doing the same thing in the 4 Nation tournament and will likely do the same thing at the Olympics as well.

They don't believe in stacking the team with the best players, they are trying to build a balanced team.

Sometimes it works but when it doesn't they expose themselves to heavy criticisms.

I think that make sense given the short time to come together chemistry wise. You don't want an All Star team that doesn't click. But it often feels like they miss the balance and go too far in that direction.

 

[Balthazar]

I think that make sense given the short time to come together chemistry wise. You don't want an All Star team that doesn't click. But it often feels like they miss the balance and go too far in that direction.

Yeah they think guys like Bennett, Cirelli and Hagel are more likely to help the team on the 4th line than guys like Thomas, Kyrou and Scheifele.

They have always done that and I don't think it's gonna change.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Canada is doing the same thing at the 4 Nation tournament and will likely do the same thing at the Olympics as well.

They don't believe in stacking the team with the best players, they are trying to build a balanced team.

Sometimes it works but when it doesn't they expose themselves to heavy criticisms.

I feel like it was more egregious with the WJC team. They already have McDavid, Mackinnon, Crosby, Marner, Makar, Point etc for legit elite talent. TI mean yes they brought Hagel, but he has know chemistry with Point and has still been essentially a fringe/if not legit first line talent the last 3/4 seasons. But in the end I think they the balance is struck far better on the 4 nations team.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Easton Cowan going for glory lol

Man I’d want to kill this guy in the dressing room. Look at Bonk’s reaction and he’s a teammate of his all year round in London.

 

[Mighty Makar]

 

[S E P H]

Dave Cameron seemingly ignored all of the "slam dunk" picks and went for players he thought would listen to every word he spewed.

You can't teach skill/how to score in a short tournament like this. When you leave off some of the best offensive players at your disposal in favour of grinder after grinder after grinder, you end up with what happened.

Cameron still doesn't seem to realize that, either.

This is why Hockey Psych is my favourite hockey YTber. Goes in depth about how brutal Cameron was.

Easton Cowan going for glory lol

Man I’d want to kill this guy in the dressing room. Look at Bonk’s reaction and he’s a teammate of his all year round in London.

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This is obviously a bloke who is overconfident af from being a stud in hockey's mecca as an underager in bantams/midgets, playing for probably the best CHL team ever in London, and getting drafted as a 1st rounder for Toronto. It all went to his head big time.

 

[LOFIN]

I can't name a single player in Team Finland

Well, I guess they are decent