Player Discussion 2025 IIHF World Junior Championships: Helenius, Wahlberg, Kleber, Ziemer, Strbak, Panocha - Ottawa - December 26 - January 5, 2025
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CowbellConray
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Ziemer looks like a PLAYER. Just plays like a pro
He does things that remind me of Zucker - up and down the wing, relatively smart, very engaged.
HOOats
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No idea how 70 guys got picked before the USA 18's Captain who was lined up to play key minutes at Minnesota and WJC as an 18 year old. No take backsies.
February birthday too, he'll be main piece in 2026 when the Leonard, Perreault, Moore gang graduates.
CowbellConray
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Next WJC will be his coming out party to the world IMO. Top line minutes as a captain
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Productive perhaps out of overuse. He's pulling down over 23.5 minutes a game in TOI. I can see a good 2nd pairing guy who is more of a stopper than an offensive player - still think a right handed McCabe is sort of similar in both the physical play, flashes of offense, and occasional braindeadness.
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Der Jaeger
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My kid asked me about him, and I said he was like a cross of Pominville and Zucker
One of my son's favorites from U18 and U20's past is Pekarcik from the Slovaks. Kid just has it.
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Can anyone summarize what happened in the Canada game that caused the server's hamsters to grind to a halt? Other than "Canada lost"?
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Puppa2Miller
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Czechia scored on the PP with like 30 seconds left to win it. Canada bounced in the QFs again
Djp
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Canads tied it with 4+ left
Under 4 min penalty against Canada
PP goal with like 38 s left
Thrn Czech kept the pk as y in Canada zone the rest of the game
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I didnt follow the roster selection process
What was the issues in how roster was selected for Canada?
It was a knee trip
Earlier before they tied they also disallowed a canadian goal when D and F crashed the net before puck went in I think around 8-10 left in the game. Canada challenged, got a penalty
What was the issues in how roster was selected for Canada?
They reviewed for 5
It was a knee trip
Earlier before they tied they also disallowed a canadian goal when D and F crashed the net before puck went in I think around 8-10 left in the game. Canada challenged, got a penalty
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Deep Blue Metallic
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Yes and no.
In the 1st there was what looked to be a knee-on-knee collision, and Nadeau got 5 and a match penalty. There was some soccer-style fakery from the Czech player, who didn't miss a shift. Some didn't even think it was a penalty.
Canadian defenseman Gibson decided to make exactly the same hit with a little over 2 minutes left in the game. Just a dumb play considering the foregoing.
Czechs scored the PP winner with 40 seconds left.
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Deep Blue Metallic
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Eliminated twice in a row by the Czechs in the quarters, this time on home ice. Extra-large oosh.
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I hate the IIHF site with a burning passion. It needs a complete overhaul.
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Officiating and calls in the Canada game seemed pretty typical. I don't think there was bias one way to the other in sum, and both teams benefited from situational officiating - which is an issue in hockey in general. This tends to be a bigger problem in tournament/elimination formats.
