WJC: 2025 Team Canada Roster Talk

[JackSlater]

If Schaefer carries this play into the tournament it will be something. There's never been a 17 year old defenceman for Canada who plays with as much confidence.

 

[hockey20000]

might be a year where you just have to take schaefer first overall defencemen like that don't come along every year and all of hagens mortone and misa i think will be below cellbrini or bedard level so yea no real superstars

 

[Mooche]

Schaefer stock is going to be absolutely soaring over the next few days.

Kid is extremely impressive.

 

[Mitch nylander]

Cowan and Ritchie have been phenomenal. Schaefer really impressive through 3 games.

 

[Michanko]

kind of a soft one for george

 

[Woodrow]

kind of a soft one for george

Sort of. The Czechia player was in prime scoring position but got a bit of weak shot off. It was saveable for sure but hard to fault the goalie too much when the shot came from that position.

 

[Michanko]

Sort of. The Czechia player was in prime scoring position but got a bit of weak shot off. It was saveable for sure but hard to fault the goalie too much when shot came from that position.

yeah it’s his net i’m just a flyers fan in denial hoping for bjarnason

 

[Woodrow]

Mckenna!

 

[Digital Dog]

Mckenna has had one single shift in the second and he scored. Play him more!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile the Luchanko line has played 50-60% of the period

 

[TheBeastCoast]

George with an ugly 2nd goal against.

 

[JackSlater]

Would like to have seen some special teams play, and for George to have at least had that second goal.

 

[Woodrow]

Mckenna didn't take his next shift after he made that bad play at the blue line.

 

[NordiquesForeva]

Mckenna has had one single shift in the second and he scored. Play him more!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile the Luchanko line has played 50-60% of the period

I mean, it’s a pre-tournament game. A big part of this is the coaching staff seeing what they have with some of these guys in a variety of situations before the games actually matter. If I was Cameron I’d be playing the bottom-6 a ton too because they haven’t been great so far.

 

[Mathieukferland]

Gauthier with a no look helicopter pass to send the Czechs in on a breakaway, but sure, bench McKenna for the useless Beaudoin because he took a risk he recovered from

 

[Woodrow]

I mean, it’s a pre-tournament game. A big part of this is the coaching staff seeing what they have with some of these guys in a variety of situations before the games actually matter. If I was Cameron I’d be playing the bottom-6 a ton too because they haven’t been great so far.

Ya they have been mostly rolling 4 lines throughout all the pre-tourney games with the extra forward rotating in.

 

[Digital Dog]

I mean, it’s a pre-tournament game. A big part of this is the coaching staff seeing what they have with some of these guys in a variety of situations before the games actually matter. If I was Cameron I’d be playing the bottom-6 a ton too because they haven’t been great so far.

I get that but over-playing a line over and over doesnt neccesarily spark them, equally, under utilising your greatest talents doesnt inspire confidence in them or allow them to develop any rhythm.

Feel like the coaching is a bit too extreme both ways today.

 

[Svedu]

The line update needs to be retuned to have more scoring depth:

Nadeau - Ritchie - Cowan
McKenna - Catton - Pinelli
Rehkopf - Yager - Martone
Howe - Cataford/Beaudoin - Gauthier (Checking line)

Or

Howe Rehkopf Martone
Beaudoin- Yager/Cataford- Gauthier (Checking line)

These 2 forward combinations should create more offense chances.

Luchanko is not ready for this tournament. He just does not move the puck efficiently last 3 games that i have seen him played. The giveaways and all of the sloppy plays, i don't know how can he can even play in NHL next year if he does not improve significantly.

of course... Flyers can't draft anything decent besides great Michkov, decent future third line Tuomaala and fourth liner Ruohonen.

Everyone seems to be low on Luchanko... Flyers scouting just, lol.

 

[NordiquesForeva]

i get that but over-playing a line over and over doesnt neccesarily spark them, equally, under utilising your greatest talents doesnt inspire confidence in them or allow them to develop any rhythm.

Feel like the coaching is a bit too extreme both ways today

I’ll have to check the ice time stats later but it doesn’t seem all that unbalanced. Beaudoin is the 13F so they’ll mix him in fairly regularly and I wouldn’t read too much into McKenna missing the odd shift here and there.

At the moment this appears to be a 2-line team in terms of generating offense. By Boxing Day, I doubt we’ll see the Luchanko line or Beaudoin much at all.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Gauthier and Beaudoin are just not WJC level players right now.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Real glad we took so many role players to make sure our 'couldn't score in a monkey whorehouse with a fistful of bananas' role was taken care of.

 

[Woodrow]

McKenna!

 

[Bounces R Way]

adda be Gav show em how it's done

 

[Digital Dog]

Wish we could see the ice time stats, McKenna must have no more than 7-8 mins

 

[NordiquesForeva]

Massive block by Pinelli there.

 

[JackSlater]

I actually agree with Button about trying Martone on the Catton line. Just to add some size without sacrificing talent, Pinelli has been good though. I thought that Ritchie was Canada's best player in the third game, McKenna was up there though. Most of the issues with the defence will probably get sorted out by time and instruction, but the coaching staff needs to ensure that this team doesn't become a two line team. Probably shouldn't expect much from Luchanko's line, though when pressing at the end Beaudoin and Gauthier started to look good, but Yager's line needs to be a threat.

Cameron is on tv right now, likes the Catton line and especially McKenna getting into the blue ice. No word on Howe's tracking back tonight, though he liked Canada getting pucks in deep in the third.