WJC: 2025 Team Canada Roster Talk

[Mathieukferland]

Perimeter player? PP merchant?

It's Cristall and he leads the WHL in even-strength points per game by a mile. In 15 games he has 40 points and 9 of those on the PP. He was the best player in the Summer Showcase too.

Don't let the facts get in the way of your arguments.

I didn’t watch the summer showcase as Hlinka was on at the same time; I hated the way he played at u18, for the reasons I listed. But it looks like he’s having a good season in Kewlona and we will see what his chances are for December

 

[jj cale]

Hagel with 5 helpers tonight.

 

[qc14]

I didn’t watch the summer showcase as Hlinka was on at the same time; I hated the way he played at u18, for the reasons I listed. But it looks like he’s having a good season in Kewlona and we will see what his chances are for December

Insane that the talk around him from Canadians is about whether he can be a good 13th forward and not as the player they should be building the team around. He's not just having a good season in Kelowna -- it's a historically amazing season and probably the best junior season period by any u20 forward in the world this year.

As an American I'll take them overthinking things and holding spots for plugs like Barkey and Luchanko though

 

[ORRFForever]

Hagel with 5 helpers tonight.

Wrong thread, my friend.

 

[jj cale]

Wrong thread, my friend.

The message comes across in either one

 

[1Gold Standard]

No thread for the CHL - USA games?

I do hope this is the format Hockey Canada will stick with indefinitely for World Junior evaluations pre-camp, I've been wanting the other team dropped for better competition for about a decade.

 

[ORRFForever]

No thread for the CHL - USA games?

We've been waiting for you to start one up. Glad you're here to do just that.

 

[Oak]

We've been waiting for you to start one up. Glad you're here to do just that.

Just came looking and surprised there isn't one yet.

 

[kyle44]

No thread for the CHL - USA games?

I do hope this is the format Hockey Canada will stick with indefinitely for World Junior evaluations pre-camp, I've been wanting the other team dropped for better competition for about a decade.

I mean, I suppose they are using it as a tool, but given the tendency to almost always favor 19-year olds and players in their D+1 (who aren't playing in these games) I don't think it will be very useful for choosing the U-20 team outside of maybe 4-5 guys per year. That is, unless they change the format to allow players on both sides that are over 18.

Looking at this team, only Martone, Misa, Spence, Schaefer and Ravensbergen/Ivankovic have realistic shots at a camp invite, let alone a roster spot. This format is not like the old CHL-Russia series where the best of the CHL players, regardless of age and draft status, were evaluated against international competition.

 

[JackSlater]

I mean, I suppose they are using it as a tool, but given the tendency to almost always favor 19-year olds and players in their D+1 (who aren't playing in these games) I don't think it will be very useful for choosing the U-20 team outside of maybe 4-5 guys per year. That is, unless they change the format to allow players on both sides that are over 18.

Looking at this team, only Martone, Misa, Spence, Schaefer and Ravensbergen/Ivankovic have realistic shots at a camp invite, let alone a roster spot. It is not like the old CHL-Russia series where the best of the CHL players, regardless of age and draft status, could be evaluated against international competition.

True, and this year is probably an outlier in that Canada has multiple highly touted 18 year olds who are old for the 2025 draft.