Prospect Info: 2025 WJC Thread

[evnted]

i was skeptical canada would have the appetite to carry both parekh and yakemchuk, that mightve been a bit too high roller, but i figured one could be the dedicated PP QB. its pretty shocking they chose to register mynio instead of SOSing one of them with schaefer out now

 

[Captain3rdLine]

i was skeptical canada would have the appetite to carry both parekh and yakemchuk, that mightve been a bit too high roller, but i figured one could be the dedicated PP QB. its pretty shocking they chose to register mynio instead of SOSing one of them with schaefer out now

It’s stupid but shouldn’t be surprising at all. Hockey Canada is a joke of an organization.

I would’ve taken both from the start too

 

[Hisch13r]

I really hate the changes the US has made to these jerseys recently. The version they had with Jack was so much better. These are perfect.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

Still wish we had taken Buium last summer. We might regret not

 

[Unknown Caller]

Still wish we had taken Buium last summer. We might regret not

100% should have taken Buium, the Devils got caught up in there being too much redundancy in style with Luke, Nemec, and Casey.

If it was that much of a dealbreaker, Helenius should have been the fallback.

 

[Captain3rdLine]

100% should have taken Buium, the Devils got caught up in there being too much redundancy in style with Luke, Nemec, and Casey.

If it was that much of a dealbreaker, Helenius should have been the fallback.

I’m not huge on Helenius either but ya I think honestly think Buium ends up as a top 3 player in the draft. Or at least top 5.

 

[My3Sons]

How much politics goes into the hockey Canada selections? Political decisions are almost always going to hurt the team

 

[NJDfan86]

Not that it matters - but if Russia was playing in this tournament we might be having a different discussion right now. Not taking anything away from Zeev BTW, just think Silayev would be very impressive in this tournament.

 

[evnted]

How much politics goes into the hockey Canada selections? Political decisions are almost always going to hurt the team

a lot. hage keeps getting overlooked because he went ushl->ncaa route (and hes not some undeniable player like celebrini), pinelli made the team because he plays for the coach in ottawa, there were murmurs (from grant i believe) about something non-hockey related to sennecke when he was in the u17s, and so on. this year feels extra bad

Not that it matters - but if Russia was playing in this tournament we might be having a different discussion right now. Not taking anything away from Zeev BTW, just think Silayev would be very impressive in this tournament.

russia wouldve been a legit juggernaut in this tournament, such a shame we dont get to see it

 

[Satans Hockey]

I really hate the changes the US has made to these jerseys recently. The version they had with Jack was so much better. These are perfect.

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I'm tired of blue being the main color, I wanna see a completely new design that distributes the colors move evenly since it's the red, white and blue.

 

[Satans Hockey]

This has been a wild game so far with US and Finland.

You watching @FinnishDevil @Capt Nico Poo ?

 

[Satans Hockey]

Really fun game, hard to be super mad about the result. US still controls their destiny to win the group.

 

[Hisch13r]

Really fun game, hard to be super mad about the result. US still controls their destiny to win the group.

I just caught up on the game. God I f***ing love this tournament. The 2nd period in particular was my favorite of the season

 

[Blender]

I just caught up on the game. God I f***ing love this tournament. The 2nd period in particular was my favorite of the season

It's the best hockey event there is.

 

[Hisch13r]

It's the best hockey event there is.

Yeah I’m personally just not really an Olympic fan for whatever reason but I love the U18s and there’s nothing better than the WJC

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Kazakhstan with 2 shorties to tie it with 28 seconds left

 

[Hisch13r]

Tomorrow is going to be a banger day. Switzerland/Kazakhstan could be some fun. Latvia/Finland could turn out to be very very interesting. Sweden/Czechia and US/Canada are going to be great.

There’s a decent chance Latvia can end up with the 2 seed. Need US/Latvia regulation wins for that to happen

 

[Hisch13r]

Traff has picked up a PPG and then another right after the kill expired so far on his 19th birthday. Turnaround wrister from the high slot for his first and a Noesen goal burying a rebound at the net front for his 2nd

 

[Guttersniped]

Traff didn’t get the Swedish player of the game so no Arts & Craft gift from Canada for him.

You’d think the watches European host countries typically give would shame them to step up their game but nope. Get excited teen boys, some hippie painted you something.

 

[Brodeur]

This was me watching the Devils and USA/Canada at the same time. Every time I looked back at the WJC game it seemed like a new PP was starting. Definitely advantage USA there and they went 3/7. I thought Canada had the better of the play at even strength.

Canadians were trying to goad Zeev Buium into taking penalties early which seemed like a smart tactic. But Canada took a bunch of undisciplined penalties later in the game.



Czechs knocked out Canada last year.

 

[Satans Hockey]

The US powerplay was awesome. Really made Canada pay for taking all those penalties. Loved seeing the guys really enjoy being the villains in Canada and shutting them and their fans down in Canada.

Avoiding the Czechs in the first knockout game was huge too. There is absolutely 0 reason they shouldn't blow out the Swiss. No excuses.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Not that it matters - but if Russia was playing in this tournament we might be having a different discussion right now. Not taking anything away from Zeev BTW, just think Silayev would be very impressive in this tournament.

and if Silayev was playing AND we’d have taken Zeev, we’d be saying “Buium looks great but is there room for him after Luke, Nemec, and Casey?”

 

[forceten]

and if Silayev was playing AND we’d have taken Zeev, we’d be saying “Buium looks great but is there room for him after Luke, Nemec, and Casey?”

Exactly. And even with what we have we probably have too many. I wish we took Cooley instead of Nemec.

Anyway - let’s go US and Latvia!

 

[Guttersniped]

Good to see that Hockey Canada’s long standing stance that 17 year olds need zero adult guidance continues here.



Pinelli’s the Captain of the OHL team coached by Cameron so I’m guessing this is a feature and not a bug.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

Good to see that Hockey Canada’s long standing stance that 17 year olds need zero adult guidance continues here.



Pinelli’s the Captain of the OHL team coached by Cameron so I’m guessing this is a feature and not a bug.

There really is a correlation between life and sports. If you don't discipline kids on the ice or the field or court, they will take it as a license to be undisciplined in the real world and all of a sudden you're in a world of trouble.