HF Habs: 2025 World Junior Championship Semi-Finals: Saturday, January 4, 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM

[Rapala]

Called it we would lose against Czechia and called it the media would protect TC management after the loss.

Yup and you weren't the only one.

 

[Habs13]

David Cameron looks and sounds like a turtle

 

[_habsfan9]

David Cameron looks and sounds like a turtle

To me looks more like an alien or royal family lizard humanoid!

 

[FLHabs]

Max Comtois......I will be surprised if any anglos get as much hate as the franco got...

Yea that one was brutal

 

[sheed36]

I'm not devastated at all that Canada lost tonight Duthie b'y. It became obvious quite early that this Canadian team wasn't very well constructed and was also rather poorly coached so it is what it is.

 

[Playmaker09]

I find it funny though that people talk about the refs..that's international refs. That's what they do. you sneeze, you get called. That's what it is. The most surprising weren't the Gibson's or Beaudoin's call...it was the McKenna getting hammered non-call. But close to a hit like the ones they did....they are going to call it. Everytime. Even if at a NHL level, I would NOT have call a penalty at all on Beaudoin. And Gibson...well maybe I would have given a 2...maybe.

It's not a reason we lost. You beat Latvia, you play Slovakia. You are in the semi-finals.

And yet they always clamor for a physical 4th line to set the tone, only for one of those idiots to get ejected every single time without fail.
They tell these players that it's their sole job to bring the physicality and so they inevitably go out of their way to try and lay a big hit, which ends poorly to no one's surprise.

Next up: Sam Bennett at the 4 Nations

 

[Whitesnake]

Best players for me for Canada were the top 3 they named. Though George missed the rendez-vous today I think.

But Yager, Molendyk were good. I liked Nadeau and Price too.

In the dissapointments big time list....Cowan of course. But people are missing out on Ritchie. What a terrible tournament for him. Same for Catton and Luchenko. Where were they?

McKenna? Kid is still 2 years before. He couldn't lift this team up by himself.

 

[Habs13]

Cowan boohoohooing on TV reflects his pathetic play. Can't wait to see him and the Leafs getting ejected in the first round year after year after year after year!

 

[Captain Mountain]

Anholt, Seabrook,, Cameron and Co can't be allowed back. Parity in hockey internationally is increasing and this may have been the worst constructed and coached team in 40-50 years.

 

[donghabs98]

I rarely care who wins because the player selections for Canada are always idiotic.

There are usually some questionable picks. This year I was so turned off by the player selections and clearly wasn't the only ones from fans to even NHL teams. What's worse is that it wasn't even the player selections to the roster that were bad, it was the selection camp picks that were bad. So many talented players didn't even get a chance to tryout for the team. That's inexcusable.

Hockey Canada basically voluntarily choose to ice a C team.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot Cowan was on last year's team when they lost with 11 seconds left in regulation. The kid is on a roll for losses in big games (WJC 24, Memorial Cup, WJC 25). Lol

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

So what happened with Mackenna? I thought this guy was a rock star?

 

[donghabs98]

Hockey Canada certainly built a well balanced team, if their goal was to build a team that couldn't score and had to win 3-2, 2-1 games.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

David Cameron looks and sounds like a turtle

Is he not turtley enough for the turtle club in your eyes?

 

[The Real Timo]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot Cowan was on last year's team when they lost with 11 seconds left in regulation. The kid is on role for losses in big game (WJC 24, Memorial Cup, WJC 25). Lol

Let's hope that he gets lots and lots of quality minutes with the leafs then.

 

[Schooner Guy]

The concerns about Berkley Catton (strength, high end speed, ability to push through defenders) were evident in this tournament. World class junior player but he's going to have challenges in the NHL with his lack of explosiveness and strength.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

So what happened with Mackenna? I thought this guy was a rock star?

Too young. He just turned 17, and isn't draft eligible til 2026. This will be his tournament next year.

 

[Habs13]

Is he not turtley enough for the turtle club in your eyes?

Glad somebody got what I was poking at lol

 

[Schooner Guy]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot Cowan was on last year's team when they lost with 11 seconds left in regulation. The kid is on a roll for losses in big games (WJC 24, Memorial Cup, WJC 25). Lol

Is there a more prototypical Maple Leaf?

 

[sheed36]

The Czech's singing the Canadian goal song in their dressing room after the win.

 

[donghabs98]

Too young. He just turned 17, and isn't draft eligible til 2026. This will be his tournament next year.

That and he really didn't get much support to work with. Bedard had much more talent and McDavid during their 17yr WJC

 

[MarkovsKnee]

McKenna in tears. He was good.

 

[Kimota]

Hockey Canada certainly built a well balanced team, if their goal was to build a team that couldn't score and had to win 3-2, 2-1 games.

If their goal was to not score, then....

 

[Habs13]

Interviewing these kids after getting rocked again is... just mean! On them. But mean.

 

[Kimota]

Cameron and Co succeeded in making me hate this year's Team Canada. Another first for me. Win or lose...I love all the teams except this year.

A couple of times throughout the years I was rooting for them even when their were "hateable" like during the Lindros years for example. They were rather bully-ish if that's a word. They were hard to like but you stick by them, I guess. lol