4 Nations Cup Discussion

[Stephen]

Marner has way more limited touches on the McDavid line and he's making nice little small area plays in a support role. He can use his creativity and deception but he's not driving the play.

Feels like that's the kind of damage he could make beside a superstar that's really going, and not when he and Matthews get stale and lazy together.

 

[Stephen]

I hope Marner learns a lot playing with these guys

Matthews too, on his end

Hopefully Matthews, Marner and Nylander all see other superstars up close and realize where the gap is and what they have to do. They have nothing on the intensity, assertiveness, precision, pace of some of the Canadian stars to open the game.

 

[ToneDog]

Marner has way more limited touches on the McDavid line and he's making nice little small area plays in a support role. He can use his creativity and deception but he's not driving the play.

Feels like that's the kind of damage he could make beside a superstar that's really going, and not when he and Matthews get stale and lazy together.

Him trying to finish checks is comical. He looks lost out there IMO.

 

[Aashir]

Hedman looks like an ahler

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Him trying to finish checks is comical. He looks lost out there IMO.

Agreed. I think it was Ek he tried to take the puck from on the boards and it looked like this.

 

[Zybalto]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

 

[Stephen]

Him trying to finish checks is comical. He looks lost out there IMO.

Well from a puck transporting perspective he’s clearly a sidekick on the wings and that feels like the kind of slotting you want from a stylistic perspective.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

How many of those chances did he generate?

 

[ACC1224]

Such fast hockey, fun to watch.
Marner seems like a perfect fit for McDavid, really strong period for that line.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

$15 million

 

[Nineteen67]

Not much intensity in this game

 

[Evilhomer]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

And yet this is still a pointless and completely un-entertaining concept. Personally, I blame Marner.

 

[ACC1224]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

Stats aren’t needed, you can see he’s playing really well.

 

[pdson]

Not much intensity in this game

I would suggest you see an optometrist

 

[Confucius]

I think it's just Canada dominating...

 

[Zybalto]

Stats aren’t needed, you can see he’s playing really well.

Yea, the whole team has really, the backchecking support and then counterattack completely destroyed the Swedes. They looked dazed and confused until Canada themselves dialed it back a gear after the 2nd goal.

With 3 weak shots from distance, that may have been one of the worst periods Ive ever seen a Sweden team play. They had that one good chance on a bad double pinch by the Canad D but didnt even get a shot on it.

 

[Nineteen67]

I would suggest you see an optometrist

Sweda was dead.

 

[mclaren55]

Stats aren’t needed, you can see he’s playing really well.

So now the eye test is a thing?

 

[Zybalto]

Sweda was dead.

They were playing as intense as they could. Just got bodied hard that period.

 

[ToneDog]

Agreed. I think it was Ek he tried to take the puck from on the boards and it looked like this.

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Fell once and tried to jump into another Swede's arms. But he's trying. You don't need two puck transporters on the same line. Marner would be better driving his own line IMO. Must be tough playing his game with 97.

 

[MSZ]

They were playing as intense as they could. Just got bodied hard that period.

This Swedes team just isn't very good. The Saturday night matchup against the Yanks will be the real deal.

 

[DarkKnight]

Marner after one period:

Leads all forwards on either team in icetime.
Shots 3-0 with him on the ice.
Scoring Chances 5-0 with him on the ice.
High Danger chances 3-0 with him on the ice.

Facts meet lame bashing.

 

[frizzer1]

Facts meet lame bashing.

Marner makes little passes at both ends of the ice that most people don’t notice.

 

[thewave]

$15 million

Why? He has touched the puck twice. The two phenoms aren't even using him. He is just there.

 

[Confucius]

Marner makes little passes at both ends of the ice that most people don’t notice.

Pretty sure he is watched like a hawk