Yes, I don’t blame the coach for benching him. He was really that bad today. The Finish team play very disciplined and Lambert seemed like the only one blindly sending passes this way and that, often resulting in turnovers.
That was the mo on him and hopefully that can be fixed. You can't really teach IQ but you can teach what to do in certain situations.Yes, I don’t blame the coach for benching him. He was really that bad today. The Finish team play very disciplined and Lambert seemed like the only one blindly sending passes this way and that, often resulting in turnovers.
I want him to succeed as much as everyone else here, but his play today earned him his spot on the bench.
We’re just not used to seeing accountability in action here in Winnipeg.
That would definitely be great, and I can also say that I’m definitely rooting for that to happen. Of course it’s even possible that I’m too pessimistic about him and his potential, but only time will tell is it really so.
Yes, I don’t blame the coach for benching him. He was really that bad today. The Finish team play very disciplined and Lambert seemed like the only one blindly sending passes this way and that, often resulting in turnovers.
I want him to succeed as much as everyone else here, but his play today earned him his spot on the bench.
We’re just not used to seeing accountability in action here in Winnipeg.
Weren’t there issues with him and his father and him moving to different teams in Liiga? I think the Jets want him out of that environment.
No way to know, but we have signed our 2nd round pick (McG can't sign due to NCAA rules) so wouldn't it be reasonable to assume they have at least tried to sign Lambert?
Simontaival (number 29) did definitely make a horrible mistake that lead to a goal, but to his defence I think that otherwise he played a pretty darn good game and he redeemed himself with 2+1=3 points in that game. He has already 5 points in only 3 games, so he is the best Finnish producer after the 1st line. But yes, you are right, Lambert wasn’t the only one being sloppy. Not the best discipline from Finland in that game. The score of 9-3 tells pretty much about it.
Number 29 happens to be Simontaival who's been absolutely great for Finland in the past few years in U18s and U20s, so no wonder his leash is a bit longer.
Then perhaps this is the right organization to try and help fix that. TNSE/Chevy have a history and willingness to have patience and to invest in the players they draft. And my guess is the WJC is highlighting areas of shortcoming that the organization already knew. But know really knows on that.
And, somewhat importantly, not played in early August after he missed almost the entire leadup to the tournament with an illness.
Agreed. it's a small tournament, against some some V subpar countries. How much can you project for a long term outlook of a prospect off that? Do a few games at WJC outweigh the ~100 games of liiga play?
This thread is shades of Laine all over again.
I just don't know if I can take it. I wish there was a place I could go to talk hockey with JETS fans. You know, like maybe a Jets subforum
There are a lot of players that do jack squat at the WJC tournaments that have wonderful NHL careers. Lesson is that people shouldn't put as much weight as they do on such small samples.
