WJC: Canada 2018 Roster Talk

[JackSlater]

Why is Mete a lock...he was awfully bad in the last month.... man I hate TC politics...

Hockey Canada would have to think long and hard before cutting a player loaned by an NHL team. It would embarrass both the player and his NHL team and would make it more difficult to get NHLers in the future.

 

[Hagstrom]

Why is Mete a lock...he was awfully bad in the last month.... man I hate TC politics...

Doesn't seem unreasonable to think he'll be better when playing against guys the same/closer in age

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Why is Mete a lock...he was awfully bad in the last month.... man I hate TC politics...

Did you watch the Habs? I'm curious, because he did struggle against top players but he still looked good out there.

 

[SpoolCat]

So why, doesn't TSNGO work on tablets?

 

[Icebreakers]

1-0 Usports so far. Goal from Luke Phillips.

 

[FLYguy3911]

How hard is it to get white numbers on red jerseys?

 

[tigervixxxen]

How hard is it to get white numbers on red jerseys?

I have no idea what their obsession with unreadable jerseys is about

Looks like us Americans are shut out, boo

 

[JackSlater]

It's difficult to see the names on the backs of the jerseys, and the announcer doesn't often say names. Pretty slow paced game so far. Usports scored on its only decent chance, Canada didn't really generate a lot but had more possession. Mahura seemed noticeable in that period. Lind made a few bad plays in the offensive zone and Ang was knocked down several times.

 

[BrunoDaBear]

Aren't steel and dube nursing injuries?

 

[Hagstrom]

Aren't steel and dube nursing injuries?

I know Dube was wearing a no contact jersey at practice yesterday. Neither of them are playing tonight.

 

[JackSlater]

Nothing much happened in the second period. All of the goaltenders look solid. Both teams pretty disjointed.

 

[Hagstrom]

Thanks for the updates, Jack. Much appreciated.

 

[Statsy]

Nothing much happened in the second period. All of the goaltenders look solid. Both teams pretty disjointed.

Usports All-Stars doing a pretty good job defensively. I always forget how good they are. Even without the elite level talent they show the benefit of experience and maturity.

The game itself started pretty fast but slowed down a bit. There have been some pretty ragged moments, but that's to be expected.

 

[Halfy]

boring hockey. snoozefest. dont know how anyone can be cut from this game tbh

 

[JackSlater]

Canada loses 3-0. Two empty net goals. Canada's third period was better than its first two but the Hart played well. Best chance was a four on two with Gadjovich hitting the post.

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

Someone hit me up with the best and the worst players on all three positions

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Thought Glass was underwhelming.

 

[Statsy]

The winners: the goalies
The losers: the coaching staff that somehow has to separate the good from the bad in a game where no Canadian buried a shot.

 

[Dodospice]

Usports All-Stars doing a pretty good job defensively. I always forget how good they are. Even without the elite level talent they show the benefit of experience and maturity.

The game itself started pretty fast but slowed down a bit. There have been some pretty ragged moments, but that's to be expected.

Easy to forget that while they don’t have the high end skill (NHL potential wise) that he WJC team would have, they were all more than likely top players in the CHL and would be somewhere between 21-25 years old.

 

[kilowatt]

It’s nice to see a couple Kings again. Clague and Vilardi are the Kings’ top prospects.

 

[Wadd]

Please keep us posted as to what happened. Somebody said Glass stunk. Anybody know what the game stats were? Shots on goal?

 

[Snippit]

Easy to forget that while they don’t have the high end skill (NHL potential wise) that he WJC team would have, they were all more than likely top players in the CHL and would be somewhere between 21-25 years old.

Most of the forwards were 2nd line talents in the CHL (Brett Welychka, Holden Cook, Michael Clarke are the names that I recognize).

 

[Get North]

It was a pretty boring game to be expected. Hard to recognize anybody standing out since the structure just wasn't there. Hopefully a better effort next game, thought the Canadians could have been more aggressive.

 

[Hagstrom]

Please keep us posted as to what happened. Somebody said Glass stunk. Anybody know what the game stats were? Shots on goal?

Game Summary

 

[JackSlater]

I expect that Canada will win by a decent margin tomorrow as the top players play and the university players are playing again less than a day later, but it was disappointing that the secondary guys didn't perform better. I wanted to see guys like Glass and Suzuki generate offence, but that's not what happened. Glass was pretty anonymous and Suzuki overhandled the puck. Two guys that I wasn't so high on, Comtois and Stanley, had decent games.