WJC: Canada 2018 Roster Talk

[Statsy]

That's clearly not the same Boeser

As a Canuck fan I can say that any member of the Canucks that manages to not got injured for 4-6 weeks at the moment is a hero!

 

[Dominance]

Should be a good game. Other than Dube and Fabbro being injured, I'm glad we get to gave a look at everybody (no scratches like there were against U-Sports). I'm saying Batherson scores our first goal.

The way certain people in this thread are talking, you’d think we’d be relying on Hart for our goal scoring.

 

[tfantasy]

The way certain people in this thread are talking, you’d think we’d be relying on Hart for our goal scoring.

 

[zman77]

Plate full of Pasta‏ @CZEprospects 28m28 minutes ago

Czech Republic starting their #WorldJuniors
campaign with exhibiton game against Canada in London, Ontario.
Czechs are not playing their key players such as Nečas, Chytil, Zadina, Hájek or Galvas tonight.

#WJC2018

 

[Dominance]

Plate full of Pasta‏ @CZEprospects 28m28 minutes ago

Czech Republic starting their #WorldJuniors
campaign with exhibiton game against Canada in London, Ontario.
Czechs are not playing their key players such as Nečas, Chytil, Zadina, Hájek or Galvas tonight.

#WJC2018

“That’s the only reason we lost. If we played our ‘key players’, we’d have dominated them.”

 

[jj cale]

Plate full of Pasta‏ @CZEprospects 28m28 minutes ago

Czech Republic starting their #WorldJuniors
campaign with exhibiton game against Canada in London, Ontario.
Czechs are not playing their key players such as Nečas, Chytil, Zadina, Hájek or Galvas tonight.

#WJC2018

Well this stinks.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Plate full of Pasta‏ @CZEprospects 28m28 minutes ago

Czech Republic starting their #WorldJuniors
campaign with exhibiton game against Canada in London, Ontario.
Czechs are not playing their key players such as Nečas, Chytil, Zadina, Hájek or Galvas tonight.

#WJC2018

Bad move for the Czechs. Sometimes it's good to get humiliated in the friendly matches, this could light a fire under the players' butts and be good motivation and a learning experience for the tournament itself. Now they will just blame it on the absence of their good players, who will not have benefitted from seeing the ice against thenCanadian team.

 

[Wooren]

Bad move for the Czechs. Sometimes it's good to get humiliated in the friendly matches, this could light a fire under the players' butts and be good motivation and a learning experience for the tournament itself. Now they will just blame it on the absence of their good players, who will not have benefitted from seeing the ice against thenCanadian team.

All those top players are likely going to play against a good Finland team, that's enough. No need to risk an injury to a key player in a game that's mainly about the borderline players anyway. Those need to prove they belong, not Necas or Chytil... Glad they decided to sit them out.

 

[JackSlater]

Bad move for the Czechs. Sometimes it's good to get humiliated in the friendly matches, this could light a fire under the players' butts and be good motivation and a learning experience for the tournament itself. Now they will just blame it on the absence of their good players, who will not have benefitted from seeing the ice against thenCanadian team.

Let's not project humiliation after Canada lost both games to the USports all stars. It would be better from a Canadian perspective if the Czechs sent their best, but Canada can't control that. The game will be competitive enough to help the players prepare for the tournament and that's sufficient.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Let's not project humiliation after Canada lost both games to the USports all stars. It would be better from a Canadian perspective if the Czechs sent their best, but Canada can't control that. The game will be competitive enough to help the players prepare for the tournament and that's sufficient.

With the roster the Czechs are icing, I feel confident that our full roster should win by a big margin. That said, I don't like the lines, so a surprise performance by the Czech B team would actually make me pretty happy since that would cause a shakeup for sure.

 

[Statsy]

Uh.... am I in the wrong thread? Seems to be a lot of Czech talk here at the moment.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Check it out. New blog post up looking at some nice lines and pairings, Team strengths, and players to stand out!

The Team is Set!

Glad to see you at least have Formenton and Batherson on the team this time

 

[Back in Black]

1 hour to go

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Any GDT for the CA -CZE game

 

[Pieck]

Nice, the forward group is exactly what I wanted except with Gadjovich in place of the injured Dube

 

[John Agar]

Stanley just isn't very good, Vilardi has been injured the entire first half of the season. Brown is with the Americans and the other 3 just didnt make the team.

Jets fan here....

Yes Stanley isn't good enough... aka skating... primarily transition, stop and start...

Would be left behind... constantly in this tournament...

Jets fans in general just hope he continues to improve... which he has...

Just more progress is necessary... not ready for this tournament....

 

[TheBeastCoast]

They look really fast.

 

[John Agar]

They look really fast.

We are not even near the biggest team in this tournament...

No star either...

Built around speed and balance...

Oh... and goaltending "Hart"...

 

[Get North]

Steenbergen looks a step slower than Steel and Kyrou, don't really think he fits on that line, but I don't know who does.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Steenbergen looks a step slower than Steel and Kyrou, don't really think he fits on that line, but I don't know who does.

I think Dube is penciled in there when healthy but Bathersen has looked really good early too.

 

[John Agar]

Steenbergen looks a step slower than Steel and Kyrou, don't really think he fits on that line, but I don't know who does.

This lineup is going to execute and go "full on team beast mode"....

No generational talents here...

Hopefully some nice surprises...

 

[John Agar]

I think Dube is penciled in there when healthy but Bathersen has looked really good early too.

I have heard a lot about Batherson, but never seen him play...

 

[Breakers]

That Bathersun Gadjovich line plays a HEAVY game

 

[MR4]

Kyrou and Gadjovich just had good chances

Howden looks great, Foote made a very risky pass along the blue line with no one behind him defending to Howden enterin the O zone but nothing bad came out of it

And Comtois gets a goal

 

[John Agar]

The Czechs in recent history haven't been the speediest of teams...

But Canada's unit seems to sure have a lot more quickness so far...

Bodes well...

Nice rush by Kyrou...