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WJC: Canada 2019 Roster Talk Part 2

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Can someone please update me on who is left at this camp

I haven't been following this year very much
 
Mewmew said:
Surprised Joseph got cut. Glad Lafreniere made it.
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Yeah. Joseph getting cut was by far the biggest surprise to me. Thought he was a virtual lock considering the relative lack of quality LHD compared to RHD. But Hunter deciding Josh Brook is going to be a LD for this tournament probably sealed his fate i guess. Still a bit surprising they went with Phillips instead of Joseph as that 3rd LHD, not really sure why. Probably not the biggest deal in the grand scheme of things, Phillips is a plenty capable player and a pretty "safe" choice too...but still kinda strange to me.

PWJunior said:
Dobson set to lead the defense in the tourney...

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I'm not sure i'd really look at it like this. To me, it basically just looks like Hunter wants to have two "top pairings" basically. Probably Dobson is going to draw more of the matchup/shutdown role alongside Smith, which makes oodles of sense to me. But i'd honestly be surprised if we don't see Bouchard's minutes right up there alongside Dobson anyway. Especially if there's a healthy dose of PP time to be had. If that projected Brook-Bouchard pairing is thing, they're probably going to be leaned on a ton too. It's got Bouchard, and it's got Hunter's boy...doubt that's an accident.

jj cale said:
Have to wait and see how it all comes together but i'm a little concerned. First down goes Formenton and then there is all this uncertainty and wait and see with Vilardi and Anderson-Dolan, can they play? can only one play? if one can play can he play at 100? I don't like the sounds of that. Not a very good showing against the college guys.

I don't like the early vibes, maybe I am being paranoid, we'll see.
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Yeah. I definitely don't feel quite as optimistic now, as i did before camp. Between some of the choices they made with the roster, and the way this whole injury situation seems to be playing out...there are some nagging little concerns starting to pop into my head. But we'll see. It should still be a strong team. Just feels like they maybe took on more risk than they really needed to...for not much real reward.
 
biturbo19 said:
Yeah. I definitely don't feel quite as optimistic now, as i did before camp. Between some of the choices they made with the roster, and the way this whole injury situation seems to be playing out...there are some nagging little concerns starting to pop into my head. But we'll see. It should still be a strong team. Just feels like they maybe took on more risk than they really needed to...for not much real reward.
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Plus, who knows? An injury in the tune up games may be coming.

It's all a little unsettling.
 
In 2017 and 2018, the Canadian junior team won a silver (really should have been a gold, but they followed that time-worn Canadian tradition of gagging up a late-game lead) and a gold, respectively, because they had a smart, creative coach able to get the most out of underwhelming rosters. So, what does Hockey Canada do for the 2019 tournament? They hire a coach who is not exactly known for his cerebral approach or communication skills. A smart organization would have looked for a coach in the Ducharme mold: smart, adaptable, able to look at things from more than one perspective. Instead, HC gives the top job to Tim Hunter, whose greatest asset seems to be the fact that he played golf with some of the HC mandarins in the summer.

This organization isn't interested in the long-term future of Canadian hockey; this is an organization interested in making money for Hockey Canada (money which often gets disproportionately distributed to mediocre mandarins at the top of the organizational pyramid).

These village idiots specialize in growing the game everywhere but in their own backyard - probably because they figure that, if they do enough damage to hockey at home, a joo will give them an NHL gig. It's straight out of the Bob Nicholson playbook.
 
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smokingwriter said:
In 2017 and 2018, the Canadian junior team won a silver (really should have been a gold, but they followed that time-worn Canadian tradition of gagging up a late-game lead) and a gold, respectively, because they had a smart, creative coach able to get the most out of underwhelming rosters. So, what does Hockey Canada do for the 2019 tournament? They hire a coach who is not exactly known for his cerebral approach or communication skills. A smart organization would have looked for a coach in the Ducharme mold: smart, adaptable, able to look at things from more than one perspective. Instead, HC gives the top job to Tim Hunter, whose greatest asset seems to be the fact that he played golf with some of the HC mandarins in the summer.

This organization isn't interested in the long-term future of Canadian hockey; this is an organization interested in making money for Hockey Canada (money which often gets disproportionately distributed to mediocre mandarins at the top of the organizational pyramid).

These village idiots specialize in growing the game everywhere but in their own backyard - probably because they figure that, if they do enough damage to hockey at home, a joo will give them an NHL gig. It's straight out of the Bob Nicholson playbook.
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It happens to everyone and would happen to everyone many times if they were in the finals as much as Canada. But of course they aren't.

So, it just seems this way to you
 
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Canada did throw away the gold game in 2017, but that isn't a trait unique to Canada. Every country does it at the junior level.
 
Yeah I don't like that Lafreniere is the bubble player, even if he didn't do much of anything in the USports games. The guy is a very talented player, he's having a strong year and he's performed well internationally for Canada.
 
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