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GDT: Exhibition • North America vs. Europe • 9/11/16 • 6PM ET

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Sojourn said:
It's actually the defenses that, I think, will really make the difference. Team Europe looks slow all-around, but nowhere is this more apparent than with their blue liners. And I don't just mean skating, but moving the puck too. Teams like Sweden, the US, and Canada have much, much better blue lines(especially Sweden and Canada), and they are much better equipped at dealing with that speed and forecheck.

Team Europe just doesn't look World Cup caliber, and one of their weaknesses(mobility) is being exploited in a huge way by the much faster Team NA.

I also think the forwards that those teams can throw at the Team NA blue line, will expose them a bit. Those are a bunch of currently #2, or even #3 guys, and Ekblad, and they are going to be seeing star and superstar talents against them every shift. Not to mention the physical edge some of those forwards will have.
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North America will feed off giveaways that many of the teams will make.
 
ijuka said:
Yes, that's true. The earlier part of that assist play was good. I guess that assist sums up his period pretty well - Flashes of brilliance but some inconsistency with the puck.
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Boy are you reaching. I guess, based on your high standards, you thought Laine was trash the last two games.
 
Canada4Gold said:
Czechs. I'm disspointed they gave them the 2 weakest teams(on paper) in their 3 exhibition games. I wish they had a really tough opponent before the tournament starts
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I was just thinking the same, these pre season games are bad for u23. These won't tell the story of the other division with Swe-Fin-Rus.
 
I'd like to see:

Matthews-McDavid-Saad
Gaudreau-Scheifele-Eichel
Drouin-Nuge-Mackinnon
Larkin-Couturier-Trocheck

But I'd say they can handle themselves as is
 
Team Europe should've been able to select snubs from all European countries as well.

Ex:

Zuccarello-Kopitar-Nyqvist

Hossa-Zibanejad-Draisaitl

Tatar-Johansson-Nylander

Boedker-Berglund-Ehlers

Josi-Edler

Klefbom-Larsson

Chara-Klingberg
 
If Europe had an elite goalie, they could perhaps steal a draw in the WCOH, but they don't only have the worst skaters, but also the worst goalies.

Disgraceful to include this team. Especially to the players that will look like fools in this tourny.
 
McVespa99 said:
MacDavid needs the puck. JG needs the puck. Not a good match.
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Yup and Gaudreau like to drop back and slow the play down. McDavid needs wingers who can get open and go with his speed. Those two are not a good match.

I am liking the Nuge line though. Nuge brings the nice board work with cerebral plays and good stick work while the Halifax kids are doing their thing.

Of course as I'm writing this the McDavid line has a solid shift, but the passing still isn't fully meshing.
 
Sometimes McDavid just makes others look like they are running on slow-mo
 
Cogsbreakaway said:
If Europe had an elite goalie, they could perhaps steal a draw in the WCOH, but they don't only have the worst skaters, but also the worst goalies.

Disgraceful to include this team. Especially to the players that will look like fools in this tourny.
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Have you seen the Czech roster? It's even worse...
 
McDavid and Eichel have a ton of chemistry lol dominant together, put Gaudreau on another line so you spread the talent out. Stick Larkin with the 2 or Saad.

Drouin-RNH-MacKinnon looks great though. Just gotta play with the rest of the lines now.
 
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