WJC: Finland vs USA U18 WJC Game Thread.

[Jussi]

Interesting to try to put this on one guy when everyone's playing like ass

If these kids ever wonder what if was like playing against the Soviets for the mens' teams in the 70's and 80's, they're getting a glimpse of it. A team training and playing together the whole year and getting to pick the best from a huge pool of players, that is. As Ismo Lehkonen said on the broadcast, the best hockey team in the world in the age group.

Oh and since Stiga has a hat trick, the obligatory pics:

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Pull that f***ing sieve Rimpinen who cannot catch even volleyball.
We will not win any medal without serious improvements in defence and goaltending.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Pretty bad for USA to give up a goal with less than 10 seconds left. Not sure what everyone is doing there. Gave Finland enough life to not be completely out of it.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Well, let's say he hasn't been onni so far...

Why he even is on the team.
Even peewee hockey child knows that when you're playing in U18 WJC's and U20 WJC's
vs Canada and USA you need size, gritt, toughness and physicality in defence and not soft mickey-mouses.

Kauppinen seems to be similar idiot than Lauri Mikkola as a coach.

 

[illone84]

Pull that f***ing sieve Rimpinen who cannot catch even volleyball.
We will not win any medal without serious improvements in defence and goaltending.

Maybe next time the team in front of him should play some ferking defense

 

[Jussi]

Pull that f***ing sieve Rimpinen who cannot catch even volleyball.
We will not win any medal without serious improvements in defence and goaltending.

Goalie change wouldn't change how this game is going or would have gone.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Maybe next time the team in front of him should play some ferking defense

Yeah for sure and cows can fly.

Goalie change wouldn't change how this game is going or would have gone.

No shit Sherlock.

 

[illone84]

Yeah for sure and cows can fly.


No shit Sherlock.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Always amazing to read ChicagoBullsFan and his excellent takes. Too bad you can't even mute the guy because he makes all the prospect threads. Output of a six year old.

 

[Svedu]

Both were actually bad. The defense is mostly to blame of course but I'm not impressed by Rimpinens goaltending one bit. Every lateral movement looks so unnatural and big of a deal for him. If it's matter of agility- strength or something else... Who knows.

 

[illone84]

Always amazing to read ChicagoBullsFan and his excellent takes. Too bad you can't even mute the guy because he makes all the prospect threads. Output of a six year old.

I always wondered if this guy has some kind of autism

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Both were actually bad. The defense is mostly to blame of course but I'm not impressed by Rimpinens goaltending one bit. Every lateral movement looks so unnatural and big of a deal for him. If it's matter of agility- strength or something else... Who knows.

Giving up like 40 shots in 2 periods, come on. Can't blame the goalie. The defense is atrocious. They're lucky its not 10-3. Yeah, you can't exactly praise him for keeping us in the game either, but I wouldn't throw him under the bus here.

 

[Jussi]

Good start to the period.

Inbefore "we want 10".

 

[Svedu]

Finns getting ridiculed. 8-3. They will hit double digits soon.

 

[illone84]

good news is we get to play sweden in the qf.

 

[Svedu]

I would bench Rimpinen next game no matter how bad of a defense we've had.

good news is we get to play sweden in the qf.

Good as in a loss is good?

 

[illone84]

I would bench Rimpinen next game no matter how bad of a defense we've had.


Good as in a loss is good?

The game will be entertaining and Finns will bounce back, not worried.

 

[Jussi]

Is it too pessimistic to say "me on hävitty tää peli"?

 

[Svedu]

Funny thing is Saarelainen has been pretty good in every game. I was a lot more sure on Helenius than Hemming, Väisänen and Kiviharju and... Now I know exactly why I feared this and how correct that feeling seems to be.
A couple of players in this roster can be decent against smaller nations but against the best we have like 1,2 or at tops 3 players that seem to be good enough.
Let's not mention coaching.

 

[OKR]

Hard to pin it on Rimpinen when defence allows US skaters to just attack the middle with full speed time after time.

 

[Svedu]

The game will be entertaining and Finns will bounce back, not worried.

I hope you are right.

Hard to pin it on Rimpinen when defence allows US skaters to just attack the middle with full speed time after time.

No one has done that either. But he was not good for one second.

Hemming hasn't looked like a first rounder in this game, barely a second either. Complete ghost without finesse in this one.

 

[Svedu]

This is amongst the worst Finnish D's I've seen. How the hell can this contain of two first or second rounders is a mystery. Hyi v*ttu.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Finnish hockey is dead

 

[kudla]

Has finland ever been double digited?

 

[Jussi]

Has finland ever been double digited?

Yes. We lost to Sweden 0-10 some years ago. That age group, or some players from it, went on to win the U-20 WJC in 2016.