GDT: Four Nations

[Gm0ney]

He is supposed to score goals though, he has to be the slowest skater of all 4 teams as well.

Oh, Laine looks terrible. Like Logan Stanley on RW...

 

[Jets 31]

Slightly less godawful than Connor in this tournament...

	5v5 TOI	CF-CA	CF%	GF-GA	GF%	xGF-xGA	xGF%
Laine	37:56	18-23	44%	2-3	40%	0.54-0.97	36%
Connor	34:57	22-42	34%	1-2	33%	0.79-1.94	30%

Not good but i will take Connor on my team over Laine all day and twice on Sunday's .

 

[Jets 31]

Still prematurely balding.

And trying to grow a mustache.

 

[The Blue Baron]

Funny to hear talk about the Canada goalie crisis when 3 of the top 5 save percentages this year are Cdn goalies... and 8 options better than the trio we chose...

Even Binnington's backup has better stats than him - bizarre

At the very least Adin Hill should have been the starter

It is less bizarre when you know Doug “Doogie” Armstrong is TC GM. It is bloody political BS Sin Binner is the goalie. He clearly does not deserve this, not even close. If Canada loses, Not great but I won’t feel disappointed much.

 

[ps241]

Cooper's post game interview yesterday was a bit telling to me. When asked about Sam Reinhart he was very deliberate in praising how Sam puts up big points but he "does not cheat the game to do it". He said its rare to see a player who got 57 goals last season (with 10 more in the playoffs) and has 31 goals this season but is a very good defensive forward still. I think one of the points of emphasis on constructing this forward group was elite superstars + skilled two way forwards, as well as a few role players. They didn't take one dimensional scoring forwards.

I have also been impressed with how hard McDavid and MacKinnon have come back to support defense.

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

He's so deep in his net that the fresh fishmongers said they'd pay extra for him.

Friggin fishmongers.

 

[Whileee]

Per an ESPN article on best ever American goalies, the book on scoring on Hellebuyck is essentially "if he sees it, he will save it." I think it was Quick who said that's what they said in the pre-game video meetings about him.

I'm guessing that JoMo doesn't have a whole lot more to add.

Meanwhile, the current scouting report on Binnington is "if you shoot it at him and he sees it he'll probably save it, so try to shoot the puck where he isn't. That's his big weakness."

 

[voyageur]

This reminds me of beer league hockey where people bring in the ringers for the finals lol

How did they do it though? They still have 6 d-men, is he replacing the potential loss of 2 forwards? Are the U.S just trying to hide Adam Fox for the final game?

 

[Buffdog]

Meanwhile, the current scouting report on Binnington is "if you shoot it at him and he sees it he'll probably save it, so try to shoot the puck where he isn't. That's his big weakness."

Based on the goals I've seen that he's let in, Bennington is just as likely to let one in if you shoot it at him as not. They're going under his arms, under his stick, etc. Basically going through him

 

[Jets 31]

Based on the goals I've seen that he's let in, Bennington is just as likely to let one in if you shoot it at him as not. They're going under his arms, under his stick, etc. Basically going through him

For a guy that is apparently 6"2 i always think he looks small in the net .

 

[Buffdog]

For a guy that is apparently 6"2 i always think he looks small in the net .

Always scrambling and out of position, searching for the puck

The "Anti-Helle"

 

[Romang67]

For a guy that is apparently 6"2 i always think he looks small in the net .

I feel like he's an NHL "6'2" and Hellebuyck is an actual 6'4.

I stood next to AJF in an airport in Iceland a couple of years back, and I think we were the same height, despite my being 5'11 on a good day and his being listed at 6'1.

 

[The Blue Baron]

Always scrambling and out of position, searching for the puck

The "Anti-Helle"

He reminds me of a poor man’s Ondre Pavelic. At least Pavs liked his beer and that was cool.

 

[Hobble]

Based on the goals I've seen that he's let in, Bennington is just as likely to let one in if you shoot it at him as not. They're going under his arms, under his stick, etc. Basically going through him

If Trump attends the final game, I suggest we declare Binnington to be our Border Czar out of spite.

 

[robertocarlos]

He reminds me of a poor man’s Ondre Pavelic. At least Pavs liked his beer and that was cool.

Plus he only got into a small fender bender with his BMW.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Neat for Hughes, honestly. I don't root for the U.S. team, but having one of the best players in the league join the team for the final feels very sports-movie-esque.

Yeah, Connor needs to learn something from these games. His performance is considerably more worrisome than Hellebuyck's play (since he has already shown in the past that he can perform in a short tourney with the U.S. team). I've liked Connor's play this season, since he has looked much more like when he played with PLD, but we can't have one of the team's best players go missing as soon as the tempo picks up and the space gets limited.

But KC has performed well for us in the PO, even when most of the rest of the team has not. I'm not worried.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Win on Thursday and it was really the perfect result as a Canadian NHL fan.

Americans get their fun Saturday, more eyes and coverage on the NHL/hockey than I have seen in years, they get their rah rah we're the best. Then we shove it down their throats Thursday in front of the world. LFG.

 

[SUX2BU]

Anyone know the status of Matthews?

Yeah, he makes bad commercials

Seriously, i thought i heard he has bumps and bruises

 

[Cnile]

Yeah, he makes bad commercials

Seriously, i thought i heard he has bumps and bruises

Him and the BMO chick are Toronto’s newest power couple

 

[robertocarlos]

Toby says speak softly and carry a big stick.

 

[Aggie204]

@Buffdog I met Toby the first year the Jets came back. I’m 5’8’’, I swore he was 5’5’’. Wheeler and Buff were also there. Those men are specimens.

 

[ps241]

Yeah, he makes bad commercials

Seriously, i thought i heard he has bumps and bruises

Upper body injury they didn’t really say how serious.

 

[raideralex99]

Anyone know the status of Matthews?

 

[ps241]

It will be interesting to see what “adjustments” Cooper and the other coaches for Canada make going into the rematch. Obviously the US did a phenomenal job of locking that game down very tightly. Canada did the same to the US too. My guess is we will see Canada do more chip and chase. I also expect them to try to get more multi layered screens with point shots. They need to take away Helle’s vision. Look for low to high plays with lots of bodies in between the shooter and the net.

 

[Buffdog]

It will be interesting to see what “adjustments” Cooper and the other coaches for Canada make going into the rematch. Obviously the US did a phenomenal job of locking that game down very tightly. Canada did the same to the US too. My guess is we will see Canada do more chip and chase. I also expect them to try to get more multi layered screens with point shots. They need to take away Helle’s vision. Look for low to high plays with lots of bodies in between the shooter and the net.

I found that USA did a good job keeping the shots away from the high danger areas, which is what Helle is used to because the Jets do that too