MrCreamm
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- Nov 16, 2023
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4 goals against the entire tournament, crazy, I'm normally used to Canada having to outscore their defensive/goalie problems but this was a different tournament for sure.
I actually thought he learned a lot this tournament and will become a better player for it.I'm not, which is why I'm dreaming of my third ranked prospect. I don't see any way the Sharks aren't the worst team in the league again next season even with our improvements--we'll still be the worst, just regular worst instead of literally the worst team of the cap era.
I gotta say, I was very underwhelmed by McKenna this tournament. Doesn't affect how I feel about him as a prospect, but he should have run this tourney.
Well.. you want the girl but she has closed the door and you can't have her.Please elaborate on in what way these two things are similar... I'm genuinely so confused.
I would take Schaefer over any defenseman in the 2024 class. It's fair to say that I'm quite high on Schaefer (I currently have only Hagens and Martone above him) and I think he's the last core piece my Sharks need in our rebuild.
Ihs-WozniakI expect Sweden to be a contender, Frondell, Ihs-Wozniak, Boumedienne, Härenstam on the team.
He’s definitely an elite prospect and will become an all-star in the NHL but he came in labeled as a generational talent and I don’t think he lived up to the hype. I would peg him as a future Brayden Point level all star rather than the next McDavid personally.I actually thought he learned a lot this tournament and will become a better player for it.
I'll take a Point level player.He’s definitely an elite prospect and will become an all-star in the NHL but he came in labeled as a generational talent and I don’t think he lived up to the hype. I would peg him as a future Brayden Point level all star rather than the next McDavid personally.
He certainly might, and I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to use a summer tournament that was Canada's to lose to improve his off-puck game in a competitive situation, but compared to the U18 he was practically invisible today. Like I said, it doesn't change how I feel about him as a prospect, but I wanted to be entertained, damnit!I actually thought he learned a lot this tournament and will become a better player for it.
Okay, but there are like a hundred other metaphors you could have used to make the same point.Well.. you want the girl but she has closed the door and you can't have her.
Czechs wanted the gold but Canada closed the door and we couldn't have it either.
Nothing against you personally but people on this forum absolutely love to compare hockey situations to being cheated on by your girlfriend or being "friend-zoned" or being broken up with or whatever, and it's just weird.
Time for confession for you sir!I'll take the opposite approach...
Team Canada's winning at the Hlinka tournament was like when I cheated on my ex...
It was inevitable and it felt GREAT!![]()
I'll take the opposite approach...
Team Canada's winning at the Hlinka tournament was like when I cheated on my ex...
It was inevitable and it felt GREAT!![]()
I think your standards are very low then.I get being disappointed when your country doesn't win but these kids were a C-team on paper and played their guts out. They gave up nine goals in four games until an empty-netter and a garbage-time PPG with 12 seconds left. Their 5v5 defense and goaltending were excellent the entire tournament until running out of gas against Canada's best. The Czechs and Canadians had their sloppiest games against them and turned pucks over like mad. Five games in six days and Hockey Canada/TSN f***ed them over by giving them an early afternoon start after a night game on 5 games in 6 days. The fact that they're hanging with Sweden today is a testament to the group. I'm not so sure they hurt their respective draft stocks in this tournament. They were an unheralded group and gave it a good run. My assessment will be very glowing of this team, and that's after being quite critical of many recent U.S. Hlinka entries.
I love how this website is the "last name ethnicity" police. I always have to chuckle at it.Sweden has a Novotny??
Wasn't he injured though this past season and thats why he couldn't shoot? I thought he was better with shooting the prior season and he got a lot better at shooting, but this past season struggled because he had an injury that made it difficult to shoot.Nah McD doesn’t have a good one timer. Trust me I know as an Oilers fan. If he had a one timer he’d score soooo many more goals.
Yeah, I don’t see the point of having it in Canada at all. The Cup was fine - and the games always close to sold out - when it was just the Hlinka Cup in Breclav, Czech Republic. No idea at all why it was renamed Hlinka-Gretzky and transplanted to more or less empty stadiums in Canada every other year. They should just drop the “Gretzky” and stage it back in the Czech Republic every year again.Well 2 complaints
1. I know why Hlinka isn't here but where is Wayne? I'm travelling so maybe I missed an interview with him or maybe he presented the trophy?
2. Saturday night gold medal game and an empty arena. Last year's Canada Czech final was sold out in Czech.
If the plan is to have sold out games one summer and empty arenas the next then the plan sucks!
He’s never had a good one timer, even when he scored 60 most of them were wrist shots.Wasn't he injured though this past season and thats why he couldn't shoot? I thought he was better with shooting the prior season and he got a lot better at shooting, but this past season struggled because he had an injury that made it difficult to shoot.
Were you able to type it. My computer corrects it to His-Wozniak.Ihs-Wozniak
I still haven't gotten used to this name. When I see it, I read it as "left-hand shot Wozniak"