It'll be nice being able to cheer for Canada for once and at the same time weird not cheering for Finland
Feels like we've had a prospect on Team Finland every year for a while now. Were Morrissey, Petan, and Comrie the last Canadian Jets prospects that made Team Canada?
That hit was made worse due to the American trying to jump around him.
Man is Lucius skating stride really bad. It needs a significant amount of work.
Decent speed once he gets going but yeah, once he comes to a stop he doesn't seem to have a lot of agility or mobility.
Edit to add: I think he either needs foot speed or a lot of muscle to play his game in the NHL. Probably won't be playing pro in the Kyle Connor or Nikolaj Ehlers weight class without drastically improving his foot speed.
My expectations
Perfetti - Should be a leading scoring. I will be disappointed if this is not the case. His performance in the AHL has been nothing short of great so I am expecting him to keep it up
Chibrikov - I think people are going to like what they see and start to get real excited for him. Should put up points with his linemates and his skill level
Lucius - Honestly I am not expecting much. The guy is a pure goal scorer but I wouldn't be surprised if we come away disappointed with how he looks. Kind of like Perfetti last year
Torgerssen - Kind of excited to see him play. Really want to see him on the smaller ice with that big body of his. He is the kind of 2nd level prospect that we sometimes lack in our system.
Agreed, he's likely going to need to become a tank.
I don't even think he has decent top speed. He was giving err full bore trying to chase that Finn who was going half speed back to retrieve the puck.
Moreover his actual stride looks really heavy and chunky like he's stomping on the ice when he skates.
Agreed, he's likely going to need to become a tank.
I don't even think he has decent top speed. He was giving err full bore trying to chase that Finn who was going half speed back to retrieve the puck.
Moreover his actual stride looks really heavy and chunky like he's stomping on the ice when he skates.
I think if we're thinking of the same play then I don't really think he looked all that much behind. The Finnish defender there uses the goal to create distance and the US just looks tentative all over the ice. I thought that was actually one of the few times that the US looked like they were actually trying to forecheck aggressively.
He wasn't far behind but the Finnish player never looked to be in trouble there and easily shook him and transitioned out.
His line though did have a good shift though.
Seems that he's nit being used much though, I think I counted 3 shifts total and isn't on the pp.
To be fair the Finns have been pretty calm all game
I think it was a pretty routine forecheck where the forechecker rarely catches the puck carrier and you're just hoping it forces a mistake.
Edit: Might be back up the lineup with Beniers and Berard?
Edit2: Nope, seemingly just a single shift. The US lineup is getting blended all over.
Yeah I'm having a hard time keeping track of where he's playing lol.
Dear US coach.
It’s a face mask not a chin strap. I know it doesn’t fit over your massive beak but fake it at least.
Swiss vs Czech game later tonight is already cancelled because of COVID. Tournament's going to need to become a full bubble or risk getting cancelled probably.
Swiss vs Czech game later tonight is already cancelled because of COVID. Tournament's going to need to become a full bubble or risk getting cancelled probably.