theVladiator
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Excellent question. No need for that, really.
Um.
I guess you answered your own question right there. We can call your post "self sufficient" as it were.
Junior Club World Cup 2018, Sochi, Russia (18-26 August)
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Excellent question. No need for that, really.
Um.
I guess you answered your own question right there. We can call your post "self sufficient" as it were.
jj cale
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Self sufficient, I like that.Excellent question. No need for that, really.
Um.
I guess you answered your own question right there. We can call your post "self sufficient" as it were.
Russia - Canada U20 superseries is mostly CHL vs MHL. In Canada. On the small ice. And games are pretty even in the last 5 or so years. So AJHL = CHL.
Except its not CHL vs MHL, theres very few MHL players in the super series. Its mostly KHL, VHL, and CHL Russians. So no, AJHL does not = CHL
Zine
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If memory serves me right, despite being labeled the 'Russian stars' or whatever they were, those guys weren't an all-star team. It was just some random select squad.
And getting railroaded by the NCAA isn't a big surprise, the same thing would happen to CHL teams. NCAA squads are significantly older than MHL/CHL teams.
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You are right about the MHL select team. This tour happened during the IIHF WJC, so logically the best prospects were not there. They played against the NCAA because, IMO, Efimov had contacts there (he studied in the US)
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I remember Osadchenko guy who did similar job for the KHL a few years ago (youtube highlights).
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Mostly aren't on par with the best juniors, of course. Still, they lost 5-1, not 20-1. They played ok for half the game. They're gonna be even better in 10 years. I mean, Chinese hockey system on the whole, not these certain players.
I'm just going to copy and paste what I posted on Barnes in the prospect section:
"Extremely skilled player. Does most of his damage on the power play. Honestly, he's probably a top 5 02 born player with the puck on his stick in the offensive zone.
Can get a little lost 5 on 5, as he likes to control possession at all times, instead of moving the play forward. And though he has very quick feet, isn't the rangiest player.
Really, really fun to watch."
Pretty wild considering that the Ottawa team only took a select number of 2000 birth dates, and no 2001 forwards.
"Extremely skilled player. Does most of his damage on the power play. Honestly, he's probably a top 5 02 born player with the puck on his stick in the offensive zone.
Can get a little lost 5 on 5, as he likes to control possession at all times, instead of moving the play forward. And though he has very quick feet, isn't the rangiest player.
Really, really fun to watch."
Pretty wild considering that the Ottawa team only took a select number of 2000 birth dates, and no 2001 forwards.
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The Hlinka Gretzky is a U18 tournament. The JCWC is a U20 tournament that allows each team 5 U21 players. I'm not going to suggest an equivalence, but the rapidity with which you dismissed them and the implied vast separation I think is probably unwarranted. A team like Loko, I believe, would beat the Russian Hlinka team.
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Loko is the best MHL team, with players like Denisenko, Kayumov and Kovalenko amongst all. XV 71 is the winner of Swedish U20 championship. All other teams, I think, are way behind them.
