Suzuki didn't play bad and many of us at the time were saying he wasn't be used correctly that he should have been on the top line just as Brook should have been used at RD instead of LD which was stupid.
I know some don't like it and think it's just an excuse for Caufield, Suzuki, Brook last year, but when you have a 5-6-7 game short tournament with players that get little time to adjust to one another, chemistry is a huge part of it. Caufield with Beecher was stupid, Caufield in the slot on the PP or playing with a '21 draft eligible is not what I would have done. That doesn't mean Caufield shouldn't have played better last year, or that he hasn't made some mistakes this year or that Suzuki with his shot should have had at least a goal etc...
In the end these tournaments always get blown out of whack, Peohling gets a hattrick and posters were saying he should be in the mix for rookie of the year. Collberg goes ppg at 17 and we think we stole one at the draft. McDonagh and Pac didn't have the best WJC's and were trashed, etc...
With prospects it's all about how they progress or not, of course you want to see them do well vs their peers but in the end it means little, good or bad. It's just one step in a long race.
