Mason McTavish - One of the greatest plays in WJC history?

[centipede2233]

Sometimes god just says “not today”.

 

[Rob]

I believe it all started here:

Eventually he asked the Ducks to let him go to the WJC. Dude was starving to win

I was in Saint John for the Memorial Cup. Right at ice level beside the Bulldogs bench. I remember this vividly. Very happy for him.

 

[Peiskos]

It’ll be shown in Canada on par with Henderson, Eberle etc

 

[Mathieukferland]

Hockey in Canada (deliberately not saying hockey canada) needed a moment like this and the victory after a rough few months off the ice, it doesn’t fix the wrongdoings of the past but it gives the hockey community something to celebrate

 

[ORRFForever]

It’ll be shown in Canada on par with Henderson, Eberle etc

Yes.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Unbelievably clutch

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

You're trying to turn a nice play with a lucky bounce into the stuff of legends. Comparing it to Eberle and Henderson is sheer recency bias hyperbole.

It saved the game, but didn't win it. How about some credit for your whipping boy Johnson?

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

You're trying to turn a nice play with a lucky bounce into the stuff of legends. Comparing it to Eberle and Henderson is sheer recency bias hyperbole.

It saved the game, but didn't win it. How about some credit for your whipping boy Johnson?

Eberle's goal didn't win the game either.

 

[Ezekial]

You're trying to turn a nice play with a lucky bounce into the stuff of legends. Comparing it to Eberle and Henderson is sheer recency bias hyperbole.

It saved the game, but didn't win it. How about some credit for your whipping boy Johnson?

"Jordan Eberle saved the game, but didn't win it."

edit: Looks like I was beat to the punch

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Carlson's did. Legendary, amirite?

 

[Ezekial]

Carlson's did. Legendary, amirite?

You're the one that set the parameters at if it wasn't a game winning moment then it couldn't be considered.

 

[Byrral]

I don't know the history. I am just glad I witnessed this one.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

You're the one that set the parameters at if it wasn't a game winning moment then it couldn't be considered.

Not true. I suggested that McTavish's lucky swipe was not in the legendary status of Eberle's and Henderson's heroics, as was claimed by a previous poster.

My second paragraph was a request for some recognition for Johnson's game winner, not a claim that only game-winning goals qualified for legendary status.

Enjoy your gold, guys, but you're really over the top with this. Nice play. Comparable to Eberle or Henderson? Please.

 

[ORRFForever]

Not true. I suggested that McTavish's lucky swipe was not in the legendary status of Eberle's and Henderson's heroics, as was claimed by a previous poster.

My second paragraph was a request for some recognition for Johnson's game winner, not a claim that only game-winning goals qualified for legendary status.

Enjoy your gold, guys, but you're really over the top with this. Nice play. Comparable to Eberle or Henderson? Please.

I disagree. For me, it is right up there. It is a mini miracle.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

I disagree. For me, it is right up there. It is a mini miracle.

Lemme put it this way - if Finland had won, certainly the way the game was trending, this thread doesn't exist.

Saving you the trouble here. "if my aunt had balls ..."

 

[bsu]

A play I'll never forget.

 

[ORRFForever]

Lemme put it this way - if Finland had won, certainly the way the game was trending, this thread doesn't exist.

You lost me, Stark.

I just think McT's play was so unique, so difficult, so heart stopping, it has to be in the Top 5(?) - in no particular order....

Henderson
Crosby's Golden Goal.
Eberle
Mario in 87
Mc T.

I'm sure others will come up with better examples so definitely in the Top 10.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

It’s a play that will go down in history.

 

[ORRFForever]

I have seen GREAT goals but I have never seen a play like that in a moment like that. EVER!

As I said before, for the puck...

a) Not to go in;
b) Not to bounce in;
c) Not to bounce on a Finnish stick when McT tried to clear it;
d) Not to get knocked in by McT or Bedard as they swung wildly;
e) To stay on the line for what seemed like an eternity

It is a mini-miracle <-- the Catholic in me.

It’s a play that will go down in history.

Yup. We're going to be favouritres in December but nothing is guaranteed so I am going to enjoy this.

 

[Statsy]

Lemme put it this way - if Finland had won, certainly the way the game was trending, this thread doesn't exist.

Saving you the trouble here. "if my aunt had balls ..."

If that play doesn’t exist, then this thread talking about that play doesn’t exist?

Uh, yeah, the math on that check’s out.

 

[TheNumber4]

Cancel the World Juniors some people said

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

If that play doesn’t exist, then this thread talking about that play doesn’t exist?

Uh, yeah, the math on that check’s out.

I'll put it another way ...

Substitute USA for Canada and Canada for Finland in yesterday's game, and you guys would rightly be mocking us for hyperbolic exaggeration in a similar thread.

Not every desperate swipe and lucky bounce is fodder for Canada's burgeoning "legendary play" pantheon.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

You're trying to turn a nice play with a lucky bounce into the stuff of legends. Comparing it to Eberle and Henderson is sheer recency bias hyperbole.

It saved the game, but didn't win it. How about some credit for your whipping boy Johnson?

Pretty bad take…. If mctavish doesn’t do that kj never gets a chance to win the game. It’s not like mctavish accidentally made that play.


This to me is equivalent to the Jeter flip play in 01 vs the As…. Just mind boggling game sense and will to win.

 

[neelynugs]

Obviously he didn't score the goal but that play, the difficulty of it with the puck in that spot under those circumstances, and on the backhand even...has to be one of the best plays I've ever seen at the juniors.

Agree/Disagree?

considering the timing and consequences, it's gotta rank up there with the greatest saves in the history
of hockey. what other plays in the NHL match up? obviously it'd have to be playoff games, since saving
a goal in the regular season is generally not that big a deal.

 

[ManByng]

The Ducks probably can't wait for the regular season to start to see what this kid can do !