Official 2023 World Junior Championship Thread

[LegionOfDoom91]

We could’ve had Stank

I honestly cannot take that name serious. It just doesn’t pass the name test for me. So it’s weird that he’s seemingly becoming a potential player.

 

[Rebels57]

Make it a Hat-Trick for Bedard

His wrist shot is probably already 2nd best in the world behind Matthews

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Bedard’s shot is incredible

Make it a Hat-Trick for Bedard

His wrist shot is probably already 2nd best in the world behind Matthews

I was just going to say him and Matthews might be 1-2

 

[Rebels57]

Stankoven is gonna shit all over a lot of the big slow dmen lumbering around the NHL

Damn Fantilli just took a shot to the head

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I really hate Fantilli's face. I'd like to punch it. I don't know why.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Seattle Sockeye Brandt Clarke with a rocket.

Guenther hatty, too. Bedard is ridiculous.

 

[trostol]

I have 2 takes Here

Gonna suck so hard to watch Bedard play for another team

Take 2

It's gonna suck so hard to watch the Flyers ruin Bedard

 

[BigToe]

We really need to lean into the tank.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I have 2 takes Here

Gonna suck so hard to watch Bedard play for another team

Take 2

It's gonna suck so hard to watch the Flyers ruin Bedard

Bedard is in the class that can't be ruined.

It would just suck to watch incompetent management fail to give him a competitive supporting cast.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I honestly hate Allan Walsh.

 

[Tripod]

 

[trostol]

Bedard is in the class that can't be ruined.

It would just suck to watch incompetent management fail to give him a competitive supporting cast.

I feel this is a Flyers hold my beer moment lol

 

[Tripod]

Bedard is in the class that can't be ruined.

It would just suck to watch incompetent management fail to give him a competitive supporting cast.

We would give him Deslauriers on his wing to protect him and they would proclaim "it worked for Gretzky"

 

[Magua]

“Bedard is selfish.”

 

[Ironmanrulez]

Go Germany! @Ironmanrulez

(He will see this in a handful of hours and like it.)

youre wrong ;D iam still awake. But i dont look the game. No time.

But it would be interesting if Bedard would be playing for Germany!



I dont care. Just draft Bedard for the flyers.

i need to sleep now. My junior will wake me 5 hours from now! cya soon!

 

[FLYguy3911]

He'll occasionally throw a hit, but this is another narrative that doesn't jibe with my watches. I find Gauthier a finesse player, if anything. He generally moves the puck very quickly on the wall instead of taking contact. He's best in space. Which is fine. He's not a shrinking violet; I just don't see a power forward.

He had that nice net drive off the faceoff later in the game and could have probably gotten to the front of the net if he initiated contact, but he just kinda ran himself out of room. Looked really awkward as the net front guy too.

Nolan Allan looks like he'll be a terrible NHLer.

It's not WJC time until the main boards are pumping up an almost certain NHL plug and tearing down a guy like Brandt Clarke.

Bedard good.

Gord Miller just said he has 12 now. I still count 10... what am I missing?

They count the goals from the cancelled tournament last winter.

 

[Magua]

This feels like a Flyers game honestly. But it would be 1-1.

 

[Magua]

Was going to make this a Zellweger Stan post, but then I kept reading. Ellis played more games in each of his 3 WJCs than he’ll play in his Flyers career.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

7th point for Bedard on an accidental assist.

 

[BigToe]

7 points. All primary lol.

 

[Magua]

Bedard has that quality where his body moves in 4 directions at once skating with the puck.

7 points. All primary lol.

Unselfish players get secondary assists.

 

[Striiker]

Unselfish players get secondary assists.

Trade TK

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

They count the goals from the cancelled tournament last winter.

I think I counted those, though. Including the canceled games he had 6 coming into this tournament, right?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I think we all know one game doesn't mean shit, but even McCagg is putting him back at 1 next week, isn't he? He stepped up on the big stage blah blah blah.

 

[deadhead]

It was funny, BC played a crazy chippy/nasty game against Providence about a month ago, scrums after nearly every whistle, and Gauthier was typically the guy steering his teammates out of the scuffles rather than engaging in them himself. A very "c'mon bro you don't have to do this bro" type of vibe. Pretty even-keel out there, not just looking for conflict.

There's a balance between avoiding contact and looking for trouble and being out of control.

You want a player to be tough enough to convince the "bad boys" that intimidation is a waste of time, but not crazy where they're taking stupid penalties just to show they're "tough." With Gauthier's size and speed he should be a holy terror on the forecheck, but a lot of that simply requires good timing and stick work, with the occassional slobber knocker just to keep D-men on their toes (looking up instead of at the puck).