Official 2023 World Junior Championship Thread

[BigToe]

Greasy

 

[FLYguy3911]

Snuggerud is good.

Meh, at least it's enjoyable

Is it on Hulu?

 

[tymed]

Wouldve liked to see cutter pushing into the crease that he probably couldve gotten a touch.

 

[BigToe]

Oof

 

[DancingPanther]

Snuggerud is good.


Is it on Hulu?

Ya

 

[Magua]

What's more likely to happen first.....

1. Gauthier passes up a PP shot?
2. Flahrsy passes up a free deep fried butter stick?

 

[FLYguy3911]

What's more likely to happen first.....

1. Gauthier passes up a PP shot?
2. Flahrsy passes up a free deep fried butter stick?

What part of shoot first center did you not understand?

 

[Striiker]

I’m gonna hate this guy, aren’t I?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I thought USA was gonna start pulling away after they went up 2-1.

 

[DancingPanther]

I’m gonna hate this guy, aren’t I?

It's a Flahrtcher pick. How could you not? The antithesis of exciting hockey

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[tymed]

Decent shift for cutter and the 1st line there

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Just tuned in and Dennis Beyak can't stop talking about Bogdan's hot ass.

 

[Striiker]

It's a Flahrtcher pick. How could you not? The antithesis of exciting hockey

At the cost of a 5th overall pick too.

They’ve destroyed the present, destroyed the future, and aren’t even taking advantage of the draft positions they’re getting as a result.

 

[Magua]

I’m gonna hate this guy, aren’t I?

It's the messaging and evaluating, at which the Fletcher administration is consistently bad. If you think he's an elite shoot first center prospect to build your organization around, you might get eye strain from the rolling of your eyeballs. He's not even really a power forward; how often do you see him holding pucks on walls? If you think he's a good complimentary wing prospect, there's no reason to outright dislike him. There are good things there! A big issue is the Flyers disintegrating their jorts to what he does well (shot go boom) to the point they neglect or deemphasize stuff that could make him more well-rounded or hit his potential: his puck handling in space/traffic, passing more, creating entries with him, more PP creativity.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Gauthier catches a post

 

[DancingPanther]

It's the messaging and evaluating, at which the Fletcher administration is consistently bad. If you think he's an elite shoot first center prospect to build your organization around, you might get eye strain from the rolling of your eyeballs. He's not even really a power forward; how often do you see him holding pucks on walls? If you think he's a good complimentary wing prospect, there's no reason to outright dislike him. There are good things there! A big issue is the Flyers disintegrating their jorts to what he does well (shot go boom) to the point they neglect or deemphasize stuff that could make him more well-rounded or hit his potential: his puck handling in space/traffic, passing more, creating entries with him, more PP creativity.

Sounds a lot like the ~10th best prospect in the draft. Luckily we capitalized early on and snagged him

 

[04hockey]

Cutters' got some on ice vision !
carries nice
passes nice

raise for the scout who said draft Cutter !!

 

[Magua]

Sounds a lot like the ~10th best prospect in the draft. Luckily we capitalized early on and snagged him

If he ends up the 10th best player in that class with its insanely large hard to differentiate top tier, that sounds pretty best case honestly. I wouldn't really complain. I'm skeptical he finishes the 5th best, but I do think he looks better than 20-25th, like Scouching had him. His analytical profile wasn't great, and he shoots too much from low % areas, but Scouching compared him to Chaz Lucius, and he is way way more athletic, and his production so far is better than we probably thought. I just think his development plan will be annoying to witness because there is an interesting player in there, cutting the crap.

 

[renberg]

There was more to like there with Gauthier’s game than there was with Cooley. Had a few nice scoring chances. Showed the ability to drive the net. For a shoot first guy, he made some nice passes in tight areas. His play off of the puck was good. He didn’t take any face offs so we didn’t see if he has skills there. Then again, Cooley wasn’t an ace on the dots either.

 

[Magua]

Remember a certain someone said it's better to take no skill plug defensemen with size in the mid-late rounds because no good forwards exist there today? Go Fletcher! Yeah, well, Joshua Roy was taken between Zanetti and Murchison.

 

[Striiker]

It's the messaging and evaluating, at which the Fletcher administration is consistently bad. If you think he's an elite shoot first center prospect to build your organization around, you might get eye strain from the rolling of your eyeballs. He's not even really a power forward; how often do you see him holding pucks on walls? If you think he's a good complimentary wing prospect, there's no reason to outright dislike him. There are good things there! A big issue is the Flyers disintegrating their jorts to what he does well (shot go boom) to the point they neglect or deemphasize stuff that could make him more well-rounded or hit his potential: his puck handling in space/traffic, passing more, creating entries with him, more PP creativity.

I just mean that type of player.

My patience for the “shoot first” type is absolutely zero. Every time someone says “there’s no such thing as a bad shot” or “just get pucks on net” I want to strangle them.

 

[Magua]

I don't understand how Jiricek has 20 points in 19 AHL games, honestly. He's a good prospect, but nothing about him screams high end offensive tools.

I just mean that type of player.

My patience for the “shoot first” type is absolutely zero. Every time someone says “there’s no such thing as a bad shot” or “just get pucks on net” I want to strangle them.

I don't disagree, but the issue is more with a "one dimensional shooter" than "shoot first." I do think Gauthier has plus shooting, but more importantly, other skills to manufacture shot opportunities. He's at worst, I'd say, a competent passer. His raw skill-set is not one dimensional, or lacking tools. Again, I'm laughing at the label of "shoot first center," which shows a scary lack of understanding of the position. I just assume at this point that Flyers prospects won't hit developmental ceilings.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Can't be giving Canada powerplays

 

[BigToe]

Fantilli is flying