GDT: Quarter Finals: United States vs. Switzerland; Jan. 2, 2025; 14:30 EST

[RedHawkDown]

Lol there was no reason to not start Augustine here

 

[PanniniClaus]

There was little power on that shot but Slukynsky was on a slip and slide out of the net.

Lol there was no reason to not start Augustine here

Makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[heynowbababooey]

The frantic/excited look on the faces of canada fans when someone scores against USA never gets old.

 

[Hinterland]

Lol there was no reason to not start Augustine here

There was no reason no to start Neuenschwander either. Which was why I posted about both coaches starting their backup earlier in this thread. Strange decisions.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

The downside of shot blocking.

 

[heynowbababooey]

Lol there was no reason to not start Augustine here

He wouldn't have stopped that deflection either.

 

[hockey20000]

4-1 llol swiss are just outmatched big time

 

[McMozesmadness]

Moore’s poor vision on display again

 

[PanniniClaus]

Nelson is so solid.

 

[Hinterland]

That's the Muggli/Bünzli paring again for you. Brilliant idea by Jenni to keep them together all tournament long and have them playing big minutes. Excellent coaching.

 

[Speyer]

Who cares about exhibitions? It's about getting used to everything about getting ready for game 1 and Neuenschwander sure was.

Nah I wont let him of that easy. Neuenschwander hasnt strung together a few strong games in succession at the U18 level and up. Cant remember him ever standing on his head (game vs czechia wasnt that level of play) in that age group either. Who cares about exhibitions (vs Canada)? A lot of NHL scouts probably do...

 

[Chainshot]

Nelson with Moore and Ziemer is having a couple nice shifts.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Perreault, wtf?

 

[RedHawkDown]

He wouldn't have stopped that deflection either.

slukynsky was flying out of the net , that wasn’t a hard stop

 

[Dakota Sioux]

This one already over

 

[Hinterland]

Nah I wont let him of that easy. Neuenschwander hasnt strung together a few strong games in succession at the U18 level and up. Cant remember him ever standing on his head (game vs czechia wasnt that level of play) on that level either. Who cares about exhibitions (vs Canada)? A lot of NHL scouts probably do...

Other exhibition games maybe but not a game you play only to prepare for a tournament. The lone purpose of that preparation game was to get used to the smaller ice, the arena and everything. It was also the first of the two exhibitions, he may have been still dealing with jetlag. Who knows. Anyway, he was ready for game 1 vs Czechia which is what matters.

 

[BigBadBoar]

The Swiss have some decent looks in the attacking zone but what about them defending? They have simultaneously been everywhere and nowhere, a big mess, no defensive system. I guess this might be the coach's fault.

 

[hockey20000]

The Swiss have some decent looks in the attacking zone but what about them defending? They have simultaneously been everywhere and nowhere, a big mess, no defensive system. I guess this might be the coach's fault.

they been awful defensively all tournament which is weird for them there usually compact

 

[Hinterland]

The Swiss have some decent looks in the attacking zone but what about them defending? They have simultaneously been everywhere and nowhere, a big mess, no defensive system. I guess this might be the coach's fault.

It's all the coaches fault. As always. There's no system, they started the backup goalie and they keep on playing the exact same defense pairing that got caved in game after game except maybe against Kazakhstan. Against Slovakia they were so bad, they barely touched the puck outside of their own zone during the 2nd half of the game. Yet, no change was made.

 

[Speyer]

Other exhibition games maybe but not a game you play only to prepare for a tournament. The lone purpose of that preparation game was to get used to the smaller ice, the arena and everything. It was also the first of the two exhibitions, he may have been still dealing with jetlag. Who knows. Anyway, he was ready for game 1 vs Czechia which is what matters.

Like scouts care about game context that much. That game will be included in his evaluation for the draft big time.

 

[Hinterland]

they been awful defensively all tournament which is weird for them there usually compact

Yeah, but 90% of that is the Muggli/Bünzli pairing coaches keep on sending out there to play big minutes.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

The frantic/excited look on the faces of canada fans when someone scores against USA never gets old.

They panned to some mouth breather who may have been Napoleon Dynamite's mustached cousin. Just standing around slack jawed, clapping like he's the queen.

 

[Alienblood]

nice hit on Leonard

 

[fahad203]

Nelson is so solid.

Isles have two very promising looking prospects with Team US.
Looks like solid picks

 

[hockey20000]

leonard couldn't happen to a nicer guy