WJC: Standouts of the tournament so far

[rocketdan9]

No surprise that guys like Bedard and McTavish are playing well. But prospects like Greig has been a pleasent surprise.

Some others on the list imo

- Andrae
- Clang
- Rossmy

Who else?

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[Eye of Ra]

Tomas Monten

 

[jj cale]

Jan Mysak for me. maybe not a sexy pick but I've liked his game, gritty, pretty smart, pretty skilled, leader on that team IMO.

I think he can be a real player for my Habs,

 

[The Red Line]

Carter Mazur

 

[illone84]

Didn't expect to see Roby Järventie play this well!

 

[zaluty]

Lukas Cormier

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Didn't expect to see Roby Järventie play this well!

Power play SPECIALIST

 

[rocketdan9]

Jesper Wallstedt has been a minor disappointment on the flipside. Flashes of good play coupled with some brutal shortside goals. Tap ins.

I think Clang has been a little better

 

[Statsy]

I’ll go off the board here and throw some love to that plucky Latvian team.

What a tournament for Ralfs Bergmanis!
Their goaltender Bruveris was also excellent.

 

[rocketdan9]

I’ll go off the board here and throw some love to that plucky Latvian team.

What a tournament for Ralfs Bergmanis!
Their goaltender Bruveris was also excellent.

Good team effort. Better than I thought

 

[Svedu]

Andrae! Been really cool and collected with the puck.
Bergmanis.
Järventie.

In a negative way?
Lambert.
Kemell, his shot accuracy is horrendous.
Helenius, not a factor at all, despite his size.
Rafkin.
Meriläinen, his rebound control is 0 out of 99.
Lekkerimäki.

Smaller disappointments?
Niemelä. Should be able to achieve a lot more.
Hirvonen, could be better.
Räty, i have high expectations on him. Should be better and his decision making has been questionable, especially his passing.
Kapanen, haven't been as speedy or willing to produce. Never seen him as playmaker but i thought he had more in him regarding those individual skills.
Viro, complete non factor. Not as bad as Rafkin, but i expected a whole lot more.
Nurmi, i seemed to be in minority believing that he wouldn't have it in him, and so far i have been completely right.

Biggest disappointment:
Pennanen, swedes complain about Monten. Well guess what, Pennanen has joined the club.
Complete shit show of a team so far and it's mostly on him.
So yeah, Team Finland is a bit of a letdown as well.

 

[Antiillafire]

I thought Petrovsky and Nemec were pretty good for the Slovaks, and Strbak was solid as well. The rest however…

 

[rocketdan9]

Andrae! Been really cool with the puck.
Bergmanis.
Järventie.

In a negative way?
Lambert.
Kemell, his shot accuracy is horrendous.
Helenius, not a factor at all, despite his size.
Rafkin.
Meriläinen, his rebound control is 0 out of 99.
Lekkerimäki.

Smaller disappointments?
Niemelä. Should be able to achieve a lot more.
Hirvonen, could be even better.
Räty, i have high expectations on him. Should be better and his decision making has been question able, especially his passning.
Kapanen, haven't been as speedy or willing to produce. Never seem him as playmaker but i thought he had more in him regarding those individual skills.
Viro, complete non factor. Not as bad as Rafkin by then again, i expected a whole lot more.
Nurmi, i seemed to be in minority believing that he wouldn't have it in him, and so far i have been completely right.

Didnt Lambert get benched in the 3rd one game?

 

[Statsy]

Didnt Lambert get benched in the 3rd one game?

He did. Took a bad penalty and was sat. His linemates Helenius and Koivunen have both been completely left out of the lineup at times. Hard to believe that line was tearing up the WJC in December.

 

[Lays]

Adam Sykora

 

[RoadWarrior]

Andrae! Been really cool and collected with the puck.
Bergmanis.
Järventie.

In a negative way?
Lambert.
Kemell, his shot accuracy is horrendous.
Helenius, not a factor at all, despite his size.
Rafkin.
Meriläinen, his rebound control is 0 out of 99.
Lekkerimäki.

Smaller disappointments?
Niemelä. Should be able to achieve a lot more.
Hirvonen, could be even better.
Räty, i have high expectations on him. Should be better and his decision making has been questionable, especially his passning.
Kapanen, haven't been as speedy or willing to produce. Never seen him as playmaker but i thought he had more in him regarding those individual skills.
Viro, complete non factor. Not as bad as Rafkin, but i expected a whole lot more.
Nurmi, i seemed to be in minority believing that he wouldn't have it in him, and so far i have been completely right.

Biggest disappointment:
Pennanen, swedes complain about Monten. Well guess what, Pennanen has joined the club.
Complete shit show of a team so far and it's mostly on him.
So yeah, Team Finland is a bit of a letdown as well.

The biggest problem with Finland is the goaltending.

 

[AirGut]

Othmann, and he will never get any love by a majority of people up North because he "doesn't play like a good ol' flashy Canadian boy". Still early to say but in a re-draft Othmann slides into the top-10 and there really shouldn't be any debate. Drury's first draft pick too

 

[JJTT]

The biggest problem with Finland is the goaltending.

*Coaching, maybe it's not a good idea to leave on of the best goaltenders on this tournament home because you are bitter old fart..

 

[rocketdan9]

Othmann, and he will never get any love by a majority of people up North because he "doesn't play like a good ol' flashy Canadian boy". Still early to say but in a re-draft Othmann slides into the top-10 and there really shouldn't be any debate. Drury's first draft pick too

He has been solid. Sens probably want a redraft. And take Othmann vs Boucher

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Thomas Bordeleau and Carter Mazur for USA

 

[NyQuil]

He has been solid. Sens probably want a redraft. And take Othmann vs Boucher

I would have taken Sillinger who went next.

 

[Silky Johnson]

Ridly Greig.

Player of the game 2/5 games for the tournaments best team so far.

 

[ijuka]

In a negative way?
Kemell, his shot accuracy is horrendous.

Worst opinion I've read in a while. Kemell's a double overager. It's been 6 years since one scored higher than Kemell has so far - Puljujärvi and Laine. Laine for example had 13 points in 7 games, Kemell so far has 11 in 5. He's able to play a 1st line role, and has been doing quite well in my opinion.

He's a standout.

 

[Svedu]

The biggest problem with Finland is the goaltending.

I know. You can read my comments in there.

The biggest problem with Finland is the goaltending.

I know. You can read my comments in there

Worst opinion I've read in a while. Kemell's a double overager. It's been 6 years since one scored higher than Kemell has so far - Puljujärvi and Laine. Laine for example had 13 points in 7 games, Kemell so far has 11 in 5. He's able to play a 1st line role, and has been doing quite well in my opinion.

He's a standout.

Read again before you start speculating about utter nonsense. Did i say he was bad? I clearly only mentioned his shot accuracy and yes, it's been pretty bad.
Have you actually watched the games at all?
He shoots more than Tolvanen for gods sake.
I still like him and hope for the best but he's not even close to Laine regarding hitting the net.
If you think otherwise? Get glasses bud.

And yeah, i thought he had a really good shot before the tournament, therefor i'm rightfully disappointed.

 

[CanadienColt]

Jan Mysak for me. maybe not a sexy pick but I've liked his game, gritty, pretty smart, pretty skilled, leader on that team IMO.

I think he can be a real player for my Habs,

I hope you're right. Would love to see him pan out for my Habs. My only concern is that his skating has to improve.