GDT: Sweden Vs USA | 12/31 @ 9:30PM ET | TSN/NHLN

[canswetoxic]

must be another curse when the winning streak ended yesterday, 5 goal posts yesterday, and how many will be today?

 

[Fatass]

Yet to see anything out of Raymond and Holtz to suggest they're top 10 NHL picks

Elite skill.

 

[Fried Tree Sap]

I wouldn't call a Sweden win an upset, tho.

Well it would be technically in terms of seeding.

 

[Zub]

Was expecting Raymond to jump off the screen more tbh

Different linemates could work.

 

[canswetoxic]

Do we face Sweden in QF if they loose this game?

Gonna be epic, cant wait for the newspapers print.

 

[ORRFForever]

I know people are going after Caufield right now and I’m not trying to be a hater but I’m just not a huge fan of his game. I was baffled when he fell to 15 but after watching him last year and this year I understand it

I kinda feel bad for him. Some sportswriters said he would dominate the tournament. That's a lot of pressure.

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Two of them were cup games. He played one league game in almost two months. That's not just covid. And I wrote that it's covid related myself. But he was scratched way beyond his quarantine and looked awful playing a cup game vs a minor team. He was just as awful at this tournament. So you wonder if it's still covid bothering him.

Yeah, it was still Covid. If you had any idea what you’re talking about you’d know that he had a pretty nasty case and it was nagging him for 3 weeks. I’ve been following every single game and watching them all. Between the 3 weeks he was sick and the postponements, he was only able to get into two cup games. The 1st one, he tested positive for Covid the day after, and the next one was the last game before he left for WJC bubble on December 9th. They had another game scheduled but it was postponed

 

[ORRFForever]

Well it would be technically in terms of seeding.

I know.

I was just looking/hoping for something bigger.

 

[Zub]

I kinda feel bad for him, too. Some sportswriters said he would dominate the tournament. That's a lot of pressure.

He's just so small and it impacts him alot it seems. His head is as big as a basketball though

 

[NyQuil]

Ryan Rishaug, ask Turcotte where he was when the US beat the Soviets at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I know people are going after Caufield right now and I’m not trying to be a hater but I’m just not a huge fan of his game. I was baffled when he fell to 15 but after watching him last year and this year I understand it

One thing to not do anything, another to be turning the puck over literally every single shift

 

[Ace]

You know what I just thought about that kind of blew my mind even though it’s at best tangentially related to anything...

this is the first world juniors Rasmus Dahlin wouldn’t have been eligible to play in.

he didn’t play in the last two because he was busy moving into second all time on points for a teenage Dman in the NHL...but he was defenseman of the tournament THREE YEARS AGO WITH TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY LEFT.

Holy crap

 

[HanSolo]

Was expecting Raymond to jump off the screen more tbh

Same. I was a fan of his for Anaheim at 6 but now I'm pretty happy they ended up with Drysdale.

Edit: but then again WJC isn't definitive. Raymond can still end up being great.

 

[ORRFForever]

He's just so small and it impacts him alot it seems.

Yeah. He tries too hard and ends up being a turnover machine.

 

[Macbanan]

A line shakeup could work, separate Holtz from Raymond.

I'm hoping for it. Holtz looked ridiculously demoralized when he lost his stick, went to pick it up in slow motion when the game was still in play. The coach has to react to that.

Edit: It was Raymond.

 

[HanSolo]

Ryan Rishaug, ask Turcotte where he was when the US beat the Soviets at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.

Lmaooooo

 

[Fatass]

Maybe play Costmar between Raymond and Holtz in the third?

 

[Hinterland]

Yeah, it was still Covid. If you had any idea what you’re talking about you’d know that he had a pretty nasty case and it was nagging him for 3 weeks. I’ve been following every single game and watching them all. Between the 3 weeks he was sick and the postponements, he was only able to get into two cup games. The 1st one, he tested positive for Covid the day after, and the next one was the last game before he left for WJC bubble on December 9th. They had another game scheduled but it was postponed

Exactly. That's why I'm wondering if it's still bothering him and if that's the reason for his bad performances at this tournament.

 

[c9gunner]

What would the semi final match ups be assuming every higher seed wins?

Winner of US-Slovakia vs winner of Russia-Germany
and
Winner of Sweden-Finland vs winner of Canada-Czech Republic

 

[MuckOG]

Sanderson is really good. Guy is a serious player. Stutzle and Sanderson from this draft? Friggin’ amazing for the Sens.

Stutzle and Drysdale would've been better

 

[ORRFForever]

Winner of US-Slovakia vs winner of Russia-Germany
and
Winner of Sweden-Finland vs winner of Canada-Czech Republic

Not necessarily. Remember, they reseed after the quarters.

 

[Canucks LB]

Maybe play Costmar between Raymond and Holtz in the third?

Or on the Power play honestly.
Stop looking at wheres hes picked and give him a serious opportunity.

 

[NyQuil]

Stutzle and Drysdale would've been better

Its been a lively debate on the Sens board for some time.

 

[Zub]

Trevor Zegras is insane though, looks like he's playing be a pro on easy mode. Next household superstar from the US and A? Looks damn good..

 

[canswetoxic]

I'm hoping for it. Holtz looked ridiculously demoralized when he lost his stick, went to pick it up in slow motion when the game was still in play. The coach has to react to that.

Edit: It was Raymond.

The coach is clueless, he is day-dreaming and staring into the void.