WJC: Tournament standouts and dissapointments so far?

[funky]

Not going to call anyone a bust so far in a tourney were some kids haven’t played a competitive game of hockey in 10 months. Some are just starting to get there hand/eye, legs and lungs going.

 

[Gnashville]

shouldn't this thread be split into two threads for last year and this year? i got confused there.

Me too

Tomasino as far as Predators prospects is the only standout the rest are having a mediocre experience.
It’s hard to judge some of these games as the bottom teams are just horrible.
Also am I the only one annoyed by the piped in crowd noise when the score is 9-0? I get it’s to make the game seem more real on TV but no crowd is going that bananas for a 9th or 12th goal.

 

[patnyrnyg]

As a Rangers fan, like what I am seeing from Brett Berard. Not bad for a 5th round pick. Like what I see out of Schneider, too. Yes, the hit he was suspended for was not great, but glad I can look forward to having a Dman that can actually connect on such a hit!

 

[NyQuil]

Byfield is not looking good against Switzerland tho

Hrmm.

 

[Henkka]

I've stopped watching all these blowout games after a 5 goal difference. Nothing to see there.

Small countries definitely close the gap with system play and now, without pre-games, the individual differencies are the main factor.

Disappointed for these blowout games.

 

[benjiv1]

Standouts: Quinton Byfield

Disappointments: Stuetzle

Sure.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

The Slovakian kid Martin Chromiak has made an impression on me thus far in the tournament especially in the game against Canada.

The Kings were lucky to grab Chromiak in the 5th round 2020 he could be the steal of the 2020 draft.

 

[McOvechking]

Hrmm.

Yikes. How was that for a hot take?

 

[admiralcadillac]

Disappointments - Amirov, Podkolzin, Caufield (game 1 & 2 only), Byfield (looking good against Switzerland tho)

Standouts - Topi Niemela, Trevor Zegras, Tim Stutzle, Jamie Drysdale, Noel Gunler

How did Caufield disappoint in two games where he was one of the better players on the ice?

 

[Mitch nylander]

How did Caufield disappoint in two games where he was one of the better players on the ice?

Because he was held pointless in an 11-0 game, and was pretty invincible. Played, an okay game against the Russians, but not what I know he can do. His last game, he showed a lot more what he can do.

He's a talented guy, I expect him to be dominant like Boldy and Zegras, and I'm still waiting to see that. His game against the Czechs was good though.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

These tournaments are often taken out of context, especially early. The differences in teams are far too dramatic to draw much from it.

Its nice to see the players play on the grand stage but semi finals and finals are really the only best on best at this age group.

 

[tsujimoto74]

As a Sabres fan, I've been really happy about what we've seen from Cozens and Peterka so far. As a USA fan, Boldy's been impressive on a generally disappointing team (though, to be fair to these kids, many of them haven't played competitive hockey in months, while they're going toe to toe against European kids who got to do this in the middle of their regular season).

 

[raymond23]

Martin Lang has impressed me.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Disappointments - Amirov, Podkolzin, Caufield (game 1 & 2 only), Byfield (looking good against Switzerland tho)

Standouts - Topi Niemela, Trevor Zegras, Tim Stutzle, Jamie Drysdale, Noel Gunler

Caufield was far from a dissapointment on game 1,kid was legit the best player on the ice,didnt watch game 2 and game 3 was wtv he wasnt bad but not great neither

 

[Cousin Eddie]

For Canada it’s pretty much the guys you’d expect. Cozens, Bryam, Drysdale. I guess the biggest surprise is Levi simply because I didn’t know who he was and thought Canada was going to have a problem in net.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Because he was held pointless in an 11-0 game, and was pretty invincible. Played, an okay game against the Russians, but not what I know he can do. His last game, he showed a lot more what he can do.

He's a talented guy, I expect him to be dominant like Boldy and Zegras, and I'm still waiting to see that. His game against the Czechs was good though.

Despite the score sheet, Caufield actually wasn't very good against the Czechs.

 

[truthbluth]

Since I haven’t watched games in group B, I evaluate only group A. From what I’ve seen so far, standouts would be Newhook, Cozens, Levi, Nemec, Niemela and Stutzle. On the other hand, I consider a bit dissapointing performances of Byfield, Peterka and Knazko.

Huh?

 

[golffuul]

As a Wings fan, it's been great to see Niederbach, Soderblom, and Johansson perform well, so far.

 

[SFKingshomer]

Brock Faber has been damn good, Cole Caufield has not been good.

 

[613Leafer]

Niemela a disappointment? Were you expecting Heiskanen?

Some people get confused between being drafted in the 3rd round vs 3rd overall. Expectations between these two things are not the same. Niemala, for a guy drafted 3rd round this year and who is still WJC eligible next year, has definitely been a pleasant surprise.

 

[snipes]

As a Sabres fan, I've been really happy about what we've seen from Cozens and Peterka so far. As a USA fan, Boldy's been impressive on a generally disappointing team (though, to be fair to these kids, many of them haven't played competitive hockey in months, while they're going toe to toe against European kids who got to do this in the middle of their regular season).

Cozens has been great. Good kid too.

 

[BleedBlue14]

As a Wings fan, it's been great to see Niederbach, Soderblom, and Johansson perform well, so far.

Soderblom has looked like a legitimate weapon most games esp on the pp. that was a nice pick up

 

[Mats26]

Standouts - more like surprises: Levi, Tomassino,Faber, York

Disappoitments: Quinn(expecially that Sabres picked him over Rossi), Cole Caufield (needs to get to the dirty areas)

*Byram\Drysdale: Great tourney but offensivly so far not producing results

 

[Snippit]

Brock Faber of the US has stood out in a good way

 

[Ed Ned and Leddy]

My standout are sens picks Stutzle and Sanderson. I think the sens have themselves a future Ryan Suter out there.

I used to be sceptic at Sanderson over Drysdale but turns out they knew what they were doing.

This is an interesting comment to me. I think Sanderson > Drysdale is a fair take, but I'm curious how you feel this tournament has enforced that opinion. I feel like Drysdale's had the stronger tournament so far.