Tournament Standouts

[Maplebeasts]

Now that most teams have played between 4-5 games, I figured it's a good time to start discussing which players you feel are having great tournaments so far. Discuss.

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[Dg1990]

Mackinnon is in full beast mode .

Panarin looks great .

Hardy for France has been a nice surprise also

 

[Eye of Ra]

Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm

 

[Maplebeasts]

Landeskog - Rask - Lindholm

I can agree with this. I feel Rask's been the best of the three but this is definitely the line that stirs the drink for Sweden so far.

 

[Jon Riley]

Elvis Merzlikins.
...and I am not surprised.

 

[BusQuets]

Hietanen probably the best defenceman in the tournament so far.

 

[Wooren]

Voracek, Simek and Gudas for the Czechs

 

[Ed27]

Merzlikins in goal and and Clayton Keller up the ice have been good so far.

Nathan MacKinnon is top quality and William Nylander runs the play and distributes very well. However that should not count as a surprise, I guess

 

[Hinterland]

Merzlikins; Simek, Barrie^^; Panarin, Larkin, Da Costa

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Gaudreau
Larkin
Keller

Have all been very impressive for USA.

 

[Tuoppi]

Hietanen probably the best defenceman in the tournament so far.

Should have been in the World cup along with some other experienced d-men who play in Europe. They went for young players who play in North America instead.

 

[Belizarius]

Da Costa is pure magic for France.
Bellemare steady as usual.
Auvitu has been great. On the ice for 8 goals for, 0 against.

 

[hallonskal]

Da Costa, Rask and Merzlikins stands out to me, from the games I've seen so far.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Leonardo Genoni leads all goalies with a 95.78 Sv% after 4 games.

 

[Zamuz]

Finland:

Aho is by far the best player in the team, even when he has a bad game he is the best player
Filppula is really, really bad. Basically invisible, except now when he scored against Switzerland in OT
Pyorala is terrible and overrated inside team Finland. Constantly mishandles the puck, has the puck taken away and is very slow.
Honka skates really smoothly but yet everyone keeps up with him. He needs more strength in his legs.
Ohtamaa loves to give the puck to opposite team, constantly. Don't understand how he is in the team.

sorry just nothing really good in team Finland

 

[tucker3434]

Any Av not named Duchene or Soderberg is having a surprisingly good tournament. MacKinnon is obvious, but Barrie was on fire before the injury. Rantanen is solid, not amazing, but Finland is underperforming.

 

[SaltNPeca]

From what I saw in person in Cologne:
Gadreau & Keller for USA
Panarin for Russia

 

[Loffer]

As harsh as I have been towards this "shambles" of a team and coaching called the Lions of Finland (and probably, if only possible, even too harsh (yet, that only testifies to my passion for the game and the related NT affairs, so being a bit too subjective and unfair in this context is a no can do situation)) - I must admit that mr. Seabass Aho and mr. Orange Julius Honka have both put up a nice display of promise, ability and execution on the icy Parisien table. Without them - where would this horrendous "shambles" be now? Most likely at the bottom of the bunch looking eagerly for the silent exit via a sudden and surprising relegation. Hah!

 

[Bjornee]

Nylander

 

[Edgelord]

Nylander

Marner as well 3 points on 3 goals so far