OT: Wild Child of the world's U20

[TaLoN]

Do you mean they're coasting?

They looked it in the 1st

 

[TaLoN]

Buium!!

 

[TaLoN]

He got the puck by the goal, looked off and backed up a step -Froze the goalie and buried it!

 

[MNRube]

He got the puck by the goal, looked off and backed up a step -Froze the goalie and buried it!

Was a gorgeous goal. Zeev clearly a high IQ player as advertised

 

[Sweetnut]

Goalie was so out of position and balance, he looked just like MAF.
Nice goal, kid.

 

[TaLoN]

4-0 after 2

 

[TaLoN]

No shutout - 4-1

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Buium has been keeping it much simpler today. Much better game as a result.

 

[Sweetnut]

Day 3:

Zeev 1 goal

 

[MK9]

US is currently down 3-2 in the 2nd to Finland in the World Juniors.

I can't see it. Just following on the IIHF site.

Zeev has no points. Kumpulainen however, has an assist on Miettinen's (Not Antti's son. I looked.) goal for the Finns.

If...anyone cares.

 

[MK9]

Brodie Ziemer ties it up for the US. 3-3.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I like Ziemer.

 

[Sweetnut]

USA got their asses handed to them by Finland, wow. Reigning champions and all.

Day 4
Kumpulainen 1 apple

 

[MK9]

 

[GordieGallant]

Augustine has sucked.

 

[Puhis]

so uh

Canada beats Finland, Latvia beats Canada, USA beats Latvia, Finland beats... USA?

Gonna be interesting, this.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Wild prospects are a little quiet in this tourny. Wasn't expecting a lot out of our Finnish players, but come on Buium!

 

[GordieGallant]

Great game. Buium having great game. Am I the only one watching this?

 

[GordieGallant]

I haven’t seen the total domination by the Canadians. TSN influence?

 

[GordieGallant]

Explosive orgasm by the Molson soaked crowd and the TSN crew.

 

[BagHead]

I haven’t seen the total domination by the Canadians. TSN influence?

Like 57special said, leave your best scorers at home, then can't score? They out-thought themselves. Just hate to see it happen to such an underdog, non-troubled program.

 

[Sweetnut]

Day 6

Kivi 1 apple
Buium 1 apple

TOTAL:
Kivi 2 assists
Kumpulainen 1 assist
Buium 1 goal 1 assist

 

[MNRube]

Buium has impressed defensively. He has good timing with breaking up passes to the slot. Not sure how it will translate but I think he will be at least decent in the NHL. Little worried about his straight line speed, but he and Jiricek can work on that together

 

[Prior]

Agree on Buium’s straight line speed. Needs some work. He’s very quick and shifty but getting back into the play or on recoveries he will need a little more there.

About time Augustine showed up this tournament. Nothing about Perreault makes me regret the Wild passing up on him. Leonard can step into the NHL right now and be a good player. Don’t see much of ceiling there though. To me any team that passes up on Hagens would be silly. Need players like Hutson in this type of tournament and he’s dangerous every time he’s in the offensive zone. Equally dangerous in the defensive zone however. Rest of that US blueline is very uneven.

First time watching Easton Cowen. For as much talk as he gets (naturally a Leafs prospect), woof, not a good player. I don’t see anything in Dickenson that would place him over Buium. McKenna is going to be some prize for a team in a couple years. Hopefully not the Blackhawks.

 

[57special]

Leonard looks to have everything you need for a NHL'er. Moore has the speed, but that's about it. Buium was better yesterday against a very tough, physical opponent. I have doubts about his size, speed, and defensive play, as far as the NHL is concerned. i think he will need another year of non NHL play, whether it is in college, or the AHL....kind of hoping for college, considering the D numbers in Iowa. Hutson is obviously great at this level offensively, but his defense is mediocre at best, and he is a smallish guy.

For all that Canada screwed up, you'd have to be an idiot to not recognize that they had the territorial advantage, and outshot the US by a significant amount, even with all the penalties against. they just played stupid, and individually, while team USA played like a team, for the most part.
Don't know what that delay of game was about at the end, does anyone?

Catton is a wonderful player, as is Mckenna, who has to be the favorite to be #1 oa in 2026.