GDT: WJC, Jan 2 QF, Cesko vs Canada, 8:30 EST

[Master P]

It is still our game.. just add Bedard to this roster and it's a whole different tournament

And there it is.

 

[Matias Maccete]

How was Geekie?

 

[Church Hill]

Giving up the game winner with 11 seconds left, oooooooooof Canada

 

[SyZyGY]

And there it is.

I mean it's pretty obvious lol

 

[Master P]

I mean it's pretty obvious lol

Sure it is.

 

[Chainshot]

How was Geekie?

He was engaged, had a big hit, a couple chances (one in tight late in particular).

 

[Rob]

Giving up the game winner with 11 seconds left, oooooooooof Canada

As cruel as it gets

 

[SyZyGY]

Sure it is.

There ya go.

 

[novisor]

A lot of reasons Canada lost. Missing the net was an issue for certain guys the entire time (Cowan), never having set lines (coaching), not having any sustained pressure until the second half of the QF, and not playing our best players nearly enough (Rehkopf was barely used, Celebrini needed more ice time).

Can't be understated how unhelpful the defensemen were though. I think Luneau and Molendyk were sorely missed.

 

[Slats432]

Canada should be able to overcome a few top guys not being there. (Bedard, Fantili, Korchinski, and the injuries to Luneau and Molendyk) Not sure about the roster construction, but was a down year for sure.

I am sure lots of Canadian fans will come here and use the "If we had" excuse. But that's an excuse. They are almost all NHL drafted, many in the 1st round. Should have no excuses not to medal.

 

[Strangle]

I do. The tourneys always feel hollow without them there. For better or worse they always bring mad skill.

Tournament is tarnished for sure without the Russians there.

They should have a competitive ‘exhibition’ between the tournament winner and the Russian team post-tournament

 

[novisor]

Probably the worst team canada ever.

1998 was the worst no doubt. 2016 was worse than this team, 2019 on paper is similar though I think it was a bit better as the dmen were stronger. People seem to forget 2013 was pretty bad too, with similar terrible coaching (Spott).

 

[TheBeard]

Would you miss Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Latvia at the same time more?

Probably Sweden and CR. Latvia and Finland don’t carry the same weight in terms of powerhouses. Everyone knows for the most part it’s Canada, US, Russia, Sweden and Czechs and then some other team on a magical run.

 

[TheOne]

This has to be the worst Canadian team to ever play in the tournament lol

On a side note I can't wait for the tournament to return to North America, these times make watching pretty much impossible as somebody who works nights.

I hear ya. Nightshift worker myself, and I'm showing up to work pretty exhausted these days trying to boxscore watch these games.

 

[Edgelord]

Poitras was there and was quite underwhelming for most of it

I mean, Poitras played and had a rough tournament too.

Unintentionally funny.

Pretty bold assumption. one other thing….we did have Poitras but in hindsight I kind of wish we didnt. He was probably the biggest disappointment in my opinion

Oops, I didn't even know he was there lol.
Thats embarrassing but moreso for him lol

Giving up the game winner with 11 seconds left, oooooooooof Canada

I hope all the anthems tonight are
Oooooooof Canada!!!, we watched them score on the lol

 

[WarriorofTime]

For being the oldest player in the tournament (Jordan Dumais, already 20) he really showed why he was not valued from an NHL draft standpoint.

Edit: whoops Dumais isn’t the 1/1/04 birthday. That’s someone else

 

[novisor]

As disappointing as it was, I can't fathom the brutal takes we are going to hear from Americans and other Canada detractors about how this isn't Canada's game anymore. Lol.

Canada has won 3 of the last 4 WJC's and have 5+ top line eligible players in the show (the Americans have one). Not to mention the 6-2 thrashing of the US last year. Get out of here with your garbage takes.

 

[notdoneyet]

How was Geekie?

Terrible the whole tournament. Puck hog trying to do it all by himself.

 

[WarriorofTime]

The Canada goalie was fine but it seems Canada often has a guy “good enough” assuming the rest of the team dominates and rarely guy who himself is the dominant difference maker that steals games. At least since their last five straight run in the late aughts.

 

[trader997]

was yager benched, or hurt?

No, he played on the 4th line, he hit the iron with a good shot with 9 minutes left in the game. Talking about Yager, I think what killed Canada in this tournament is when they took off Celebrini from Yager's line. They found good chemistry in the first couple of games together. Celebrini moved up on the first line with Dumais to get him started but Dumais did not do anything 5 on 5 the whole tournament.

 

[GOilers88]

@Czechboy Enjoy it man. Hope your boys go all the way.

 

[WarriorofTime]

As disappointing as it was, I can't fathom the brutal takes we are going to hear from Americans and other Canada detractors about how this isn't Canada's game anymore. Lol.

Canada has won 3 of the last 4 WJC's and have 5+ top line eligible players in the show (the Americans have one). Not to mention the 6-2 thrashing of the US last year. Get out of here with your garbage takes.

Well you certainly tore down that strawmen.

There is something to Canada being not that great when the tournament is in Europe, though. I think that’s a reasonable take given the results in the modern era of hockey (post-2010)

 

[NyQuil]

There is something to Canada being not that great when the tournament is in Europe, though. I think that’s a reasonable take given the results in the modern era of hockey (post-2010)

Meh, they said that about the Olympics too until Sochi but it was really more about small sample sizes.

 

[trader997]

For being the oldest player in the tournament (Jordan Dumais, already 20) he really showed why he was not valued from an NHL draft standpoint.

Easily the biggest disappointment for team Canada. Dumais did not do anything 5 on 5 and once Celebrini was put with him against Sweden, he disappeared with Dumais.

 

[Czechboy]

@Czechboy Enjoy it man. Hope your boys go all the way.

Thanks.. we will see what happens next. We get Sweden or US.lol