Line Combos: World Junior Talk

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Only Dave Cameron comment I'll make is that I was shocked that he challenged that waved off goal.

It clearly was not a goal and Canada had a ton of momentum at the time. A failed challenge, and the associated penalty, sapped that momentum for several minutes.

They did get it back and tied it up... so maybe the outcome would have been the same either way. Still a really stupid decision, IMO.

 

[BondraTime]

What a terrible showing.

Hopefully moves the needle showing the boomers at Hockey Canada it's a 7 game all star tournament and not a 1995 dead puck era 7 game series. You can always have a sense of things they're going to do before they do it, Sennecke/Yak/Parekh were 3 of those decisions you could see coming from a mile away.

Calling off practices, lineup decisions and some of the challenges were an inept showcase from Cameron

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I kind of understood yak not being on the team.

But misa parekh and sennecke???

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Only Dave Cameron comment I'll make is that I was shocked that he challenged that waved off goal.

It clearly was not a goal and Canada had a ton of momentum at the time. A failed challenge, and the associated penalty, sapped that momentum for several minutes.

They did get it back and tied it up... so maybe the outcome would have been the same either way. Still a really stupid decision, IMO.

it was the biggest choke ive ever seen a coach do.

like he in the moment was choking and crumbling under pressure real time.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

It was like watching the Sens over the past few years.

Give up a goal on the first play of the game.

Give up a goal with 2 seconds left in the period.

Take a penalty and lose the game in the last minute of the game after tying it up.

Seem familiar?

I'm starting to think this damned city is cursed for hockey. The curse of Melynk, or something.....

Feels like every single level of hockey played here in the last 10-15 years has gone sideways.

 

[Senator Stanley]

He had very little input apparently

Where is this coming from?

 

[NyQuil]

I kind of understood yak not being on the team.

But misa parekh and sennecke???

I can’t undersrand not inviting him to camp.

Parekh only filled in at camp because there was an injury.

 

[Knave]

They're teenagers so it's hard to go in on them but Cameron is right - some of it comes down to the individuals on the ice making better decisions when it comes to not taking penalties, crisper passing.

But Cameron and Hockey Canada should have had a plan in mind. It's like they selected the roster, did exhibition games and practices and then were shocked they were garbage on the PP, not good at even strength scoring either. And then Cameron talking about teenage athletes being "too tired" to practice and fix anything like they're turning 37 with tens of thousands of miles skated and multiple kids like say Claude Giroux. I get being a teenager and not being good early in the morning but come on.

Everyone on that team outside of the goaltenders needs to take a hard look at themselves. If their goal is the NHL they need to be more resilient as players, they need to be more prepared and willing to skate and practice. Not hating on any specific player here but this is where they should be doing some soul searching and coming up with a plan to achieve the goal of making the NHL and not hoping, wishing to make the NHL.

 

[JimmyApples]

They're teenagers so it's hard to go in on them but Cameron is right - some of it comes down to the individuals on the ice making better decisions when it comes to not taking penalties, crisper passing.

But Cameron and Hockey Canada should have had a plan in mind. It's like they selected the roster, did exhibition games and practices and then were shocked they were garbage on the PP, not good at even strength scoring either. And then Cameron talking about teenage athletes being "too tired" to practice and fix anything like they're turning 37 with tens of thousands of miles skated and multiple kids like say Claude Giroux. I get being a teenager and not being good early in the morning but come on.

Everyone on that team outside of the goaltenders needs to take a hard look at themselves. If their goal is the NHL they need to be more resilient as players, they need to be more prepared and willing to skate and practice.

The team definitely lacked confidence all tournament.

We saw in the 2nd and really the 3rd last night, where Canada got some confidence and momentum and started looking like, well, Team Canada. Suddenly the passes were connecting, guys were taking authority and scoring chances were appearing. Going into the game we had lots of shots but everything was so vanilla.

You lose to Latvia, and suddenly can’t score, and every player is trying to do too much themselves. Overthinking, nervous, and nothing is going right. It’s on the players individually, yup. But Hockey Canada made some bad decisions to get to that point.

But you put the best players on the roster, and you probably don’t need to worry about getting in the rut to begin with. Misa, Sennecke, Yakemchuk and Parekh. Draft position isn’t everything, but at this stage in the guys careers, it’s pretty indicative of who the best players are (of course there are some outliers). 3 players just drafted in the top 10 in the NHL should probably be locks for the team, barring anything insane. Too much talent to leave at home.

 

[JD1]

It was like watching the Sens over the past few years.

Give up a goal on the first play of the game.

Give up a goal with 2 seconds left in the period.

Take a penalty and lose the game in the last minute of the game after tying it up.

Seem familiar?

Maybe the building is cursed

 

[JD1]

I can’t undersrand not inviting him to camp.

Parekh only filled in at camp because there was an injury.

My theory is they decided in a boardroom that they were going to run the pp with a lefty at the top of the umbrella and the two h8gh scoring righties had no place in the lineup based on that. They never even gave them a chance to compete

I saw preseason. I saw plays Yak made. Against NHL players. What he was able to do on any given puck touch - take the puck to the net for a goal - was something Canada lacked throughout this tournament. There were no star players able to just create goals....and hence we didn't score many

 

[Xspyrit]

Is it just me or the Blues got a good one in Dvorsky?

What if Cole is better than Lane? Caps got a steal there

ASP should be damn good too

And I don't want to be a debbie downer, but this further shows that hockey isn't just Canada anymore.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Is it just me or the Blues got a good one in Dvorsky?

What if Cole is better than Lane? Caps got a steal there

ASP should be damn good too

And I don't want to be a debbie downer, but this further shows that hockey isn't just Canada anymore.

isn't that the best thing though?

 

[GCK]

I doubt the coach has very little input

Pinelli was a Cameron pick but Hocket Canada picks a roster and Coach based on what they want in a team.

 

[DrEasy]

The one and perhaps only guy who impressed me on Team Canada was Nadeau. I didn't know anything about him previous to this competition, and he stood out by his vision and passing skills.

 

[GCK]

Where is this coming from?

A guy I golf with at Silverwoods has been a billet for years and knows all the management well. He asked Boyd about roster selection after Yak was left off the camp invite list.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

The one and perhaps only guy who impressed me on Team Canada was Nadeau. I didn't know anything about him previous to this competition, and he stood out by his vision and passing skills.

Really? Though he was all over the place. Some attempts at dangles for the sake of it. Definitely looked more dynamic than Ritchie Cowan howe Yeager but that’s not saying much

 

[Golden_Jet]

A guy I golf with at Silverwoods has been a billet for years and knows all the management well. He asked Boyd about roster selection after Yak was left off the camp invite list.

and what did Boyd say?

 

[Blotto71]

and what did Boyd say?

Tune in tomorrow for...the rest of the story!

 

[bicboi64]

Cameron and HC shat the bed so hard this tournament.

The players choked too, but some of them should've have even been there. Props to the teams that beat us, they outworked as in every aspect, but really would've been nice to see a roster with more skill on it.

 

[OgieO]

Weird team, I have no idea how they picked it that way - but everyone thinks that by now. Super unimpressed with some of the so called top forwards and the D might have been worse. Cowan and Yager really struggled imo. Ritchie too. Maybe just a bad tournament for those guys but that was the worst team Canada showing I can remember. So bad I hope they look internally and make changes.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[aragorn]

A lot of people liked Dickenson during his draft yr, but in these WJC games I found him to be slow & prone to mistakes, same with Bonk & other Canadian defencemen. Could Yakemchuk have made this team better? I think so, but I'm bias.

Penalties obviously were their downfall however these international tournaments are always suspect to reffing in comparison to what we are used to in NA & to be expected. This team was not very disciplined & while I never was a Cameron fan he kind of proved why. This team seemed to play too much on the perimeter with very little front net presence. Credit also needs to go to other team programs that continue to get better & put out some good young players.