GDT: World Juniors 2024-25

TheOrganist

Don't Call Him Alex
Feb 21, 2006
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Hard to believe BU is ranked 15th with Willander and Hutson anchoring their D. Hutson’s vision is really impressive.
 
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sfvega

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Finland plays such a good team game. Great pace, good passing, good positioning, and the puck is on and off the stick so quickly.
 

TheOrganist

Don't Call Him Alex
Feb 21, 2006
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Finland plays such a good team game. Great pace, good passing, good positioning, and the puck is on and off the stick so quickly.
Not the most exciting team and I would def not say they play with great pace but they are consistently a sum of their parts team and they know how to capitalize on mistakes.
 

LGB

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After the U18 last year I was considering putting him out there as an option for us at 16th overall. Looks like it wouldn't have been a crazy suggestion.
 

sfvega

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Absolute, complete US domination in OT. Finland looked lost with two players facing one forechecker, and only their goalie kept them in it.
 
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PocketNines

Cutter's Way
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The Finns had no business getting past Sweden, they dove past them, so as long as they didn't win. What a game, what a tournament

Stancl got named to the All Tourney team. Nice.
He was their best player. Not Sale who was genuinely dynamic offensively but less productive and defensively more a liability. A lot of the chances against came against the Sale line. I was constantly worried when they were getting pressed, is this a Blues player at risk on the defending side? Nope, it would be the Sale line
 
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Snubbed4Vezina

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Jul 9, 2022
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USA! USA!

Awesome tournament. Pretty much everything I wanted to see outside of Slovakia making the medal round on the back of Dvorsky. The Blues prospects we VERY impactful for the second WJC in a row.

Tony Feltrin seems to be doing an excellent job. Excited to see some of these kids in the Note in the next couple of seasons.
 

BlueMed

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Buium is gonna be a stud too. Ugh, still wish we got him.
Keep in mind that drafting Buium probably means trading Lindstein because of Broberg. I don't think having all 3 of those guys on the left side is great asset management.

Not that impressive from what I saw. He's clearly 3rd pair guy on that talented roster
I'm honestly lukewarm about Ralph. Maybe he turns out to be a nice shutdown defender who can take on tough assignments and play on the PK, but I also think Lukas Fischer is more comfortable transitioning the puck up the ice and has more upside.
 

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