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WJHC (World Junior Hockey Championships) 2016

LittleHockeyFan said:
So. Question.  Now that Canada is out of it, who do we cheer for? Or do we care?
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I'm just going for good hockey.  Finland, Sweden, or USA I'm ok with any of them.  There is a pretty reasonable chance that the Leafs next top prospect is playing on one of these teams.
 
This was the only game I watched in the tournament, so I didn't care much about it to begin with, but I'd like Finland to win. If Canada doesn't win, I'd like the team that knocked them out to end up being the best team, and my Finnish heritage makes me partial to them as well.
 
L K said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
So. Question.  Now that Canada is out of it, who do we cheer for? Or do we care?
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I'm just going for good hockey.  Finland, Sweden, or USA I'm ok with any of them.  There is a pretty reasonable chance that the Leafs next top prospect is playing on one of these teams.
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I was thinking the same when the Player of the Game awards were given out to Marner and Laine, that both might be Leaf property by July.
 
I think Pastrnak is there??
2badknees said:
Never mind, found a list.

Connor McDavid, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Bennett, Robby Fabbri ,Jared McCann (Canada)
Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin Dylan Larkin, (USA)
David Pastrnak (Czech Republic)
Nikolaj Ehlers (Denmark)

Basically just wanted to head off the inevitable "our Canadian junior program is no longer elite" media wailing that will likely follow the loss.
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As disappointed as I am with the Canadian overall performance and result, the tournament has definitely more than reassured me that the 2016 draft is far more than just Auston Matthews and a bunch of other guys.  There are some really, really good players to be had, better than I had thought.
 
Bates said:
I think Pastrnak is there??
2badknees said:
Never mind, found a list.

Connor McDavid, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Bennett, Robby Fabbri ,Jared McCann (Canada)
Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin Dylan Larkin, (USA)
David Pastrnak (Czech Republic)
Nikolaj Ehlers (Denmark)

Basically just wanted to head off the inevitable "our Canadian junior program is no longer elite" media wailing that will likely follow the loss.
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Pastrnak was added to the Czech roster after their 1st game.
 
TML fan said:
CarltonTheBear said:
That "punch" happens probably 50 times a game. Come on.
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It was a crap call. Irrelevant. Have some discipline.
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how many times have been hit in the chest with a stick. I am sure you would not of punched back. It was a shit call.
the Finish guy should of gotten 5 mins.
Virtanen should of never been playing this game.
 
2badknees said:
Not too bothered by the loss. Terrible goaltending, rack disciprine, and imo, poor coaching.
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Agree on all counts, though I wouldn't say the goaltending was too terrible, but it certainly wasn't Team Canada's strongest point, the way goaltending used to be in previous tourneys.

Lump that in with the fact that this team was never really in it from the start of these World Juniors -- with the exception of some players who actually showed up to play -- add in a system that never really meshed itself on the team -- defencemen somehow unable to pass up the middle (using the boards too often), players not playing their usual game with being physical and going to the net more, and a powerplay that seemed to have held itself back -- well, what results could we have expected?

Everyone else (that we played) was just better than us.
 
For the first time in 18 years in a WJHC, Team Canada will not be challenging for a medal.


http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-just-couldnt-get-it-together-at-world-juniors/. 
 
The dynamic US offence, led by Austin Matthews' hat-trick dubbed the Czech Republic 7-0 in their Quarter-Final game.

Team USA will now play Team Russia in the Semi-Finals.


In other action, Finland on the heels of their 6-5 win over Team Canada in the Quarter-Finals, will meet Team Sweden for the Semis.


http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/matthews-hat-trick-leads-u-s-to-rout-of-czechs/
 
Those dastardly teenagers were just too immature for excellent coach Lowry.

?There is a point in time where that transfer of responsibility goes from the coach to the player and that?s the beauty of this event,? said Renney. ?We?re talking about teenagers that have to cope and deal with situations in the spontaneity of hockey that sometimes work against you and sometimes don?t. The bottom line is the coaching staff did an excellent job. At the end of the day, our special teams needed to maybe perform a little bit better. When you?re save percentage is under .900, everybody knows that it?s going to be tough to win.?

While Finland made a goalie change after Canada?s third goal, Lowry kept Mackenzie Blackwood in the game for all six goals. It was a decision that Renney supported.

?At the end of the day, I was paying more attention to the way we were playing than the goaltending, to be honest with you," Renney said. "And I was more concerned with the discipline of our team and making sure we could keep a real good power play off the ice by the nature of how we played collectively. As much as we lost that game, we certainly could have won it if we had
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Potvin29 said:
And Finland beats Sweden 2-1 to advance to the Gold Medal game.  Leafs prospect Timashov had a nice assist on Sweden's only goal.
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Stupid tournament couldn't have completed their action while I was still on holidays from work.

Anyway, yeah with Nylander out I figured the Swedes would have a tough time there. That's quite the change in pace though from the CAN-FIN game.
 
Ron Wilson doesn't know any players on the Russian team:

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He said something similar about Team Sweden earlier too. He was asked about Alexander Nylander and he replied "who's he?".
 
Yeah, well, if Team Canada had Connor McDavid then we could have pointed out that we'd have won if Connor McDavid didn't have a shoulder injury.
 
Potvin29 said:
And Finland beats Sweden 2-1 to advance to the Gold Medal game.  Leafs prospect Timashov had a nice assist on Sweden's only goal.
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Kapanen with two apples in this one, basically the Swedes shut down Finland's top unit and Kapanen set-up both Finnish goals.
 
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