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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 1, 2019 8:39:53 GMT -5
Quarter Final Wednesday coming up, featuring our seven prospects. At least one goes home with CAN and FIN playing an elimination game head to head. I expect six of them should make it to the Semi Final stage, but we will wait and see.
SUI vs SWE (Olofsson) 4:00pm ET TSN3/5
FIN (Ylönen) vs CAN (Brook, Suzuki) 6:30pm ET TSN
CZE vs USA (Poehling, Primeau) 8:00pm ET TSN2
SLO vs RUS (Romanov) 10:30pm ET TSN3/5
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Post by mikeg on Jan 1, 2019 11:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by blny on Jan 1, 2019 11:15:57 GMT -5
Watching Can/Rus. I’m disappointed Hunter isn’t using Brook more. He’s been very strong. Bouchard and Dobson OTOH have left me wanting. Brook’s transition game has been excellent. He’s impressing me a lot AFAIC, Hunter is an old school coach. He's like so many we've had before Ducharme. He's stuck in his ways and in his lines. |
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Post by blny on Jan 1, 2019 16:01:25 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 1, 2019 22:14:54 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Jan 2, 2019 1:15:07 GMT -5
Watching Can/Rus. I’m disappointed Hunter isn’t using Brook more. He’s been very strong. Bouchard and Dobson OTOH have left me wanting. Brook’s transition game has been excellent. He’s impressing me a lot AFAIC, Hunter is an old school coach. He's like so many we've had before Ducharme. He's stuck in his ways and in his lines. Funny thing is that Hunter is Brooks' coach in Moose Jaw. Maybe that's playing into it as he doesn't want to be seen as showing any favouritism, but Brook has been really good and Bouchard not so much. Nothing wrong with giving Josh a shot at that PP unit. He's been getting shots through. |
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Post by blny on Jan 2, 2019 2:43:30 GMT -5
AFAIC, Hunter is an old school coach. He's like so many we've had before Ducharme. He's stuck in his ways and in his lines. Funny thing is that Hunter is Brooks' coach in Moose Jaw. Maybe that's playing into it as he doesn't want to be seen as showing any favouritism, but Brook has been really good and Bouchard not so much. Nothing wrong with giving Josh a shot at that PP unit. He's been getting shots through. Goes beyond that for me. Aside from Entwhistle, he's done very little to juggle the top six, when it's clear they're not really functioning well. Despite the score, that game against Denmark was a prime opportunity to get everyone going. Mix things up in the third. See if you can get some of the guys that have yet to score on the sheet. |
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Post by folatre on Jan 2, 2019 11:37:33 GMT -5
It is great to see Poehling and Romanov exceeding the expectations that most people had for them in this tournament as they play larger than anticipated roles for their teams.
The Habs Canadian boys are playing good, though as has been discussed they have less prominent roles for clear and unclear reasons.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 15:05:06 GMT -5
Primeau gets the nod for the next game. This likely means the starter's job is his to lose as the team heads to the single elimination playoffs now. A loss means the team goes home. A win with a poor goaltending performance means Keyser could very well get back in.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 15:09:23 GMT -5
With the Swedish game first up today in an hour, this is good news for the Tre Kronor. It also means Olofsson gets to play forward again!
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Post by blny on Jan 2, 2019 18:26:17 GMT -5
Man. Sweden choked again. Lost 2-0 to Suisse.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 18:46:21 GMT -5
Canada v Switz would be interesting.... they always give us fits
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 18:48:15 GMT -5
What's with Hunter, even the guys on TSN are saying the 2nd pp unit is better than the 1st, but each pp he starts with the so called #1 unit.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 18:55:29 GMT -5
The 2nd pp against the Finns is no better than the first
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 18:57:33 GMT -5
Man is Brook ever calm with the puck in the D zone
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Post by seventeen on Jan 2, 2019 18:59:31 GMT -5
Canada v Switz would be interesting.... they always give us fits Finland vs Switzerland is also very possible. Waiting for Hunter to play Brook more as he continues to look better than Bouchard or Dobson. Sigh. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 19:00:11 GMT -5
Our special teams are just not good enough.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 19:00:28 GMT -5
The way the Finns are playing glad KKkid isnt there
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 19:03:09 GMT -5
Man. Sweden choked again. Lost 2-0 to Suisse. This Swedish Team has scoring issues. I was quite shocked they won their pool. The Swiss play a notorious tight defensive team game. It is still quite the upset. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 19:03:46 GMT -5
Team canada cant get the puck out... reminds of the habs
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Post by seventeen on Jan 2, 2019 19:04:49 GMT -5
Don’t like the panic threshold on Canada. Brook has been great and Smith pretty good too but other guys are just clearing wildly and turning it over. Cool down guys.
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Post by franko on Jan 2, 2019 19:07:23 GMT -5
The 2nd pp against the Finns is no better than the first the Montreal Canadiens school of hockey |
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 19:09:29 GMT -5
Don’t like the panic threshold on Canada. Brook has been great and Smith pretty good too but other guys are just clearing wildly and turning it over. Cool down guys. Bouchard looks lost out there when hemmed in... vic 20 processor?? |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 19:09:48 GMT -5
Bouchard is going to be on the ice for a goal against. Just sayin’.
To seventeen’s point, this team is not the toughest mentally. They admitted that the hype and pressure of the New Year’s Eve game got to them. Well, it does not get any easier. Suck it up boys, and just play your game.
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Post by seventeen on Jan 2, 2019 19:10:15 GMT -5
Disappointed in Hunter. His in game adjustments are nonexistent.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 19:11:32 GMT -5
Good thing DiPietro is on his game... because most of the D aren't
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Post by Willie Dog on Jan 2, 2019 19:23:45 GMT -5
The Scotiabank NHL commercials are soooo sickening
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 19:30:01 GMT -5
Nice shot Mitchell. Hope that helps them relax.
Calahoo, AB.
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Post by Tankdriver on Jan 2, 2019 19:31:58 GMT -5
Anyone else disappointed with team Canada? Just seems something is missing with this team. It's been a few years since a McDavid or a Crosby, or heck even a Toews, Price or Doughty has been produced by Canada. Time to get worried?
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jan 2, 2019 19:49:46 GMT -5
Finns winning more puck battles and are the quicker team. We also have a lot of guys playing very soft.
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