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Originally Posted by tempz
His best performances in the World Championship came against Germany (4 pts), Belarus (3 pts) and Kazakhstan (2 pts). None of which are loaded with NHLers. In the preliminary round he was pointless against the Swiss, Russians, and Finns. He also added one assist in a 6-5 loss to the Latvians. Then in the quarter finals he was pointless against the Czechs when the US lost 4-3 and he played 21:43, more than any other US forward, and registered 3 shots.
While his tournament totals were impressive, his productivity against elite team's with higher level talent was non-existent.
I'm not saying this tarnishes anything about the kid's potential, nor am I saying he played badly in those pointless games. I'm just answering your initial question.
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Understandable and I would agree with you to certain extent but I was hearing from many posters watching the games that he was one of the better players on the ice. There were lots of chances where he'd pass the puck and they couldn't handle it because it was unexpected (Perfect passes by all accounts) and had his team been playing less poopty they would have done a lot better against the Czechs.
Also I believe Team USA was a pretty young and inexperienced team.
But I'm not going to be sad if JG starts in the A and plays onto the Flames. He will determine his own fate.
