[GDT] WJC Pre-Tourney: Canada vs Sweden. 10 AM. TSN

[442scotty]

McDonald playing himself out of the tourney

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by drewtastic

I think his play's been somewhere between "good" and this post. Extended PP time (especially 5 on 3) makes it easier to score, but McDonald has certainly been suspect on a couple.

My post wasn't fair because it didn't mention the team in front of him looking like junk and playing like boneheads. But I felt it wasn't quite on the level to say he'd played well. After the 6th goal he certainly locked it down on the chances Sweden did have, but he never looked comfortable and he played as big a role as any other player in that meltdown. Poor tracking, down early and slumping forward, deep in his net.

All that being said, it was one period. Just one really bad one.

[drewtastic]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

My post wasn't fair because it didn't mention the team in front of him looking like junk and playing like boneheads. But I felt it wasn't quite on the level to say he'd played well. After the 6th goal he certainly locked it down on the chances Sweden did have, but he never looked comfortable and he played a big a role as any other player in that meltdown. Poor tracking, down early and slumping forward, deep in his net.

All that being said, it was one period. Just one really bad one.

Completely agreed--and I agreed with your initial comment that to say he was playing "well" was a reach. But (like you explain here) it wasn't all on him

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[dino7c]

Remember these are junior players not NHLers

Games like this are normal