[GT] WJC Day 2: SWE vs CZE (12pm MT), GER vs CAN (4pm MT), USA vs AUT (7:30pm MT)

[CF84]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Jokes abound but actually watching the flames players hasn't been much better than stat watching. Pelletier is ok but I don't see anything game breaking there. Zary looks like bambi half the time. His skating is far worse than Tkachuk at the same age (who some used as a comparable skating wise at draft). Plus he was benched for poor decision making for a good chunk of a blowout game. The fact that they haven't hit the score sheet (pelletier just scored) is just another in a list of red flags so far.

You remind me so much of ricardodw right now.

[Flashpoint]

Haha

Every night in quarantine Tre would call Zary and Pelletier and ask Flames trivia.

Pelletier won. Zary said “Iggy” to every question.

[djsFlames]

Time for #32 to huff and puff and blow the house down.

[scobel]

Canada did what they needed to do but a really tough game to judge anything. I liked what Pelletier did on the forecheck and overall looked solid. Zary seemed a bit lost and I believe he also got stuck a bit in the numbers game with Mercer and Tomansino having a great start to the game. As I said earlier really tough to judge and look forward to what happens when the competition picks up.

[timbit]

A casual observation. The USA team has a lot of talent but nowhere near the poise that the Canadians possess.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by timbit

A casual observation. The USA team has a lot of talent but nowhere near the poise that the Canadians possess.

I don't even see a whole lot of talent. It's early, but so far they look like one of the weaker US teams of recent years.

[Bonded]

Austrian goaltender is killing it. Is he drafted?

[TheScorpion]

Trevor Zegras is gonna be a pain in the ass to play against in the Pacific.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Austrian goaltender is killing it. Is he drafted?

No.

HockeyDB has him at 5'6" though. I think that would hurt his chances of ever having an NHL career.

Edit: Nevermind, I think I was looking at their back-up goalie.

[Burning Beard]

Holy Zegras.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

No.

HockeyDB has him at 5'6" though. I think that would hurt his chances of ever having an NHL career.

Is that right? Wow. It’s got to be almost 20 years since Arturs Irbe hung them up

As of last year, the shortest guy was 6’0”, and average was 6’3”

Edit: just saw your update and noticed that the guy playing is 6’0”. Even that is short now.


https://gooddeedseats.com/all-starti...oalie-heights/

As of the time of the article :

The tallest goalie in the NHL today is Ben Bishop of the Dallas Stars, measuring in at a whopping 6'7". (That's a far cry from the older days of the NHL that had goaltenders like John Vanbiesbrouck who was 5'9" or Gump Worsley who was only 5'7".)

The shortest goaltender right now is Casey DeSmith of the Pittsburgh Penguins who is 6'0".

He was the only guy 6’0” even, and the 4 guys who were 6’1” are mostly getting long in the tooth (Lundqvist, Quick, Hutton, Howard)

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Jokes abound but actually watching the flames players hasn't been much better than stat watching. Pelletier is ok but I don't see anything game breaking there. Zary looks like bambi half the time. His skating is far worse than Tkachuk at the same age (who some used as a comparable skating wise at draft). Plus he was benched for poor decision making for a good chunk of a blowout game. The fact that they haven't hit the score sheet (pelletier just scored) is just another in a list of red flags so far.

You cannot be serious, dude!!

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Is that right? Wow. It’s got to be almost 20 years since Arturs Irbe hung them up

As of last year, the shortest guy was 6’0”, and average was 6’3”

Edit: just saw your update and noticed that the guy playing is 6’0”. Even that is short now.


https://gooddeedseats.com/all-starti...oalie-heights/

As of the time of the article :



He was the only guy 6’0” even, and the 4 guys who were 6’1” are mostly getting long in the tooth (Lundqvist, Quick, Hutton, Howard)

Accordind to NHL.com, Khudobin, Halak, and Saros are all 5'11". Seven other goalies played 25 or more games who are 6'0".

Koskinen and Bishop are both listed 6'7".

But the point still stands that most elite NHL goalies are big.

http://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?rep...=0&pageSize=50

[bigrangy]

This game is way more lopsided than the Canada/Germany game, but the Austrian goalie has been making a bunch of huge saves.

[Yamer]

It's very encouraging to see a guy like Pelletier, who missed last year's tournament due to injury, putting pedal to the metal knowing how much this opportunity means.

Calgary drafting towards character. Cool.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I don't even see a whole lot of talent. It's early, but so far they look like one of the weaker US teams of recent years.

I disagree. From the goaltending on out, they may have the second most talented team on paper in the tournament (tied with Russia). That said, they didn’t look like they had the cohesion, or team play that they should, to beat the top teams.

[getbak]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1343038407241428993

Really weird that this was possible, but it's good they found out in a game where one goal wasn't a difference maker.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by bigrangy

This game is way more lopsided than the Canada/Germany game, but the Austrian goalie has been making a bunch of huge saves.

Austria is also easily the worst team in the tournament. They have never won a game in their history.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

It's an NHL rink. How does that happen? I blame Edmonton.

Also I do not like the idea of having Zegras in the division.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

It's an NHL rink. How does that happen? I blame Edmonton.

Also I do not like the idea of having Zegras in the division.

I also blame Edmonton. It's probably their fault that Zegras is in the Pacific Division as well.