Lots of hand-wringing going on about something that "doesn't matter"...LOL
I mean it's a hockey forum obviously we're going to discuss it; however, I don't see myself in a jam packed pub with palpable anxiety in the air on the day of the final.
Totally disagree. Well, I can with 100% certainty say that World Cup 2016 was a clown show for Europeans, we didn’t see any prestige in it, wasn’t a best of the best tournament, just a cheap money grab exhibition show.
And hockey Canada really needs to do something about the goaltending situation. Make it cheaper for parents to register their kid if they’re goalies or something so we get more talent at the position. That’s a sad list compared to the forwards and defence.
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People saying Backlund snubbed, and here I am going "How the hell do you leave William Eklund off that team?!"
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And hockey Canada really needs to do something about the goaltending situation. Make it cheaper for parents to register their kid if they’re goalies or something so we get more talent at the position. That’s a sad list compared to the forwards and defence.
Reduced registration fees would be nice (says the dad of a 14 year old goalie), but the biggest issue is development paths.
95% of coaches in minor hockey have no clue what to do with goalies, and associations provide very little for additional development, where as they'll bring in power skating coaches, and figure skating coaches, and shooting coaches for the 18 other skaters on the ice, while the goalies get put in the crease and shot at.
The only way to get proper goalie development is to look outside the registered associations and away from teams, which many associations and coaches frown upon because often they have conflicting schedules, so you either choose to be part of the team, or to get better as a goalie. More often then not when you choose to get better as a goalie, you're seen as selfish, and not a team player so then you lose playing time, or end up blacklisted and falling out of favor with higher tiered teams. But when you choose not to develop the goaltending skills, the goalie is usually the first one blamed when games don't go the way you want them to.
Hockey Canada needs to mandate more inclusive training opportunities for Goalies, and provide clearer development paths that should be followed the same way they are for the rest of the team. There's no shortage of young goalies, or talent anymore, it's entirely a development issue.
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Because he’s been good for like two months at the NHL level
Disagree. We have a full year last year of watching him play as an NHL regular, and the takeway from that was, "exceptionally talented". Now this year he's taken a major leap. You just have to watch him to see that, yeah, he's very, very good.
Again there is a depressing amount of caveman thinking going on here. I thought we were past this "100 hockey men" stuff.
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People saying Backlund snubbed, and here I am going "How the hell do you leave William Eklund off that team?!"
Mikael Backlund is one of the best defensive centers in the NHL.
He is tops in the hardest 5v5 zone starts of all forwards, and blows the doors off the majority of any players possession wise even close to his very difficult zone starts.
As do his line mates.
Mikael Backlund is underrated. He should be tops of the list in Selke this year. In my opinion. He is shutting down everyone this year.
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Mikael Backlund is one of the best defensive centers in the NHL.
He is tops in the hardest 5v5 zone starts of all forwards, and blows the doors off the majority of any players possession wise even close to his very difficult zone starts.
As do his line mates.
Mikael Backlund is underrated. He should be tops of the list in Selke this year. In my opinion. He is shutting down everyone this year.
Yep. No forward in the NHL has more defensive zone starts or defensive zone faceoffs than Backlund does and despite that he dominates his opposition analytically and has a positive goal differential.
The guy is still a phenomenal hockey player and I would agree doesn't get the recognition he deserves even by us Flames fans at times for the job he does shutting great players down.
I mean Lindholm is a fraud 3 goals and can’t carry a line. At least Backlund can carry his own down and play against top players. He also has 4 goals and 12 points.
Having a sulking bum like Elias Lindholm and Arvidson is embarrassing. Pretty on brand for this exhibition display.
Seems like it’s been fixed to give McDavid a big moment.
