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The excitement for this tournament has been waning for a full decade but it's back and so here's the thread. Official Site Here are the groups. Sweden already destroyed Austria and Suisse beat Finland in OT. Latvia and the US are currently tied at 2.  
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Dec 26, 2022 23:36
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Latvia has two goals on two shots this period. US looks kinda lovely tbh, not super impressed by what I'm seeing from their forwards.
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Dec 26, 2022 23:37
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Tragically, the US is now leading
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Dec 27, 2022 00:03
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My favorite holiday tradition is Sweden absolutely steamrolling through the group stage before going home without a medal
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Dec 27, 2022 00:06
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Wright and Bedard on the first line together. Time to find out which one has the stronger influence over the other, I guess.
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Dec 27, 2022 00:20
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The US has looked kinda disjointed and not that creative this game, but they've got some D who can create chances and a few Brady T types who just go hard to the net and make you want to sock them in the face so that's nice I've definitely seen Luke Hughes play better
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Dec 27, 2022 00:25
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If you hit the goalie in the head with your stick trying to score a Michigan-style goal it should be a penalty 
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Dec 27, 2022 01:06
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Lol they have the reviews in world juniors too now?
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Dec 27, 2022 01:08
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obligatory lol Canada
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Dec 27, 2022 01:19
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Bedard already in superstar mode of getting out of the way of point shots
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Dec 27, 2022 01:19
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It was going well until it wasn't
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Dec 27, 2022 01:21
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Love the abject lack of advertisers
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Dec 27, 2022 01:30
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Bedards wrister remains absolutely insane
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Dec 27, 2022 01:42
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he volleyed his own shot
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Dec 27, 2022 01:44
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Man what is Canada loving doing this game
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Dec 27, 2022 01:46
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Man how fuckin often are the refs gonna be in the video booth this tournament
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Dec 27, 2022 01:50
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Wow bullshit call there
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Dec 27, 2022 01:51
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Canada looks like complete loving sbit
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Dec 27, 2022 01:59
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very funny how all day we heard about how "this might be the best team Canada in years"
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Dec 27, 2022 02:00
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The Canadian goaltending controversy started early this year
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Dec 27, 2022 02:00
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Holy poo poo the Canadian defence and goaltending is atrocious so far
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Dec 27, 2022 02:01
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Like complete absolute total poo poo. Let's see if this goalie can stop anything
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Dec 27, 2022 02:01
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Even if they get there poo poo togeher from here with the other goalie I'm not sure they can get back into this now
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Dec 27, 2022 02:02
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Nice dive e: Czechs doing a really good job of collapsing and not giving Canada very many quality shooting lanes during this barrage Kale fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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Dec 27, 2022 02:09
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ThinkTank posted:Love the abject lack of advertisers It's hilarious. Instead of Telus and scotiabanks sappy garbage it's a garage door light that's super bright and available via mail order lol
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Dec 27, 2022 02:19
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Czechs doing a good job getting in shooting lanes but holy hell, hit the net you teenage jabronis
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Dec 27, 2022 02:44
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Welp Canada reallt screwed up that game. Credit to Czechs for being way better on defense and not taking too many penalties.
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Dec 27, 2022 03:00
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The 5th goal was just utterly embarrassing. Took any life away from Canada. Hopefully we won't see that goalie ever again
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Dec 27, 2022 03:13
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Holy loving penalties manthehoodie posted:The 5th goal was just utterly embarrassing. Took any life away from Canada. Hopefully we won't see that goalie ever again Yeah that goalie was brutal. No goals allowed after he was pulled but like offense didnt look particularly cohesive for Canada either. They were quick gaining the zone and getting close to the net but the shots were pretty much all bad quality. I don't know if they'd have got back into it even without all the penalties but I couldnhave foreseen something like a 2-1 game for Canada at least without the horrendous goaltending to start. Kale fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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Dec 27, 2022 03:14
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This Czech age group seems pretty good, to be fair. They upset the US last tournament as well.
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Dec 27, 2022 03:40
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Apparently last night was the first time Canada ever lost to the Czechs in regulation in tournament history but at the same time thats also probably the worst 30 minute or so stretch of Goaltending a team Canada has ever gotten in tournament history. Like you can say the defense made some mistakes but that Gaudreau guy was beyond terrible. They'll probably give him at least one more game but a very short leash I imagine. Like one more bad goa against Germany or something and hes done for the tournament. The other guy was at least competent and didnt allow any goals so....
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Dec 27, 2022 16:14
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I know Junior goalie stats can be weird (especially when it comes to NHL projection) but starting a guy who has posted .890/.891/.868 (the .868 is this year!) in this three OHL seasons and a .787 in his U17 year with Canada seems optimistic. But hey I guess one solid U18 and the draft pedigree outweighs all of that. T-Bone fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Dec 27, 2022 |
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Dec 27, 2022 16:29
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T-Bone posted:I know Junior goalie stats in can be weird (especially when it comes to NHL projection) but starting a guy who has posted .890/.891/.868 (the .868 is this year!) in this three OHL seasons and a .787 in his U17 year with Canada seems optimistic. He has a record for the U20 now. 1 game which he did not finish. 10.42 GAA and .706 sv%
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Dec 27, 2022 16:47
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T-Bone posted:I know Junior goalie stats in can be weird (especially when it comes to NHL projection) but starting a guy who has posted .890/.891/.868 (the .868 is this year!) in this three OHL seasons and a .787 in his U17 year with Canada seems optimistic. According to some person on reddit, there are 17 U20 Canadian goalies in the OHL with a better SV% than Gaudreau
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Dec 27, 2022 17:10
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Canada imploding because some guys tried to do the Michigan is kinda funny
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Dec 27, 2022 23:50
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Canada imploding because some guys tried to do the Michigan is kinda funny i saw this blow up on twitter and it was made to seem like they were cutesy plays with no chance of success. when i actually watched both of them they seemed like really good scoring chances though
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Dec 28, 2022 00:34
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clean ayers act posted:i saw this blow up on twitter and it was made to seem like they were cutesy plays with no chance of success. yea they looked like good opportunities to me, which is why I'm confused about them being called out. The only thing I can think of is that the other dumb teens on the team think they're showboating for the draft or whatever.
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Dec 28, 2022 01:05
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The Dirty Burger posted:If you hit the goalie in the head with your stick trying to score a Michigan-style goal it should be a penalty Follow through on a shot isn't a penalty, sucka
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Dec 28, 2022 04:47
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Slovakia leading 3-2 over the US was enough to get me to tune in, and as soon as I do Slovakia scores again.
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Dec 28, 2022 23:28
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Slovakia giving it to Team USA 4-2 now though still only period 2 that's a pretty similar stat line to the Czechia/Canada game by that point too. Czechoslovakia>North America this tournament?clean ayers act posted:i saw this blow up on twitter and it was made to seem like they were cutesy plays with no chance of success. Good scoring chances for Canada, not particularly great shots. It never seemed like the Czech goalie had to make any particularly 5 alarm saves really. He just played a completely solid .940 sv% game and only let in a couple goals. He also followed it up with a shut out against Austria and the Czech's won that 9-0 and is now the tournament leading goaltender for important stats. So far it's the best Czech team I've ever seen at this tournament in terms of on ice play to be honest. Meanwhile Canada took a poo poo load of penalties including a major, got brutal goaltending from Gaudreau and never got any super great shots off in the 3rd period. Milic is starting against Germany which is probably a big step down from Czechia in terms of competition but we'll see how that goes. He was sure as poo poo better than Gaudreau by a long shot. Despite facing about 9-10 less shots he saved them all and looked competent at least so we'll see. Kale fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Dec 28, 2022 |
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