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World Junior Hockey Championships (WJHC 2013)

Swedish Television are currently interviewing H?kan Andersson, the scout from Detroit, he's watched most swedish players here 20-40 times. I wonder how much our scouts watch every single player ???
 
Coaching was a major issue, and not to blame Subban too much, but he should have been pulled after the 2nd goal. He looked nervous and defeated after that one got passed him. You could just see he wasn't in the groove from the get go, and the team wasnt ready to compete this morning at all. I'm blaming Spott. He needed to recognize this and didn't. This team was good enough to win the gold this year, and simply blew it. >:(
 
Stebro, Swedes looking good, quite in control of the game not allowing Russians to do anything dangerous. Shots 14-2 Sweden in the first !!
 
drummond said:
Stebro, Swedes looking good, quite in control of the game not allowing Russians to do anything dangerous. Shots 14-2 Sweden in the first !!
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Yeah, our strategy is working alright, as long as we keep the puck things will be fine :) I think that the Russians are doing the same mistake that Canada did vs USA, they give us too much respect, too much space, we can skate around almost the way we want to.

2-1, nice of us to help the russians out :P
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Ryan Murphy playing ahead of Reilly is a travesty.

This Canadian coach is awful, he has energy guys out there at inopportune moments.

Perhaps hiring a coach who has won nothing was not a good call.
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Yup.

Spott over used Ryan Murphy and should have probably not even selected him, he kept Rielly on a leash the entire tournament until the 3rd period today when he had no choice and made all sorts of weird decisions.  This team was stiff and NOT ready to play today.  Subban should have been given a game off earlier in the tournament.. the back to back games would have been ideal, although I don't think fatigue is the prime reason he had a bad game.

I'm getting tired of the rotating coach thing. I think when they find winning formulas they should keep them and stop messing with them.  for example, Pat Quinn is available and did incredibly well in his time coaching this group, has FAAAAAAR more experience than basically any CHL coach out there and other than winnning a Cup, he's won it all. Just let him coach every year for the forseeable future, change up the assistants to give other coaches an opportunity and stop experimenting.

 
Looks like my boys are playing for the championship!  I just finished watching the highlights, US looked pretty good. 

Nice to be able to follow some hockey at least, of course he in the States there hasn't been one mention of the WJC.  Thankfully the NHL network exists. 
 
Corn Flake said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Ryan Murphy playing ahead of Reilly is a travesty.

This Canadian coach is awful, he has energy guys out there at inopportune moments.

Perhaps hiring a coach who has won nothing was not a good call.
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Yup.

Spott over used Ryan Murphy and should have probably not even selected him, he kept Rielly on a leash the entire tournament until the 3rd period today when he had no choice and made all sorts of weird decisions.  This team was stiff and NOT ready to play today.  Subban should have been given a game off earlier in the tournament.. the back to back games would have been ideal, although I don't think fatigue is the prime reason he had a bad game.

I'm getting tired of the rotating coach thing. I think when they find winning formulas they should keep them and stop messing with them.  for example, Pat Quinn is available and did incredibly well in his time coaching this group, has FAAAAAAR more experience than basically any CHL coach out there and other than winnning a Cup, he's won it all. Just let him coach every year for the forseeable future, change up the assistants to give other coaches an opportunity and stop experimenting.
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Plus Quinn is a presence behind the bench. I'm convinced these players don't even pay attention to the coach. Quinn is a pretty hard guy to ignore.
 
TML fan said:
Plus Quinn is a presence behind the bench. I'm convinced these players don't even pay attention to the coach. Quinn is a pretty hard guy to ignore.
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Exactly.  You don't mess around on Quinn, not for a second.  That said, the kids who played for him all said he was an amazing coach and really good to him - probably because they didn't mess around on him. :)

His style is the right one to have in this tournament.  He likes the offense to play almost run and gun, and gets his defesne engaged in the attack .. I think a little too much for the NHL now but perfect for international tournaments.  His success demonstrated he could get a bunch of teenagers ready to play in a big hurry and on a short run like this, keep them engaged and motivated. 

no coincidence the last two times Canada won gold, Quinn was coach. They haven't won gold since. 
 
Corn Flake said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Ryan Murphy playing ahead of Reilly is a travesty.

This Canadian coach is awful, he has energy guys out there at inopportune moments.

Perhaps hiring a coach who has won nothing was not a good call.
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Yup.

Spott over used Ryan Murphy and should have probably not even selected him, he kept Rielly on a leash the entire tournament until the 3rd period today when he had no choice and made all sorts of weird decisions.  This team was stiff and NOT ready to play today.  Subban should have been given a game off earlier in the tournament.. the back to back games would have been ideal, although I don't think fatigue is the prime reason he had a bad game.

I'm getting tired of the rotating coach thing. I think when they find winning formulas they should keep them and stop messing with them.  for example, Pat Quinn is available and did incredibly well in his time coaching this group, has FAAAAAAR more experience than basically any CHL coach out there and other than winnning a Cup, he's won it all. Just let him coach every year for the forseeable future, change up the assistants to give other coaches an opportunity and stop experimenting.
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I think hockey Canada will have another "moratorium" after this one. They got all the players they wanted for this tournament, and still looked absolutely brutal against a team they already beat in the round robin. They certainly need to address their coaching strategy moving forward, and I like your idea of keeping a guy like Quinn in the fold as a fixture for the young guys that play for Canada in this tournament.
 
Penalty shots between Sweden-Russia...great...I'd prefer sudden until it's over...sweet we made it...facing USA should be tough though.
 
I know you can't base it entirely on what happens at the WJC but if I have the #1 pick this June...I don't know if Mackinnon is in the mix. He may not be the #2 choice.
 
What a terrible collapse on the first goal. Absolutely atrocious. They all panicked like chickens with their heads cut off.
 
Corn Flake said:
TML fan said:
Plus Quinn is a presence behind the bench. I'm convinced these players don't even pay attention to the coach. Quinn is a pretty hard guy to ignore.
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Exactly.  You don't mess around on Quinn, not for a second.  That said, the kids who played for him all said he was an amazing coach and really good to him - probably because they didn't mess around on him. :)

His style is the right one to have in this tournament.  He likes the offense to play almost run and gun, and gets his defesne engaged in the attack .. I think a little too much for the NHL now but perfect for international tournaments.  His success demonstrated he could get a bunch of teenagers ready to play in a big hurry and on a short run like this, keep them engaged and motivated. 

no coincidence the last two times Canada won gold, Quinn was coach. They haven't won gold since.
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Perhaps find out if Quinn wants to before we book every Christmas/holiday period for the rest of his life to coach juniors?  ;)
 
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