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GDT: 2013 World Junior Championships
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Jordan Binnington will be starting the bronze medal game for Canada. Too late... he was the better goalie in the exhibition games and should've been "the guy" from the start IMO.
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I'm getting tired of Canadians saying things like "The US played well, they deserved to win. Anyone can win 1 game". Sure they can. But your team has no advantage over the US squad in a 7 game series either.
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I felt the same way coming into the tournament as well. But it's easy to say now I guess...what can you do...#TeamFucaletfrizz wrote:Jordan Binnington will be starting the bronze medal game for Canada. Too late... he was the better goalie in the exhibition games and should've been "the guy" from the start IMO.
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Who is playing in the gold medal game and who is playing Canada in the bronze?
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US vs Sweden for the gold & Russia vs Canada for bronze
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Eh, I'd pick the Canadians in a 7 game series, probably in 6 or so. What the Canadians have over the US is that they could probably field 5 teams that could compete at this level. I would believe positions 89 - 110 in Canada are much stronger than positions 89-110 in the US, or anywhere else. 1-22 the advantage is much, much smaller.Idoit40fans wrote:I'm getting tired of Canadians saying things like "The US played well, they deserved to win. Anyone can win 1 game". Sure they can. But your team has no advantage over the US squad in a 7 game series either.
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Trying to generate everything from the doorstep today it seems.
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Seth jones is going to be the one of the best defensemen in the NHL in 5 years you can see it
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What difference does it make when only the top 20-22 would be playing in a 7 game series? I dont think very many would argue that Canada is deeper than any other country, but as far as the cream of the crop of each country the gap isn't that big amongst the RUS,USA,CAN,SWEpressure=9Pa wrote:Eh, I'd pick the Canadians in a 7 game series, probably in 6 or so. What the Canadians have over the US is that they could probably field 5 teams that could compete at this level. I would believe positions 89 - 110 in Canada are much stronger than positions 89-110 in the US, or anywhere else. 1-22 the advantage is much, much smaller.Idoit40fans wrote:I'm getting tired of Canadians saying things like "The US played well, they deserved to win. Anyone can win 1 game". Sure they can. But your team has no advantage over the US squad in a 7 game series either.
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Good battle so far, GO USA
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Woke up just in time.
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Exactly my point. In a tournament like this (or a best of seven with these players), there's not much difference. Canada's dominence of the sport is in their depth.Fire0nice228 wrote:What difference does it make when only the top 20-22 would be playing in a 7 game series? I dont think very many would argue that Canada is deeper than any other country, but as far as the cream of the crop of each country the gap isn't that big amongst the RUS,USA,CAN,SWEpressure=9Pa wrote:Eh, I'd pick the Canadians in a 7 game series, probably in 6 or so. What the Canadians have over the US is that they could probably field 5 teams that could compete at this level. I would believe positions 89 - 110 in Canada are much stronger than positions 89-110 in the US, or anywhere else. 1-22 the advantage is much, much smaller.Idoit40fans wrote:I'm getting tired of Canadians saying things like "The US played well, they deserved to win. Anyone can win 1 game". Sure they can. But your team has no advantage over the US squad in a 7 game series either.
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wooo, 2 in 4 years?
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That might be a bit premature, but he's had a fantastic tournament - at least what I have seen.darkstar57 wrote:Seth jones is going to be the one of the best defensemen in the NHL in 5 years you can see it
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agreedpressure=9Pa wrote:Spoiler:
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Just read that Forsberg made the tournament all star team.....hopefully we don't regret not drafting him years from now...
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That's a very poor choice in my opinion. I would have taken Karlsson and Arvidsson over him for sure on just the Swedish team...would have put him in the Rakell, Collberg area...McCabe on the All-Tourney team, also a bit of a surprise, solid throughout but wasn't head and shoulders above all others really I didn't feel. Probably would have went with Yarullin from Russia, but McCabe isn't as much of a head scratcher as Forsberg is...