2026 World Juniors Tourney

[Chef Boi RD]

So, apparently one of the refs is Swedish. My sincere apologies.
The refereeing is horrible.

Latvia kinda got screwed there in the 2nd

Man alive are we sloppy, barely watchable, ffs.

I can't see them going far this year.
Not cohesive at all, offence or defense

Cohesion is a good way of putting it. A complete lack thereof

[Megaterio Llamas]

Brewnicky or whatever is terrible in his own end holy fawk.

Who was that kid from Abby Topper used to like?

This Brunicke looks just like him to me

That hack that plays for the Flyers. Garbage player.

Brunicke is already on the Pittsburgh roster at 19.

And a career like Juulsen's is not too shabby.

Point taken Blob.

[Chef Boi RD]

McKenna can definitely make a pass, but buddy, can you do more than that please?

If one wants to see skill on display watch Cole Hutson, the guy brings you out of your seat every shift. Is McKenna not capable of this? I thought he was the next great thing?

[Blob Mckenzie]

Brewnicky or whatever is terrible in his own end holy fawk.

Who was that kid from Abby Topper used to like?

This Brunicke looks just like him to me

That hack that plays for the Flyers. Garbage player.

Brunicke is already on the Pittsburgh roster at 19.

And a career like Juulsen's is not too shabby.

Point taken Blob.

Brunnicke is already a better player than Juulsen. Kid will be a solid second pairing guy. 20 mn last night and was +3. Not a be all end all stat but Zayne deseved his -3 last night.

Hope Canada wins. I knoww I'm in the minority here.

[Chef Boi RD]

Brunicke! lol. First passes the puck to a Latvian player in our zone then ices the puck for no reason. Did you watch that sequence, Blob? I did. Should I just ignore that? lol. Nothing to see here! lol

[Per]

Jeezus, Latvia is smaller than Vancouver. How is that a country?

It’s a teeny tiny country, but they started playing hockey before russia did. After they were annexed by the Soviet Union Dinamo Riga was one of the best teams in the Soviet league. After they were annexed Soviet Union broke up they continued to play in the KHL and formed the backbone of the Latvian national team. Since the russians started their illegal invasion of Ukraine both Dinamo Riga and the Finnish team Jokerit withdrew from the league in protest. Jokerit had to start over in the Finnish second tier league but is likely to get promoted to the Finnish SM-Liiga next year. Sadly Dinamo Riga has now folded after playing one season in a local Latvian league. The league they have now in Latvia is of questionable quality, but many of their juniors play abroad. If you look at the current squad there are players playing in Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Switzerland, Germany, Canada and the USA. They take a lot of pride in their national team, so I hope they can keep it going. It would have been nice if either Finland or Sweden had opened up a slot for Dinamo Riga, but that did not happen.

[Chef Boi RD]

Help me out here, I seem to be overly negative, what are the positive takeaways here? I’m struggling to find them.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Jeezus, Latvia is smaller than Vancouver. How is that a country?

It’s a teeny tiny country, but they started playing hockey before russia did. After they were annexed by the Soviet Union Dinamo Riga was one of the best teams in the Soviet league. After they were annexed Soviet Union broke up they continued to play in the KHL and formed the backbone of the Latvian national team. Since the russians started their illegal invasion of Ukraine both Dinamo Riga and the Finnish team Jokerit withdrew from the league in protest. Jokerit had to start over in the Finnish second tier league but is likely to get promoted to the Finnish SM-Liiga next year. Sadly Dinamo Riga has now folded after playing one season in a local Latvian league. The league they have now in Latvia is of questionable quality, but many of their juniors play abroad. If you look at the current squad there are players playing in Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Switzerland, Germany, Canada and the USA. They take a lot of pride in their national team, so I hope they can keep it going. It would have been nice if either Finland or Sweden had opened up a slot for Dinamo Riga, but that did not happen.

I'll never forget the great Helmut Balderis.

[Megaterio Llamas]

I have liked the work og Mighael Hage so far.

Cole Beaudoin seems like a handy player too.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Brewnicky or whatever is terrible in his own end holy fawk.

Who was that kid from Abby Topper used to like?

This Brunicke looks just like him to me

That hack that plays for the Flyers. Garbage player.

Brunicke is already on the Pittsburgh roster at 19.

And a career like Juulsen's is not too shabby.

Point taken Blob.

Hope Canada wins. I knoww I'm in the minority here.

Knock it off Blob

[Blob Mckenzie]

Brunicke! lol. First passes the puck to a Latvian player in our zone then ices the puck for no reason. Did you watch that sequence, Blob? I did. Should I just ignore that? lol. Nothing to see here! lol

2021 WJC:


'Jamie Drysdale was Canada's best D man, Bowen Byram is a bum'

Remember when

[Megaterio Llamas]

Brady Martin is not the guy you want to fuck with.

He'll hurt that Latvian.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Brewnicky or whatever is terrible in his own end holy fawk.

Who was that kid from Abby Topper used to like?

This Brunicke looks just like him to me

That hack that plays for the Flyers. Garbage player.

Brunicke is already on the Pittsburgh roster at 19.

And a career like Juulsen's is not too shabby.

Point taken Blob.

Hope Canada wins. I knoww I'm in the minority here.

Knock it off Blob

Lotsa Latvian Orthodox coverts on this board.

[Chef Boi RD]

I have liked the work og Mighael Hage so far.

Cole Beaudoin seems like a handy player too.

Beaudoin works hard, no issues with Hage’s game and drive, same with Iginla. McKenna is just watching out there. Martone needs to move his feet, way to stationary. Misa is fighting the puck. Martin is kind of a nothing player, don’t notice him. Reschny is more noticeable today.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Mike Grier decided to mothball Misa all year instead of sending him to the NCAA. Big mistake, but he's starting to shake the cobwebs now.