This is a Massive Problem For Team Canada

[@RobTalksHockey]

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[@ssj4vegito581]

Seems like the bigger problem is these dinosaurs selecting these teams

[@Avalanche8181]

It wasn't a problem during Canads 25 wjc championships?

[@gnyphq6405]

Not to say you're wrong and I really don't know the answer to this question: Does Parekh have an attitude problem? If I'm picking a team that is comprised of L1 forwards and D's (many with letters) I would omit poison from my locker room. There 's little room for an overly talented asshole. edit - also (again, I barely know this kid) but if his defensive game is suspect, he could mauled against the States (and other larger teams)

[@PeteCore75]

A lot of these decisions are political. Not inviting Misa or Yakemchuk to camp is a joke.

[@genericusername9551]

It has to do with where they’re playing next year as well. Hockey Canada didn’t like the fact that mesa took a million to go play for Boston next year

[@seegee9]

​@@genericusername9551 why would they have a problem with that? I believe you I'm just curious what their rationale would be

[@KoolManX-vr5ii]

@@seegee9I’d think they probably want to keep misa in Canada cause he’s such a big star he’ll help grow the game

[@seegee9]

@@KoolManX-vr5ii man I had a total brain fart and thought he was talking about the Bruin's 😂 then I realized he isn't even drafted yet. Boston U right?

[@KoolManX-vr5ii]

@@seegee9 yeah. lol

[@patheticdawg]

They are building teams that are built to last for an entire season, when they are just playing a few games. If you can have four first lines, you take it

[@angermanagementstudios]

Parekh and Yak not getting an invite is utter madness.

[@tubingforever]

Should be criminal to not have Misa in there!

[@45crisess]

My only problem is, how do you not even invite misa to camp?

[@seegee9]

Has to be something behind the scenes no? Hockey Canada is a pretty crooked organization

[@tradertrav6414]

I had a buddy play in the tournament a few years back. Says that the decisions from line construction to player selection is super political and will usually favour players that have coaches from that same league. For example WHL coaches selecting more WHL players instead of the best players.

[@heywoodjablomi8445]

Sounds like sour grapes from a lesser player.

[@Legoface660]

@@heywoodjablomi8445 If he actually made the team he must've been very good considering all the good players who DIDN'T make the team

[@shakersword]

No Misa and Parekh is just silly they deserve to be there. yes both will be eligble next yr but come on Parekh is literally one of the top d prospects in the world and Misa is just insane...

[@itaintobeezy]

KZbin commenter knows best lmao

[@brendobaggins]

No yakemchuk either🫣

[@shakersword]

@@itaintobeezy You spelled ''most insiders and hockey commentators know best'' wrong. It is a VERY common opinion i did not just pick it out of a hat...

[@shakersword]

@@brendobaggins I forgot about Him i agree!

[@itaintobeezy]

@@shakersword yea there’s a reason they’re self proclaimed “insiders” and KZbin commentators and not actually working in the nhl hahaha

[@roybatty2680]

Jeremy Roenick had 566 NHL goals (Reg season & playoffs) and almost 25% were game winners.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Legend

[@heywoodjablomi8445]

And he was/is a massive asshole!

[@thefinaldispatch]

That is an insane statistic

[@jerryrick4685]

Great stat. Anither good one is if you took away all Gretzky's goals (all time leader in goals) hed still be the all time leader in NHL points on assists alone

[@tmlms1313]

Hockey Canada's philosophy isn't about chemistry or anything they like to take 19 year olds to a under 20 tournament. It's always been that way, it's nothing new. it takes very special players to get before their draft. That's why Gavin Mckenna is so rare. You can count on 1 hand the number of Draft minus 1 players that have been on Team Canada. Even Draft year like Misa are pretty rare...... Anyone who pays any attention to Junior hockey knew that last year was a big down year, it was the class that lost their Rookie CHL season to Covid. Massive setback in player development.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

I can’t wait to see Parekh playing for us in Calgary! The future of the Flames is bright! Conny absolutely won the 2024 draft.

[@electrohouselover07]

If Canada doesn't win this year I'll be shocked. They are stacked !

[@letsssgooo4618]

It’s weird cause it it’s not like they didn’t take any young studs. They took a couple but left a couple off. Then left some of the older guys off. It’s weird. You’d think they wanted to go old but still cut some of the better older guys

[@Jadhamdan1]

Ma…Massive you say?

[@FlamesEnjoyer]

The thing with parekh and misa is they were both big parts of saginaw winning the memorial cup. Theyve shown up in big games

[@RobTalksHockey]

Who is your MVP prediction? Call it now

[@KanadianGOOSE8]

Matthew Schaefer

[@mario9852-j3b]

Dvorsky

[@BrandonsOutside]

Cowan

[@AndrewAnderson-bx8uf]

This might sound really simplistic, but my solution would be to make sure your "Superstar" players can play on both sides of the puck. That way they are still useful and can contribute with less ice time. If you put Crosby on the 4th line for 10 minutes of ice time, he can still help his team, or at the very least he doesnt hurt them. At least thats been the typical approach a long time now with Team Canada

[@AlyxiSistahTweaky25]

GWG is a tough stat to use for comparisons. How much does team quality affect it? If you are a top goal scorer on a bad team, then there is a better chance that the rare win will result in a GWG for you. But you will also score in more losing efforts. Flip side, if you are a good goal scorer on a top team, you have more wins to fish for GWGs, but those game winners will be spread among more scorers. Hard to say if you should or shouldn't cancel out certain players because they are on crap NHL teams. Not to mention using scoring rates from a tournament that has at most 7-8? games per team. Sample size. Still, very interesting vid.

[@jonmendelson1104]

I have to question the methodology of clutchness having a relationship to GWG. If you score to make it 5-0 then the other team scores four goals to make it 5-4, was your goal a clutch goal or did it just happen to be the GWG? How about if you score two minutes into a game to make it 1-0, then your goalie gets the shutout? I know it's a much more difficult stat to look up, but I'd use something like goals that change the lead (tie/take the lead) in the last few minutes/overtime.

[@RobTalksHockey]

That’s fair. But keep in mind that in most cases from the prior MVP sample. We’re talking 500-1000+ games. If they are showing a higher percentage of GWG it’s speaks volume to me

[@jonmendelson1104]

@@RobTalksHockey For sure. This is less a comment about you using it and more a complaint about the value people give to GWG in general.

[@stephentyler4352]

Well done, Rob! You deliver amazing hockey content consistently. People know your name all over the globe. I’d say that’s a remarkable accomplishment given that you missed out on your pro hockey career. The backup plan worked out quite well. Thanks for your authenticity bro. 🤘🏽

[@RobTalksHockey]

I appreciate it a lot brother!

[@mikemurphy8996]

Not sure what Dave Cameron is doing. Cutting some of the defenceman they didn’t take reminds me of the year Cale Makar was the 7th D-Man on his world junior team. I remember Ray Ferraro saying during one of the games that they need to put him on the ice more because every time he’s out there Canada gets a scoring chance. Looks like they have more of a grinding hard working team that might struggle to score in the medal round. The one thing to remember though is that there is no Russia and team USA has no elite players this year. Canada should win pretty easy since they are also playing at home.

[@tmlms1313]

Game Winning Goals is a terrible stat to use to prove anything. Do you even know how it works? Lets say a player scores the goal to make it 5-0, then his team falls apart and only wins 5-4. The guy who scored the 5-0 goal gets the GWG, real clutch lol. Might have been a 4th liner because the coach was resting his stars. Another scenario. Player scores a goal to break a 1-1 tie with 2 minutes left in the game, huge clutch goal. Other team pulls their goalie and someone adds the empty netter. The losing team still pulls their goalie and gets one back making a 3-2 final. Who gets the GWG? The guy who scored the empty netter. 2023-24, Matthews had 6 hat tricks. and 10 2-goal games....... You can't score more than 1 GWG per game is that his fault? He finished the year with 8 GWG, tied for 11th in the NHL...... Even if he scored 69 goals in 69 different games the Leafs aren't going to win 69 games. The more you goals you score the less likely you are to get a GWG. Your percentage goes down. It's a completely flawed stat.

[@subbydagwoods]

As usual. Great info and great video. Enjoy the WJC Rob!

[@Schm1dtstorm]

No Riley Heidt is a joke, but the Cougars need him too so I'll only complain a little bit.

[@keistonballantyne3978]

If a 17 year old Juraj Slafkovsky does not play at the Beijing Olympics, he doesn’t get selected 1st overall.

[@CdnElJefe]

Do you think that one of the differences between teams over that last 10 years and teams of the 90’s and early 2000’s is that today’s players are less willing to accept non prominent roles like they used to? So now they have to take more role players instead of best available to not have to deal with the egos?

[@jbj7599]

Sounds like Team Canada(junior) has the US Mens Basketball team problem. Find players who can play together, instead of just the best.

[@Gojets37]

Barkey not getting picked and everbody else like misa Sennecka thsi shit gotta be rigged

[@RylanMiller-g5d]

Best rob quote, “and after looking at the numbers I would discover something truly shocking”

[@RobTalksHockey]

Hahaha

[@olivierdroletst-cyr9353]

MOM ROB UPLOADED AGAIN!!!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Hahaha

[@Turnstables]

There’s also a lot of politics that go with this tournament. Always has been always will be. Guys that shouldn’t be on end up on. Or take into account the four nations roster and how there was reporting that guys didn’t get chosen simply because they chose not to play in the world championships after losing in the playoffs before

[@mikemurphy8996]

I guess my Dennis Godla rookie card won’t be worth anything after all. 😉

[@BelgotLeons]

Also i dont feel like its canada is loosing their edge but the rest of the world have all grown leaps and bounds in the last 2 decades its become alot more poppular and competitive

[@holofech9744]

16.6% is 1 out of every 6 goals. When you consider an average game is around 6ish goals, that doesnt really seem all too impressive. At least compare it to some average players to see if that shows any difference

[@RobTalksHockey]

6 goals including both teams. The team Average is 3.03 goals

[@vegetawithabinky]

Love the background golden eye music

[@horseygirl03]

european teams have succeeded due to chemistry the past 10 years so i think Canada might be onto something

[@RocketRon7779]

We don't have the goaltending this year. I'm not certain any of this will matter but point taken that Canada couldn't afford any blips anywhere else this year and Miso and Yak not making is suspect.

[@jonmendelson1104]

I disagree with you on the goaltending. You have two goalies who are projected to go in the first round or early in the second round.

[@HawksFan.]

Conner Bedard was gonna play in the all star but he was injured

[@peterlue9274]

People should be fired for Zayne Parekh not being on the team. FOR REAL. They should never manage another national team again.

[@CM-ef2hd]

Parekh is a defensive liability. Hes all offense and takes stupid penalties.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

He’ll get better defensively by the time he’s playing for the Flames.

[@blakehelgoth5247]

Does Gretzy teach you how to gamble on your team?

[@longballist]

Only Team Canada could screw a guy in his draft pick year! The fans want to see the best players. The best players can play with anybody and help improve everybody on the ice. Pick better coaches!!!

[@liamsoutherland_21]

massive?

[@Buffalosabskis]

Canada always roots so hard against the US when no-one outside of a few states and cities follows this tournament. I remember always talking with Canadian fans when Buffalo has hosted it. It's like you guys have 12 mil people in the Toronto area. Buffalo has 1 mil in the entire surroundings and we are not getting people flying in from California the way Canadians travel the world for this. I grew up watching this and love the recent success the US has had compared to the past. US winning this a few times in the past decade and a half has been my championship since I am a Sabres fan.

[@jonmendelson1104]

Hey, I flew in from California to go to the summer edition of the WJC in Edmonton in 2022.

[@Buffalosabskis]

@jonmendelson1104 but would you fly from home cross country like people coming to WJ from Edmonton and BC etc?

[@jonmendelson1104]

​@@Buffalosabskis Once I'm flying, sitting on my butt doing nothing for a couple of extra hours makes no difference. The only minor inconvenience is I probably need to buy some clothes if I'm going to a non-summer edition. My NHL jerseys are the closest thing to sweatshirts I've worn in a few years, and I only wear pants when I'm at a formal event (otherwise I wear shorts). I am planning on going to go to the 2026 edition in Minnesota.

[@Dailybuzzn]

I would argue that just as many Americans play hockey compared to Canadians if not more

[@Buffalosabskis]

@@Dailybuzzn Well with 330 million people compared to 30 that is bound to happen. It still is top heavy the more North you go though. In Buffalo more people play hockey growing up than any other sport

[@gordoncheswick4169]

Miss not on this team! He’ll probably be #1 NHL draft pick! End of discussion.

[@DeanTheEmperor562]

commentator at the start sounds like Glenn Quagmire.

[@mcakey1648]

I don’t get it.

[@skateAlot]

Hockey Psychology

[@jerryrick4685]

No hage either

[@KanadianGOOSE8]

Canada is gonna win gold for sure they are stacked

[@Byepolarchaos]

And that’s what’s wrong with Canada there’s nothing guaranteed in Canada. They don’t even scout the other teams well.

[@MetalCharlo]

@@Byepolarchaos literally wtf are you talking about lmao

[@MrHunterbg]

Parekh is not good defensively. Watched him a lot and was never impressed with that aspect of his game. Really good puck handler, but I think he’s highly overrated. Takes careless penalties often as well.

[@letsssgooo4618]

US should be down in the future. Our hockey numbers are wayyy down. I dunno about the other countries but Canada should be good

[@BigBakes16]

Massive?

[@Zer0-14]

LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@lapcevichgage]

9:13 fuckin’ All Star

[@matthewsecord7641]

Russia has a weak turnout.

[@frankdeboer1347]

So what is the massive problem for team Canada?

[@RobTalksHockey]

That even though they still dominate the prospect pools, their chemistry/goalie issues have single handedly loss them tournaments

[@ealexander71]

Was Lekkerimaki mvp last year?

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yep! I didn’t include him because he only has a 6 game samples size

[@ealexander71]

@ wonder if he eventually lives up to this stat. Let’s hope

[@matthewsecord7641]

Canada Cup.

[@Benadyl]

invaluable

[@Pallw-j8v]

Under 10 minutes

[@shmooveyea]

No one cares about world juniors lmao

[@irogen2]

You cared enough to click on a video about ..... The world juniors

[@Sid-gu5qk]

Try watching a game dude, they fill arenas and in Canada at least it's a ratings boom for television. So, you're wrong. 😮

[@shmooveyea]

@@Sid-gu5qk youre mad

[@JesusFriedChrist]

The tens of millions of people watching across the world says otherwise.

[@Legoface660]

I think that's just you

[@RichardConstantin-j2u]

Gretzky was a Canadian icon right until he decided the Russians should not be able to play in the world juniors because of their countries politics.Sports should not be controlled by politics Wayne!!Please dont teach your idiacy to these young players!!!!!!!!!!!!Now youve just become a political pawn..Shame on you!!

[@Sid-gu5qk]

Wrong, it's the same reason no Russian team in any sport is allowed in any tournament, including the Olympics. It's because cheating is so culturally acceptable to them that no matter how many times they were penalized for it they can't stop themselves from trying to get away with cheating over and over again. Cheating and lacking respect for fair play and their fellow athletes is why they don't deserve to participate.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Agreed.

[@Sid-gu5qk]

@@RichardConstantin-j2u they're not even allowed in the Olympics, or any other tournament, because cheating is culturally acceptable in Russia.

[@letsssgooo4618]

Well other than wrestling hockey is all Russia has

[@emilorava]

First

[@heywoodjablomi8445]

All these comments from armchair GMs are FCKNG hilarious. Not has any pertinent information on any of these players. Homers with opinions is all and as mentioned, is truly funny to read.