Observations des Red Wings au Mondial junior : Max Plante impressionne dès le début

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1. VHDLEngineer 4 mois ago

   It’s possible he makes the U20 team depending how his season goes.

   Perreault – Hagens – Leonard
   Eiserman – Moore – Musty
   Connelly – Stiga – Plante
   Ziemer – Nelson – Terrance
   Humphries, Bednarik

   Seems reasonable right now. I don’t think I’m forgetting anyone big.

2. Revolutionary_Bet468 4 mois ago

   This is from the Athletic.

   Basically there’s 4 Wings prospects at the 4 nation world junior showcase. Augustine, Plante, newly acquired Finish Jesse Kiiskinen (via Gibson trade) and John Whipple. There are significantly more players in the showcase than there will be in the world juniors.

   Augustine is projected to start and hasn’t had to face a lot of pucks as the US team is more focused on isolating a strong back up for him

   Plante has 2 goals and 2 assists in 3 games while playing PP1 for USA, and currently sits tied for 3rd overall in scoring. Lalonde is impressed with Plante’s high hockey IQ.

   Kiiskinen is the Finish Captain during the showcase and has 1 assist in 2 games. He is a hard working player that can be deployed to any situation but lacks size and strength. Wings’ Finish scout talked to him frequently before the draft but he was picked by Nashville ahead of Detroit. Wings seem to be familiar with his game.

   Whipple is unlikely to make the world juniors as a LD but Lalonde has been impressed with him being « heavier and harder » than expected.