Which Sabres are thriving at the 2024 IIHF World Championships?
all right moving on on to a little bit of Sabers updates some Sabers are still playing hockey across seas in the world championships and a few of them are playing very well and one of them in particular I think we are all very happy to see not just playing well not just playing very well he’s thriving Dylan cousins is leading the tournament in goals he is eight in seven games where was that all season scor posi SC it’s hitting late I’ll be everyone else on on Twitter right now where was that all season all those months from November to March when he was like six six goals undere expected we found him they’re right there you think do you think any of that had to do with the coaching staff cuz he immediately went to the world’s different coaching staff possibly different Sy different system yeah and and now he’s lighting it up like I don’t think we you know it’s kind of tough to dissect because it just didn’t look good for any prolongated point in the season like he had individual good performances I can still remember but it’s just such a weird year-over-year thing that some people will point to him getting his face mashed in by halfway early in the season other people will point to Don Granado other people will say he’s just not that good it’s tough it’s tough to exactly decipher him maybe it was just uh maybe it was just a bad year it just is what it is but it’s good to see him uh finding his Groove at the World Championships a place that the past three years there have been Sabers every single year they perform well in the world championships and then they have a fantastic Following season for the Sabres back in 2021 it was Tage Thompson for the US the year after it was Dylan cousins for Canada and then last year it was JJ PKA for team Germany and maybe you’re seeing it again for Dylan cousins it’s good to see him doing well few of those have been freaking Snipes um some power play production on the wing as well and even had a big overtime winner the other day so it’s very important that he got back on track more than anything um it’s just good to see him performing well again yeah I think at the very least even if you don’t want to blame it even if you don’t want to blame it on coaching like you go to these World Championships and you know you just probably let loose a little more and he was able to play his game more and he wasn’t thinking about his expectations anymore he was just playing hockey so I think that’s what he needs to get back to and it’s it’s been really nice to see 10 points in eight games eight of those being goals for Dylan cousin I think I said seven goals or seven games earlier it’s that was not updated to today so 10 points eight goals eight games Dyan cousins phenomenal tourney so far not too far about behind him JJ petka five goals four assists nine points in eight games he’s unfortunately unfortunately team Germany is not they will they are out after today after losing to uh Dylan cousins and the rest of Team Canada he’s going to be so much fun to watch in the Olympics man can you imagine cuz he’s got absolutely he’s going to be playing with Leon dry Sidle oh my God that combination is going to be unreal or imagine a line of I was just about to say imagine a line of him stutzel and D Idol Oh my God I can’t wait for the Olympics looking at the rest of the tournament uh jumping back over two Team Canada Owen power and Bowen Byam have been very very good Owen power had I think what a four-point performance the other day ban byams chipped in with a few goals and nice assist also chipped in with a nice spear to Jessie pu arvi which earned him a nice one game suspension so already looking to improve the Sabers net front presence there you just you love to see that and then there’s Rasmus Dalene who also who didn’t receive a suspension but did get kicked out of a game for absolutely putting his back into another guy’s head uh the So Soft I thought that I thought that one was interesting where he because I tried to freeze frame it he like he leaves his feet but I think it’s after contact I don’t know he uh you know the international tournaments are they’re they’re a lot more restrictive on what you can and can’t get away with so Donan was P penalized in that game but otherwise he’s been great had a huge goal for team Sweden today against Finland it didn’t end up being the gamewinner but Sweden would go on to win in overtime which he also had an assist on and the goal he had was the patented Rasmus Dalene inside outside cut down the wing and just put it past the goalie great stuff from him as well so the savers all performing well at the worlds uh Victor Olson even chipping in he had one last nice staling to Olson one time around the PowerPlay Just for Old Time sake proper sendoff
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