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The Official Olympics Men's Ice Hockey Thread (pg. 14)
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| zoric |
Finland deserved to win the game against Canada, and I think they're currently the best team in the tournament. Soumi is playing amazing in the box-play and their powerplay is impressive. They're playing very disciplined against their opponents, the main key is to play disciplined when the new rules has come. Also, they've got two very good goalies who play on the top of the game when it's needed.
But there's still a long way to go for Finland and the rest of the teams in the tournament. Sweden played very well in Salt Lake City back in 2002, they had it all, but suddenly they had a bad day and lost to Belarus. I hope this won't happen to the fins, but everything is possible.
Slovakia has also impressed alot of us, I don't think that anyone expected them to be this good in the beginning. But they've shown their potential with many good players who can turn around the game on their own.
I'm not counting Sweden to the favourites, but I still now the potential of this team. I think Sweden counts them selfes as outsiders now when they haven't played at the top of their game. But I certainly hope that the guys can play good.
It's going to be very interesting over the upcoming week. |
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| ArcticBeach |
Russia is a joy for the eye and soul to watch in this OS, im stunned, they is on their own level this tournament. For the moment the got that special feeling on every position, they look happy when they play, yeh Finland have been very good, I didnt think, like many others that they would play good this tournament but they have proved me wrong, but still the quaterfinals is all about winning or disapear, like Zoric said, last OS Sweden was soo ing good, they played against all the teams like they where junior teams but then suddenly they blacked out when the real game started..
like teams are playing now then I go for Finland - Russia in the finals and Sweden - SUE for the bronze, sorry but Canada sucks soo far.. |
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| King Ecnal |
Canada has got too many good players... just too many outstanding individual players... not playing like a team...
I like Slovakia to skate into the Gold! |
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| Dj Smitty20 |
| quote: | Originally posted by King Ecnal
Canada has got too many good players... just too many outstanding individual players... not playing like a team...
I like Slovakia to skate into the Gold! |
there are too many players on that team that shouldn't be there. Gretzky and crew were too conservative. Spezza and Stahl should be on that team in place of Bertuzzi and Draper. Pronger is having an absolute tournament.
Quinn isn't a good coach anyway and his constant line juggling tactic never works with the Leafs...it's not going to work here. Unless they turn it around, they won't even win a ing bronze.
Pathetic! |
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| MX- |
| Hopefully Canada will gel in time... |
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by King Ecnal
just wondering, because back in the day... 98... I thought Brodeur got all the starts over Roy...
didn't think they switched up the goalies... but wtf do I know... |
In 98, Roy started EVERY game. It was in 2002 that Brodeur first got in.
CuJo started the first game - a 5-2 loss to Sweden - and since then Brodeur's been Canada's #1 goalie.
Czechs today will be another tough one.
But u get the feeling that once Canada gets that ONE goal,
that they'll catch fire and start rollin..... |
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| zoric |
| Switzerland is down against Italy with one goal, 3-2 9 minutes into the 3rd period. Surprisingly. |
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| zoric |
| Fatal miss from Chittaroni and Ruhteman scores 3-3. Poor Chittaroni who's been playing really good so far.. |
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| partyhopper |
I woke up to seeing Italy leading, and couldn't believe it
Well, Swiss tie the game with about 4 minutes to go |
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| zoric |
| Yep. Italy has been playing better, that's for sure. |
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| zoric |
| Powerplay for Italy now, would be really funny if they took out their goalie and tried to score a goal. 5 on 4 at least. |
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| zoric |
| Italy shots in the post, ! :eyespop: |
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