[GT] Canada VS United States - Four Nations Face-Off - February 15, 2025

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Disband the city teams, let’s go national.

We already have a national team representing Canada. They wear a maple leaf on their jersey.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by chummer

I heard because of all the snow last night in Montreal that Team Canada didn't get to their hotel in Boston until 6 AM this morning

Private first class chartered flight must of been hell. That hour and a half must have been just brutal.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by combustiblefuel

Private first class chartered flight must of been hell. That hour and a half must have been just brutal.

Who said it was hell? Just sucks, that's all.....no need to be a dick about it.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Disband the city teams, let’s go national.

team Calgary looks pretty good though...only players born within 100KM of your city allowed

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by chummer

Who said it was hell? Just sucks, that's all.....no need to be a dick about it.

Yeah the point is the other team got in earlier and might have a rest/schedule advantage not that anyone is worried about the wellbeing of the players

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

9 mins for Bennett last night is criminal

He is a human missile. If they get to boston he needs to have a bigger role

[dino7c]

Bennett also spent 5 in the box

[CalgaryFan1988]

I'm a little disappointed in MacKinnon so far.Thought he'd make more of an impact.

[FireGilbert]

What a game. Hilarious people were hating on this tournament and comparing it to an all star game before it even started. I hope we never see an all star game again and similar style tournaments fill in the years between Olympics and World Cups.

Don’t want to read much into a tight defensive game that could have gone either way but there are concerns for Canada. Starting to question some of the selections and think the talent should be more distributed across 4 lines.

Also:

[curves2000]

I love the fans who are dismissing something as significant as the travel delays from a routine perspective. It does happen and it can have an impact without a doubt. NHL athletes and other pro sports teams are beyond creatures of habit. The length that these teams/players/leagues go to is shocking. NFL teams literally bring the players preferred ass wipe to Europe in order to avoid issues amongst other details.

Enough NHL players stick to the same routine where they eat the exact same meal every day/game. Process that. The exact same meal. Getting into bed @ 6 am with a scheduled practice day matters.

All this said, I did some quick research and I couldn't see where the team charter actually landed that late. Presumably it took off Sunday morning (1 /2 am?) Nothing on the flight logs do I see anything like that for Boston area airports.

[chummer]

Originally Posted by curves2000

All this said, I did some quick research and I couldn't see where the team charter actually landed that late. Presumably it took off Sunday morning (1 /2 am?) Nothing on the flight logs do I see anything like that for Boston area airports.

I heard it on NHL radio on Sirius, that's all I got.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by chummer

I heard it on NHL radio on Sirius, that's all I got.

It's been quoted a few times already for sure and I believe it, I just can't confirm it with these flight logs

[chummer]

Originally Posted by curves2000

It's been quoted a few times already for sure and I believe it, I just can't confirm it with these flight logs

Not sure curves but thanks for checking those logs.

More than anything I was just trying to change the subject.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Bennett also spent 5 in the box

I’d set his target as McAvoy. Set the launch sequence at 5 seconds and enjoy the ride.

[1_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Matt and Hagel legit hate each other. Brady and Sam are friends.

Yeah you could tell that from Hagel's interview. "I wasn't going to back down from THAT guy" Decent tilt, all were close except JT and Parayko. Although Parayko hardly fights at all. I was a proud Canadian watching that opening and the entire game. Didn't win, but did the country proud in their effort.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I don’t think what is happening around the world should be disallowed from any discussion but at the same time I don’t think there are any real political implications that come from a bunch of dudes chasing a black piece of rubber around.

The Summit series is still held up as one of the most culturally significant moments in Canadian history and that was because of politics.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

The fans are mad that the US President is threatening their country. The US players are salty that their anthem is being booed in protest. As a result it has really invigorated the rivalry.

I don't see how you can discuss these 2 teams and not bring outside factors into the discussion.

Exactly. It's the main story and that's okay. It's silly to try to suppress things like that because you see sports and politics as sperate. You can say you want sports and politics to be separate, but you don't get to proclaim them separate.

There's way more nuance to it than that and in this case they are heavily intertwined due to very important, frightening things being threated against our country right now. Suck it up and either hear about or don't read or scroll over discussion right now? Yo don't need to a be a bitch over it, it takes seconds to scroll over things you don't want to read. Don't try to be an Elon Musk and control discussion.

[Inferno]

My bad. I misinterpreted the tweet. I thought it was making fun of Bouchard giving Oilers fans flashbacks of him doing boneheaded things.

[heep223]

^ is that supposed to be a picture of Makar cuz I’m not here for the cross eyed guy all due respect

[CFO]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

I'm a little disappointed in MacKinnon so far.Thought he'd make more of an impact.

He has been skating well but his vision to use linemates in non existent.

Like watching kadri x10