[GDT] Canada vs USA Women’s Gold Medal Match

[SuperMatt18]

Canada needs to embrace they are less talented and try to clog up the game.

If they try to go skill against skill it won't work.

Need to play like the less talented team and work harder and just play to keep it close.

There were some younger skilled players left off this roster (Danielle Serdachny, Chloe Primerano, Kendall Cooper) which is frustrated considering how much the U.S. has dominated in the run up to the Olympics.

But you took that experience for pretty much one reason...today's game.

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Canada needs to embrace they are less talented and try to clog up the game.

If they try to go skill against skill it won't work.

Need to play like the less talented team and work harder and just play to keep it close.

There were some younger skilled players left off this roster (Danielle Serdachny, Chloe Primerano, Kendall Cooper) which is frustrated considering how much the U.S. has dominated in the run up to the Olympics.

But you took that experience for pretty much one reason...today's game.

Add Kraemer to that list, arguably Leslie (granted she's not younger) and Batherson as well

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

Yeah, Canada is the underdog. But I hope they win! They are the 2nd best team on earth at minimum.

Nobody else really plays women's hockey though. No idea why, you'd think the Finns and Swedes at least would be next up.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

I've read that our women's team went the 2006 Canada men's team route of prioritizing experience over skill. Anyone have insight? I don't watch enough women's hockey to be familiar with most of the players.

About 7 or 8 years ago my sister was on the National team's radar and she said back then it was really hard for younger girls to make the team because they're too loyal to their old players. They've been doing this for a while now and it's caught up to them. It's nothing new for this program, they kept Wickenheiser well past her expiration date.

The women's program is about as bad an Old Girls Club as you can get. They're not just losing to the Americans, they're getting smoked.

Girls hockey has seen a significant upswing in talent in recent years. The girls coming up are miles better than they were even a decade ago.

MPP is the only vet I'd keep. Assuming they lose this game, it's time for a complete and total revamp of the national team. We can beat the US, we're just not bringing the girls to do it.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

The gap between the 2 teams is huge now.

It would be a shock if we can pull it off.

Think the only way the canucks win is if they install Huska as the head coach.

They’ll have to goalie the US.

From the round robin game the US was bigger, faster and more aggressive. Not a good combo.

[Barnet Flame]

The US are far superior - if anything, we’re far closer to being the third best team in the world than we are to the US.

However, the best teams don’t always win individual games. Here’s hoping.

[Lewis_D]

Yeah the ladies are in tough against this US team. Hopefully they learned something watching the Canada vs Czechia game yesterday and play half a period with 6 players!

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Lewis_D

Yeah the ladies are in tough against this US team. Hopefully they learned something watching the Canada vs Czechia game yesterday and play half a period with 6 players!

I hope we play the whole game with six players.

[BigFlameDog]

Originally Posted by Scornfire

Correct, left basically all of the young talent off the roster. Don't want to speak disparagingly of our Women but some of them on the team just aren't at this level anymore. Primerano would probably have been the best player on the ice (Outside of MPP) for Canada if she was on the roster, among other budding stars (And even like half of our leading scorers in the PWHL were left off)

This!

[BigFlameDog]

Yeah, just want to add that it is not hopeless going forward. We have the young guns coming up, we just didn't bring them this time. 2006 men's is a great comparison.

That said, anything can happen in one game and we do have MPP.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

The age of the Canadian roster is quite startling.

I forget the exact stats but something like we have 3 players under 25 and every other team has a dozen or more.

[cheevers]

Man, between that near gaff and the earlier game against the States, the low IQ plays by Canada are shocking. Just no brain, no hockey sense plays that will end up costing them.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by 5abi

Nah, I’m basing this on past results mate.

Exactly. Why even play the game, right?

Oh yeah, because it's sports, and anything can happen.

It is hilarious to see so many yesterday worried that the Czechs would upset Canada, but today seeing so many thinking Canada has no chance in this game.

I assume some people just need to insulate themselves.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

The age of the Canadian roster is quite startling.

I forget the exact stats but something like we have 3 players under 25 and every other team has a dozen or more.

But the one game that I would place the most value on experience for, is the gold medal game.

[powderjunkie]

I don't buy into the culture wars, but the penalty should be called 'Too Many Women' (not players). This is an outrage.

[TheIronMaiden]

Is Canada just gripping their sticks too tight, or is the level of execution normally this low?

[5abi]

I like how they are playing

[YyjFlames]

Yeah, they've nicely controlled the play. Had a bunch of bobbles on that powerplay though.

[5abi]

These women are giving it go Canada

[Enoch Root]

Canada playing well, and sending the message that this game is different than the last 7.