[GDT] GOLD MEDAL: Mens Hockey, Sweden vs Canada--5:00 AM Mountain

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Turner

And how many cowboys here questioned Yzerman and Co. with their decisions.

none?

[Sgrath]

Originally Posted by getbak

Give the man the Order of Canada.

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

If it takes two players testing negative to be disqualified, why wouldn't he have just played anyways? Also, did the test results come in at the last minute, during warm up?

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=444510

I believe that if they had put him in the line up with prior knowledge about the failed test they would have been disqualified thereby handing Finland silver and the US the bronze.

[Red Ice Player]

Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ

Luongo should get MVP for staying off the ice.

Yeah, all he did was start one game and play perfectly, then sat on the bench and supported his team enthusiastically. What a jerk.

[sureLoss]

Dan Rosen @drosennhl

Babcock: "There were lots of complaints early on that we didn’t score, I thought we were dominant."

Babcock: "Does anybody know who won the scoring race? Does anybody care? Does anybody know who won the gold medal?See ya guys." Exit left.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Turner

And how many cowboys here questioned Yzerman and Co. with their decisions.

Canada has so much depth and so many good players of course there will always be a debate when the final roster is chosen. Not sure why we should all just shut up and not question anything.

Besides, if Kevin Lowe is part of the selection process we should all be concerned to some extent.

[Senator Clay Davis]

If you're a Lightning fan you gotta be happy knowing you have a guy who knows how to build a complete team. Yzerman has put together two different types of teams that won gold two different ways. Canada allowed 3 goals total while in 2010 they allowed 3 goals or more twice. Great general manager.

And the coaching too was just at another level. The team made maybe 7 or 8 mistakes the entire tournament. Just a supreme coaching job from Babcock, Julien, Ruff and Hitchcock, and Ralph Krueger was also a big help getting them ready for the big ice. Kevin Lowe rides more coattails to glory, what else is new?

[Vulcan]

Dominating performance from Canada and I don't think it was because Sweden is that bad, it's just that Canada kept getting better as the tourney went on.

[sureLoss]

Yzerman announces he will not be Canada GM again... he is moving on.

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Yzerman announces he will not be Canada GM again... he is moving on.

That's really too bad. But I guess he's going out on top.

[Pointman]

Great job, guys!

The best team of the tournament by far.

Congrats.

[Hatter]

Been mulling over the game for the past while.

I'm really impressed that these guys care so much about the Maple Leaf that everyone left their egos at the door and played their systems to perfection. The forwards skated back to their zone hard EVERY shift and supported the D time and time again. Likewise, the D relentlessly attacked when appropriate.

There was multiple times in the game where Price was communicating with the skaters regarding Swedish players and lanes for breakouts.

Amongst the D, I think Weber had a tough game, but it wasn't a factor as his partner Keith had his best game. Doughty and Vlasic were solid, as was Bouwmeester. Bouw skated well and bailed out Pietrangelo a couple times who had a tough time staying on his skates, but played well otherwise.

Can't think of a forward who played poorly. Maybe Sharp. No real complaints.

Price was great. Kept his body in front of the puck, and steered harmless perimeter shots into the corners. Nice to see another appearance of the Sochi Miracle Post in the first period.

Sucks I have to work now. Have a good sleep everyone!

[cDnStealth]

Huge throw out to Luongo, Suban and Smith. They didn't get to play much of a role over the tournament but they sure demonstrated that they were good team guys.

[Turner]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

If you're a Lightning fan you gotta be happy knowing you have a guy who knows how to build a complete team. Yzerman has put together two different types of teams that won gold two different ways. Canada allowed 3 goals total while in 2010 they allowed 3 goals or more twice. Great general manager.

And the coaching too was just at another level. The team made maybe 7 or 8 mistakes the entire tournament. Just a supreme coaching job from Babcock, Julien, Ruff and Hitchcock, and Ralph Krueger was also a big help getting them ready for the big ice. Kevin Lowe rides more coattails to glory, what else is new?

Yzerman / Burke.

[Puppet Guy]

so I'm wondering it Ralph Krueger has accidentally-on-purpose hit Kevin Lowe with a champagne bottle during the post-game celebration.

[Scoreface]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

If you're a Lightning fan you gotta be happy knowing you have a guy who knows how to build a complete team. Yzerman has put together two different types of teams that won gold two different ways. Canada allowed 3 goals total while in 2010 they allowed 3 goals or more twice. Great general manager.

And the coaching too was just at another level. The team made maybe 7 or 8 mistakes the entire tournament. Just a supreme coaching job from Babcock, Julien, Ruff and Hitchcock, and Ralph Krueger was also a big help getting them ready for the big ice. Kevin Lowe rides more coattails to glory, what else is new?

Not to mention a certain goalie in TB's system who absolutely played out of his mind and almost single handedly beat us!!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Awesome reactions to Kunitz goal

[getbak]

The hockey team got to participate in the Closing Ceremonies this time around. Babcock looked like he was having a great time. Even Toews is smiling.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

Salt Lake was on the big ice.

It was not full on Olympic size, Stevie y addressed that before the game as he corrected Maclean.....

Kudo's to all of the TC mgmt as they together a group that committed to playing the way they were asked to play..

I don't think anyone expected the team defence to be that smothering.....

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

So impressive. Got to be honest, this might have been our best team. Dealing with the big ice made it tougher to score, but they just dominated and played well each game, today's performance was just dominate.

[Nuckleduster]

Luongo looks so miserable. What a poor sport.

Strombone ‏@strombone1 1h
This hat is sweeter than the medal!!!