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timbit · 02-28-2010, 02:30 AM

Canada 5-1

icarus · 02-28-2010, 05:02 AM

Canada, but it will be a close one. I'm thinking 3-2.

Looking forward to it, it's on at primetime here and I think a lot of people will be watching their first hockey game. I tried to get on the guest list to watch it at Canada House in Trafalgar Square but they overbooked it (and this was before Canada even played Russia).

I have the choice between the BBC feed or the Eurosport feed and I am definitely going with Eurosport because Paul Romaniuk does the play-by-play... it's like being at home!

Already on Eurosport broadcasts they've been reading out viewers' questions from places like Mexico and Yemen (and not Canadian ex-pats) so there really are a lot of people watching hockey for the first time.

Machiavelli · 02-28-2010, 06:40 AM

Is this really the time to try to get Crosby going?

Dan02 · 02-28-2010, 08:33 AM

hmmm playing the Americans again, this time on home ice for the gold, chance for Canada to take the outright lead in most gold medals won at the games ever. Nope no pressure at all

I_H8_Crawford · 02-28-2010, 08:52 AM

7-3 usa

mrdeeds · 02-28-2010, 09:25 AM

Keys are to score early, keep the foot on the gas and Luongo not to let in an early softy.

4-2 Canada. Thornton with the GW. Hey if this guy scores, we CANT lose!

megatron · 02-28-2010, 09:54 AM

My dream would be a 3-1 Canada with Iggy potting 2.

I think it will actually be a bit closer 3-2 for Canada. I also agree that the Morrow-Gezlaf-Perry line has been the best since it was formed, so it wouldn't make sense to break up that "chemistry" since it was identified that that was what this team was built upon.

I'm just wondering where that chemistry has gone between Staal-Crosby-Iggy like in the German game? I know Crosby hasn't been playing up to snuff, but I thought Staal and Iggy have had decent games.

Go Canada Go!

ricardodw · 02-28-2010, 09:56 AM

In the first USA game Canada lost the goal tending and physical battle was at best a draw.

After that game the Canadian team have gone into full assault mode... Canadian style. Kane and Parise will be getting the Ovechkin treatment.

For the USA to win... Kessler, Malone, Langerbrunner, Backes and Brown have to tougher than Iginla, Toews, Morrow, Richards, Staal, Nash and Getzlaff.

sa226 · 02-28-2010, 10:22 AM

Outside of the teams on paper, which I think Canada wins in a landslide, there are so many angles to approach this game from

-US revenge for 2002, Canada winning on US soil
-Revenge for Canada, being beaten in the prelims by US on home soil.
-Chance to clinch record for golds
-Pressure for Canada to win gold on home soil
-Looseness of the US, they want to win, but silver is a great result for that team, not for Canada

The list goes on.

It is very difficult to compare Stanley Cup playoffs to the Olympics, but I think this is the biggest game of every single players' lives. Including Niedermayer.

The amount of eyes on this game is probably going to be triple or quadruple what would be on the Stanley Cup final.

The pride of a country runs deeper than the pride of a franchise. Not only that but the winner of this game is going to want to stake a claim to dominance in the sport itself.
So much is on the line.

I may be caught up in the hype but that is what I think.

Infamous1 · 02-28-2010, 10:24 AM

The US guys are already saying they'd be happy with the Silver. No Canadian player would ever say that. The pressure is 100% on us and that might make things tough if we don't score first.

OzSome · 02-28-2010, 10:38 AM

Revenge from 2002 Olympic? Nah!

Canada will be so pumped up especially after losing in the 1st round to the same team. USA made the D looks bad on that game so I can just see Niedermayer, Weber and the guys getting their revenge. It is going to be hard fought game. Canada will beat the most Gold Medals in Winter Olympics ever with the help of Men's Hockey Team by winning the Gold.

These time, I don't think the Canadian team will rely on the goaltender too much. You'll see a lot of forechecking, hitting, and they will spend mre time pressuring Miller.

kirant · 02-28-2010, 10:41 AM

I predict Weber will burn another hole in the net.

Jesse834 · 02-28-2010, 11:00 AM

Same score from 2002. 5-2 Canada.

Crosby, Heater, Getz, Weber, and Iggy.

VladtheImpaler · 02-28-2010, 11:01 AM

After much soul-searching, I have concluded that I simply cannot cheer for a team with Thornton, Heatley, Getzlaf, Nash, Perry and Luongo on it. Iginla just doesn't outweigh that much hatred, so I will have to be a neutral observer, and just hope for a great game.

pepper24 · 02-28-2010, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infamous1

The US guys are already saying they'd be happy with the Silver. No Canadian player would ever say that. The pressure is 100% on us and that might make things tough if we don't score first.

Where did you hear this? Link? I am pro-Canada but I think that the US team is too proud to think of silver right now.

pope04 · 02-28-2010, 11:06 AM

As the illustrious JR stated, it's tough to beat the same team twice. 4-2 Canada.

Lil Pedro · 02-28-2010, 11:07 AM

The only difference in this game is Miller. Canada has to get in this guys "kitchen" and get him off his game. He has the ability to steal a game for the Americans. Gotta get traffic in front of him and quality shots

Infamous1 · 02-28-2010, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pepper24

Where did you hear this? Link? I am pro-Canada but I think that the US team is too proud to think of silver right now.

I can't find the exact link but I remember reading Parise saying something and this is a quote from Backes:

"You look at the opportunity we have in front of us, to win a gold medal. If all goes haywire, and we have a little snafu, we have a silver medal around our necks. We'd obviously love to have the gold. But either way, what pressure can you be under? You go out there and lay it on the line."

I shouldn't say they are HAPPY with the silver but they do not have any pressure as they weren't supposed to make it this far in the first place. Top 3 Teams going in were Russia/Canada/Sweden.

The Ditch · 02-28-2010, 11:16 AM

3-2 Canada in overtime in a real nail biter.

Red Ice Player · 02-28-2010, 11:23 AM

Its a win win for the casual/bandwagon US hockey viewer. If the Americans win they can say that the USA is the greatest hockey nation on earth, then go back to watching Nascar and filling in their NCAA tournament brackets. If the USA loses, they can say "Meh! Never liked hockey anyway," then go back to watching Nascar and filling in their NCAA tournament brackets.... Yes, this is a massive generalization but I happen to believe it. So we better win dammit! 4-2 Canada.