01-07-2014, 04:46 PM
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#21
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by macrov
Finland looks awful. Their defense is an embarrassment. i doubt they will medal.
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Finland will be playing for bronze against the US. I just feel it down in my plums...
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01-07-2014, 04:49 PM
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#22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Finland will be playing for bronze against the US. I just feel it down in my plums...
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Care to make a wager? 
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01-07-2014, 04:52 PM
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#23
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Halifax
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1. Canada
2. USA
3. Sweden
4. Russia
5. Finland
6. Slovakia
7. Czech Republic
8. Switzerland
9. Austria
10. Norway
11. Slovenia
12. Latvia
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01-07-2014, 05:21 PM
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#24
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Originally Posted by macrov
Finland looks awful. Their defense is an embarrassment. i doubt they will medal.
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Which in turn says quite a bit about how bad Russia is.
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01-07-2014, 05:23 PM
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#25
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Other then Canada winning gold, I'm hoping for a couple of major upsets. Would love to see the Swiss win a bronze and the Finns or Sweden get the silver. I hope Russia and America bomb.
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01-07-2014, 05:30 PM
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#26
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
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Come to think of it, I think Slovakia has a better team than Russia. Slightly worse forwards, but better defence and goaltending.
Russia might be icing the worst hockey team in their history this year.
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01-07-2014, 10:05 PM
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#27
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Powerplay Quarterback
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What I am concerned about is the Russians are playing in Russia with Putin as the 13th man.
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01-07-2014, 10:06 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Kswiss
What I am concerned about is the Russians are playing in Russia with Putin as the 13th man.
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So what you're saying is that the Riders are going to win the Olympics?
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01-08-2014, 12:38 AM
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IVegas odds are as follows
1,2: Canada, Russia (tie)
3: Sweden
4: USA
5: Czech Republic
6: Finland
7: Switzerland
8: Slovakia
So we seem to be ranking Russia too low and Slovakia too high.
I can see the case for ranking Russia as high as 3; home ice and the forward crop; AO, datsyuk, Malkin, Kovalchuk. Also, a lot of NHL caliber forwards might be playing in the KHL for the money and culture.
There is no case for Slovakia so low. The same thing happened in Vancouver, leading me to put 100$ on them. I was bipolar in the slovakia-canada semis.
Last edited by macrov; 01-08-2014 at 12:44 AM.
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01-08-2014, 12:42 AM
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I still find it funny how highly valued Jbo is now that he's out of Calgary.
USA roster is pitiful compared to their 2010, which gave Canada a true run for its money.
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01-08-2014, 12:50 AM
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#31
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I still find it funny how highly valued Jbo is now that he's out of Calgary.
USA roster is pitiful compared to their 2010, which gave Canada a true run for its money.
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Brent Sutter was/is an awful coach. It explains a lot. How a team that could have won its division if healthy fell out of the playoffs one season later, how jokinen and jaybo and iginla and stajan and phanuef and hagman and langkow were horrid, etc. It also explains how Canada lost the world juniors.
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01-08-2014, 07:03 AM
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#32
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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Originally Posted by macrov
It also explains how Canada lost the world juniors.
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No it doesn't at all.
What about that loss had to do with coaching?
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01-08-2014, 06:57 PM
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#33
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by macrov
IVegas odds are as follows
1,2: Canada, Russia (tie)
3: Sweden
4: USA
5: Czech Republic
6: Finland
7: Switzerland
8: Slovakia
So we seem to be ranking Russia too low and Slovakia too high.
I can see the case for ranking Russia as high as 3; home ice and the forward crop; AO, datsyuk, Malkin, Kovalchuk. Also, a lot of NHL caliber forwards might be playing in the KHL for the money and culture.
There is no case for Slovakia so low. The same thing happened in Vancouver, leading me to put 100$ on them. I was bipolar in the slovakia-canada semis.
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What did the $100 pay out too?
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01-08-2014, 07:07 PM
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#34
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oshawa
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Since I visited Slovakia in the summer, I have a little soft spot for them. I hope the Slovaks do well!
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01-08-2014, 10:31 PM
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#35
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Originally Posted by macrov
Care to make a wager?
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Ren bet!
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01-08-2014, 10:38 PM
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#36
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Originally Posted by Rutuu
What did the $100 pay out too?
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32 or 33 to 1
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01-08-2014, 10:41 PM
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#37
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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I thought I heard the guys on the radio saying the Czech team had Nedved and Cervenka on there?
Where they kidding? Over Hudler?
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01-08-2014, 10:43 PM
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#38
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1. Sweden
2. Russia
3. USA
4. Canada
5. Finland
6. Czechs
7. Slovaks
8. Swiss
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01-08-2014, 10:46 PM
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#39
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Canada
Canada 2.0
Sweden
Russia
Canada 3.0
USA
Finland
Losers..
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01-08-2014, 10:51 PM
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#40
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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Originally Posted by puckluck2
1. Sweden
2. Russia
3. USA
4. Canada
5. Finland
6. Czechs
7. Slovaks
8. Swiss
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