[GDT] Mens Hockey, Canada vs USA at 10:00 AM Mountain

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

The Americans deserve a bit more credit then we're giving them. It's not like they made an abundance of mistakes either.

I don't think anyone is taking anything away from Team USA, who is probably the second best team at the Olympics; maybe third. The thing is, as this game pretty clearly showed, Canada is on another level.

This team is better than the Gold Medal team in Vancouver.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Itse

Meh. After Sunday Canada will have won 4 out of the last 5 major tournaments.

(Olympics 2002, 2010, 2014 and World Cup in 2004).

Not Canada's fault, but these tournaments are losing a lot of their attraction unless they become more competitive.

US didn't really stand a chance, once Canada turned it on in the 3rd, there was no contest.

trying to jinx it? been many close calls for canada in all those tourneys

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja

Some butthurt I found on twitter:

Spoiler!

This did make me laugh

GUESS WHAT.

USA STILL HAS BETTER NETFLIX THAN CANADA

SO WHEN WINS AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THATS RIGHT. US

[flames_fan_down_under]

Originally Posted by Itse

They're not bad, and don't get me wrong, I still like watching Finland play and I like cheering for the little countries like Slovenia and Austria this year. But it would be a lot more interesting if it was a little more about "I wonder who wins", and not "I wonder if someone can beat Canada".

Not really, no. Of course anything can happen in a one-off, but really unless Price let's in a couple of softies to make it interesting, I don't see Sunday being close in anything but the score (which will probably be low like today).

The only reason I give Sweden a chance is their strong PP.

And the 50 years before 2002 that Canada didn't win Gold? Or Canada not winning a world junior championship in the last 5 years? Canada has not won a IIHF World Championship since 2007.

I really feel like Canada winning is not as certain as you're making it out to be.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

This did make me laugh

Me too. But seriously, who in the world doesn't watch US Netflix?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I don't think anyone is taking anything away from Team USA, who is probably the second best team at the Olympics; maybe third. The thing is, as this game pretty clearly showed, Canada is on another level.

This team is better than the Gold Medal team in Vancouver.

agreed, and I think it has a lot to do with the talk the last couple days about how great the US team is when they hadn't beat anyone of note except for a fluke job against Russia (Russia wasn't a great team either obviously)

I find it funny how people seem to just go with what the media says...the guys on TSN and Sportsnet tell us how the US has been the best team in the tourney and suddenly everyone thinks its a fact. Pounding terrible teams didn't convince me of anything

[Puppet Guy]

Some high praise from twitter:



The Iron Sheik ‏@the_ironsheik 35m

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[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Me too. But seriously, who in the world doesn't watch US Netflix?

the combo of having Canada and US netflix trumps them

[Senator Clay Davis]

Mike Babcock deserves a lot of love for todays win as well. Flawlessly executed game plan. He is the master of devising game plans right now.

[djsFlames]

I think this game exemplifies why you want to build a team with great two way players, as opposed to offensively flashy ones.

Benn and Bergeron absolutely controlled things out there.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Good on Luongo for being a good sport at being the backup. He's not a cutthroat wanting to get back in like a Roy or Brodeur have been in the past.

I honestly don't get why anyone could dislike Luongo outside of the team he plays for. He's probably become one of my favorite players in the league. Hopefully he wins a cup eventually... just not in Vancouver.

I would love nothing more than for the Canucks to trade Luongo for a bag of pucks...only to see him win a cup wherever he goes the next season.

[BigRed]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

This team is better than the Gold Medal team in Vancouver.

Maybe. Haven't seen a ton of chemistry up front. The D is amazing, though -- no-one can touch the Canadian blueline (even with Bouwmeester, who IMHO has been just OK).

Anyway, Sweden will be a challenge because of goaltending. But a good physical game from Canada will give them the edge.

Question, and apologies if it's been asked: Has anyone seen a box score with TOI? Curious to see how many shifts St. Louis got -- didn't see him on the ice once.

[troutman]

At least we won't have to listen to "America Junior" smack on Jim Rome.

[MissTeeks]

I've never been so happy to have to wake up at 5 am on a Sunday!

[GreenLantern]

So many players on that team to be proud of right now, just a great game all around. The US are a tough team and Canada handled them very well.

Very impressed with the selfless play we have seen from our mens team this year. There are no egos on that bench, they are all playing for the same goal.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by BigRed

Question, and apologies if it's been asked: Has anyone seen a box score with TOI? Curious to see how many shifts St. Louis got -- didn't see him on the ice once.

Here you go:

http://www.sochi2014.com/en/ice-hock...tatistics-away

[sureLoss]

[BigRed]

OK, so St. Louis dressed and sat on the bench the whole game - 0:00 TOI? What was that?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Did anyone else never even feel threatened? I mean yeah it was a 1 goal game, but it was obvious Canada's defense was in complete control.

There were times in the first where the U.S. was getting a lot of traffic in front of the net.

But Price was seeing the puck so well that you could tell from the first 3 or 4 shifts that he was really in the zone.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by BigRed

OK, so St. Louis dressed and sat on the bench the whole game - 0:00 TOI? What was that?

Same with Hamhuis