02-17-2025, 11:37 PM
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#241
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Originally Posted by chummer
Plus it'll be fun to see Torts lose his #### again.
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02-17-2025, 11:39 PM
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#242
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Goriders
If McAvoy and the Tkachuks are out or at least banged up for Thursday massive advantage Canada.
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They thought the round robin was the final
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02-17-2025, 11:55 PM
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#243
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Franchise Player
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Wondering if any of the home clubs will lean in and try to shut down any nicked up players.
Matthews, Tkachuk’s ect
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02-18-2025, 12:07 AM
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#244
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#1 Goaltender
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At this point who knows how much is smoke and mirrors/mind games in terms of injuries from the Americans. Based on the Tkachuk/Miller group chat story before the saturday game, the US is obviously into some pre-meditated antics in this tournament. Not to wear the tin foil hat too much, but they could be playing the battered and bruised angle going into thursday's game, only to come out in full force thursday since the sweden game was meaningless. Gamesmanship.
Plus selling their star players (Matthews, both Tkachuks) as 'injured' or 'sick' before and during the sweden game absolves those players of any accusations of not giving it all for their nation in the tourney. Auston gets the sniffles.... oh severe respiratory disease he can't play against sweden in a meaningless game..
Last edited by 3rd liner; 02-18-2025 at 12:24 AM.
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02-18-2025, 12:20 AM
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#245
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
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Loved hearing McGrattan's story on that night... it was on a podcast, maybe Missin Curfew? McGrattan was debating just dropping Torts with a right hand.
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02-18-2025, 03:46 AM
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#246
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: California
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Originally Posted by Goriders
Wondering if any of the home clubs will lean in and try to shut down any nicked up players.
Matthews, Tkachuk’s ect
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I think that’s what happened already. He got held out of a meaningless game and is guaranteed to play the next one, does anyone think he’s really hurt?
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02-18-2025, 06:47 AM
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#247
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by 3rd liner
At this point who knows how much is smoke and mirrors/mind games in terms of injuries from the Americans. Based on the Tkachuk/Miller group chat story before the saturday game, the US is obviously into some pre-meditated antics in this tournament. Not to wear the tin foil hat too much, but they could be playing the battered and bruised angle going into thursday's game, only to come out in full force thursday since the sweden game was meaningless. Gamesmanship.
Plus selling their star players (Matthews, both Tkachuks) as 'injured' or 'sick' before and during the sweden game absolves those players of any accusations of not giving it all for their nation in the tourney. Auston gets the sniffles.... oh severe respiratory disease he can't play against sweden in a meaningless game..
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Think the only US player that really matters is Hellebuyck. I think Canada will be focusing on their preparation more than who may or may not be playing. I would assume they are all going to be playing.
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02-18-2025, 08:17 AM
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#248
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Goriders
Think the only US player that really matters is Hellebuyck. I think Canada will be focusing on their preparation more than who may or may not be playing. I would assume they are all going to be playing.
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There's no one player who really matters, that's the thing. They have redundancies at every position. No Matthews? Well, there's Eichel. No Werenski? Well, there's fox. No Slavvin? Well, there's McAvoy. No Hellebuyck? Well, there's Oettinger. No Guentzel? Well, there's Connor. No Matthew Tkachuk? Well they literally have a whole other Tkachuk.
It's all about depth. FFS they're favoured in the game while missing their best player. Canada could match that depth at least at forward by spreading out the top-tier Cs but apparently Cooper doesn't want to.
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02-18-2025, 08:33 AM
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#249
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by jar_e
Sounds like McAvoy is now admitted to a Boston hospital tonight due to an upper body injury.
Wonder what the fallout is with teams supporting this the next go around with the injuries.
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The amount of positive press this has gotten especially in the US is huge . Growing the US audience is all the league really cares about . Bigger TV deals and more $$
Now maybe it’s a one off thing as future games can’t have the impact of that 1st one unless we have fights everytime these teams play
Also shows fans love fighting despite what some here think
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02-18-2025, 08:35 AM
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#250
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go!
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
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02-18-2025, 08:35 AM
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#251
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Parkdale
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McAvoy out for thursday per Chris johnson.
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02-18-2025, 08:37 AM
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#252
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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I don't remember a specific incident with McAvoy against Canada: anyone know what happened?
Don't usually see NHL players get admitted to a hospital unless it's something pretty serious.
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k im just not going to respond to your #### anymore because i have better things to do like #### my model girlfriend rather then try to convince people like you of commonly held hockey knowledge.
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02-18-2025, 08:49 AM
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#253
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Calgary
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Apparently an infection related to an injury.
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02-18-2025, 08:51 AM
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#254
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#1 Goaltender
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It sucks that there are all these injuries for both teams (seems like even more for the US). Would like to be able to say at the end of this tournament, win or lose, that each team had the chance to ice the best team they could - poor roster decisions aside. I know it’s just a part of the game - just like playoffs.
Would rather see both sides completely healthy and loaded up for this game. I see the excuses for Canadians, if they lose, being no Theodore, Crosby playing injured, Makar is still sick. And for the Americans, it will be Tkachuks are playing injured, Hughes not playing and no McAvoy.
It will still be an incredible game though. Excited for Thursday to see how they follow up the Saturday game. Would be hilarious to see star players (Eichel vs McDavid) fight each other instead of the normal guys you expect to fight. Won’t happen of course but would be funny.
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02-18-2025, 10:01 AM
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#255
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First Line Centre
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Hughes now in? I thought that wasn’t allowed.
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02-18-2025, 10:08 AM
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#256
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by fotze2
Hughes now in? I thought that wasn’t allowed.
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I guess he's an injury replacement for McAvoy which Canada just did with Theodore, but unclear if they'll be able to use him given that they still have 6 healthy d-men.
But that would certainly be a game changer.
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02-18-2025, 10:09 AM
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#257
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I guess he's an injury replacement for McAvoy which Canada just did with Theodore, but unclear if they'll be able to use him given that they still have 6 healthy d-men.
But that would certainly be a game changer.
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We get some boob I’ve never heard of.
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02-18-2025, 10:23 AM
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#258
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Sullivan said Tuesday that he anticipates Team USA captain Auston Matthews and both Tkachuk brothers being available for Thursday's final.
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https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/sullivan-coy-...inal-1.2253984
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02-18-2025, 10:30 AM
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#260
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by mile
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So who's taking a puck off the foot in practice tomorrow? 
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