[GDT] 2026 Olympics Game #4: Quarterfinals - Canada vs. Czechia

[dino7c]

bit of a flop there

[Scornfire]

Originally Posted by dino7c

bit of a flop there

they've been watching abbey murphy

[Beninho]

Big kill by Sweden

[Calgary Highlander]

Why isn't Andersson playing? Is he not better than OEL and Broberg?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander

Why isn't Andersson playing? Is he not better than OEL and Broberg?

Swedish coach doesn't think so

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

This is probably going to get lost in the shuffle, but the way Marner scored that goal highlights an important point about how this team plays.

I don't think the problem is really that they have a bunch of plumbers out there. The problem is frequently that they've got a bunch of all stars who are being asked to play like plumbers most of the time - i.e., over the course of a game we need to be conservative and wait for our chances and then we have the talent to finish those chances and win the game without giving up too much.

They're not being asked to play like plumbers. This team scored 20 goals in the prelim round.

Czechia lined up for 4 players at the blueline. Even the most skilled players in the world are not going to break through that wall on the rush very often. Teams playing that style want you to try to carry the puck through them, so they can pick off pucks when you force it and strike on the counterattack.

Are there any real-world examples of teams in this tournament (or any best-on-best tournaments) playing the way you want Team Canada to play?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

L to the OL

https://twitter.com/user/status/2024223559489376304

Are we sure this wasn’t humour like Narcas about beating Canada twice?

Otherwise I assume he’s drunk. The reffing sucked but it sucked equally.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

L to the OL

https://twitter.com/user/status/2024223559489376304

EDIT: My god nevermind. I still can't figure out how to embed a youtube link. I suck. No wonder I'm no longer a mod.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Are we sure this wasn’t humour like Narcas about beating Canada twice?

Otherwise I assume he’s drunk. The reffing sucked but it sucked equally.

not even close...that was the worst missed call in history. 30+ seconds of too many skaters and then they score and celebrate the goal with too many skaters lol.

[manwiches]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

The only thought I had watching it live was "How did the third Czech forward block the shot, stand up, and beat Stone, Marner, and Harley up the ice"

But it's because the "3rd" forward might have blocked the shot (Hertl) but a "4th" forward (Palat) was able to jump into the rush with Necas and Pastrnak.

Harley with a pee wee level mistake is what i was screaming at the TV. We're taught in pee wee to not shoot in traffic with a forward coming to challenge that high, for that exact reason it bounces back.

Even my kid in peewee now, that's something that's beat into him as a d man.

Honestly, Canada is lucky as hell to come out of that on the right side.

I have had fun trolling my Oiler friends though. Game on the line, and McDavid is not doing McDavid things, kinda like the Stanley Cup Finals. lol.

[dissentowner]

Markstrom is still a crybaby I see

[chummer]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

EDIT: My god nevermind. I still can't figure out how to embed a youtube link. I suck. No wonder I'm no longer a mod.

Just copy and paste the numbers, in this case 2024223559489376304, from the address bar. Then go to advanced, click on the youtube icon and put those numbers in between the you tube words .

It would look like this YOUTUBE]2024223559489376304[YOUTUBE]

I just took the [ at the start so it wouldn't actually work.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

They're not being asked to play like plumbers. This team scored 20 goals in the prelim round.

Czechia lined up for 4 players at the blueline. Even the most skilled players in the world are not going to break through that wall on the rush very often. Teams playing that style want you to try to carry the puck through them, so they can pick off pucks when you force it and strike on the counterattack.

Are there any real-world examples of teams in this tournament (or any best-on-best tournaments) playing the way you want Team Canada to play?

That's the way the Czech plays, in a game they up by 1 or tied game, they'll trap, trap, trap and trap some more. In a tied game, they hope they can bring it to a shootout. But, this Olympic, they don't have a Hasek and Hostal != Hasek.

[MRCboicgy]

Forsberg needs to shoot, dang.

[dissentowner]

Why did Forsberg not shoot there? Lol

[dissentowner]

Willy Nylander is not a big game player at all. The guy has no extra gear.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by chemgear

https://twitter.com/user/status/2024212008246399070

https://twitter.com/user/status/2024216356397408304

[Beninho]

No killer instinct on Sweden. It will be sweeter to beat these guys one on one anyways

[dissentowner]

The US sure gets lucky a lot with whiffed shots or misplays by the Swedes.

[TheIronMaiden]

Sweden looks Old and tired.