02-20-2026, 10:59 AM
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#241
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Calgary
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All right! Now let’s ride this momentum and turn this thing around!
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02-20-2026, 11:00 AM
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#242
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Who should I call for next?
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That’s hilarious Gio
Same same haha didn’t even see your posts
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02-20-2026, 11:01 AM
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#243
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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Do Mackinnon or McDavid next. We could use some of that juice.
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02-20-2026, 11:02 AM
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#244
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Finland needs to step it up if they want their lead to survive the period. Looks like they know it too.
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02-20-2026, 11:02 AM
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#245
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by MrMike
Can’t win it with speed when they’re closed up.
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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Jesus Christ. You don't beat the trap with individual efforts.
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You actually can though. The trap is a structure. It assumes that everyone is in position and nobody gets beat. If you go right though a guy because you're Nathan MacKinnon and you're just that good at hockey, the structure crumbles and guys get out of their spots trying to compensate for the guy who got beat. That creates a fire drill even if the original individual rush didn't get home. We just saw Marner score 1 on 3 literally last game.
Individual efforts actually ARE a path to beating the trap, if the effort is by a transcendently talented player, like some of the guys on this squat. It's like saying "that's a bad shot to take, unless you're Steph Curry".
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02-20-2026, 11:03 AM
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#246
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Truculent!
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Finland is just hanging on. Canada has this.
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02-20-2026, 11:03 AM
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#247
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Franchise Player
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If they didn't name McDavid captain we'd hear about it for 50 years like 1998 Gretzky Shootout
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02-20-2026, 11:04 AM
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#248
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think sometimes the stats don't tell the whole story. He had huge saves in the late stages of the quarters. And in terms of why Canada is down 2-0, I put him way down the list of who's to blame.
Big moment here.
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If he made more saves, then there wouldn't be the need for any late game heroics. Same story today. In elimination games, big saves in the 1st are just as important as big saves late, despite what the media tries to spin.
Lots of blame to go around but this is the 2nd straight game the goalie on the other end has vastly outplayed him. Very hard to win a gold medal like that.
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02-20-2026, 11:06 AM
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#249
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Kelowna
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Shoulda shot there Macklin
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02-20-2026, 11:06 AM
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#250
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Franchise Player
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Great rush by McDavid until the spin-o-rama backhand pass. Like... just put it five hole.
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02-20-2026, 11:06 AM
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#251
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Franchise Player
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What a terrible pass by McDavid. Looks flashy but accomplishes SFA
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02-20-2026, 11:07 AM
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#252
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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MacKinnon needs to win those post-icing faceoffs.
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#253
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Scoring Winger
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Cmon face offs!
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#254
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
You actually can though. The trap is a structure. It assumes that everyone is in position and nobody gets beat. If you go right though a guy because you're Nathan MacKinnon and you're just that good at hockey, the structure crumbles and guys get out of their spots trying to compensate for the guy who got beat. That creates a fire drill even if the original individual rush didn't get home. We just saw Marner score 1 on 3 literally last game.
Individual efforts actually ARE a path to beating the trap, if the effort is by a transcendently talented player, like some of the guys on this squat. It's like saying "that's a bad shot to take, unless you're Steph Curry".
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I guess what I’m seeing is a breakdown happens when all of a sudden a high speed incredible unexpected individual effort happens, but when everyone is trying that every time, it’s not a 3 v 3 ot like Marner, its turning into a 5 v 1.5 but against the best players who are playing a trap.
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#255
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Great rush by McDavid until the spin-o-rama backhand pass. Like... just put it five hole.
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Yeah he needed to just take that to the net hard.
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#256
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Franchise Player
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Canada (McDavid there) still being too cute. Little spinaround no-look pass, which didn't connect. Put it on net. Cute isn't going to beat the finns.
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#257
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Franchise Player
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Who's the best faceoff guy on the team? Horvat?
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#258
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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I think the shots this period are like 12-1, Finland just totally on the ropes.
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02-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#259
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMike
That’s hilarious Gio
Same same haha didn’t even see your posts
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I had very good luck last game.
I think I'd like to see Stone do something soon.
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02-20-2026, 11:09 AM
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#260
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
What a terrible pass by McDavid. Looks flashy but accomplishes SFA
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That's mcdavid in a nutshell
Most important moments on the world stage and he treats it like a standard oilers "im the star of the show" Tuesday night game.
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