01-04-2014, 03:28 PM
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#521
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Joni Ortio @JoniOrtio 1h
Suomi finaaliin, Kanada jäi nuolee näppejään! Kyl meni kylmät väreet kotisohvallaki kun siniristilippu nousi kattoon. #maamme #U20fi
Safe to say Joni Ortio is pretty pumped.
Google Translates it to: Finnish finals, Canada was left licking their fingers! Cold shivers went kotisohvallaki the blue cross flag rose to the ceiling.
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01-04-2014, 03:54 PM
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#522
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Wow, another tough tournament. Still: perspective. Remember when Canada finished 8th in the WJC in 1998 after losing to Kazakhstan? That was a squad that featured, amongst others: Vinny Lecavalier, Roberto Luongo, Alex Tanguay, Eric Brewer, Cory Sarich (still, Canada's highest scorer was Josh Holden...).
If anything, hopefully this is a wakeup call to the Olympic team that Canada's place in the world of hockey is never a sure thing. As much talent as we have, we can never rely on it to shine through without determination, teamwork, resiliency, etc.
Congrats to the Finns, who must be pumped. I hope they win gold; if we lose I always want to know it is to the best team.
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01-04-2014, 04:09 PM
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#523
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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Beer league level passing out there.
Neither Ekblad or Reinhardt look good enough to be first overall.
Putting up a game like that against Russia tomorrow is going to land us firmly in fourth.
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01-04-2014, 04:18 PM
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#524
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
Beer league level passing out there.
Neither Ekblad or Reinhardt look good enough to be first overall.
Putting up a game like that against Russia tomorrow is going to land us firmly in fourth.
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Maybe now people will agree with me on this kid.
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01-04-2014, 04:28 PM
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#525
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Barthelona
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I'll have to trust scouting reports on him being a top talent, because he certainly didn't have an impressive tournament, and I haven't seen him play otherwise.
I know this is a "tournament for 19 year olds", but I would have expected a bit more from him.
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01-04-2014, 04:30 PM
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#526
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Originally Posted by Itse
I still hate Brent Sutter for his coaching and I'm always happy to see him lose  |
Haha, man I feel the exact same way. Ever since he had Curtis Glencross doing push ups in the middle of the rink, I knew this guy was a complete joke. Please don't allow this man to ruin more careers.
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01-04-2014, 05:54 PM
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#527
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I have nothing against Sweden, but Finland has always been a country I like to root for.
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"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
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01-04-2014, 08:48 PM
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#528
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Team Canada's passing was horrendous.
Either the ice was terrible or the Player's nerves got the best of them.
I think it was nerves.
Not one player on Team Canada showed any heart except for Fucale (Goalie).
I am very worried if I am the team who is picking #1 overall and eckblad and reinhart and projected to be #1
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01-04-2014, 09:07 PM
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#529
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At le pub...
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Count me among those unimpressed with Ekblad and Reinhardt. Drouin was selfish and unimpressive as well.
I compare Ekblad's performance at the WCs against Seth Jones' last year and, well, it ain't even close.
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01-04-2014, 09:11 PM
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#530
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Franchise Player
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I dunno, Reinhart and Ekblad certainly didn't "run over the competition" at this tourney, but draft eligible players rarely ever do. (17-18 yo's)
Usually this tourney is dominated by player who had been drafted already in the previous two drafts. (18-19 yo's)
For instance, Drouin and Mackinnon were nearly invisible at last years tournament.
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01-04-2014, 09:11 PM
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#531
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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MacKinnon had a pretty bad WJC last year as well. Stuck on the 4th line and didn't do much.
World Junior performances do not necessarily project to NHL performance.
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01-04-2014, 09:12 PM
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#532
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Retired
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Pacific Ocean
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1stLand
I am very worried if I am the team who is picking #1 overall and eckblad and reinhart and projected to be #1
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I agree, I kept watching to see what was so great about Reinhart, he looked very ordinary to me, maybe even below average.
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01-04-2014, 09:16 PM
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#533
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
MacKinnon had a pretty bad WJC last year as well. Stuck on the 4th line and didn't do much.
World Junior performances do not necessarily project to NHL performance.
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Pretty much. I remember during the epic Russian collapse everyone was crucifying Erik Gubranson's play and when the Panthers made the playoffs he was getting nothing but praise.
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01-04-2014, 09:50 PM
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#534
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I dunno, Reinhart and Ekblad certainly didn't "run over the competition" at this tourney, but draft eligible players rarely ever do. (17-18 yo's)
Usually this tourney is dominated by player who had been drafted already in the previous two drafts. (18-19 yo's)
For instance, Drouin and Mackinnon were nearly invisible at last years tournament.
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Seth Jones certainly did!
Regardless, I actually thought Drouin and Mackinnon brought a decent amount of tenacity/energy in their limited ice-time last year. Drouin, especially, looked very good to me last year.
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01-04-2014, 09:59 PM
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#535
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
MacKinnon had a pretty bad WJC last year as well. Stuck on the 4th line and didn't do much.
World Junior performances do not necessarily project to NHL performance.
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i blame that on steve spott, mackinnon never had a chance and i have to agree with Cherry on this one... it was because of politics
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01-04-2014, 10:32 PM
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#536
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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canada was outplayed bu imo drouin was one of the bright spots, except for that stupid penalty. Oh, fucale more like "###### all"
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01-05-2014, 01:26 AM
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#537
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by Yoho
One gold medal in the last 30 yrs. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Stay classy!
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01-06-2014, 03:56 AM
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#538
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moon
I find those chances stats can often be garbage as what is counted as a chance can be dubious at best. I would have to watch again but it certainly did not look like that to me.
I didn't think either team played that well today at all so and neither looked better to me. Take away the bounce and some iffy calls and Finland didn't look like they could create any threat to Canada.
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And I actually thought you knew what hockey is.
The Finland - Canada game. I've never seen Canada get dominated like that, not in any level. Finland turned the tables and became Canada in that game.
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01-06-2014, 06:10 AM
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#539
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1stLand
...I am very worried if I am the team who is picking #1 overall and eckblad and reinhart and projected to be #1
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This seems to me like a very silly thing about which to worry. What is a team to do; refuse to draft the players available? No. If Reinhart or Ekblad are the two best players there, the teams that draft #1 and #2 overall have to take them. What is the alternative? Do you see other players that are clearly better options?
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