[GDT] 2016 WJC: Quarterfinals. 4 games. Canada vs Finland 9AM MT

[sureLoss]

I blame this on Benning and Weisbrod. They lost Canada the tournament when they released Virtanen.

[Kswiss]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Finland will face Sweden in the semis

Going to be a great game!

[Clever_Iggy]

This has to be one of the worst and dumbest Canadian WJC teams I can remember.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by calgaryblood

Who is a comparable to Virtanen in the NHL? Blake Comeau?

Raffi Torres IMO. Both taken top 10. Both fast, gritty players who have a good shot but don't have a complete offensive arsenal and make some dumb dumb plays.

[Machiavelli]

No interest in watching them cry. TV off.

[AC]

Good for Finland, they deserved to win and Canada deserved to lose.

Some incredibly selfish players with dumb plays, as well as poor coaching cost Canada the game and the tournament.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by nik-

Well ... at least Lowry will never come within 1000 yards of a Canadian national team again.

What a ####ty coach

Do not want this truth lost

[burn_this_city]

Lowry didn't get a lot to work with really.

[Itse]

Whew. What a mess of a game, but a ton of fun :S

Go Finland

[White Out 403]

Terrible coaching, our leaders and best players were terrible (JV.. MM showed up late too but good in this game for stretches only) and of course horrifying goaltending.

Good for Finland, they deserved it.

[Mike F]

Can't wait to see Virtanen in Canucks colours for years to come.

[JohnnyT]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

I blame this Benning and Weisbrod. They lost Canada the tournament when they released Virtanen.

Had the same what if moment earlier

[slybomb]

At least we beat Switzerland and Denmark...brutal but it is good to see so much parity in this tournament instead of a bunch of push overs

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

Do heartbreaking thinking these are just teenagers and they'll have all this venom thrown at them for the next while

By next while do you mean the rest of the day? People will move on.

[Torchdemall]

They deserved to lose a victim of their own stupidity and emotions. But that is what makes this tournament fun to watch, its never dull. Good on the Fin's for not giving up when they went down early. This is sadly the outcome I expected, a high score game where they lost by one goal.

Other then screaming at my TV at times it was still a fun game to watch.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

yes

Well that worked out well.

[savardandjokinen]

Originally Posted by sureloss

i blame this benning and weisbrod. They lost canada the tournament when they released virtanen.

weisbrod f###s up the flames, joins canucks and f###s up canada

[Kswiss]

Looks like our dreams of gold are Finnished.

P.S. Vertanin is stupid.

[flamesfan6]

Coach can only do so much, he has guys like Virtanen to work with... Yes some choices probably could of been different, but controlling players emotions and stupidity is a whole other thing, he can't mind control them.

[Erick Estrada]

This wasn't as talented a Canadian team as years past but with a better coach they may have done better as Lowry has to be the worst coach in some time to lead this team. Simply never had a handle on this team.