05-10-2019, 02:38 PM
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#81
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Originally Posted by vilzeh
Not much of a stretch imo, don't they have like 18 newcomers?
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It was a nothing game, both teams played like it, the Finnish team has practiced and played together for four weeks, Canada hasn't. Plus Jukka Jalonen is one of the all time greats of Finnish coaching, and this is the team he picked. Its only "the worst team ever" if you think coaching and practice time doesn't matter at all.
So it's only a "huge upset" if you ignore absolutely everything.
It'll be an actual upset if this happens in the games that matter.
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05-10-2019, 02:45 PM
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#82
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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K....is the fact the Czechs just mopped the floor with Sweden considered a big upset?
Certainly the Slovaks feeding USA their lunch is...and i would suspect Finland beating Canada at any time a bit of one as well, though that is one depleted Canadian squad.
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05-10-2019, 02:54 PM
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#83
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Originally Posted by Itse
It was a nothing game, both teams played like it, the Finnish team has practiced and played together for four weeks, Canada hasn't. Plus Jukka Jalonen is one of the all time greats of Finnish coaching, and this is the team he picked. Its only "the worst team ever" if you think coaching and practice time doesn't matter at all.
So it's only a "huge upset" if you ignore absolutely everything.
It'll be an actual upset if this happens in the games that matter.
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Yeah, if you look it that way, every game is a nothing game before the quarterfinals anyway, but the so called "experts" gave no chance to Finland at all, so it's kind of an upset.
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05-10-2019, 03:03 PM
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#84
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vilzeh
Yeah, if you look it that way, every game is a nothing game before the quarterfinals anyway, but the so called "experts" gave no chance to Finland at all, so it's kind of an upset.
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Just goes to show "experts" suck at what they do 
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05-10-2019, 03:09 PM
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#85
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Itse
Just goes to show "experts" suck at what they do |
Couldn't agree more 
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05-11-2019, 01:18 AM
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#86
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Mar 2018
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Originally Posted by UKflames
So proud that Team GB made it to the top pool but this could be a bloodbath, especially as we are in the same group as Canada and the USA!! Both of those could probably play without a goalie and still beat us.
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Dare to dream.....as long as it doesn't go to a penalty shoot out against Germany... 
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05-11-2019, 04:33 AM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
K....is the fact the Czechs just mopped the floor with Sweden considered a big upset?
Certainly the Slovaks feeding USA their lunch is...and i would suspect Finland beating Canada at any time a bit of one as well, though that is one depleted Canadian squad.
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(Somehow missed this comment earlier.)
I think the first day pretty decisively proved my point. In the early stages of the tournament, the teams that have had a lot of time to practice together have a noticeable advantage over NHL heavy squads. The motivation level is also extremely different for the "underdogs" at this stage.
Give Canada, Sweden and USA a few more games and a practices together, and they should start rolling. (Assuming they also find a winning attitude.)
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05-11-2019, 08:28 AM
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#88
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Lifetime Suspension
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Let's go GB let's go
Just keep winning face offs and dumping that puck
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05-11-2019, 08:43 AM
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#89
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Raffl scores shorthanded, but Latvia answers right back. Sigh
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05-11-2019, 09:40 AM
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#90
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Finally the Germans score late in the 2nd.
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05-11-2019, 09:55 AM
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Norm!
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Britain Scores! Britain Scores!
Do you believe in miracles? And thick warm beer? YES!
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05-11-2019, 09:56 AM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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A GB goal! 1-1
Crowd is into it now.
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05-11-2019, 09:56 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Drysaddle continues his stellar defensive zone play and Great Britain ties the game.
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05-11-2019, 09:56 AM
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Norm!
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I think I'm cheering for Great Britain this year.
God save the Queen
Pip Pip lads stiff upper lip and all that.
Oh and suck it France
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05-11-2019, 09:57 AM
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#95
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Nsd1
Drysaddle continues his stellar defensive zone play and Great Britain ties the game.
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The guy is just lazy without the puck.
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05-11-2019, 11:33 AM
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#96
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: England
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Well it wasn't to be but a great game for GB to openthe tournament. This was one of the games they needed to get points from to stay up but going to be hard now. We had a really good plan but that bit of extra qulity stood out in the end.
Drysaddle using those excellent No Good defence techniques to provide GB with the goal.
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05-11-2019, 03:03 PM
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#98
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Finland
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Kaapo Kakko is the name of the day. As a fan of his Finnish club TPS, you just keep getting surprised of his level of competition. Very happy to see him go to the Eastern conference, especially after the regular season draft lottery odds.
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05-12-2019, 10:07 AM
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#99
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Germany is beating Denmark which is good news for GB.
Just have to beat Denmark to survive.
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