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On February 23 2014 04:21 nikj wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 04:10 lamprey1 wrote:On February 23 2014 03:56 Orcasgt24 wrote:
I think we can all agree Team USA was massively overrated due to how poorly their opponents played. Slovakia is not a bad team but they just fell apart, Russia choked it up hardcore and the Czechs have 5 or more guys that should have retired 3 years ago.
Yay Finland! what we can say is that BO1's prove something, but not everything. in 2010 USA defeated Finland 6-1 to move on to the Gold Medal game. Does any one give Latvia a prayer against Canada in a BO7? In a BO1 ... a bad bounce or 2 and Latvia and Canada go into OT. in 2002 Sweden throttles Team Canada 5-2 only to lose to Belarus days later? in 1972 USA gets destroyed by Finland only to defeat Czechoslovakia 5-1? its a cryin' shame we can't have the top 6 teams competing in a 2 month tournament when teams play BO7s. Up to this point in the tourney Canada has played the best out of all the teams. They absolutely man-handled the Finns and the Americans. I'm not sure how this World Cup they keep talking about is going to work, but I'd prefer to see a longer tournament annually with the best of the best playing. Rather then the Olympic format, although the hype surrounding the Olympics is always pretty epic. Will be interesting to see what happens if this truly is the last Olympics that the NHL will participate in.
1 key element of previous "World Cups" and "Canada Cups" was a BO3 Finals. Which of course is not as good as a BO7, but its better than nuttin'. And produced some high drama in 1987 and 1996 with the eventual #2 finisher winning game 1 of the BO3.
That disappeared in the 2004 "World Cup" with a BO1 format in the final 8, final 4, and finals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Cup_of_Hockey
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On February 23 2014 02:21 Kevin_Sorbo wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 02:18 Otolia wrote:
Shitty display by the USA. What a bunch of wankers. they had their sights set on gold. fuck bronze. Same wouldve happened if Canada played the finns today.
Man, 24+ hours of tears. Get over it.
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That game was pathetic by USA. Well, after this game, maybe Jonathan Quick and his fans now understands what Ryan Miller has to deal with when he's in goal for the Sabres.
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On February 23 2014 04:24 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 02:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
The coaches get medals too, right? Jari Kurri bronze 2014! Coaches or other staff dont get medals in Olympics. Only, only players.
Hmph. If Jari Kurri wants medal Jari Kurri gets medal >:[
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On February 23 2014 04:30 lamprey1 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 04:21 nikj wrote:On February 23 2014 04:10 lamprey1 wrote:On February 23 2014 03:56 Orcasgt24 wrote:
I think we can all agree Team USA was massively overrated due to how poorly their opponents played. Slovakia is not a bad team but they just fell apart, Russia choked it up hardcore and the Czechs have 5 or more guys that should have retired 3 years ago.
Yay Finland! what we can say is that BO1's prove something, but not everything. in 2010 USA defeated Finland 6-1 to move on to the Gold Medal game. Does any one give Latvia a prayer against Canada in a BO7? In a BO1 ... a bad bounce or 2 and Latvia and Canada go into OT. in 2002 Sweden throttles Team Canada 5-2 only to lose to Belarus days later? in 1972 USA gets destroyed by Finland only to defeat Czechoslovakia 5-1? its a cryin' shame we can't have the top 6 teams competing in a 2 month tournament when teams play BO7s. Up to this point in the tourney Canada has played the best out of all the teams. They absolutely man-handled the Finns and the Americans. I'm not sure how this World Cup they keep talking about is going to work, but I'd prefer to see a longer tournament annually with the best of the best playing. Rather then the Olympic format, although the hype surrounding the Olympics is always pretty epic. Will be interesting to see what happens if this truly is the last Olympics that the NHL will participate in. 1 key element of previous "World Cups" and "Canada Cups" was a BO3 Finals. Which of course is not as good as a BO7, but its better than nuttin'. And produced some high drama in 1987 and 1996 with the eventual #2 finisher winning game 1 of the BO3. That disappeared in the 2004 "World Cup" with a BO1 format in the final 8, final 4, and finals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Cup_of_Hockey
Isn't the plan to re-format it though? So it doesn't overlap the NHL season/play-offs. So the best players from every nation can compete in an annual tournament that means something. Still might be BO1 in the end though.
I'm not sure on the details only heard snippets of it mentioned on the radio.
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On February 23 2014 04:43 AlternativeEgo wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 04:24 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:On February 23 2014 02:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
The coaches get medals too, right? Jari Kurri bronze 2014! Coaches or other staff dont get medals in Olympics. Only, only players. Hmph. If Jari Kurri wants medal Jari Kurri gets medal >:[
Teemu can give him one of his.
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Good job Teemu. Now the younger generation can take over.
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On February 23 2014 04:57 Juissi wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Good job Teemu. Now the younger generation can take over.
Coach for 2018?
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On February 23 2014 04:30 Zorkmid wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 02:21 Kevin_Sorbo wrote:On February 23 2014 02:18 Otolia wrote:
Shitty display by the USA. What a bunch of wankers. they had their sights set on gold. fuck bronze. Same wouldve happened if Canada played the finns today. Man, 24+ hours of tears. Get over it.
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just stating a fact. thats how the americans felt, thats why they played a shitty game.
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They are so happy
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On February 23 2014 06:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:They are so happy
So, Nemo got a medal for being the door opener? Nice.
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"We dont need these papers anymore"
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The American choke against the Finns make the Russian choke against the Finns look like the Canadian win against the Latvians. What the hell was that. Also, someone should put an alert out on Patrick Kane, I cant imagine the insaaaaaaaaaane bender that kid is going to go on...and its Russia, they wont even notice it until the 36th hour thta something is amiss and by that time who knows, Kane will already have stolen Putin's snow leopard and tried to fuck every female in the Northern Caucases..
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On February 23 2014 04:30 lamprey1 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 04:21 nikj wrote:On February 23 2014 04:10 lamprey1 wrote:On February 23 2014 03:56 Orcasgt24 wrote:
I think we can all agree Team USA was massively overrated due to how poorly their opponents played. Slovakia is not a bad team but they just fell apart, Russia choked it up hardcore and the Czechs have 5 or more guys that should have retired 3 years ago.
Yay Finland! what we can say is that BO1's prove something, but not everything. in 2010 USA defeated Finland 6-1 to move on to the Gold Medal game. Does any one give Latvia a prayer against Canada in a BO7? In a BO1 ... a bad bounce or 2 and Latvia and Canada go into OT. in 2002 Sweden throttles Team Canada 5-2 only to lose to Belarus days later? in 1972 USA gets destroyed by Finland only to defeat Czechoslovakia 5-1? its a cryin' shame we can't have the top 6 teams competing in a 2 month tournament when teams play BO7s. Up to this point in the tourney Canada has played the best out of all the teams. They absolutely man-handled the Finns and the Americans. I'm not sure how this World Cup they keep talking about is going to work, but I'd prefer to see a longer tournament annually with the best of the best playing. Rather then the Olympic format, although the hype surrounding the Olympics is always pretty epic. Will be interesting to see what happens if this truly is the last Olympics that the NHL will participate in. 1 key element of previous "World Cups" and "Canada Cups" was a BO3 Finals. Which of course is not as good as a BO7, but its better than nuttin'. And produced some high drama in 1987 and 1996 with the eventual #2 finisher winning game 1 of the BO3. That disappeared in the 2004 "World Cup" with a BO1 format in the final 8, final 4, and finals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Cup_of_Hockey
It would be great to see a World Cup or Canada Cup or whatever with BO5. But then NHL owners wont get nearly as much dirty money as they can so it will never happen.
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On February 23 2014 06:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:They are so happy
Winning Bronze > losing silver!
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Wasn't there a study that showed people who win bronze are a lot happier than people who get sliver
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On February 23 2014 03:56 Orcasgt24 wrote:Ok so I woke up just now and watched the tagged part of the replay. Never have I ever seen a player shoot a broken stick at someone. That was a first. I wanna see if thats a Penalty Shot in the NHL too. Also shocked Kane went 0-2, he's usually money in those. I think we can all agree Team USA was massively overrated due to how poorly their opponents played. Slovakia is not a bad team but they just fell apart, Russia choked it up hardcore and the Czechs have 5 or more guys that should have retired 3 years ago. Yay Finland! Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 03:47 nikj wrote:On February 23 2014 03:14 y0su wrote:On February 23 2014 02:53 Darpa wrote:On February 23 2014 02:31 Muffloe wrote:
Congrats for bronze Finland!
So let's look at some interesting stuff here: Sweden beat Finland in the semis, and Canada had a quite close win over USA. Finland then goes on to dominate USA in the bronze game. Sweden should be the favourites tomorrow! But Canada also beat Finland. And both Canada and Sweden beat finland by 1 goal. O.o I¨m expecting a quite even match tomorrow... Also, don¨t forget Rask wasn¨t playing vs SWE.. I just hope we see some GOALS I want to see a 5-4 game tomorrow, either way. Canada needs to finish tomorrow, too many shots not enough goals! Canada has hit hot goalies. 199 shots, 14 goals. 7% shooting is bad lol
Kane has been terrible in the shootout this year, going 1 for 11.
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On February 23 2014 07:13 Shelke14 wrote:
Wasn't there a study that showed people who win bronze are a lot happier than people who get sliver
Makes some sense; they end on a win whereas if you get silver you end on a loss.
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On February 23 2014 07:14 GolemMadness wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2014 07:13 Shelke14 wrote:
Wasn't there a study that showed people who win bronze are a lot happier than people who get sliver Makes some sense; they end on a win whereas if you get silver you end on a loss.
Or even if it's not head-to-head matches, the Bronze medallist "made it to the podium" whereas the Silver medallist was "so close to the Gold".
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