EPT2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament of Manly Men - Page 46
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:32 Juissi wrote: Finland doesn't seem to have much chances today. you guys got Tuukka!!!! and nice jerseys anythings possible  | ||
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zezamer
Finland5701 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:32 Juissi wrote: Finland doesn't seem to have much chances today. believe, theres still so much time for can to throw they do seem strong today | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:37 Kevin_Sorbo wrote: you guys got Tuukka!!!! anythings possible Rask has been pretty unreal already, so he could just shut the doors, and there is definitly a chance for finland to put a couple in the net. I mean it could easily be 3-0 right now | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
All the euro teams kill penalties in this passive collapse in front manner. Canada is considerably more aggressive, in the lanes, rotating to cover for eachother, much greater pursuit of the puck. There were sequences there where all four Canadian skaters were in the one area of the ice. Its an interesting difference of philsophy; wanting to limit strong chances, and just wanting to take possession. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium3999 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:44 iCanada wrote: These tournaments always highlite the huge difference in styles between nations. All the euro teams kill penalties in this passive collapse in front manner. Canada is considerably more aggressive, in the lanes, rotating to cover for eachother, much greater pursuit of the puck. There were sequences there where all four Canadian skaters were in the one area of the ice. Its an interesting difference of philsophy; wanting to limit strong chances, and just wanting to take possession. Yeah it resembles basketball, where in europe zone defence is popular while its not in NBA. By the way yesterday Russians tried to be more active on PK and you saw what happened. You really need to know how to play this style otherwise you'll fail horribly... | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:49 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: Yeah it resembles basketball, where in europe zone defence is popular while its not in NBA. By the way yesterday Russians tried to be more active on PK and you saw what happened. You really need to know how to play this style otherwise you'll fail horribly... isnt zone defense illegal in the NBA? | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On February 17 2014 02:49 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: Yeah it resembles basketball, where in europe zone defence is popular while its not in NBA. By the way yesterday Russians tried to be more active on PK and you saw what happened. You really need to know how to play this style otherwise you'll fail horribly... It is true. I think the zone style is a bit easier to pull off, but I think the man-to-man aggression is a little bit stronger when pulled off effectively. To pull it off though you need to have vision not only of your opponents and their seems, your teammates and their where-abouts, but you also need to outwork the other team with only 4 guys when they have 5. Its hard. Its something us Canadians are taught really early. I'd say that is a big difference in development between nations. Canada teaches kids to think the game, and creativity is an afterthought or an on your own time thing. Whereas stick skills and the like are the big focus of the European development systems. I dont know if one or the other is better, I suppose you could argue with the recent WJC's maybe the Euro way is stronger. | ||
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
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zezamer
Finland5701 Posts
On February 17 2014 03:09 Juissi wrote: This is so one-sided i almost wish Canada scores few more goals so i can shut down the TV. no no this defend n try to do lucky counter attack is classic finn tactics | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On February 17 2014 03:09 Juissi wrote: This is so one-sided i almost wish Canada scores few more goals so i can shut down the TV. Then tell your team to stop playing not to lose and hoping we screw up.  | ||
KadaverBB
Germany25657 Posts
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
On February 17 2014 03:09 Juissi wrote: This is so one-sided i almost wish Canada scores few more goals so i can shut down the TV. Dude you realize your team is totally hanging on vs a Dream Team? Dont be pessimistic, anything can happen its 1-0. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32048 Posts
FUCK YEAH USA ![[image loading]](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-px92hEb6mNQ/ThIp5hCUjrI/AAAAAAAAEtE/20PDlBKK1gc/america-gif.gif) ![[image loading]](http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/08%20america%20fuck%20yeah.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AsHCfnAl.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SsB4wChl.jpg) Quick came up big when it was needed late. JVR is a monster and that trade looks dumber by the day. Schenn is so mediocre. American defense and esp the pk was awesome against a very very scary pp. I thought the Russians played very well actually, and didn't do a lot of the dumb bullshit freelancing they did in their 2010 flameout. Radulov hurts my head as a player. So talented, but so stupid. On February 17 2014 00:18 iCanada wrote: No one was bashing all Russians. North America adores Datsyuk. Sub40APM perhaps, but no one else. I honestly do think Ovi's game has regressed though. He is no longer a dynamic player that just kills you from anywhere. He no longer has a strong passing game; he used to walk in, and if the shot was a bad choice he would make strong passes to trailers. Now he just shoots. Ovechkin has assist per 60 minutes numbers in the NHL similar to some really really awful players. Even worse is his 5v5 assist production; I think he has 2-3 all season. Given how he leads the NHL in icetime for a forward, that is horrifically bad. That assist production puts him in 4th line facepuncher territory in that regard. I definitely think he's regressed in that regard. I also think he was much stronger in his own end even just 2 years ago, but whatever thats just me. Washington as a team outside of Ovechkin is shooting at like 5% or something absurdly bad. It's not like they're scoring otherwise. That team as a whole has no one else scoring. Ovechkin is shitting out goals. The defensive commentary is silly because he's a winger and the only legit scoring threat on the team. His lack of defense would matter if he were a center and floating. He looked really good yesterday I thought. On February 17 2014 02:31 iCanada wrote: Wow. If that was anyone but Kunitz thats in the net. Yes. It's amazing this assclown is still playing and MSL sits. He exists because he's gooned it up in each game. This FIN-CAN game is really good. Finland always fields competitive teams no matter if they have injuries or not a ton of skill players any given year. They always look like they play together all year. Rask's been solid other than that first turd of a goal | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
On February 17 2014 03:08 Grettin wrote: Good ol' Finnish defense. Asleep as always. Finish defense has looked pretty unreal to me so far. Canada has 80% possession in Finlands zone, and they have even had that many good opportunities. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
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