EPTOn February 17 2014 04:40 iCanada wrote:
I'm confused, wheres the smurf accounts?
I'm confused, wheres the smurf accounts?
One's banned.
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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Juissi
Finland209 Posts
On February 17 2014 04:27 iCanada wrote: Why do you say that? Canada had the puck all game (82% possession) and each team only had 1 powerplay. Typically the team that possesses the puck gets way more PP's because you only take penalties when you dont have the puck. If they called the game by the book there is no way the Finns keep guys like 222lb Jamie Benn from taking a puck to the net. They put the whistles away in the first. Fair enough. Both teams adjusted to the fact. Anyway, my point was Canada would have liked a more whistle heavy game, we have vastly superior special teams. I never said the refs were biased. Do you think Finland would have liked it if both teams had 5 PPs instead of just 1? I just said it for the lolz. Kinda funny how you start raging over my comment. | ||
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Flaccid
8828 Posts
On February 17 2014 04:44 iCanada wrote: Thats not true, they made a huge mistake in the first period, Sharp made a beauty pass to the late man coming in hit him right in the slot in prime shooting position... and that skater was Kunitz. Haha, unfortunately I watch the Oilers and that's considered a 'normal defensive play' by our metric  . Only difference is we would have given up a goal and our goalie would have been injured by a flying jersey on the play as well. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32027 Posts
On February 17 2014 04:47 GolemMadness wrote: I wish that the ban thread linked to the post the person was banned for. I can't find it. i reported another stupid, short, off topic post just report every jimmy post since most are about baseball or non-olympic stuff in the olympic thread | ||
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Luolis
Finland7085 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32027 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19fw0t4iy3sh2gif/ku-medium.gif) i missed this but it is fantastic | ||
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Luepert
United States1933 Posts
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nikj
Canada669 Posts
On February 17 2014 04:56 QuanticHawk wrote: i reported another stupid, short, off topic post just report every jimmy post since most are about baseball or non-olympic stuff in the olympic thread Too worried it will negatively impact my reporting stats. | ||
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jakethesnake
Canada4948 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:02 Luepert wrote: I missed Canada vs Finland, did Canada win in OT or in shootout? In the last couple minutes of OT. | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
no smurf account .. i'm not KelianQatar. she told me she was banned for "1 word posting".. making it really hard to find. ggs today. lots of great games on the big ice! | ||
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Flaccid
8828 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:04 nikj wrote: Too worried it will negatively impact my reporting stats. Reporting stats don't 'matter'... Only Cupz '...' | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6190 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:01 QuanticHawk wrote: i missed this but it is fantastic Haha that's hilarious | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:01 QuanticHawk wrote: i missed this but it is fantastic HAHAHAHAHAHAH | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
On February 17 2014 04:56 QuanticHawk wrote: i reported another stupid, short, off topic post just report every jimmy post since most are about baseball or non-olympic stuff in the olympic thread talking about reporting stuff is off topic in and of itself. i'm not KelianQatar, you should stop saying i am. all it does is lower the signal to noise ratio of the thread. so Sweden beats Latvia by 2 goals. barely beats the Swiss in the last minute of the game. and for this they are granted the #1 seed throughout the remainder of the event? this is why you can't read to much into these 1 game elimination events. the teams are too closely matched to be able to tell much based on 1 game. Damien Cox covers the topic nicely on 1 of Canada's few remaining independent news sources. http://www.chatsports.com/toronto-raptors/a/Mens-Olympic-hockey-tournament-simply-too-close-to-call-Cox-0-9314421 | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
Czech-Slovaks get to play for the privilege to be destroyed by America. Hiller vs all of Canada and then we see Canada vs. USA, the most dynamic and exciting match...in the semi finals so one of the two best teams at this tournament gets 0 shot at gold. Terrible tournament design. On the other side of the bracket, Russia lucks out to miss the two toughest teams and runs into Finland, the weakest of the top 4 teams. How convenient for them. Finland will turtle the way that they did against Canada but maybe Ovechkin and Malkin will feel some shame and actually step up big. Sweden should coast through Austria/Slovenia, maybe even rest a bunch of their players? Then Sweden should eliminate Russia handily and then the Americans will finish what they started and destroy them in the Bronze medal game. Without Sedin and Zettterberg and with just a so-so Lundquist there is nothing that the Swedes can do to stop Canada. Chris Kunitz becomes the worst skilled gold medal winner in human history. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:59 Sub40APM wrote: So here is the bracket for the elimination round: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament#Bracket Czech-Slovaks get to play for the privilege to be destroyed by America. Hiller vs all of Canada and then we see Canada vs. USA, the most dynamic and exciting match...in the semi finals so one of the two best teams at this tournament gets 0 shot at gold. Terrible tournament design. On the other side of the bracket, Russia lucks out to miss the two toughest teams and runs into Finland, the weakest of the top 4 teams. How convenient for them. Finland will turtle the way that they did against Canada but maybe Ovechkin and Malkin will feel some shame and actually step up big. Sweden should coast through Austria/Slovenia, maybe even rest a bunch of their players? Then Sweden should eliminate Russia handily and then the Americans will finish what they started and destroy them in the Bronze medal game. Without Sedin and Zettterberg and with just a so-so Lundquist there is nothing that the Swedes can do to stop Canada. Chris Kunitz becomes the worst skilled gold medal winner in human history. Name a tournament in any team sports where such a thing can't happen. Apart from pure full round robin tournaments. | ||
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one-one-one
Sweden551 Posts
Group stage is over. As expected the Swedish team came out first. They are still trying to get their team together properly as they only really managed to shine in the game versus the Czech. It is plausible though that they were chilling versus the Swiss and especially versus Lithuania. I have to be honest and state that I'm a bit disappointed so far. But I would have been more disappointed if we had actually dropped points. Austria - Slovenia next. That should be a very easy first game on the was to the finals. I don't think USA and Canada are good enough to stop us from taking the gold. | ||
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anomalopidae
Slovenia549 Posts
With some luck we might even get bronze. | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
On February 17 2014 05:59 Sub40APM wrote: So here is the bracket for the elimination round: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament#Bracket Czech-Slovaks get to play for the privilege to be destroyed by America. Hiller vs all of Canada and then we see Canada vs. USA, the most dynamic and exciting match...in the semi finals so one of the two best teams at this tournament gets 0 shot at gold. Terrible tournament design. On the other side of the bracket, Russia lucks out to miss the two toughest teams and runs into Finland, the weakest of the top 4 teams. How convenient for them. Finland will turtle the way that they did against Canada but maybe Ovechkin and Malkin will feel some shame and actually step up big. Sweden should coast through Austria/Slovenia, maybe even rest a bunch of their players? Then Sweden should eliminate Russia handily and then the Americans will finish what they started and destroy them in the Bronze medal game. Without Sedin and Zettterberg and with just a so-so Lundquist there is nothing that the Swedes can do to stop Canada. Chris Kunitz becomes the worst skilled gold medal winner in human history. thanks for your analysis and the link. it has some merit. however, the event design can never be high quality because the teams are too closely matched for a BO1 to mean anything. what is needed are BO7s to determine the better team. But, that will never happen. If Belarus can beat Sweden and 1980 USA can beat 1980 USSR then really anything can happen. Switzerland beat Canada in 2006. and if Sweden can lose to Belarus... well.. they can lose to anyone. the winner of Slovakia/Czech Republic could upset the USA. On the WOmen's side..i think the IOC or IIHF or whoever it was .. designed a fantastic structure. if i were to grade them i'd say this: Women's Tourney Structure for 2014: A+++ Men's Tourney Structure for 2014: B Over all the women's event has been a masterpiece.. the men's event has been good to great. Russia or Vladamir Putin or IOC or IIHF or whoever made this happen.. take a bow sir (or ma'am), because you've given every hard core hockey fan a real treat. | ||
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