EPTif i recall correctly you were ranting and raving in the 2015 thread taking the event very seriously with a slew of negative adjectives. you're contridicting yourself. its like you're going from one extreme to another.
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
if i recall correctly you were ranting and raving in the 2015 thread taking the event very seriously with a slew of negative adjectives. you're contridicting yourself. its like you're going from one extreme to another. | ||
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Sjokola
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JimmyJRaynor
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nice goal. | ||
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JoeCool
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JimmyJRaynor
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who is gettin' fired ? | ||
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Klowney
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
toews, subban, price, smith, keith, doughty, getzlaf, benn, tavares, bergeron, seguin every country deals with lots of "no" responses from its best players | ||
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Sjokola
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Klowney
Sweden277 Posts
On May 20 2016 04:42 JimmyJRaynor wrote: off the top of my head canada played without toews, subban, price, smith, keith, doughty, getzlaf, benn, tavares, bergeron, seguin every country deals with lots of "no" responses from its best players Around 30 NHL players said no, a bunch from KHL said no. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
On May 20 2016 04:50 Sjokola wrote: Painful to watch. Well I guess I'm supporting Finland now Finland has won the U20s the U18s and will have 2 of the top 3 draft picks in this year's NHL draft. Their star players in these events take low hard shots to generate rebounds and create team goals off of rebounds. The stars for Sweden, Canada and Russia are constantly cherry pickin'. Sweden , Canada and Russia hit more fucking crossbars .... </rant> | ||
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
On May 20 2016 05:05 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Finland has won the U20s the U18s and will have 2 of the top 3 draft picks in this year's NHL draft. Their star players in these events take low hard shots to generate rebounds and create team goals off of rebounds. The stars for Sweden, Canada and Russia are constantly cherry pickin'. Sweden , Canada and Russia hit more fucking crossbars .... </rant> yeah but we can't win the finals unless it's against Sweden... RIP | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
On May 20 2016 04:57 Klowney wrote: Around 30 NHL players said no, a bunch from KHL said no. There is more than 80 Swedes in the NHL dawg. Canada is missing an all-star team of guys. Every team deals with star players saying "no". Also, teams use their star junior players .. guys like Laine and Matthews. When Norway, Switzerland, and Latvia all give Sweden big, big trouble in 1 event.. Sweden's got problems. | ||
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Sjokola
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JimmyJRaynor
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http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/worldcup/2016 | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7224 Posts
On May 20 2016 22:18 JimmyJRaynor wrote: nope, everyone plays in the Olympics unless they are injured. In 3.5 months there will be something in Canada called the "World Cup of Hockey" that will feature the best players. Everyone is in on that as well. All the games will be on the smaller NHL ice surface though. http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/worldcup/2016 Hm... pity Europe (audience) cares a lot more about the World Championship (the thing thats going on now) than the World Cup of Hockey. Me for one didn't even know that is World Cup thing is going until i read about 3 weeks ago on TL.net somewhere. And I'm quite interested in hockey | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
On May 20 2016 23:16 Harris1st wrote: Hm... pity Europe (audience) cares a lot more about the World Championship (the thing thats going on now) than the World Cup of Hockey. Me for one didn't even know that is World Cup thing is going until i read about 3 weeks ago on TL.net somewhere. And I'm quite interested in hockey its more like the NHLPA Cup than the World Cup. 1 of the teams is a team of under 23 year old players North American players. there is also a "team Europe" that consists of all European players not in Sweden, Finland, Russia, and the Czech Republic. These teams were invented in order to get as many NHL players involved in the event as possible. Its main purpose is to raise money for the NHLPA and scare the Olympic organizers into making a better deal with the NHL. Hopefully , the arenas are half full.... this IIHF event and hte Olympics is enough. imo, we don't need another event. | ||
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lord_nibbler
Germany591 Posts
Or maybe do it all in February and negotiate a break with the NHL like for the Olymics? | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
its historical. Originally, the IIHF and NHL did not get along at all. They sort of hated each other. So the IIHF scheduled the World Championships right after the European leagues are finished their seasons and didn't care about the NHL. I'm assuming the KHL season is also finished. The NHL is the only league that goes on until the middle of June. The NHL going until Mid-June is pretty dumb.. but that's how it is. Having the World Championships go from late June and into July would be ridiculous. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17590 Posts
Every time a Finn has a choice between trying to stick it under the crossbar and a low hard shot to create a rebound they elect to take a shot that creates a rebound. great team play by Finland. Someone on Russia needs to stop figure skating and stand in front of the net. They could use a coach like Ken Hitchcock. See how Finland has someone standing in front of the net? like that. Finland has given up 1 goal to Canada and Russia. If Finland wins tomorrow they become the first nation to ever win the U18s the U20s and the World's in 1 year. Since NHL players joined the Olympics Finland has more medals than any other country. What's the population of Finland any way? 200 million people right? | ||
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Sjokola
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