Olympic Sunday [thread]
Czech-Russia: 3 p.m. EST on NBC/TSN/V | USA-Canada 7:40 on MSNBC | Finland-Sweden midnight on MSNBC. ... Just call this your Super Sunday thread.
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Wow.
Intense hockey so far.
I still miss Josef Vasicek.
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Aesthetic lament
The Russians could really use a stripe of some sort on their socks. They look like they’re wearing pajamas.
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Horrible call on Jagr
Datsyuk sold it like … a Russian! And then Russia converts on the PP. 1-0.
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Plekanec tied it 1-1
On a broken play during a 5-on-3. Sweet 1st period, all in all.
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I’m watching this game while packing for my 6:10 AM flight to St. Paul. This has lead to a lot of listening to the game rather than watching and I find myself angry more and more at Ed Olzyk and Pierre McGuire.
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McGuire is painful
Is this the big move to St. Paul, or do you have a while yet?
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Not quite the big move yet, that will happen this summer. This is just a trip out to visit the school I will be going to.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Perfect
It’s good they don’t have, “I tell you what, Doc” on there — we’d all be dead by the 1st intermission.
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Czechs needed a 2nd-period PP
…just to get some pressure on. They’re trying to lull Nabokov to sleep.
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2-1 Russia
Courtesy of Islander-for-a-moment Kozlov.
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Russia dodges a bullet
The Hand of God and the Whistle of Mother Russia prevents a goal from being registered.
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Favorite Olympic name from the past
Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová, a Slovakian biathlete from 1994-2006.
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Gesundheit
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh. Play of the game.
Ovechkin levels Jagr (who was trying to deke around him), Semin retrieves the puck from the left wing boards and feeds Malkin, who scores from a bad angle. Vokoun maybe should have had that, but that was a fantastic sequence for the Russians.
cure McGuire-gasm.
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cure McGuire-gasm.
Chug!
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
And Olczyk-asm, as it turns out. They’re trying to outdo each other.
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3-2. M. Michalek. 5 minutes left
We may get an exciting finish yet, now that the Czechs are awake.
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What a play all around by Z.
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Now Pierre is raving about the size of Ovechkin's father's hands
“He has hands the size of a polar bear.”
I have patience for these clowns the size of Pierre McGuire.
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Datsyuk empty-netter, 4-2 final, Russia wins the group
In accordance with the prophecies.
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Serious question
In lieu of the obvious North American Armageddon-inducing hockey game, are any of the history / anthropology people here interested in checking out the King Tut special on Discovery in between? I’m of the under-the-rock DVR-less species, so i’ll be channel flipping a bit…
I am DVR less as well so I will be flipping back and forth. It’s a pretty cool study, I know a few people that worked on it. Plus Zawi Hawas is involved, as he is any time a camera is turned on in Egypt.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
I was tempted
Actually, spinning through the menus to find which XNBC I needed next, I noticed there was a lot of good Sunday TV available. Dangerous knowledge, that.
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JR
I’ve seen a lot of people bash him (not around here in particular) just based on not liking him as a player. But I really like him as an Analyst, and I hope they either keep him around after the Olympics or Dump Milbury.
I mean at least JR was still there at 2 in the morning friday night giving his analysis of the late game friday night. Milbury was already asleep.
"Martin is psychical" - In reference to Matt Martin being called up to the Islanders.
I really haven’t payed much attention to JR, I’m usually to angry at something Milbury just said. I kinda like JR because he speaks his mind, but still has a semblance of a brain unlike the rest of NBC’s team.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
yea, unlike everyone else, he’ll actually Call Milbury out on his insanity.
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That is by far his best trait. They just need someone to counterbalance MM. JR spouts his own share of cliches and “I don’t have anything here, so I’m going back to the well” thoughts, but he’s a good contrast to Milbury.
Better than Hull, I think; Hull really fell in love with his reputation of being a good quote. (Come to think of it, that’s what Hull the player was like: “I’ll just say something controversial, teammates be damned.”)
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Is NBC showing the whole Canada US game? I think all of Canada is watching.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Feb 21, 2010 7:28 PM EST reply actions
No, it’s all on MSNBC. NBC is showing Ice dancing and tape delays of Ski Cross and Downhill. Lame.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Guess I’ll have to keep you posted. Oh, and you’re welcome for the loan of McGuire.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Feb 21, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh. I’d play the McGuire drinking game I posted above if I didn’t have to be up at 3 AM to go fly to St. Paul.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Crosby with a pretty tip for the USA
Tee hee hee
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oooo Brodeur
he played a tad lackadaisical with the puck that time, almost got it grabbed.
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Jagr on the Ovechkin hit/turnover
Nice to see his take on it:
“Guys, before you asked me the question, I know I make a mistake. It was a big mistake. The hit, I don’t really care. But the mistake was the turnover I made, they scored a goal. that hurt me the most.”
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Another way to die
Drink every time they mention Brodeur’s puckhandling and/or the trapezoid.
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Rafalski scores!
Subtitle: When Brodeur puckhandling goes wrong.
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NHL Network (U.S.) today
Showed the World Cup 1996 final. That game never gets old.
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Gordon
You think playing against the Devils a lot, he’s in the forwards ears telling them to pressure Brodeur when he’s stick handling?
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Wouldn’t be a bad idea. Especially on the big stage. You know he has it in his head to be active with the stick, live the trapezoid-free life, etc. His baseball swing before the goal was pretty much hubris.
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I think with all the current and ex-Devils on the US team, they know one way or another.
p.s. – why is Getzlaf such a bitch, ALL THE TIME ?
Hangs around Corey Perry too much?
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Wow is it fun to have Miller on your side.
I’m reminded of rooting for Richter during the 96 World Cup.
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lol, I was having the same thought, and how pissed Sabres fans will be if Miller is burnt out by the time the playoffs come.
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You know that will be the immediate discussion if the U.S. goes far and Miller has a bad game or two after the break. Doing his bit for god and country.
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Its what Rags fans did to Lundqvist after Turin. But before these games, I never really liked or cared about Miller, but I find myself rooting for him. I feel dirty.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
End of 1st: US 2, Can 1
Obviously, someone in Canada needs to be fired.
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I third that. You wouldn’t think Regis Pierre McGuire (that’s right, Regis is his real first name. Its on Wikipedia it can’t be wrong!) was born in New Jersey.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
now…. NBC is showing the Ice Dancers’ intermission performance … right? Is that how that works? …wait? …NO? WHAT!?
I know it makes no sense, but one of the reasons for NBC not showing hockey is because its easier to leave the Ice Dancers intermission performance then to leave the middle of a hockey game.
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Yeah, I’m fine with that. Demographically, it’s telling that Czech-Russia is on NBC on Sunday afternoon, but Sunday night US-Canada gets bumped for ice dancing.
I just feel honored they actually started both broadcasts today on time.
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Because NBC knows Hockey can beat Sunday afternoon competition. But they also believe that all Hockey gets the same ratings, and winning ratings Sunday Afternoon is last place ratings Sunday Night.
Not to say I think thats what would happen, I think the ratings would be along the same line as the Winter Classic or better for this game and NBC is missing out.
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As if it weren't already infinitely easy to hate Dan(n)y Heatley...
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that’s frustrating, Canada is really possessing so much better than the US… that’s just the truth. We need to man up, both literally and figuratively.
They are
And they do. But it’s playing out to script so far. U.S. probably needs Miller miracles and timely goals to beat Canada or Russia in any game.
Also: Callahan not firing six feet wide. /latent Ranger bitterness
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yea… saw that too. I’ll give the kid credit for one hell of a run there though, gotta admit that.
And Dom, DO YOU BELIEVE IN MILLERCLES!?!?!? YES!
Definitely. He made that play happen in the first place.
…but Okposo would’ve only shot 4 feet wide. ;)
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bwahaha, yes, so true. Okie could’ve been a firecracker that the team needs, but I have a ton of faith in this team. I don’t even think we need to win this game really. This isn’t the big game yet, I firmly believe that.
Yeah, this is just a warmup. Although a bye would be really nice. (So if the U.S. loses —> Go Finland!)
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Sweet Caroline ?
…. this isn’t Boston! I don’t care about Neil Diamond! somehow this is going to boost the US though!
Dany Heatley
There are no words to describe how much I hate Dany Heatley. I hate to mention his accident in Atlanta, but you figured it would teach the kid to not take things for granted. Instead, everywhere he goes, he acts like a baby when he doesn’t get his way.
by billymac23 on Feb 21, 2010 8:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
How I feel too. Life gives you a major second chance, it’s probably best not to spit in its face. But that is not his way.
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Dam You Beachball!
This is a serious game, although I do like them volunteering Milbury to go pop it. I hear he’s taking off his loafer already!
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KO
Would have been nice to see what he could do with talented teammates…By the way, Canada got their game face on during the intermission.
by billymac23 on Feb 21, 2010 8:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Stepping out
I’ll still be watching the game, but I’m gonna be away from the keyboard for a while…
Down with the Sharks! Except the Polish one…
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Polish Sharks?
Do they have a Screen Door?
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Waiting for Brodeur
To Pitch a fit that he was interferred
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Thanks Refs
For actually letting them play, this is incredible.
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This is is an awesome game so far. Keep it up USA!
BTW, did anyone else feel incredibly dirty cheering after Drury scored that goal?
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So dirty … so dirty. And for Kesler, too.
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I cheered myself up while cheering for him by reminding myself how frustrated it makes Rangers fans seeing him do in the olympics what he cannot do on their sorry-ass team.
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 22, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Would be very bad to not score on this power play. Very bad. Kind of like stealing Jobu’s rum…very bad
by billymac23 on Feb 21, 2010 9:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Five Minutes Left
I don’t see Miller letting in 2 goals, Hopefully
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Dam
Now we get to see if they can get 2 on Miller in under 5.
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Well
At least Miller is used to these situations!
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OMG!
What a Goal By Kessel! The Greatest Empty Netter I’ve ever seen.
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USA possibly 1st, Russia surely 3rd, Canada 6th, Switzerland 8th. That would draw up two great quarterfinal-matchups – given the Switzerland and Canada advance…
Canada draws Deutschland. Boy, was my prediction of Germany being the surprise team of the tournament off. The Swiss get Belarus. Both should win their games.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
I like the way that sounds.
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Discovery
reairing the King Tut special again, time for me to watch! What a night!
p.s. – Germany still has one shot to make me proud! I’ll be rooting Tuesday
Beating a Dead Horse
Alright, I am going to get on my NBC-hating horse again here. On NBC they were just talking about what a great game it was, they went to Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth (Even though Collinsworth is a football analyst He and Michaels would probably do a better job calling the game then Doc, Olzyck and Regis) in the arena talking about the game, everyone saying what a great game it was. Maybe this will wake them up to next time actually put the game on rather then fucking Ice Dancing.
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I just twitted this
But its true and works in context here “Good work NBC, highest trending twit right now is Ryan Miller. How come I don’t see anything from Figure skating Trending?”
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Look, I hope they realize their mistake after tonight. Better late then never.
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by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
WHOOOOOOO
That game ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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USA! USA!
What a fantastic game all around. If these teams meet again, it will be a treat.
I can’t wait to read overreaction and histrionics in the Canadian media.
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I can tell you this, Brodeur is taking a beating everywhere.
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OMG yeah!
Its unreal how badly they want to blame one guy for their team shitting the bed.
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 22, 2010 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
We may well have just witnessed the end of an era. Regardless of whether or not it is fair (and I actually think it IS fair), Brodeur is going to wear that one. Canada outshot US almost 2-1. Brodeur’s puckhandling failures on goals 2 and 3(esp. #3) cost the game. babckock may have a lot of patience, but I don’t think he can avoid going with Luongo in the next one and after that, they go till Luongo loses.
by Nova Scotia Isles Fan on Feb 22, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
I’ve been saying all along they should have went with Luongo. Luongo’s in his prime and doesn’t get overworked nearly as much as Brodeur.
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After watching Brodeur try to do too much, I agree with you and concede.
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We may well have just witnessed the end of an era.
Nova, do you think it will stick? Seems like he’s gotten into folly in the past, but the legend and now the wins record keeps him invincible. Though I guess it’s another matter when he does it for Canada vs. doing it for Jersey.
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The bonus to playing Luongo is the extra commentary that you get from Milbury. I view it as twisting the dagger in him even further everytime he comes up in conversation when Mike is on the panel. If I were in the studio with him I would ask him, “hey Mike…how about that Luongo guy? He looks good doesn’t he?” just about every save he makes.
I don’t hate Mike but that was probably one of, if not, the dumbest/most anti-Canadian things he did while he was the GM/Head Coach/Tool for the Isles
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
by metalcoconut on Feb 22, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Be Easy On Milbury!!!
In a week I’ve gotten around 30 extra hits due to a higher amount of people searching for Milbury Sucks or Milbury. Hooray for incompetency!
"Martin is psychical" - In reference to Matt Martin being called up to the Islanders.
I really don’t have a lot against him because he thought he was doing the right thing in the eyes of the team. It is not as if he were intentionally doing those ridiculous things to the Islanders but you have to admit, him…watching Luongo in the Olympics…having to comment on what could now be Canada’s saving grace…is FU#(%&*^ hysterical. Even if you don’t have an opinion on him, that is still funny. The irony is overwhelming. His apparent dislike for canadian players makes it funnier.
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by metalcoconut on Feb 22, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
I was kidding around, I hate Milbury. I probably have six or ten articles posted about how incompetent he was. It just amuses me that since the start of the Olympics people are searching for Milbury Sucks even more then they used to.
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Women's Semifinals Tomorrow
Anyone going to be around watching them?
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Unfortunately I will be in transit to St. Paul and when I get there I have about half an hour free all day.
Hating on NBC since 2010
by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, I just changed it after I realized about 80% of my posts lately have been bitching about NBC.
Hating on NBC since 2010
by David Hanssen on Feb 21, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
Women's semifinals
Another mid-day start — arghhh. I don’t get it. The 5th/6th and 7th/8th games are in better time slots than U.S.-Sweden semifinal. WTF.
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The Nordic Nightcap
So for U.S. fans, in Finland vs. Sweden we’re rooting for an OT game or for a Sweden win (Finland has a +9 goal difference that is equal to the U.S.). That’s if we want the top seed, which I assume we do.
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Correct, of course we do.
Also. There is a very good chance that either Russia or Canada will not medal now. Kind of crazy.
Correct me if I'm wrong...
…but isn’t Canada set at the 6 seed and Russia as the 3 seed, meaning it’s not just a good chance, but a guarantee that at least one of them won’t win a medal (as they’ll play against each other in the quarterfinals… that is unless the Canadians somehow fall to the Germans)
I believe that's right
On the Forecheck has set up a bracket, and it looks like Russia and Canada are destined for mutually assured destruction.
Woo-hoo! Post-Cold War responsibility-sharing for the win!
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I think the Russians are over rated, and I really really want to see a US – Canada rematch for the Gold.
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To be honest, I can’t see that happen. Right now, I’d instead pick three European teams to win the medals… This is how I could see it unfold.
qualifying round
Switzerland beats Belarus – close game
Canada beats Germany – even closer
Czech Republic beats Latvia
Slovakia beats Norway
quarter-finals
USA beat Switzerland – as close as it gets
Russia beats Canada
Sweden beats Slovakia
Czech Republic beats Finland
semi-finals
Czech Republic beats USA
Sweden beats Russia – or Russia beats Sweden ;-)
Bronze
Russia beats US
Gold
Sweden beats Czech Republic
I can’t see the Czech’s beating USA with as hot as Miller is. They just don’t have enough firepower.
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As a partisan fan of both, I’d give the objective nod to the U.S. over the Czechs, too. The U.S. youth and physicality … oh yeah, and of course Miller! … would make me bet on them.
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That would be THE statement game. Beating them once was a tough accomplishment but if they can beat them twice…and for a gold medal at that…absolute mayhem.
First the U-18 gold medal on Canadian soil. Then the US beats Canada in pool play once again on Candian soil. If you throw a gold medal into that mix for the third time straight…you have a REALLY good rivalry brewing.
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
by metalcoconut on Feb 22, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
That would be an incredible sequence. Brotherly love would be out the window after that — and, heh, Canada would have no trouble getting up for games in the future.
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For the most part I felt like I was watching Scott Gordon’s game plan with much more talented players. However, the game plan just felt like Scott Gordon’s. The constant forechecking, tight box/diamond on the PK, protection at both posts defending behind the net…it just felt like Gordon’s game. Perhaps I am wrong but I don’t see a lot of that out of Toronto or the Rangers when we play them.
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I dont think youre imagining that. Scott Gordon said (I believe it was on Islanders Authorized) that he is in charge of general offense and the asst coaches are the ones working on special teams.
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 22, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
He must be salivating then, with all these spunky NHL players at his disposal.
I liked what he said about the Swiss, too:
“With the high quality of teams in this tournament, every year the Swiss do not get the credit they deserve. They play as close a style to the North American hockey as any team in the tournament. They have a hard pressuring fore-check and finish every one of their checks. What they lack in scoring, they accomplish what they need to stay in the game with those two key elements.”
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It is a shame they left off the and of that quote…
“It is too bad that we will have to crush them like a cah!”
Actually after watching them against Canada, it is easy to see that they have improved as the tourny progressed. Seeing them this time could produce a very different game.
Has anyone else noticed that whenever they show the bench you see Torts and Wilson but you don’t see Gordon? They always say something like, “Gordon is to the left of Wilson (off screen and not showing him).” However they have shown Torts with a smile on his face at least once…and that was pretty funny.
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by metalcoconut on Feb 22, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, I have noticed that I haven’t seen Gordon once on the camera. Haven’t picked up on them mentioning him though. Talking to a friend this morning as he was in mid-McGuire rant, I started to realize I am doing a tremendous job tuning out the announcers during this Olympics. I keep hearing references to things McGuire said that I never heard.
So no matter what happens, I win a medal for Expert Television Watching.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the team that Gordon envisions at night before he goes to bed each night. After seeing this performance from the US all the Gorgon haters, not you TMC, should take notice of the success that the team had. Hopefully that carries back to the Islander’s locker room. I know they try but then there are those extended losing streaks that make you wonder how dedicated they are when they aren’t even moving their feet.
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by metalcoconut on Feb 22, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
all the Gorgon haters, not you TMC
lol I am glad I am not known as a Gordon hater. ;)
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by TheMetalChick on Feb 22, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
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