2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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DrForester
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Well, accomplishment it is, but it's got to be tough being the only one on the podium at the end because you just lost. I'd imagine the bronze brings a bigger thrill for the players since they have to win it.
I would also blame Luongo. The whole team was garbage that day. No one showed up.
KernelPanic
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Exactly.
Not to mention emotions are pretty high right after a loss so the reporter fishing for a quote got one.
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Lone_Prodigy
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Reading back through this thread, I was going to quote all the Kunitz hate before he scored but it was too much.
Incredible tournament by Canada. Well deserved.
Incredible tournament by Canada. Well deserved.
Good Regina boy came through in the end. The hate was just a fun meme at a certain point (for my part, anyway).
Simon Belmont
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Sure, you don't have to be thrilled about it, but saying "I'm gonna hock this hunk of junk" is disrespectful to the event, and to your country.
OriginofHysteria
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So since Latvia and Norway were able to score on Canada...does that mean Latvia and Norway > USA and Sweden?
Late but still relevant:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=85K6CypFY-s
Woke up at 5:30 this morning (during the break...). I watched the third, but I was definitely tired. I closed my eyes for a moment, thought I was just blinking, but suddenly it was 3-0 and only five minutes left lol.
Rewatching now and damn that defense. Amazing.
Canada, fuck yeah. :')
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=85K6CypFY-s
Couldn't find the "now they know" version :'(
Woke up at 5:30 this morning (during the break...). I watched the third, but I was definitely tired. I closed my eyes for a moment, thought I was just blinking, but suddenly it was 3-0 and only five minutes left lol.
Rewatching now and damn that defense. Amazing.
Canada, fuck yeah. :')
bonesmccoy
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Silly thing for Karlsson to say, but the guy shouldn't be crucified for it. He's young and just lost the biggest game of his career.
robertsan21
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Wow Bäckström pulled in the last minute before match for that! fuck em! This is Bullshit!
No wonder Sweden couldnt fucking play out there today!
An already thin team stretched even thinner by the loss of Bäckström, and I am sure it didnt help for the team that they knew he got pulled due to " performance enhancing drugs"
Sweden played the worst match of the tournament today no doubt, they couldnt even fucking get a pass right...
Congrats Canada, you were the better team today obviously, and there is no real question why that is. I am still happy with a silver, its a great effort from an heavily injury stricken team like sweden. Fuck IOC!
No wonder Sweden couldnt fucking play out there today!
An already thin team stretched even thinner by the loss of Bäckström, and I am sure it didnt help for the team that they knew he got pulled due to " performance enhancing drugs"
Sweden played the worst match of the tournament today no doubt, they couldnt even fucking get a pass right...
Congrats Canada, you were the better team today obviously, and there is no real question why that is. I am still happy with a silver, its a great effort from an heavily injury stricken team like sweden. Fuck IOC!
Yes, you win games in the NHL as a team with Canadians leading the way. Of the 19 teams that have won the cup since 1993, 15 of them had Canadian captains.
We were missing Tavares and never got Stamkos...
Yeah, '94 was a tough loss.
I don't think so. I think it was more likely that Team Canada wasn't firing on all cylinders until they played against the US.
Huh? They all had Canadian captains.
KillerMan91
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You are Canada. You could make B team that would be almost same quality as the playing team. Countries like Finland, Sweden and Czech etc. don't have the same luxury.
Zdeno Chára isn't canadian. Neither is Dustin Brown.
The Don is coming.... D:
Must be stressful trying to come up with something that would satisfy GAF as a Magnum Opus to the Don Quick series. Of course he's been great so far. Believe.
I meant 2011 but both hurt. Both also ended up with stupid fucking riots.
Oh yeah.
Haven't read much of this thread yet, but I hope there haven't been many posts this pathetic
railGUN covered two and there is also Lidstrom and Hatcher.
That's not really comparable at all.
Let's be real, Sweden didn't show up after the first period and it cost them. Canada outplayed them in every department.
We don't need to make excuses for a team that made it to the finals. They were okay but just couldn't best Canada.
Just got done watching the gold medal game. Blech. Losing Backstrom was definitely the straw that broke the camel's back for Sweden. Feel bad for Hank, but as we know all too well, he can only do so much.
Canada's team defense was too good. Almost impossible to penetrate to even get to Price over the last few games.
Good job, Canada. Also, two-time gold medalist Real Canadian Hero Rick Nash!
Canada's team defense was too good. Almost impossible to penetrate to even get to Price over the last few games.
Good job, Canada. Also, two-time gold medalist Real Canadian Hero Rick Nash!
Proof-reading.
Don Cherry wouldn't proof-read.
I guess those guys are OK but they're no Backstrom.
Stolen form HFboards:
LOL wow
It actually took me a moment to realize they were all the same face. I thought the team was just weird looking.
KillerMan91
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So at least here in Finland one of the antidoping bosses said that it's impossible to take too big dose of pseudoephedrine accidentally. WADA just increased the allowed level couple of years ago to avoid accidents. This same substance is completely legal in NHL though.... Doesn't give too rosy picture of antidoping work of NHL.
Simon Belmont
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Is that supposed to be some sort of sick Jokinen?
Burst out laughing at the airport and look like a clown.
Just realized that Jokinen looks like a young Ron Pearlman.
Simon Belmont
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True. Don Quick probably has his brain hooked up to a computer that downloads his stream of consciousness.
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