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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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Dastardly Jerks
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This thread feels so empty without this guy:
[A]merica!
Fuck this clown.
:lol exactly. Markov-Emelin is their top pairing, they're not even the top pairing on the Habs. I don't see how anyone can pencil them in for gold.
speculawyer
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Hey-yah, Norge!
They are gonna get creamed.
There's a huge difference between the World Championships and the Olympics.
Would the US not medaling be considered a big upset? I don't know how many people have them down as favourites, I guess it would be an upset just because it's the US.
Zod the Bear
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USA about to get purple mountain majestic on these chump Olympics.
Anyone who doesn't root for Slovakia after their home country is heartless. Gold for Demitra!
'Murica number one because freedom, obviously, but I'm pulling for Slovakia after Finland. (Timonen+Selanne are have the Fins cemented as my secondary team.)
Also,
This would be the greatest of things.
To me though, no real outcome will feel like an upset. Plenty of teams feel like contenders on any given day.
Thanks! What games would you recommend me to keep an eye in Sochi?
How are people even saying this? We took Canada to OT in the Gold medal game last Olympics. This team is arguably better than they were before. Why wouldn't they be a medal favorite?
Their D is lackluster, and their C depth isn't great. Their biggest strength is on the wing which isn't exactly a recipe for success. Miller will have to play out of his mind like in Vancouver if they want to medal.
Oh man I just watched a replay of the Japan vs. Sweden women's hockey game. Ooooohhhh so close, it was heartbreaking to watch. 1-0 loss for Japan, I thought it was gonna be more like 6-0 or something. Hopefully Japan goes home with a win. Maybe this will inspire the Japanese men's team to up their game! Good luck qualifying for Korea, team Slovenia, because the J-train is coming in!
Dastardly Jerks
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We're hockey loving pals who love hockey foremost and each other afterwards.
Oh man I just watched a replay of the Japan vs. Sweden women's hockey game. Ooooohhhh so close, it was heartbreaking to watch. 1-0 loss for Japan, I thought it was gonna be more like 6-0 or something. Hopefully Japan goes home with a win. Maybe this will inspire the Japanese men's team to up their game! Good luck qualifying for Korea, team Slovenia, because the J-train is coming in!
It amazes me that Japan has a better hockey program than places which share a similar culture to Canada like the UK.
Generally speaking just keep an eye on when the powerhouse teams play each other. And as I listed those teams, I realized I was writing a good portion of all the teams anyway. There will likely be a squash match or two, but really, Olympic hockey... you can't go wrong with watching any of it, it's pretty much as good as it gets in the elimination games! edit: my "it's not perfect" comment, was more generally speaking towards the sport of hockey
Vade
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USA's D is far better than the Vancouver team, Langenbrunner was an old man; while Miller stood on his head and carried the USA last time, Quick is the better tender and if he plays to the International level all will be fine in that zone.
The depth is the worry spot, while I do not worry about the game against Russia, standard Russian implosion in front of Putin, Canada, the Swedes and the only non-vikings of Scandivanvia, Finland, will be the danger games.
I also personally liked Ron Wilson more as a coach for the national team even without the NHL titles and wins that Dan Bylsma has.
speculawyer
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My Prediction
Gold: Canada (First nation in hockey!)
Silver: Russia
Bronze: USA
Gold: Canada (First nation in hockey!)
Silver: Russia
Bronze: USA
USA is not gonna get the bronze but I wanted to put them up there somewhere.
ZeroGravity
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Every team except Canada has a pretty lackluster D. Sweden would be closer if they had chose Hedman.
Suter's probably going to play half the game anyway for Team USA.
Suter's probably going to play half the game anyway for Team USA.
RoadHazard
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Go Sweden, reigning world champions, aw yeah!
speculawyer
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Northern latitudes are too into red, white, and blue. Jeez, the flags need more colors only Sweden has a different color with yellow.
And how am I supposed to Austria apart from Latvia? Aspect ratio?
And Slovakia and Slovenia . . . the size of their emblem?
ConfusingJazz
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Latvia is a much darker red.
I think Quick is going to be the better goalie here this year.
Quick hasn't be stellar since the Kings last cup, and just came off an injury a year ago. He's capable of raising his game, but I don't expect him to outplay Miller.
Mighty Chin
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World Championships and Olympics are two different things.
I do expect Russia to be very tough though.
Mighty Chin
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Honestly Quick is way overrated. Miller is the man here.
Did you look at the OP? Now go on and apologize to him.
Mighty Chin
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I heard the shouting before I even clicked the thread.
I know. but Malkin really did go beast mode in that tourny. If he shows up in that form again to these games I don't see anybody being able to stop him.
Malkin alone won't win them games. Their goaltending and defense is suspect.
Fata1moose
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Who needs Malkin and Ovechkin when Russia has Varlamov to beat everyone?
Buba Big Guns
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Why didn't Russia choose Kulikov? Surely he's better than some of these KHLers.
And USA's defense seems pretty good to me. Extremely mobile and that's gonna be key on the big ice. Also the reason Karlsson is gonna dominate this tournament.
NHL.com has a pretty good breakdown of the D of each team
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=704337&navid=DL|NHL|home
And USA's defense seems pretty good to me. Extremely mobile and that's gonna be key on the big ice. Also the reason Karlsson is gonna dominate this tournament.
NHL.com has a pretty good breakdown of the D of each team
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=704337&navid=DL|NHL|home
Literally.
Pretty sure there's some regulation that they have to have a certain number of players on the team from the KHL.
Just keep him away from any of the women's hockey games.
speculawyer
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Yeah, I was wondering about that too. Seems pretty damn small. Were they worried they would not be able to fill up the venue if it was bigger? Where did that $50Billion go?!?!
Fata1moose
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Sviatoslav
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The worst defenceman in Russia's squad is from the NHL, Belov.
Freyjadour
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I don't even like Quick and nah. If he's 100%, he'll play well enough to give Old Man Miller a run.
Easily separated by jersey colors. The worst ever, even our players dislike them, because green is not our national color (but in darker shade primary color of one of our hockey teams which 75% fans of hockey in this country hate with passion) and they included it in vast quantities. Blue one is even more ugly.
equippedwithtowel
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Unhandled Exception
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Easily separated by jersey colors. The worst ever, even our players dislike them, because green is not our national color (but in darker shade primary color of one of our hockey teams which 75% fans of hockey in this country hate with passion) and they included it in vast quantities. Blue one is even more ugly.
Kinda makes me want a sprite
Freyjadour
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Bou has outplayed Petro on our top line more often than you'd think.
ZeroGravity
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He'll be there by the end. Carter's coming into the tournament ice cold. I don't know why he's even that far up in the line-up.
Pretty sure Babcock doesn't care for St. Louis though.
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