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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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gutter_trash
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I hope Russia makes the finals so that Canada can beat them at home for Gold
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right now it's looking likely that they will meet earlier than that.
it'll likely be
1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. U.S.A
4. Russia
after the round robin.
Hey, if Canada doesn't get to the gold medal game, Russia winning on their home ice would be fine too!gutter_trash
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Kuro Madoushi
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buncha smellys beat the czechs?!
HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW, JAGR?! HUH?! HOW DOES IT FUCKING FEEL TO LOSE TO A BUNCH OF SMELLYS! THAT'S REVENGE FOR NAGANO, BI-YACH!
HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW, JAGR?! HUH?! HOW DOES IT FUCKING FEEL TO LOSE TO A BUNCH OF SMELLYS! THAT'S REVENGE FOR NAGANO, BI-YACH!
Way too early to be predicting the top 4 teams after the group stage. Finland could easily beat Canada tomorrow etc.
But finishing first would be a huge benefit, playing the winner of the 8th vs 9th matchup in the quarterfinal would be nice.
Haha good to see I'm not the only one still salty about the Czechs. Even more annoying was their collective smug douchbaggery after they won a couple of Worlds post Nagano. Seeing them suck ass the last few years at all levels has been pleasing.
Eh, I kind of doubt that this kind of defense is gonna be possible against the likes of Canada/USA/Russia, and we'll have an even harder time scoring against those teams too. Reaching the quarter final is usually as much as we're capable of. Our offense scares me. :/ But still. With a bit of luck.... who knows.
HILLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER
2 starts, 2 shutouts.
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finland are without their top 4 centres.
m. koivu
filppula
barkov
s. koivu
all out.
rask could steal the game though.
Kuro Madoushi
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Turin, Italy.
Always possible.
We've done it the last olympics and 2006 too so i'm hopeful.
One goal will probably not be enough though. We'll have to score at least two
I will never forget that game, trust me. But yeah we still lost in the quarter finals that tournament.
We've done it the last olympics and 2006 too so i'm hopeful.
One goal will probably not be enough though. We'll have to score at least two
That's what worries me. Defense AND offense will be better on those teams, so us just winning 1-0 will require a LOT of luck. We'll see!
FUBAR McDangles
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Granlund is better than Saku and it could be argued he's better than both Barkov and Filppula, but even with the injuries Finland's center depth was better than their wingers, forcing Granlund to wing.
I imagine that he's going to play top center now and will probably be even better than he was already playing at wing.
Oh, and Smelly don't worry Nino will lead your team to victory.
KillerMan91
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Yeah. Granlund will be probably the center in first line now with Selänne and J.Jokinen as wingers. Second line will be same as before and two last lines will be mix of KHL men. Still it takes maximum performance from defense and great game from Rask to have any chance against Canada. Of course Canada could also have bad game ( underestimating Finland etc.)
I think the finnish commentators said that the first line would be J.Jokinen-Granlund-Selänne, but I have no idea if it was mere speculation or not.
Freyjadour
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OSH!!! FUCK ALL OF YOU THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT OSHIE OVER BABBY. TRUE AMERICAN HERO.
Fuck this all the way to the bank. Watch more NHL.
Fuck this all the way to the bank. Watch more NHL.
Freyjadour
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Stills of Brown's knee on knee to Tarasenko:
http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showpost.php?p=79949721&postcount=497
http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showpost.php?p=79949721&postcount=497
Accident as usual. It keeps happening but it's not his fault!!!!!!
Buba Big Guns
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bonesmccoy
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It is, but Gott in Himmel that 2006 team was GHASTLY.
Freyjadour
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:lol
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Just finished my DVR recording of USA-Russia, which I was thankfully able to go into blind. Holy shit. Oshie!!!!
Cally and McD had monster games. Kesler was an absolute warrior. JVR and Pavelski had huge games, too. Even still, it really looked like Russia's game more often than not.
What an excellent game for an opening rounder. Really felt like a medal round game. Physical, intense, exciting. Just a bit of everything.
That said, I hope we avoid Russia from here on out. They're going to be out for revenge.
EDIT: Almost forgot, fuck Dustin Brown.
Cally and McD had monster games. Kesler was an absolute warrior. JVR and Pavelski had huge games, too. Even still, it really looked like Russia's game more often than not.
What an excellent game for an opening rounder. Really felt like a medal round game. Physical, intense, exciting. Just a bit of everything.
That said, I hope we avoid Russia from here on out. They're going to be out for revenge.
EDIT: Almost forgot, fuck Dustin Brown.
Everyone's a winner!
I've wanted the US to win the gold every Olympics since 98 but I can't this time with Brown on the team.
Kuro Madoushi
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Douchetin 'Knee-on-knee' Brown
Fuck 4 goals in a shoot out, my favorite Oshie moment is when he broke his stick in OT against the canucks, and went to the bench while in the defending zone, leaving Daniel Sedin wide open to take a pass and score the game winner.
I guess he's alright when he doesn't have to defend against legit players
I guess he's alright when he doesn't have to defend against legit players
So assuming I'm understanding the rules/standings correctly, as long as the US/Russia both win tomorrow, and Canada does not win in overtime, it's highly likely that Canada/Russia will meet in either the quarterfinals or more likely the semifinals, and the US won't have to play either of them again unless they make it to a medal game. And even if Canada does win in OT, they'll have to play the US instead of Russia.
Hope you enjoyed playing in the easy group, Canada! Of course now that I say this something idiotic will happen tomorrow or the US will get upset by the Swiss in the quarters, lol.
Hope you enjoyed playing in the easy group, Canada!
Of course now that I say this something idiotic will happen tomorrow or the US will get upset by the Swiss in the quarters, lol.Hope you enjoyed playing in the easy group, Canada!
Gotta say, with the way the Czechs have been playing, pretty sure Group C ended up being the easy group. Finland would've kicked their asses.
So, looking at the tournament structure...
Assuming Russia and the US win their last games, Switzerland will end up as 6D... And will probably face either Slovakia or the loser of Austria/Norway in the qualification round. And will then probably face the US in the quarters if we win. MHMMMMMM. Meanwhile if Canada wins and gets first spot they'll probably face Slovenia or the winner of Austria/Norway in the quarterfinals.
Assuming Russia and the US win their last games, Switzerland will end up as 6D... And will probably face either Slovakia or the loser of Austria/Norway in the qualification round. And will then probably face the US in the quarters if we win. MHMMMMMM. Meanwhile if Canada wins and gets first spot they'll probably face Slovenia or the winner of Austria/Norway in the quarterfinals.
Canada vs Russia in the semifinals is going to be big. The end result will produce a lot of salt worldwide lol either way the possibile gold medal game of Russia/Canada vs USA will be great.
The heck did you just say?
He meant steal it for the other team! The only way that makes sense.
Racism.
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In international play, after the first three shoot, anyone can repeat. In the nhl, you have to use the entire roster before anyone can go again.
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