SpectreFire
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Man, looking at Doughty's stats... It's just insane when you think about how good that guy is at hockey. Fucking hell.
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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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ZeroGravity
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2-0 Slovenia
ZeroGravity
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Kunitz back playing with Crosby in practice. Looks like he's not getting scratched, and St. Louis is the extra forward so looks like he will be.
Fuck Babcock.
Fuck Babcock.
ZeroGravity
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Price will start for Canada. No surprise.
ZeroGravity
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Slovenia advances to face Sweden.
Dastardly Jerks
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You mean, this is what happens when he plays with Sharks and Ducks players.
ssshshhshhshhshh. It's Hiller time.
Unhandled Exception
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Fucking Dastardly. You just reminded me of that completely ridiculous Avalanche comic hero thing.
Dastardly Jerks
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Never forget your NHL Guardian roots.
The Duck is a rebel with a trust fund.
The Duck is a rebel with a trust fund.
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He's totally NOT Mr. Freeze.
Dastardly Jerks
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It's Captain Planets head in a jar from Futurama?
ZeroGravity
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Well scratch what I said earlier. Looking like St. Louis will be Canada's 13th forward and Duchene will sit, along with Subban.
Dastardly Jerks
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Norwegia ain't givin' up sheeeeit. Good on 'em.
ZeroGravity
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Russia gets a lucky bounce, so that's pretty much it for Norway.
We were a playing good match too, but now we're probably going to be steamrolledIcyBlueStrawberry
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Nice.
Radulov is a strange dude.
Radulov is a strange dude.
Norway has played extremely well, definitely their best game in the tournament. They are well organized but only lack a few more world class attackers to make their mark in international hockey.
Hopefully they continue to improve. Having tight games between Sweden, Norway and Finland would be great for the sport.
Hopefully they continue to improve. Having tight games between Sweden, Norway and Finland would be great for the sport.
Unhandled Exception
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These Canadian commercials sure are American as fuck.
KillerMan91
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Yeah good to see more countries making progress (most notably Switzerland). Shame that some are regressing at the same time though (Slovakia and checz).
Pretty easily Datsyuk imo, but Radulov did have a good game.
I agree about Datsyuk. He has been the only Russian player to show up to these games imo. Everyone else has been inconsistent. And that is kind of weird considering Datsyuk is 35 and sat out a bunch of games with the wings this season with injuries. Maybe that rest has helped him out.
Even with the extra game Russia probably has the easiest route to the final. Swedish injuries up the middle make them the underdog to beat the Russians.
Meanwhile Canada will have to deal with the friggin' Americans. One of those teams is going to be disappointed to be battling for bronze.
Meanwhile Canada will have to deal with the friggin' Americans. One of those teams is going to be disappointed to be battling for bronze.
Yeah I would've said Datsyuk
Russia has to get past Finland's stingy defense first.
Would still be considered a pretty big upset. There's always potential for upset in all of the possible quarters matchups, but I wouldn't bet on it. The top 4 deserve to be there.
CrazedArabMan
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Datsyuk just better come back ready to carry this team since Z is out. Plus a healthy Datsyuk is a great thing to watch on the ice.
Finland has more Olympic hockey medals then Canada, no pushover.
It was badly selected.
Nedved, Novotny and Cervenka over Hudler, Vrbata, Havlat, Fleischmann and Tlusty.
Krajicek, Barinka and Kaberle over Polak, Hejda and Kindl.
Lone_Prodigy
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Are they trying to find linemates for Ovechkin?
I don't think there are going to be any guaranteed "easy" QF's, but I don't see any huge upsets. I expect the Smellies to beat Latvia, but Czech/Slovakia is really tough to predict and whoever wins the play-in will be a big underdog to overwhelming Gold Medal Favourite Phill Kessel and the Americans. Russia is going to have trouble with the Finns for the same reason Canada will have trouble with Team Smelly but both should hopefully score a few goals and advance.
Those semi finals though are going to be insane. It's funny how after all the buildup I'm actually kinda ready for the Olympics to end already, I want to see what the Jets are going to do after the break. Partly it's because the last few days of the Olympics are always "just fucking end already" but I think a big part of it is that Canada won at home last time and that was so special it's tough to imagine how even winning it all this time can compare. Combine that with the women's gold medal in Vancouver too and nothing can top that.
The time zones may have something to do with it, perhaps I've just seen less or whatever but there hasn't been the same sort of fantastic games between other teams like in 2010 when Slovakia and Norway had one of the most exciting games ever.
Speaking off, I'm predicting a 4-1 US win in the women's gold medal game. I felt all along that the US was a bit more talented and the semifinals sure didn't change my mind at all, and like I said before the Olympics started I can't imagine Canada lucking out and winning a squeaker again.
Those semi finals though are going to be insane. It's funny how after all the buildup I'm actually kinda ready for the Olympics to end already, I want to see what the Jets are going to do after the break. Partly it's because the last few days of the Olympics are always "just fucking end already" but I think a big part of it is that Canada won at home last time and that was so special it's tough to imagine how even winning it all this time can compare. Combine that with the women's gold medal in Vancouver too and nothing can top that.
The time zones may have something to do with it, perhaps I've just seen less or whatever but there hasn't been the same sort of fantastic games between other teams like in 2010 when Slovakia and Norway had one of the most exciting games ever.
Speaking off, I'm predicting a 4-1 US win in the women's gold medal game. I felt all along that the US was a bit more talented and the semifinals sure didn't change my mind at all, and like I said before the Olympics started I can't imagine Canada lucking out and winning a squeaker again.
Tough decision here. Watch the game I care about (SUI/LAT) but put up with Healy, or watch CZE/SVK?
From what I've seen so far, Americans definitely have the much faster and more skilled forwards, but Canada seems to have a stronger defence and better goaltending. It won't be as pretty if we win, but I don't think it would be a fluke.
From what I've seen so far, Americans definitely have the much faster and more skilled forwards, but Canada seems to have a stronger defence and better goaltending. It won't be as pretty if we win, but I don't think it would be a fluke.
IcyBlueStrawberry
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Well that didn't take long.
Mighty Chin
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Hohoho Czechs taking it to the Slovaks
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