sweden has a more complete team though, no?
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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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sweden has a more complete team though, no?
Dastardly Jerks
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Wanna know how many Russians are Ducks? None. Just good Finnish boys like Vatanen and Teemu. Thumbs up, let's go.
JohnTinker
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Finland is good but they ain't beat Bama.
Seriously. They are already good with average lineups.
Buba Big Guns
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Watching Finland is like watching the 2003 New Jersey Devils. I hope they lose.
How has it been disappointing apart from the injuries which were just bad luck?
Pickles the Firecat
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Man Russia is efforting as much as I've seen out of them since late into the US match and getting nothing. Panic has to be setting in.
He probably means olympics as a whole and not just hockey.
I think he meant overall, not in hockey.
Maybe on paper. But a lot of the team has been underperforming drastically the whole tournament, especially the offense. The 5-0 result against Slovenia today e.g. did not reflect the nature of the game. With all due respect to Slovenia who performed very well in this tournament, they are a team that we should dominate completely, yet we really struggled until after 2-0 where they kind of gave up. The only really convincing performance on our part in this tournament has been the first period against Czech Republic, and that was the very first period of the tournament, so... Yeah. :/
Yep, we'll see if they manage not to implode in the third.
PuppetSlave
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brucewaynegretzky
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Fantastic.
CosmicQueso
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My excitement for Finland this morning will only be bested by my love for Latvia in a few hours.
Poetry.
Poetry.
I think Slovenia beating Slovakia is a bigger upset, but Finland winning here has more impact.
Pickles the Firecat
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Russia loses, Sid gets a hat trick, Cherry explodes into a sentient rainbow of happiness.
yup, without question
tycoonheart
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This gonna be a huuuuuge upset
Dastardly Jerks
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Russia can't even score grimey goals.
Komarov is awesome.
Komarov is awesome.
Finland beating Russia isn't much of an upset. They're a strong team, the impact is greater because Russia is the home team.
Even the US losing to the Czech Republic isn't much of an upset as well because the Czechs are highly ranked, even with their older team.
Canada losing to Latvia would be an upset. The Latvians are not highly ranked, the Canadians are the top team and the defending champions.
I think Slovenia beating Slovakia was kind of an upset as well, not too huge, but enough that it's pretty shocking given the supposed strength of the Slovak team.
Dastardly Jerks
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Oi cunt, don't touch Vatanen.
I wouldn't even be mad
Dastardly Jerks
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"Talent"
Yeah, what is it with him and international tournaments? I remember him not really delivering at all in Vancouver either (although it feels like he's of even less use this time around). And it has repercussions for the rest of the team as well beyond an individual player's not playing to his normal standard: despite not being in the zone, he insists on carrying the puck all the time and shooting at even the faintest hint of an opportunity. Simply awful.
It's one thing to be a superstar on a mediocre team and standout, quite another to be a superstar on a team full of superstars and going up against above average opponents.
Dastardly Jerks
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Because every single Russian superstar wants to be "the guy". Not to channel Cherry, but they honestly play for the name on the back. No idea of team play. No respek.
That's always been his style. He's never really developed into the all around player he could be with the Capitals.
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