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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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MMBosstones86
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I'm hear for the Salty Putin pictures. Don't let me down GAF.
That picture looks so much like Winnipeg I don't even blink when I see it.
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Lol.
Is that the Golden Boy off in the background? I didn't realize we had gotten so much snow.
Yeah, I don't know if it cost them the game, but I thought Bob played great against the USA (despite the loss).
CrazedArabMan
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Poor Datsyuk. 
... do any of these Olympic teams look good to you?
And yet, no!
Team was good on paper, horrible on the ice.
I fucking knew it, the team didnt look that good on paper when they announced it.
Tarasenko was invisible. Ovechkin one of the worst players on the team. Malkin ineffective. Nicushkin was good and got rewarded with less icetime while Popov was moved up. Varlamov over Bob also turned out to be a bad decision.
Poor Datsyuk.
His performance gives hope to the wings reaching the playoffs. They are gonna need him. He looked good for Russia but than again Zetterberg got a herniated disk
So I don't know.I've heard about that place, but thanks for the link! Awesome photos.
I experience -40 (with wind) usually at least once a Winter here in Montreal so I have a very small inkling as to what they're living but man... All Winter long, and even colder? Damn.
Buba Big Guns
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Anyone here in Russia? I want to hear about meltdowns.
Hey Olympic GAF, I seek some information regarding the Icehockey games later today. Is there a realistic chance of either the USA or Canada losing?
I have no knowledge in this regard, but I know that the USA and Canada should both be the favorites of their respective game. It's for a bet among friends.
I have no knowledge in this regard, but I know that the USA and Canada should both be the favorites of their respective game. It's for a bet among friends.
Canada? No. US? 90% no.
Datsyuk played great. Kovalchuk was pretty good. Ovechkin was a total non-factor (like I predicted), but so was Malkin (which surprised me). Radulov had some points but also was a turn over machine and really hurt the team overall I bet.
Add some questionable roster decisions and your typical shit-tier Russian "coaching" technique and yeah in hindsight the signs were certainly all there. Reminds me of this article I read last week:
Add some questionable roster decisions and your typical shit-tier Russian "coaching" technique and yeah in hindsight the signs were certainly all there. Reminds me of this article I read last week:
Erdrick
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Is... That Teppo Numminen on the left? Just curious, as it looks like him.
Great job, Fins. Nice to see Selanne score, always. =)
Realistic? Yes. Likely? No.
I'm pretty sure it's Numminen, Kurri and Jutila.
Sure is!
Thought so - I won't take my chances then.
CrazedArabMan
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His performance gives hope to the wings reaching the playoffs. They are gonna need him. He looked good for Russia but than again Zetterberg got a herniated disk
Good to hear that Datsyuk played good, hopefully that carries back into the regular season. I don't think he could take two failures in the same year if we miss the playoffs. But the rest of the team will need to step up with Z done for a while if not the season.
I think that's Teppo Winnipeg right there.
Erdrick
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Thought so. =) He has some Keanu Reeves going on there, as he still looks much like I remember him when he played here for us in Winnipeg. One of the most under-rated defencemen ever.
Honestly I just see no chance in hell Latvia can win unless all three Canadian goalies are injured in the first 5 mins and they play a D in that position, but even then I'd still bet Canada. Strange shit has happened but that'd be something on a whole other level of crazy.
Czech Rep. Actually have a decent team. I mean it's not at all probable, but it's not impossible either.
I don't see much reason to do that. Swedes always have a mental advantage over the Finns and Finland didn't look amazing by any means today. They'll struggle to score on Lundqvist and Sweden has a much more well-balanced offense without any Ovechkins or Semins dragging things down.
After the first game, I think Russia scored like 1 goal that Datsyuk wasn't involved in. And he's still clearly not 100%. Sucks for him, he was really trying to carry that team. Hope he's ready to do the same for the Wings.
tycoonheart
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Zero chemistry between Ovi and Malkin. I don't know why the coach didn't try to split them. Malkin with Kovy, Dyatsuk with Ovi. The passing all around was atrocious. Horrible horrible coaching job IMO.
You guys have indoor plumbing, right?
Damn, it must hurt. Russia has had great success in the Olympics but hockey was supposed to be their crown jewel. It just wasn't to be.
Sweden vs Finland, dream semis!!
Indoor? Assuming you mean underground, yes. Mostly.
We avoid the killing cold by burrowing our city underground, like Ironforge or Erebor.
robertsan21
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Sweden-Finland: With the current lineup that Sweden has, and with so many important players gone due to injury, its going to be very hard to win against them
Fuck! with our full lineup non of these teams would have a chance!
Fuck! with our full lineup non of these teams would have a chance!
This is the most amazing description that I've ever heard of Winnipeg.
Buba Big Guns
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Yea coaching was just LOL
It's not like the Russian stars were the only good players on that team. I dont see why you wouldn't try out guys like Tarasenko with Dats/Malkin.
In fact the name of the game reminded me closely of the game that went down in Turin eight years ago.
Freyjadour
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Dan Rosen
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Malkin had to tell Bilyaletdinov to get Bobrovsky off the ice. Malkin had to tell the coach. I repeat, Malkin had to tell the coach.
Tarasenko had the least ice time of any player afaik. Not saying that he did anything to deserve more, but throwing Semin at the first line for 3 games wasn't the best of choices perhaps.
Canada bitches about Babs, but that was some truly inept coaching.
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Malkin had to tell Bilyaletdinov to get Bobrovsky off the ice. Malkin had to tell the coach. I repeat, Malkin had to tell the coach.
Tarasenko had the least ice time of any player afaik. Not saying that he did anything to deserve more, but throwing Semin at the first line for 3 games wasn't the best of choices perhaps.
Canada bitches about Babs, but that was some truly inept coaching.
Nah, if anything this will light some fires under asses. It's one thing to lose during another Olympics, quite another to lose on home ice, and lose to the US in the same tournament as well.
They've put so much time and money in their other sports and becoming a Winter powerhouse again they need to focus more on ice hockey now. Not necessarily stack the team with superstars with large egos, but players that play great two way hockey, don't necessarily care about the name on the back, but the one on the front. Just sucks for someone like Datsyuk to have to go out this way.
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