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[railGUN]

By the skin of our teeth. Meh.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Barzal is the best player on Team Canada.

 

[zroid]

The sad thing is when Sweden inevitably squashes Canada I won't even get to enjoy Snizzbone's performance :'(

 

[Socreges]

you should see how vicious HFBoards nucks fans are being on him lol

HFBoards is a cesspool of melodramatic idiots

 

[User 479360]

Yay, Canada.

 

[RoadHazard]

Shootout win. Very impressive, Canada!

 

[Pikma]

Shootout win. Very impressive, Canada!

:lol

 

[zroid]

Alex Nylander is good....... 😢

 

[MultiJhonny]

Lindblom with 2 points

 

[MultiJhonny]

Sandstorm has not been very busy :lol

 

[Rad-]

Ouch did that Finn's leg just break.

 

[lamaroo]

Ugh, Craig Button

 

[Cake Boss]

The Denmark goalie is keeping this from being 15-0.

 

[Quick]

Ugh, Craig Button

Someone better be CPR-trained, in case Craig Button chokes on his own tongue.

 

[lamaroo]

Slovakia possibly up 2-0 on Finland already

 

[Rad-]

Finland is such a weird team. They look like they totally dominate but then the other teams score with almost every chance.

 

[KillerMan91]

Slovakia has had two real scoring chances and it's 2-0 lol. Dat trolling.

 

[zroid]

The Finns are getting Smellied by Slovakia

 

[KillerMan91]

People dying left and right in this game.

 

[RoadHazard]

Group victory no matter what happens now, nice! It would be even nicer to finish it off in style, of course, but I'm not confident that will happen since the game won't really mean anything for us. But then again, it won't for Canada either, since USA will definitely win their remaining games. So it could go either way.

But yeah, this is how the group will end up no matter what happens in the CAN-SWE game:

1. Sweden
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Denmark
----------------
5. Switzerland

 

[Yawnier]

Really nice save by Kahkonen

 

[zroid]

Really nice save by Kahkonen

I know I've been watching too much World Juniors because for half a second I thought Nylander was wearing a Finland jersey in your avatar :lol

 

[Yawnier]

Kapanen is kind of playing in this game like he usually does on the Marlies. Shows flashes of skill here and there with nice passes and dekes but isn't that consistent.

I know I've been watching too much World Juniors because for half a second I thought Nylander was wearing a Finland jersey in your avatar :lol

lol. That would be something

 

[RoadHazard]

Good, Finland's gonna take it. That will put Slovakia in spot #4 in that group and make them Sweden's quarter final opponent, which is a much better outcome. Not because I'm scared of Finland (although Slovakia is clearly an easier opponent), but because I want us to face them later! I like Finland (and also hate them, in a loving archrival kind of way), would be a shame to have to eliminate them this early. On the other hand, USA will probably do that anyway. Oh well.

EDIT: Forgot that FIN-CZE is still left to go. So it could also be CAN-FIN in the quarter final. Which I think Finland could take, unless Canada really steps it up. So yeah, this should get pretty exciting!

 

[Rad-]

This Puljujärvi kid. Finland has 14 goals and he has 9 points. :lol

Edit: Change that, it's 15 goals for Finland and 10 points for him now wtf.

 

[Yawnier]

Holy shit at this Aho-Puljijujujarvi-Laine line. Wow

 

[zroid]

Yes, let's draft Puljujarvi

 

[calder]

I want Laine and Puljujarvi, we need another first round pick somehow..

 

[KillerMan91]

We play like Dallas lol. Need to score billion goals to be able to win a game.

 

[zroid]

Man Kapanen keeps creating scoring chances but nothing goes in for him. Has to feel shitty especially when he wanted to redeem himself this year.

 

[Yawnier]

Kapanen!

 

[calder]

With the first pick of the draft, the Winnipeg Jets are pleased to select...

 

[zroid]

 

[Yawnier]

With the first pick of the draft, the Winnipeg Jets are pleased to select...

First pick? Lol more like 12th overall pick

 

[calder]

First pick? Lol more like 12th overall pick

We're finishing bottom 5 and we're winning that goddamn lottery you'll see!

 

[Cake Boss]

The Swiss bruing it up.

 

[Ardenyal]

 

[RoadHazard]

So Finland will most likely beat the Czechs as well, which would give us these quarter finals (my victor predictions bolded):

Sweden - Slovakia
USA - Czech Republic
Canada - Finland
Denmark - Russia

CAN-FIN is obviously the most difficult game to predict, but from what I've seen so far I'll give Finland a slight edge.

 

[calder]

CAN-FIN is obviously the most difficult game to predict, but from what I've seen so far I'll give Finland a slight edge.

Really? From what I've seen, the Finns have a large edge. Canada hasn't had even one "good" game yet.

 

[Cake Boss]

Lol Swiss.

 

[Rad-]

Really? From what I've seen, the Finns have a large edge. Canada hasn't had even one "good" game yet.

Finland has abysmal PK though. Like really really bad. That game can go whatever way.

 

[fallout]

All this game is doing is reminding me of how terrible Canada has looked so far.

 

[Yawnier]

The Switzerland Bruins are getting slaughtered. God damn

We're finishing bottom 5 and we're winning that goddamn lottery you'll see!

You guys are in the most stacked division in the nhl so at least you got that going for you. I guess

 

[MultiJhonny]

is there a goal limit? Like if the US scores 10 in the first it's over?

:lol Suisse

 

[RoadHazard]

Really? From what I've seen, the Finns have a large edge. Canada hasn't had even one "good" game yet.

Ok, maybe a bit more than "slight". But Finland also broke down against Russia, and didn't convince at the start of this game. So it's not like they've been an unstoppable powerhouse either. Of course, Canada has been really weak thus far. So yeah, maybe remove the "slight", but I wouldn't go much beyond that.

 

[fallout]

Ok, maybe a bit more than "slight". But Finland also broke down against Russia, and didn't convince at the start of this game. So it's not like they've been an unstoppable powerhouse either. Of course, Canada has been really weak thus far. So yeah, maybe remove the "slight", but I wouldn't go much beyond that.

Just a heads up that calder generally errs on the side of depressingly negative when it comes to hockey teams he follows.

 

[RoadHazard]

Just a heads up that calder generally errs on the side of depressingly negative when it comes to hockey teams he follows.

Haha, ok.

 

[Cake Boss]

Unf unf DAT franchise centre Mathews!!

 

[Cake Boss]

#111 CENNNTTTEERRRR COLIIINNNN WHIIITTTTEEEEEE

 

[zroid]

Canada went to a shootout with this Swiss team

oh god