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[zroid]

;_;

 

[LevelNth]

Strome dump-in with 13 seconds

 

[Razorskin]

Fire Lowry

Strome dump-in with 13 seconds

Therrien probably smiled we he saw that.

 

[RC]

Looks like communism won.

Someone should check Virtanen's birth certificate.

 

[Ardenyal]

GG Canada, shame about that whole Virtanen double agent thing.

 

[Zombie James]

The loss sucks but that was some damn good hockey.

 

[calder]

That was a crazy last minute, wow.

Canada with a mediocre team that didn't come together. Unreal stupid penalties. Poor goaltending.



Oh well, cheering for Finland the rest if the way, especially over Sweden.

 

[GSG Flash]

Well if we lost to any team, I'm glad it was Finland. Just glad we didn't get knocked out by the Swedes, Russians or Americans. Always had a soft spot for Finland because of their animosity against the Russians

 

[kAmui-]

What a fucking game, you guys! And as a Finn I'm quite happy with the result =)

 

[DopeyFish]

Strome dump-in with 13 seconds

With Marner the one chasing... who probably wouldn't get body position over anyone lol

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Embarrassed for Team Canada

This wouldn't have happened if you idiots didn't cut Juulsen

 

[Rixa]

Happy to see Patrik Laine playing in my favourite team rest of this season. Which prolly will be his last in Tappara...

 

[Razorskin]

SA-KU


KOIII-VU

 

[zroid]

Man, Laine is huge

 

[Merguson]

You probably can't shave yet but here's a shaving kit.

 

[Yawnier]

I am disappoint

At least Mitch the bitch got player of the game

 

[Razorskin]

LOL Is that a shaving kit for Marner?


He doesn't need the bloody thing.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

SA-KU


KOIII-VU

Saku is there ?!?

 

[KraytarJ]

I've been watching this tournament every year for more than a decade now and this team was one of the worst I've seen and it's only fitting they lose in the quarters.

 

[Curufinwe]

Just as I predicted, Lowry rode the Hicketts train right into an early exit.

 

[hylje]

On behalf of Finland, thank you Jake "Sisu" Virtanen.

 

[GSG Flash]

Marner was great.

He pretty much carried the offense on his back in this game.

We should never accept a loaned player from Vancouver ever again.

 

[calder]

On behalf of Finland, thank you Jake "Sisu" Virtanen.

How do you say "double agent" in Finnish?

 

[Cake Boss]

Fire Tom Tenney.

Fucking idiot.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Canada should've put Dikembe in net.

 

[DopeyFish]

LOL Is that a shaving kit for Marner?


He doesn't need the bloody thing.

It's probably 220V too

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Marner and Barzal were Canada's Best Players

 

[LevelNth]

Blackwood was very unimpressive in the games he played. It would've taken a miracle for this horribly coached team to make it past the semis anyways but I always want the streak to live. Alas now it is dead.

 

[Rixa]

For the first time since 1998 Canada doesn't makes the semis.

 

[Curufinwe]

It's probably 220V too

Most good electric shavers seem to have automatic voltage adjustment.

 

[Cake Boss]

Strome dump-in with 13 seconds

Especially when the RWer was clearly open to enter the OZ. Instead of passing it to him he dumps it in.

Canada development hockey at its finest here.

 

[Conceptor]

RIP semi appearance streak

 

[hylje]

How do you say "double agent" in Finnish?

It's "kaksoisagentti".
Btw, J.Virtanen has our heraldic lion tattoo'd on his right arm

http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/333*444/CPT101316634_high.jpg

 

[Cake Boss]

Lol TSN with the troll job putting up a Virtanen short story about heart.

 

[ShinRPGamer]

How do you say "double agent" in Finnish?

Kaksoisagentti

 

[espher]

Copy-pasting my rambly post from Reddit:

I think Finland deserved this game, for sure. Very exciting game, right up to the finish.

My hatred for puck-over-the-glass delay of game and IIHF officiating (edit: especially the way they call scrums, argh) burns as strong as it always has. Lots of Canadian forwards underperformed, but Virtanen was consistently bad when he was expected to be a strong player. Blackwood was pretty awful relatively speaking.

For me, though, Lowry was the biggest weakness in this tournament. His weird decision-making seems to have hurt us quite a bit in the tourney, esp. when it came to in-game decision-making. No effective line juggling, no real line changes, and keeping Blackwood in to watch him keep allowing the same rebounds and goals was killing me inside, esp. after how Blackwood had played in his previous two.

Oh well, now I can watch and not have a heart attack every game.

Also yeah, I have nfi why Strome dumped it in there. You are not going to retrieve, get set up, and get a good scoring chance with that little time left. Go for a good zone entry and try to make it happen - it's worth the risk.

 

[bonesmccoy]

I feel a little bad for Bustanen. He and Bustwood looked shakey in almost every game. This won't help his confidence coming back to the Canucks.

Dermott and Marner looked OK.

Hopefully Nylander's brain unsoups itself.

 

[espher]

Come on marner, be smarter than that. That was almost virtanen level stupid

I really don't know if Hockey Canada doesn't educate players on IIHF officiating, but they need to know that you never, EVER engage in a scrum, because IIHF refs never take someone from each side and always take a guy who makes another player's head snap back.

Like, you could go back to every scrum where a penalty was called in the history of IIHF hockey, and see that exact sequence.

 

[zroid]

Guess I'm cheering for Future Leafs Laine and Puljujarvi, and Current Leaf Kapanen the rest of the way. Especially with Snizzbone out of commission.

 

[Samyy]

Guess I'm cheering for Future Leafs Laine and Puljujarvi, and Current Leaf Kapanen the rest of the way. Especially with Snizzbone out of commission.

Don't forget Timashov and potentialy future Leaf Ass Nylander!

 

[Yawnier]

I hope that Snizzbone comes back for the swedes in the semis. Basically the only thing for me to look forward to now.

 

[Samyy]

I hope that Snizzbone comes back for the swedes in the semis. Basically the only thing for me to look forward to now.

I hope he sits out the tourney tbh, I don't want to risk it D:

 

[LevelNth]

I really don't know if Hockey Canada doesn't educate players on IIHF officiating, but they need to know that you never, EVER engage in a scrum, because IIHF refs never take someone from each side and always take a guy who makes another player's head snap back.

Like, you could go back to every scrum where a penalty was called in the history of IIHF hockey, and see that exact sequence.

As you said its all on Lowry to me. These are kids. They need detailed structure to avoid these lapses and Lowry showed he can't cut it. Leaving Blackwood in was criminal too.

 

[Yawnier]

I hope he sits out the tourney tbh, I don't want to risk it D:

I wouldn't mind this either come to think of it. The marlies/leafs could use a healthy snizzboner

 

[Samyy]

I wouldn't mind this either come to think of it. The marlies/leafs could use a healthy snizzboner

The Swedes are good enough to win without him anyway, the Finland-Sweden game should be fun

 

[Represent.]

Worst Team Canada I've ever seen.

 

[Cmerrill]

Terrible Canadian team. So undisciplined it's embarrassing. 9 fucking penalties...

Goaltending was laughably bad too.

 

[TapeDispenser1000]

It`s amazing we never have great goaltending.

 

[Rad-]

Lmao from Jake Virtanen's wiki page:

On December 13, 2015, the Vancouver Canucks announced that they would be loaning Virtanen to Team Canada for the World Junior Championship Tournament U20. Which cost Canada the tournament.

 

[Cake Boss]

DAT Mathews!!