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NHL January 2014 |OT| Bobby Orr, Bathroom Stalls, and the Battle at the Big House
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OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE
CrazedArabMan
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Wings, Hawks, and Blues have the most at 10.
But the Swedes are taking Tallinder ahead of him.
equippedwithtowel
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Just read the roster news. Not terrible all things considered, but Kunitz and Nash are poor picks and no St. Louis is fucking insane.
Coldnoodle
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SSJ3 Giroux incoming.
Missed a hit, slammed into the boards awkwardly.
I think Luongo gets the number one start, but with a short leash. A lot can change between now and the Olympics too though.
revolverjgw
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I can't fucking get over St. Louis being shafted AGAIN. Ruined my day. Fucking Nash and Marleau and Kunitz over the reigning Art Ross winner. And he'd play with a fire under his ass and might even have gotten to play with Stamkos. I'm pissed.
Different roles. Tallinder is apparently a really awesome guy to have in the lockerroom etc. and probably accepts little/no ice-time better than Hedman.
Lone_Prodigy
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Booth a healthy scratch.
Dubbedinenglish
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Buff-Car game postponed due to new ice age.
Team C, D and E could still compete against any Olympic teams. Thats how stacked Canada is. I think its just a matter of finding a combo/chemistry that works on a team as quick as possible. Only reason why Kunitz made the team. Heh
Sestito to play on the second line again? Lawl.
Who's out?
Edler, Alberts
Kassian (Sestito), Booth (being Booth), Higgins (Syphylis)?
St. Louis not being there won't cost us the gold. But he'd sure as hell would contribute more than Nash.
Lone_Prodigy
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Higgins and Kassian are in. Also Archibald and Ferriero. Weise out.
ZeroGravity
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Fuck you again Yzerman.
I feel like he wanted to be unbiased and put the decision in the hands of the rest of management, which makes this all the more maddening. Fucking stand up for the guy. You know how much St. Louis carries and leads his team on a nightly basis. You see it better than anyone else.
Why is Weise out? Or did Torts just like him less than Ferriero?
God damn we're icing a team full of scrubs.
So THAT's why the feed suddenly changed for about a minute when I was watching the LTV 1 hour recap the other day. Hilarious. xD
wsoxfan1214
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Maybe being on the Canadian olympic team will give Mike Smith enough attention that EA will put him on the cover of FIFA 15.
Coldnoodle
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NHL franchise cancelled a year later.
bonesmccoy
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Wow! My toga is still in pristine condition.
Nash and Carter were unexpected, but both have Olympic experience and fill a required role in the roster. There have been far worse selections in the past (Zamuner, Corson, Draper).
I like the inclusion of Benn, Hamhuis and Duchene, even if they're just there to fill in the numbers.
Nash and Carter were unexpected, but both have Olympic experience and fill a required role in the roster. There have been far worse selections in the past (Zamuner, Corson, Draper).
I like the inclusion of Benn, Hamhuis and Duchene, even if they're just there to fill in the numbers.
Lone_Prodigy
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Pretty much been this way all year. Sedins and Kesler are going to play 25 minutes each, 4th line will get 2 shifts in the first period, and Lack will probably face 40 shots.
Just hope that no one gets hurt.
Tallinder is an awesome guy. But he's not that good at playing hockey anymore.
First blizzard in Buffalo in 20 years. It's insane out there.
The real question is if Hamhuis is gonna play 29 minutes or more than 30
InvaderZimmer
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Hmm Richards not making it kind of surprising since he was at the orientation though I guess hes not alone in that regard.
Seeing Keith and Subban on the first pairing would make my face melt off. Too bad it'll never happen.
Lu will get the first start because he's the returning gold winning goaltender. I'm expecting Price to get game 2 or something like that, then they go with whoever they're most comfortable with. That being said, I believe it was MacKenzie who said a while ago that management wants Price to take the job and run with it. I'm not worried either way, especially with that defence.
SuperSonic1305
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They will look good on the Leafs in 5 years.
Doesn't matter who is in it, to be honest. USA is gonna run wild on ALLLLL their candy asses!
You'd better hope 2011-Predators Playoff Series Kesler time travels, or you're toast.
This article from a month ago about the rise of Swedish and Finnish goalies is really interesting, particularly the graphs on page 2.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-decline-of-canadas-goalies/article15786050/?paged=1
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-decline-of-canadas-goalies/article15786050/?paged=1
It's going to be awful when, after finishing second in group A, the US loses in the quarter finals to Sweden.
Heretic, give the odds of USA winning gold. Break the math down
100000%!
Canada's ass is grass and Acid and I are going to smoke it!!!
They will look good on the Leafs in 5 years.
I travelled to the future and found these pictures:
KernelPanic
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lol USA winning gold.
Stick to baseball.
Stick to baseball.
Seems like Canadian management were really reluctant to put players out of position. Better to bring Hamhuis instead of having a right defence playing on the wrong side.
Yzerman telling St. Louis that he didn't make the team had to be awkward. Nash and Kunitz instead? No Seabrook, Boyle, or Giroux? I don't know. Canada's B Team could medal.
Let the second guessing begin, but Team Canada will always be judged by the results. Win gold and management are genius. Fail to win gold and they're idiots.
Yzerman telling St. Louis that he didn't make the team had to be awkward. Nash and Kunitz instead? No Seabrook, Boyle, or Giroux? I don't know. Canada's B Team could medal.
Let the second guessing begin, but Team Canada will always be judged by the results. Win gold and management are genius. Fail to win gold and they're idiots.
alexthekid
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Thank you so much for posting this, a great read for a former Swedish goalkeeper!
I think that what actually opened the icehockey federations eyes to the fantastic development in Finland wasnt just that they ha a fair amount of starters in the NHL when we struggled to get one(even though we a hockey nation of the same size), but rather they flooded our national league with goaltenders in around the millenium. Kiprusoff, Korhonen, Wallinheimo, Kimmo Kapanen and Norrena are just a few, they where everywhere.
Normally if you go one-on-one with another team you have a fifty-fifty chance of winning. But Phil Kessel's a genetic freak, and not normal. You've got a 25%, at best, of beating team USA. And then you add in JVR to the mix, your chances of winning drastically go down. See, the semifinals, at Sochi, you have a 25% chance of winning Gold, but team USA has a 50% chance of winning, cause those European know they can't beat them, and they're not even gonna try. So Canada, you take your 25% chance, minus USA's 50% chance, and you've got an -25% chance of winning at Sochi. But then you take USA's 75% chance of winning, if they were to go one-on-one, and then add 50 percent, USA has 125 percent chance of winning at Sochi. You see Canada, the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you at SochiHeretic, give the odds of USA winning gold. Break the math down
:lol
The US can't even win the WBC, but then again no one really gives a shit about the WBC since it's during Spring Training.
ZeroGravity
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No Bishop tonight, Jets fans. You should be good for a W, unless Marty St. Louis decides to go absolutely berserk.
Big Poppa Razorskin.
Holy ROFL at the freemufasa thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=747202
I can't. I just can't. Freemufasa is a legend. That just HAD to come from him.
I can't. I just can't. Freemufasa is a legend. That just HAD to come from him.
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