WC: 2015 Power Rankings

[JFG]

All-time Worlds shutout record setters certainly deserve to be at the top right now. Hope to see their 5th straight shutout tomorrow against Belarus.

A great accomplishment but they have faced the bottom four during that stretch.

 

[illone84]

A great accomplishment but they have faced the bottom four during that stretch.

Who cares, these are based on trends. The only "power ranking" that counts is the final one!

Personally, I thought the shut out streak would have ended against Slovakia, but now they have a chance to extend it against Belarus.

On the other hand it's still a good accomplishment considering France scored 3 against Canada! So even bottom feeder teams can score against the best of the best in this tournie.

 

[Nakawick]

1. Finland: Look, a killer asteroid! Oh, our goalie stopped that too
2. Canada: “Jordan...you are getting sleepy...you’re at World Juniorsâ€
3. Russia: When we win, we win bigger than you
4. Sweden: As a hockey nation, we’re almost too darned nice
5. United States: Just for the record, we don’t deflate pucks
6. Czech Republic: “Ondrej†is Czech for “awesome studâ€
7. Belarus: Ouch! Russia! You said you’d go slow!
8. Switzerland: Oh, for Forsberg’s sake
9. Germany: We only win 2-1, and some women find that very sexy
10. Slovakia: Still undefeated against Iceland
11. Denmark: Stick to skiing, Norway! Booya!
12. France: Before the third period, guys were quoting Voltaire
13. Norway: Chill, Denmark – anyone would think you just won Eurovision
14. Latvia: Who needs quarter-finals when you’ve got beavers?
15. Austria: The worst part is we all went to bed on time
16. Slovenia: The rebuild starts now: Kopitar for Kessel?

Finn goalies doing their thing

Some good ones in there. Not sure how many outside North America will get the US one.

 

[Faterson]

American football normally isn't covered here, but the Brady affair was so big I even noticed a brief article about it in a Slovak newspaper. Otherwise, I would have no idea what the joke is referring to. Not sure how many Europeans got to read an article like that, though.

 

[michall]

Some good ones in there. Not sure how many outside North America will get the US one.

Far too few I am afraid, but it´s gold anyway.
Also the one for Slovenia and its rebuild is awesome - looks like whoever makes these rankings is perusing HFB Trade forum quite a lot.

 

[snizzbone*]

Far too few I am afraid, but it´s gold anyway.
Also the one for Slovenia and its rebuild is awesome - looks like whoever makes these rankings is perusing HFB Trade forum quite a lot.

this hahaha. Nice little jab to the Kessel for everyones best players trend.

 

[1Gold Standard]

1. Canada Canada: This tournament rules! Like, who needs World Juniors?
2. USA United States: He’s legally changing his name to Generational Eichel
3. Finland Finland: Donskoi is the future, Don Cherry is the past
4. Sweden Sweden: Call ‘em the Arizona Ekman-Larssons, and they’ll never move
5. Russia Russia: Finland. Is. So. Annoying.
6. Belarus Belarus: Mike Smith, Tommy Salo – same difference
7. Czech Czech Republic: Talk about The Un-Berra-ble Lightness of Being
8. Suisse Switzerland: How do we feel? We Fiala good
9. Slovakia Slovakia: There’s an old Slovak folk song called “Going to Korea”
10. Germany Germany: Beaten in a shootout, OK. By Mike Komisarek, not OK
11. Norway Norway: Still the world’s top Norwegian-speaking hockey nation
12. France France: Da Costa came up bigger than the Eiffel Tower
13. Latvia Latvia: Wes ares thes champions, mys friends
14. Denmark Denmark: Enjoy the QF, you uptight Swedes – we’ll be at Tivoli
15. Austria Austria: Crosby gets a massage, we get manhandled
16. Slovenia Slovenia: Not Koping well with this


A little funny today.

 

[Tomas W]

1. Canada Canada: This tournament rules! Like, who needs World Juniors?
2. USA United States: He’s legally changing his name to Generational Eichel
3. Finland Finland: Donskoi is the future, Don Cherry is the past
4. Sweden Sweden: Call ‘em the Arizona Ekman-Larssons, and they’ll never move
5. Russia Russia: Finland. Is. So. Annoying.
6. Belarus Belarus: Mike Smith, Tommy Salo – same difference
7. Czech Czech Republic: Talk about The Un-Berra-ble Lightness of Being
8. Suisse Switzerland: How do we feel? We Fiala good
9. Slovakia Slovakia: There’s an old Slovak folk song called “Going to Korea”
10. Germany Germany: Beaten in a shootout, OK. By Mike Komisarek, not OK
11. Norway Norway: Still the world’s top Norwegian-speaking hockey nation
12. France France: Da Costa came up bigger than the Eiffel Tower
13. Latvia Latvia: Wes ares thes champions, mys friends
14. Denmark Denmark: Enjoy the QF, you uptight Swedes – we’ll be at Tivoli
15. Austria Austria: Crosby gets a massage, we get manhandled
16. Slovenia Slovenia: Not Koping well with this


A little funny today.

Big LOL at the Salo/Smith remark.

 

[that is unfortunate]

The Latvia one is pretty good but I'm pretty sure they've used it a few times.

 

[ozo]

The Latvia one is pretty good but I'm pretty sure they've used it a few times.

Heys, its coulds bes worses!

 

[1Gold Standard]

More fun from our friends in Praha

1. Canada Canada: That was a massacre – or, as we like to call it, practice
2. USA United States: So...this is like the Frozen Four?
3. Russia Russia: Now Ovi is coming, Malkin can relax (no, no, scratch that)
4. Czech Czech Republic: Once Mario Jr., now Mario Sr. – always the king
5. Sweden Sweden: Den Glider In, Den Glider Out
6. Finland Finland: But...what about all our shutouts?
7. Belarus Belarus: The turning point was when the cheerleaders came out
8. Suisse Switzerland: Josi scored like Bobby Orr, then we didn’t score anymore
9. Slovakia Slovakia: “Going to Korea/What a great idea/That’s where we’ll see yaâ€
10. Germany Germany: Given our druthers, we’d take Uwe Krupp over Uwe Boll
11. Norway Norway: Oil prices are going down, but we’re not
12. France France: The Flying Frenchmen have been grounded
13. Latvia Latvia: When France beats us like that, it releases endorphins
14. Denmark Denmark: We’re Vikings – but Brent Burns has a bigger beard
15. Austria Austria: Bill Murray made a movie about us called Groundhog Day
16. Slovenia Slovenia: Hey Czechs, here’s an idea: Czechoslovenia!

 

[1Gold Standard]

Final addition of power rankings. Not so funny...but I'm sure they are just as eager for this tournament to be over...

1. Canada Canada: Gold or bust – and frankly, we prefer gold
2. Russia Russia: Big guns gonna do what big guns gonna do
3. USA United States: We want bronze...why are you looking at us like that?
4. Czech Czech Republic: One Jagr statue coming up – in bronze!
5. Sweden Sweden: On the bright side, next year Forsberg gets 82 goals
6. Finland Finland: Puck, puckity, puck puck puck
7. Belarus Belarus: Canada lost 9-0 to Sweden in 1987 – so there!
8. Suisse Switzerland: Cooly! Cooly!
9. Slovakia Slovakia: Goooly! Goooly!
10. Germany Germany: Can you tournament-hosting freaks pipe down?
11. Norway Norway: We rule at winter sports – when we wear spandex
12. France France: Cologne & Paris 2017: it’s not a brand of perfume
13. Latvia Latvia: Ozo, Jagr’s 43. You’re 42. Retirement is not an option!
14. Denmark Denmark: Herning was named after a herring with a hernia
15. Austria Austria: Best PK, worst PP...God, we’d be perfect for Torts
16. Slovenia Slovenia: Non sequitur of the day goes to Denmark

 

[Chimpradamus]

Some good ones in there. Not sure how many outside North America will get the US one.

Logically you would be absolutely right, as nobody outside of North America cares one bit for the sport. Unfortunately, we do get that one. Apparently, news from the NFL is world news. It's ridiculous how heavily influenced the news are by American media - and scary. It's also an educating thing at the same time, from a propaganda perspective.

 

[Faterson]

Final addition of power rankings.

I'm sure there'll be one more after the two medal games. Though in previous years, they only used to update the wordings for teams still playing in the tournament, in play-off editions of power rankings.

 

[Faterson]

Unfortunately, we do get that one. Apparently, news from the NFL is world news.

I'm really not sure that's true. If you asked regular people in Slovakia, "Please name the latest Super Bowl winner," the typical reply would be: "What's the Super Bowl?" And if you asked outright sports fans that question, I'm not sure they'd know, either. Hell, I have no idea who won the Super Bowl (in this or previous years), or which teams played in it. The "deflate-gate" was covered marginally here, as a quaint curiosity, and I think that's fine. As to baseball, it gets completely ignored. So, I don't think the "propaganda" is that bad, in terms of sports news. What worries me more is the utter domination of "Anglo-Saxon" pop music and movies, for no apparent reason (off-topic for HFBoards).

 

[aqsw]

It's funny how the different continents view different sports. I was offered two tickets to two games here for women's soccer coming up. Big tourney , They say.

I'd rather cut my grass than waste my time watching soccer.

 

[Canuck21t]

It's funny how the different continents view different sports. I was offered two tickets to two games here for women's soccer coming up. Big tourney , They say.

I'd rather cut my grass than waste my time watching soccer.

Women soccer on top of that, ick.

 

[Villert]

Women soccer on top of that, ick.

At least the Women don't dive as much as the Men do...

 

[NyQuil]

Women's soccer has come a long way over the past decade.

If you dislike soccer outright, well, that's that.

But as far as the entertainment value and skill level for women's soccer goes, I enjoy it.