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4 Nations Cup Discussion

Are you excited about 4 Nations Cup?

  • Yes

    Votes: 41 23.0%

  • No

    Votes: 61 34.3%

  • Indifferent

    Votes: 73 41.0%

  • Other: Explain your reasoning with a post

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • Total voters
    178
ToneDog said:
Jury is out on whether Marner and McDavid works. In Edmonton the third wheel is a grinder, Hyman. Tonight the third wheel is a soft perimeter, pass first winger. IMO Matthews paired with Hughes is more dangerous than with Marner because Hughes can also score.
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Wait you think Marner is the third wheel and not Reinhart? LMAO
 
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ToneDog said:
McDavid = McDavid
Reinhart = Draisaitl (goal scorer - 2nd wheel)
Marner = Hyman (3rd wheel)
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Hard to try to match them in any order.

Draisaitl is a goal scorer with an elite shot, which doesn't describe Marner at all.

Hyman is a physical digger who will fight for space in the crease, which doesn't describe Marner either.

Best to just leave it at 'two elite wingers'.
 
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wingman75 said:
Are we doing GDT's here in our "safe" space or do we have to trudge into the wilds of the mainboards?
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I think I'll stay here...

you got some dumbass on the mainboard thread making jokes about the USA taking over Canada... guy probably eats McDonald's everyday and was on 600 lb life (my favourite American show along with Maury Povich).
 
Honestly mega excited about this. Sad Gary had to have it to actually let us have best on best but whatever. Dude shafted us out of the two best Canada Olympic teams ever
 
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ACC1224 said:
www.tsn.ca

Mark Masters: Marner, Nylander put friendship on hold as Canada and Sweden open 4 Nations Face-Off | TSN

Toronto Maple Leafs teammares Mitch Marner and William Nylander will be on opposite sides Wednesday night as Canada opens the 4 Nations Face-Off against Sweden in Montreal. Mark Masters has more.
www.tsn.ca www.tsn.ca

Marner, who leads the Leafs with 71 points, is slotting in beside Connor McDavid and Sam Reinhart on Canada's top line. Nylander can't pinpoint just one area for his new Swedish teammates to focus on when it comes to slowing down Marner.

"It's just so hard to say that he does one in particular thing all the time," Nylander noted. "He's very, very shifty and hard to read."

Nylander, who leads the Leafs with 33 goals, will start on Sweden's second line with Mika Zibanejad and Rickard Rakell. Marner's advice to teammates when it comes to stopping Nylander?

"Try not to watch the puck," Marner warned. "He likes to make people look silly. He's very, very skilled out there. Easy, smooth with the puck, and makes a lot of things happen where it doesn't look like something should be there."

This is a big moment and one Marner and Nylander have waited years to experience. The atmosphere will be electric.

"It will be nice to be on their side for once," Marner said of the Bell Centre crowd. "It will be nicer to be cheered for than booed and yelled at.”

Nylander is expecting a similar sensation to when the Leafs play here.

"You're buzzing going into the game," Nylander said.

Considering the anticipation for the return of best-on-best hockey, the energy could even go up a notch from an NHL game.

"If it goes up a notch from that Saturday Montreal-Toronto game we had here [on Jan. 18], it's going to be bananas," Marner said. "This crowd's always great. It's always a pretty crazy game when we come here with the atmosphere."

The moment also brings a lot of pressure.

"I just look at this as a super fun opportunity," said Nylander, who will have father Michael Nylander, a former NHL player, on hand to support him. "I'm playing against the best players in the world on Team Canada, like, obviously you're feeling some kind of excited, a little nervous, of course, I mean that's just natural, but that's how it is. I like feeling like that. It's good."


Looks like Bennett and Sandheim will be the scratches tonight.
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Mutual admiration society ...

Like to see them face-off in the final.
 
Our goaltending is an obvious weak spot but we also have arguably the three best players in the world in McDavid, Mackinnon and Makar.

If those three guys have huge tournaments, we should win.
 
weems said:
Our goaltending is an obvious weak spot but we also have arguably the three best players in the world in McDavid, Mackinnon and Makar.

If those three guys have huge tournaments, we should win.
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Yeah if it were basketball it would be open and shut. Hockey, a tender can win this whole thing.
 
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Ah just realized its nhl network. Bettman finally hooked me in as a subscriber (albeit for minimum time)
 
I guess puck drop should be pretty close to 8? They’ll play the winners anthem after the game ?
 
MSZ said:
We have to listen to Ron and Jen again. Boooooo

EDIT: Canada is the road team tonight. No late changes.
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I don't understand what she is saying again. I can never understand what she is saying
 
Chills looking at these guys together on the ice.

Feels like Point is an afterthought despite scoring the 5th most goals/game in the league the last 3 years.

Sweden D is tough though and they have the last change.

Should be a good one.
 
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Zybalto said:
Chills looking at these guys together on the ice.

Feels like Point is an afterthought despite scoring the 5th most goals/game in the league the last 3 years.

Sweden D is tough though and they have the last change.

Should be a good one.
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They aren't even showing Marner because he is standing on the blue line
 
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