HF Habs: 4 Nations Face-Off: Sat. Feb 15th - 1 PM | Finland vs Sweden | 8 PM - Canada vs USA | Both SN, TVAS, ABC, ESPN+

[rahad]

Are you saying destroy as in beating 6-1 like they did to Finland?

I personally doubt it when you consider the 3 best players on the planet are on team Canada. They could just double shift their best 2 lines if they are down.

Could the USA win? No doubt, but it will be close. I doubt they <destroy> as you say.

Maybe not destroy like 6-1. But, I can see USA winning this tournament. Canada does not have any elite goalie. Team USA feel more balanced.

 

[donghabs98]

I'm going to the Sweden-Finland game tomorrow, hope they restock by then.

Ottawa is basically all sold out

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Team USA feel more balanced.

Not in terms of winning experience, nor in established chemistries and Canada's centerline is much better.

 

[Rapala]

The problems I see are definitely blue line and back.
We've seen time and time again just how tight these best on best games can be.
I don't think we will be holding the good teams to 1 goal which is what it took from Carey Price and his D group. Even going back as far as Patrick Roy two goals against was a death knoll against Hasek.
I don't think our offense is any better than some of those teams. We are probably looking at having to score three goals minimum to win these games.

 

[waitin425]

McDavid took a backseat to Crosby and MacKinnon last game. I expect him to have a huge game tonight. All this big bad American team stuff is overblown. We still have the two best forwards and the best defensemen in the game. Plus----Sid. We are getting slept on because of the questionable bottom 6 players.

Regardless of what happens here...when we add Bedard and Celebrini in '26 and '28 we might be unstoppable

 

[Habs Icing]

McDavid took a backseat to Crosby and MacKinnon last game. I expect him to have a huge game tonight. All this big bad American team stuff is overblown. We still have the two best forwards and the best defensemen in the game. Plus----Sid. We are getting slept on because of the questionable bottom 6 players.

Regardless of what happens here...when we add Bedard and Celebrini in '26 and '28 we might be unstoppable

I don't agree. Bedard and Celebrini are nothing we don't already have. I would trade both Bedard and Celebrini for a Price or even a Joseph. Binnington showed you how important a top notch goalie is to a team. He let in two bad goals in regular time and allowed Sweden to be in the game but then made two great saves in overtime. A top notch goalie would have made the two saves in regular time and spared us the overtime.

Compared to the states, we obviously have the better forward group. The defence is equal. In nets, the states have it over us by a huge margin. We'd almost be better off playing with no goalie and a 6th skater.

 

[waitin425]

I don't agree. Bedard and Celebrini are nothing we don't already have. I would trade both Bedard and Celebrini for a Price or even a Joseph. Binnington showed you how important a top notch goalie is to a team. He let in two bad goals in regular time and allowed Sweden to be in the game but then made two great saves in overtime. A top notch goalie would have made the two saves in regular time and spared us the overtime.

Compared to the states, we obviously have the better forward group. The defence is equal. In nets, the states have it over us by a huge margin. We'd almost be better off playing with no goalie and a 6th skater.

Logan Thompson is looking pretty damn good these days. He may very well win the Vezina. 2026 Olympics and Canada could have the reigning Vezina winner tending. Not too shabby.

Im adding Bedard and Celebrini to this lineup all day.

Celebrini - McDavid - Marner
Crosby - MacKinnon - Bedard
Marchand - Point - Konecny
Jarvis - Schiefele - Stone