GDT: 4 Nations Faceoff - CAN vs SWE 8pm ET - TV:TNT/TruTV/Max

[Beerz]

Sit your best player on PP and OT


Genius.

 

[Ace]

Ekholm and Hedman were gassed. Just bad coaching. Dahls earned a shift.

Hedman was turned inside out and had a bad turnover…plus he looks half the speed of Rasmus at this point. Ekholm isn’t Dahlin’s level anyway.

This was a reap what you sew result.

 

[DapperCam]

Ekholm and Hedman were gassed. Just bad coaching. Dahls earned a shift.

I don't think I saw Karlsson out there either. Why put your 2 smoothest skating defenseman out there against the fastest players in the world?

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Fun game, if the NHL could provide that and honest refereeing people might actually watch it

 

[Ace]

I don't think I saw Karlsson out there either. Why put your 2 smoothest skating defenseman out there against the fastest players in the world?

Well…I have reasons I wouldn’t play Karlsson in that spot. Hamming it up for two turnovers on the PP for starters.

 

[old kummelweck]

Sit your best player on PP and OT


Genius.

Coming here to say this. Does Hallam have a beef with him? His ice time was third-pairing.

 

[Chainshot]

I don't think I saw Karlsson out there either. Why put your 2 smoothest skating defenseman out there against the fastest players in the world?

EK and Forsling both had an OT shift. But Hedman needs to change cuz those legs aren't fresh that late into those shifts.

 

[Chainshot]

My concern is that Dahlin's back tightened up and this tournament wears him out and he has to shut it down in the last third of the season. He is far and away the Sabres best skater.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Did Dahlin piss in Hallam's coffee? Criminally underutilized tonight.

Looked a bit tight first two shifts, but thought he had a superb defensive game thereafter. Stymied McDavid a few times while letting Gus see his shot from well out for easy saves.

 

[Steddy33]

My concern is that Dahlin's back tightened up and this tournament wears him out and he has to shut it down in the last third of the season. He is far and away the Sabres best skater.

And the Sabres lose 20+ straight without him?

 

[Chainshot]

And the Sabres lose 20+ straight without him?

Given the pedestrian quality of this draft, yeah.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

My concern is that Dahlin's back tightened up and this tournament wears him out and he has to shut it down in the last third of the season. He is far and away the Sabres best skater.

Theodore out for the tournament and who' knows how long for Vegas. They are trying to follow other sports, but hockey is such a grind that's why it's a stupid, ill-timed tournament.

 

[joshjull]

You don't think any negotiations could have been done? and its justified to have no Olympics etc since 2014?

I’m not sure it all falls on Bettman. It’s more of a pissing match between the IIHF and the NHL over who pays for what among other things. I’m hardly a fan of Bettman or how the NHL does things. But they have legit concerns when their top paid players leave mid season.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Did Dahlin piss in Hallam's coffee? Criminally underutilized tonight.

Looked a bit tight first two shifts, but thought he had a superb defensive game thereafter. Stymied McDavid a few times while letting Gus see his shot from well out for easy saves.

You know you’re defending well when McDavid is dumping the puck in to get past you and not because he’s going off for a line change.

 

[Willgamesh]

I’m not sure it all falls on Bettman. It’s more of a pissing match between the IIHF and the NHL over who pays for what among other things. I’m hardly a fan of Bettman or how the NHL does things. But they have legit concerns when their top paid players leave mid season.

I think the concern should be hockey falling to irrelevance and failure to grow the game.

 

[Chainshot]

Did Dahlin piss in Hallam's coffee? Criminally underutilized tonight.

Looked a bit tight first two shifts, but thought he had a superb defensive game thereafter. Stymied McDavid a few times while letting Gus see his shot from well out for easy saves.

The number of times Hedman-Brodin got stuck on the ice because they couldn't break out against Canada's forecheck in the first period had all of the other pairs TOI suppressed. Then in the OT, Hedman again took a couple of enormous shifts because he couldn't get himself off the ice, including one of nearly 2 minutes where the Swedes were basically hemmed in the entire time. Looking at the ice time might seem like they leaned on Hedman. Watching the game, it was more him and his partner not being good.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

The number of times Hedman-Brodin got stuck on the ice because they couldn't break out against Canada's forecheck in the first period had all of the other pairs TOI suppressed. Then in the OT, Hedman again took a couple of enormous shifts because he couldn't get himself off the ice, including one of nearly 2 minutes where the Swedes were basically hemmed in the entire time. Looking at the ice time might seem like they leaned on Hedman. Watching the game, it was more him and his partner not being good.

Hedman is 34, with plenty of miles on his tires. He looked slow and done against this level of opponent. His feeble attempt to break up the rush in the neutral zone on the 2nd goal needlessly created a 2-on-1 for Brodin. Just not a decision you want to see from your future HoF stud d-man.

Hopefully for Sweden Dahlin gets more ice time. I think he can give their backend a boost.

 

[Chainshot]

Hedman is 34, with plenty of miles on his tires. He looked slow and done against this level of opponent. His feeble attempt to break up the rush in the neutral zone on the 2nd goal needlessly created a 2-on-1 for Brodin. Just not a decision you want to see from your future HoF stud d-man.

Hopefully for Sweden Dahlin gets more ice time. I think he can give their backend a boost.

Swede hockey fans will point out that this is what their coaches do. They will overuse the vets and wonder why they are gassed.