GDT: 9/18/16 - North America Vs Finland - 8PM ET (II)

[The Winter Soldier]

Laine's hit the best Finnish performance today, lol, who would have thought.

You know what? You are probably right. It has been that type of night for the Finns. lol

Atleast he and Aho are showing some fight.

 

[48g90a138pts]

Ekblad dominates Barkov on that rush

 

[Divine]

Laine (and Finland) waking up when its too late

Not really 'waking up'. Team North America stopped playing because they don't want to run up the score. They're not shifting their top pairings/lines as often as they would if the game was close.

 

[ijuka]

You see again, Barkov comes in, passes to Aho, play dies. This has happened several times. They pass to Laine so rarely off the rush.

Curious to see if Aho has been as bad as I think he has.

 

[Aladyyn]

Maatta needs to play with Risto... No idea what the coach is seeing in these combinations

 

[McVespa99]

"McDavid over stick handling".

it's true.

I wish people would admit it.

Hahahaha. Classic. You need to stick handle when you go through pretty much the whole other team

 

[Kratti]

5 on 5 Finns may not get a scoring chance vs Sweden

Probably won't, yes

 

[heretik27]

If Ekblad-Rielly play 30 minutes a game they might have a chance to beat teams like Canada/USA.. heheh

 

[Gentle Man]

Ekblad dominates Barkov on that rush

Probably knew all his moves.

 

[Divine]

Team Europe > Finland

 

[ijuka]

Probably won't, yes

If they don't fix their coaching, that's inevitable.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

No doubt about it. Team NA deserve the W tonight. Much better team. I know some said Ghost was not good tonight. But really from top to bottom. Not one bad performance on that team. Credit the coaching staff too.

 

[BB88]

Man the Finns take so long to transition. Looks slow mo compared to NA.

That's been my biggest issue with Marjamaki from game 1.
How the hell doesn't he realize that doesn't work here and work here today.

NA team is ready when they start.

 

[realgoodleafs]

Parayko kind of reminds me of Pronger without the nastiness.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I thought Matthews snuck one through there! lol.

Parayko kind of reminds me of Pronger without the nastiness.

That or Weber but minus the mean streak, he could physically dominate people if he wanted to.

 

[winnipegger]

Finland is making some plays now. Not sure if that's NA taking their foot off the gas or what...

 

[Cambodian Fouler]

Not really 'waking up'. Team North America stopped playing because they don't want to run up the score. They're not shifting their top pairings/lines as often as they would if the game was close.

Thank god for this. Not like one bad play causes another, but rather team just stops playing.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Team Europe > Finland

Agree on that.

 

[incineratorz]

lol laine told a reporter this morning that he doesn't nap before a game, he plays playstation instead.

lirl

 

[Patmac40]

I thought Matthews snuck one through there! lol.

So did Rinne

 

[ijuka]

Team Europe > Finland

I agree completely. They played the game in the way that I wish Finland did. Fast puck movement from the Ds. And the Ds really aren't that much better than Finland's. We had all sorts of random Ds making good opening plays for Team Europe, not just the Josis and Charas.

 

[Daximus]

Parayko kind of reminds me of Pronger without the nastiness.

Exactly what I think. He's Pronger 2.0

 

[BusQuets]

Ristolainen manhandles Scheifele

 

[Divine]

Thank god for this. Not like one bad play causes another, but rather team just stops playing.

You realize Team North America plays tomorrow? What incentive do they have to go out and try their hardest in a blowout?

 

[spacemunky]

lol laine told a reporter this morning that he doesn't nap before a game, he plays playstation instead.

lirl

If only napping and playing Playstation could get me into the NHL!