PGT: 9/20 - Canada vs USA - Canada 4 United States 2 FINAL - USA ELIMINATED

[Scotty B]

Then the internet "experts" wonder why Kessel wasn't on the team. They need more character not less.

They need more characters who can score goals

 

[DyerMaker66*]

They need more characters who can score goals

Punch m0ar faces, truculence or bust. No need "score goals".

 

[stymie]

No shame in losing to the best, ever, once again.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Pretty scummy thing for Abdelkader to do running Price in the first. A goalie that just missed 12 months and he made it really obvious what he did. Hence the penalty.

From the replays, both teams crashed into the crease all game long. I think you're overreacting.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Man thanks for the history lesson...I can go all the say back to Sawchuk so what?...it has precious little to do with what we're talking about..

Sometimes a nettie is fighting the puck, doesn't look focused , isn't well positioned, is swimming in his net, or whatever, and puck luck bails him out

Did u see game btwn Suomi and T NA?...Rinne was a seive, especially thru five hole, and team mates, goal judge, posts/crossbar, pucks dying on goal line, yadda yadda bailed him out...

He let in four , but shoulda been 8. Did they play him next game? Hell No! Cause they , the coaching staff , saw what everyone else did. Rinne didn't look right...

You didn't see that Price didn't look right in waning moments of game...Hey, ur entitled to a mulligan just like Carey ( who had 3 )

But spare me the meaningless history lessons...doesn't seem like ur forte

I agree price didn't look focused in the third. The thing is everyone knew he didn't have to be. The third period reminded me of a men's league game where everyone just wants to get home to bed. Even if the us got a third goal I don't think anyone was going to be worried.

I'm sure they laughed about his play in the dressing room

 

[nowhereman]

There is no more talent gap out there. USA & other teams are as good as Canada. But when politics dictates who makes the team or not, and character of the players isn't taken into consideration, this is the result. And, on top of that, you have Torts as a coach

Uh, yeah... no. Keep telling yourself that.

There is an absolutely MASSIVE gap between Canada and the rest of the world. There are probably one or two players per team who could crack Team Canada's roster. No nation comes close to boasting the quality and quantity of talent that Canada does. You can complain all you want about politics but none of the players who were left off of Team USA would get even a sniff at Team Canada.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tough to win when you bring a knife to a gun fight.

In a best on best, no team is going to win playing second pairing options. J. Johnson and Niskanen shouldn't be guys playing at the international level, also doesn't help that E. Johnson had such a rough tourney.

What should be aggravating for the US is that they left some great talent at home. They're not in the same position as TC, with a near endless talent pool, where you can pick and choose for the best fit. Maybe at forward, but definitely not on defence.


If that defence was...

McDonagh-Faulk
Suter-Carlson
Greene-Byfuglien
Yandle

... from the start, perhaps this wouldn't have been such a disappointing finish for them.

 

[CertifiedLurker]

Then the internet "experts" wonder why Kessel wasn't on the team. They need more character not less.

Ah yes, while I was watching the game and USA was down 4-1 I was thinking "You know what team USA needs? More character. Not game breakers who are dynamic in the offensive zone, specifically ones that just recently led the Stanley Cup winning team in goals and points and has a track record of being a P/PG player in the playoffs and in international tournaments."

This is the National Hockey League not the National Thespian League.

I'm guessing the majority of "internet experts" were right on the money considering team USA went exactly the way everyone said they would. It was almost too predictable.

 

[Tomas W]

No shame in losing to the best, ever, once again.

Team Europe?

 

[clunk]

Lol I just realised they didn't even have Faulk at this tournament.. Wtf was the US thinking?

 

[Maelmoor]

A lot has been mentioned about the US management and without doubt it's a valid and big point but there are a number of players who didn't perform, that should be a concern for US fans.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

How good would Canada vs Team Europe final be? What will be the ratings?

 

[JaegerDice]

One can only at the notion that lack of character was Team USA's undoing.

THe issue was lack of talent. Period.

 

[Choralone]

Yeah. Even if Team USA brought all those players everyone's complaining were left off the list, there is a notable dip in talent compared to Team Canada.

 

[JeremyTB]

man, Canada with 3 fluke bounce goals...

US came out flying, but lucky bounces got Canada quick two goals and demoralized the Americans..

If not for those goals, it would have been 1-1 (US had one lucky goal too) and then anybody could have won...

Very lucky day for the Canadians

Both of U.S goals were pretty lucky. the 1st one shouldn't have even counted because Vlasic was crosschecked in the face(Should have been a penalty) and Goalie interference. And the 2nd goal Thornton put the puck in his own net.

 

[Blade Runner]

What the... no fights?

What a boring game. The games 20 years ago between these teams were miles better.

 

[PensPlz]

Yankees are simply not good at hockey. They don't have the hockey culture like Canada, Finland, Sweden and Russia. They try hard but they can't.

I didn't see a lot of "try hard" out there though. It's like they didn't want to play or something. It seems like it felt like an obligation more than anything else.

Also, America's best athletes aren't on the ice, they are on a court or a field. Just be happy we don't have a hockey culture here. God help you if a LeBron picks up a hockey stick at age 3 instead of a basketball.

 

[go comets]

Uh, yeah... no. Keep telling yourself that.

There is an absolutely MASSIVE gap between Canada and the rest of the world. There are probably one or two players per team who could crack Team Canada's roster. No nation comes close to boasting the quality and quantity of talent that Canada does. You can complain all you want about politics but none of the players who were left off of Team USA would get even a sniff at Team Canada.

Agreed... it is Canada's game for a reason.... would be the opposite way in baseball.... or look at the summer Olympic medal count......

 

[Caps8112]

Other then Kane who on Usa would take a spot from a canadian forward? Honestly? no one. USA brought goal scoring grinders. Expected them to do better against the other teams but there was no world where they were beating canada. Also though Quick played well despite the 4 goals. Huge Talent gap between Canada and US

 

[BruinLVGA]

I don't if this was already posted earlier, but I feel that Phil Kessel just won the World Cup with this one...

 

[NyQuil]

man, Canada with 3 fluke bounce goals...

US came out flying, but lucky bounces got Canada quick two goals and demoralized the Americans..

If not for those goals, it would have been 1-1 (US had one lucky goal too) and then anybody could have won...

Very lucky day for the Canadians

Yeah, lucky wasn't the impression I had watching the game.

The US had some late momentum but Canada clearly took their foot off the gas when it was in the bag.

 

[JT Kreider]

The thing is Canada has a huge advantage in talent on the ice. But they had an even bigger advantage behind the bench.

I feel for Kane. He belongs on Team Canada. With all the actual good players.

But seriously Canada is this stacked and they're without their 2nd and 3rd best players in Seguin and Benn.

Claude Giroux was a healthy scratch. He would've been our #1c and right behind Kane as our best player.

 

[Scotty B]

I agree price didn't look focused in the third. The thing is everyone knew he didn't have to be. The third period reminded me of a men's league game where everyone just wants to get home to bed. Even if the us got a third goal I don't think anyone was going to be worried.

I'm sure they laughed about his play in the dressing room

Coaching staff may pull Price aside and talk to him privately...BUT I doubt any of the skaters would have said anything about it to Carey, much less made light of it. Ur goalie -- unlike ur captain who's ur war chief --- is ur Shaman; he is the rock upon which u build ur sacred shrine of belief. Everyday warriors tread very lightly around The Shaman's magic circle, for fear of bursting his ( and, by extension, their own ) bubble. To do otherwise is akin to BAD MEDICINE

 

[Scotty B]

Uh, yeah... no. Keep telling yourself that.

There is an absolutely MASSIVE gap between Canada and the rest of the world. There are probably one or two players per team who could crack Team Canada's roster. No nation comes close to boasting the quality and quantity of talent that Canada does. You can complain all you want about politics but none of the players who were left off of Team USA would get even a sniff at Team Canada.

Well you could argue that there isn't a huge talent gap btwn Swede D and that of TC. Likewise Russians have a handful of very talented forwards. Heck Team NA ( not a NAT team, yeah yeah ) is chock full of budding stars...But top to bottom, every other team still pales in comparison...sans doubt

 

[Lenerdosy]

The thing is Canada has a huge advantage in talent on the ice. But they had an even bigger advantage behind the bench.

I feel for Kane. He belongs on Team Canada. With all the actual good players.

But seriously Canada is this stacked and they're without their 2nd and 3rd best players in Seguin and Benn.

Claude Giroux was a healthy scratch. He would've been our #1c and right behind Kane as our best player.

And it always makes you wonder what a Canada "B" team would look like when you see guys like this not playing.

Anyways USA needs to be smarter, took no scoring talent and just hoped grit would prevail. They tried to build to beat Canada and it bit them in the ass, hopefully management is smarter next time around, would have been nice to see a USA vs Canada final.