Scotty B
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- Jan 1, 2014
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I see your point so I was wrong about them being eliminated today, but it would have still meant that Russia would only need 1 point from an OTL in order to advance. At least now, Russia needs to win. So it's not as simple as saying that it would go to a three way tie breaker. Even with the tie breaker, losing in regulation would give NA a +2 goal differential total, so Russia would advance just by getting +2 goal win against Finland, which isn't a stretch.
And again, pulling the goalie is a low percentage play, even on a team as loaded as NA in offensive skill. I get the logic of forcing a regulation win, but I'm not sure it's worth the downside of losing in reg.
Man it was the best shot they had...cause Russia's gonna beat Suomi...anyway there was NOT nearly enough urgency in that 3rd period, prior to this, cause clearly neither the Kidz ( as MacK Admitted ) nor the coaching staff understood how things worked
Team NA had precious little to lose by pulling their nettie, when its still tied, cause if they win in regulation they're in, if they take it to OT , win or lose, they still needed Suomi to win tomorrow ( in regulation, if Swedes win it in OT ), but even if they lost in regulation, they still needed Finns to win tomorrow in regulation for a 3 way tie which ( barring a miracle margin of victory by Suomi ) would still put them in on goal differential...
Indeed the stupidest thing was thinking that NOT pulling their nettie and taking it to OT was OK
IT WASN'T !!!
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