GDT: 9/22 - Finland vs. Russia - 3 PM ET

[ijuka]

If there's one fault to Barkov it's that he passes to Aho.

 

[Spawnisen]

Here:
https://www.quora.com/How-did-Finland-get-the-name-Finland-when-its-Finnish-name-is-actually-Suomi

Man I barely got any wiser..

Wikipedia had some stuff too

 

[ijuka]

Koivu is an expert at missing empty nets. That's no wonder, he's been doing many iterations in this tournament.

 

[Tomas W]

Koivu has been brutal all tournament.

He was great at faceoffs against Sweden.

 

[Lempo]

I'm always fascinated by how different the English language version of countries names are from how the native populations of those places refer to them.

Like how do you get "Germany" out of "Deutchland"?

Germany's fun, everyone has named them according to the Germanic tribe they first met. We call them 'Saxons', the French 'Allemagnes', the Italians 'Tedesci'...

 

[Nordic*]

Finns have a closer genetic relation (ethnically) to Hungarians for instance (I believe), than to Swedes, Norwegians, Danes etc.

 

[Jussi]

Bobrovski! You're a loose cannon!

 

[crowi]

Me too, they're not?

Well, now I know why you made your comment in that other thread. Crystal clear.

 

[BB88]

I love the way Finland plays like a team.

Wish Sweden could do that.

I wish we could move the puck faster.

 

[Mr Positive]

what an aho

 

[snipes]

Damn that was close.

 

[Sorey*]

Turn over by laine

 

[Gsus]

If there's one fault to Barkov it's that he passes to Aho.

Or that he plays in the same team with Teräväinen.

TT has been awful. Just a stupid turnover with a dumb blind pass straight to the open ice in the offensive zone.

 

[ijuka]

Aho is clever, but not strong enough for such a role - yet.
We should try Laine-Barkov-Komarov, or Donskoi.

The cleverness seems overstated for this tournament, Aho makes dumb plays consistently.

More specifically, he either willingly gives the puck away or tries something that has no hope of working.

 

[Sentinel]

Evened out.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Finns have a closer genetic relation (ethnically) to Hungarians for instance (I believe), than to Swedes, Norwegians, Danes etc.

Mongol pride!

Will we score a goal today? I'll give it about a 30% chance.

 

[Redline]

Need more than Koivu's line generating some offense.

 

[Gsus]

Turn over by laine

You really must hate him

 

[kary]

The most dangerous finish player so far is bobrovski

 

[DoubleGold]

Finns have a closer genetic relation (ethnically) to Hungarians for instance (I believe), than to Swedes, Norwegians, Danes etc.

No, linguistically. Finland is closer to Holland than Hungary ethnically. You have to remember that Finland is pretty diverse - South-Western Finns are ethnically closer to Swedes than Eastern Finns.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Did that Finnish commentator just say troll?

 

[Nordic*]

TT used to be great at junior level, what happened to him?

 

[Lempo]

I wish we could move the puck faster.

I wish I was little bit taller, I wish I was baller, I wish I had a girl who to date...

 

[ijuka]

Or that he plays in the same team with Teräväinen.

TT has been awful. Just a stupid turnover with a dumb blind pass straight to the open ice in the offensive zone.

Basic play's way ahead of Aho. At least he makes good plays sometimes.

 

[crowi]

You really must hate him

By all account he should love him today. That is not to say there won't be cheap comments.