PGT: 9/24 Canada vs Russia - Canada advances to final with a 5-3 win over Russia

[Frank the Tank]

Were people actually offended by Kuznetsov's dirty bird?

No, it just refutes those fans that claim the Russian players only care about the Olympics and IIHF Championships. They obviously care about playing and winning the World Cup.

 

[clunk]

AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO

Canada wins.

AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO AMENO

 

[Fantomas]

As for Russia:

they won't win anything if they don't fix their D.

They can't compete with Team Canada and Sweden with a first pairing made of Markov and Orlov.

Everything else is in order, but they can't achieve greatness because of their godawful D-Corps.

I disagree. They can definitely compete with Sweden. But still, the defense is very bad.

 

[Mighty Makar]

He is an awesome smack talker. Love him.

His smack talking didn't do him any good tonight.

 

[Fantomas]

No, it just refutes those fans that claim the Russian players only care about the Olympics and IIHF Championships. They obviously care about playing and winning the World Cup.

People claimed this? Strange.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Crosby continues to prove why he is truly the best player of this generation.

I have to say, our defence is pretty sloppy, though. I sure hope that by the next Olympics Ekblad and maybe Letang are there. We need guys who can handle the puck a little better.

 

[General Zodd]

How can canadians celebrate so much when they win at hockey? I mean, if Sweden wins at floorball, nobody cares.

What the **** is floorball???

 

[Firsov99]

As for Russia:

they won't win anything if they don't fix their D.

They can't compete with Team Canada and Sweden with a first pairing made of Markov and Orlov.

Everything else is in order, but they can't achieve greatness because of their godawful D-Corps.

We know our problems, and we are working on it. It was still a good tournament for team Russia. Most of the experts didn't even expect Russia to qualify from the group.

 

[Incognito]

Were people actually offended by Kuznetsov's dirty bird?

No, but it makes him look a bit silly when his team ultimately ends up getting their ***** whooped.

 

[Mighty Makar]

This game would have been a blow out if it wasn't for Bobrovsky. Sweden is a better challenge.

 

[Fantomas]

No, but it makes him look a bit silly when his team ultimately ends up getting their ***** whooped.

Oh come on. It's nice to see guys have some fun.

It's not like he taunted his opponents.

 

[Barrie22]

We know our problems, and we are working on it. It was still a good tournament for team Russia. Most of the experts didn't even expect Russia to qualify from the group.

Wait what? I would of swore people were picking sweden and russia to move on. Finland and team north america were supposed just left for dead in that group.

 

[SorryForMyEnglish*]

Where are the haters now? They were all happy when Russia scored the second goal.
Even team Russia+excellent goalkeeper+luck can't beat Canada.
Who is next? Sweden I guess. Canada will destroy them like always. Go C A N A D A Go!!

 

[WMT]

Great game. Loved the fact the Russians were competitive for a while. Would be interesting to see if Sweden will be able to win one game in the final.

 

[Hank Plank]

What the **** is floorball???

I had to look it up, seems it is indeed a legit thing.

 

[Paxton Fettel]

I know the tournament is not ever yet but if I were Canadian I'd be worried about the state of the game of hockey. To be the best at the game you create and that you are pretty much the only ones to actually play is pretty disturbing. Some other countries do have some good players, but this game is played so much more in Canada that it doesn't make much sense to have any international tournaments. Some countries such as the Czech Republic don't even produce top end players anymore, to some etent the same can be said about other countries, for instance Russia, which stopped producing defensemen 10 years ago. What's left? Canada A vs. Canada B. The NHL should look into it for the next World Cup. Or let each province ice its own team and add Russia and Sweden to the mix.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Were people actually offended by Kuznetsov's dirty bird?

Not really. I think it serves an important purpose for us...it is basically going to wake our guys up and motivate them more, so I would encourage dumb hotdog stuff like that from opponents.

 

[Fantomas]

We know our problems, and we are working on it. It was still a good tournament for team Russia. Most of the experts didn't even expect Russia to qualify from the group.

A million times this.

 

[Firsov99]

No, it just refutes those fans that claim the Russian players only care about the Olympics and IIHF Championships. They obviously care about playing and winning the World Cup.

Some fans claim it to avoid the pain of losing in the best-on-best format. Every professional hockey player dreams to represent his native country in a tournament like this.

 

[clunk]

How can canadians celebrate so much when they win at hockey? I mean, if Sweden wins at floorball, nobody cares.

Because the majority of Canadians live and bleed hockey from birth? It's our national pastime? Many of us straight guys think about hockey more than we do sex. It's just how it is. Deal with it.

 

[Fantomas]

Where are the haters now? They were all happy when Russia scored the second goal.
Even team Russia+excellent goalkeeper+luck can't beat Canada.
Who is next? Sweden I guess. Canada will destroy them like always. Go C A N A D A Go!!

Watch out for them ghosts.

 

[Chimpradamus]

What the **** is floorball???

Floorball:

Draws a huge number of Swedish athletes into this game.

And then there is bandy. Football on ice.

 

[Firsov99]

No, but it makes him look a bit silly when his team ultimately ends up getting their ***** whooped.

I don't see anything wrong with players showing emotions when they score. It's Kuzya's personality in anyway.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I know the tournament is not ever yet but if I were Canadian I'd be worried about the state of the game of hockey. To be the best at the game you create and that you are pretty much the only ones to actually play is pretty disturbing. Some other countries do have some good players, but this game is played so much more in Canada that it doesn't make much sense to have any international tournaments. Some countries such as the Czech Republic don't even produce top end players anymore, to some etent the same can be said about other countries, for instance Russia, which stopped producing defensemen 10 years ago. What's left? Canada A vs. Canada B. The NHL should look into it for the next World Cup. Or let each province ice its own team and add Russia and Sweden to the mix.

Disagree.

Every country has eras of dominance and subsequent weakness. It just happens that right now Canada is more dominant than usual, but they can still be beat on any given night.

Nothing has really changed. Canada rarely loses best on best, ever. But when you need to pick Rob Zamuner for your team, it is likely a bad era and yes you are more likely to get beaten by a hot goalie.

 

[Bouboumaster]

But still, the defense is very bad.

On a positive note: Some of your young forwards are insanely good (Panarin, Kucherov!!!) and Bob is a monster when he's on his game.

Was almost afraid he pulled a "Halak" on us, after two periods.