PGT: 9/25 Europe vs Sweden - Europe stuns Sweden in OT and advances to final
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Nac Mac Feegle
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Don't bother. Too many folks have swallowed the media koolaid about Karlsson. No matter how good he is, someone will bring up the 'bad defense' from 5 years ago to justify hating him.
Personally, I liked all of Sweden's defense. Erik was the best of the bunch, but I'd gladly take any of those kids on my team.
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[MOD] His foot went away from the goalie. Who kicks behind them, lol.
He MAY have directed the puck by angling his foot or he may have just been moving his foot away from the post.
Either way his skate wasn't moving towards the net. Good goal.
Remember, redirections are fine.
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Fantomas
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Chimpradamus
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Neither is Lundqvist. But Karlsson is ridiculously critcized for everything he does, yes.
WesMcCauley
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this. People need to learn the NHL rules on this. They changed it prior to last season or something. Unless you kick the puck like you kick a soccer ball its gonna be a good goal. They changed it so it would be much easier for the refs to be consistent and make the same call every time. Pretty much every goal scored with the skate in the NHL last season was ruled a good goal. You need to obviously kick it with the skate for it to be overruled.
No, I did not really like the tournament to begin with and has only watched highlight reels due to not having the channels. Normally I would cheer for any team playing Canada but this time the game does not feel important.
If team europe would win, it means nothing because its an all star team, so canada has not been beaten by another country. If team canada wins, it means nothing cause its not a true all star team of europeans, so it does not prove anything. So... I cheer for Kopitar to have a good game
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Doubt and hate from everywhere surely helped them get together. Way more satisfying to win if everyone calls you worthless
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I like Karlsson and Lundquist. And I don't think I've said a negative thing about Karlsson in this thread.
Hank had a brutal game. Forget that he "led them" here, when they were in the game he completely **** the bed. Three gimme stops and he couldn't make them. That's not being overly critical - that's watching a game and calling it fair.
Hank had a brutal game. Forget that he "led them" here, when they were in the game he completely **** the bed. Three gimme stops and he couldn't make them. That's not being overly critical - that's watching a game and calling it fair.
jcbio11
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What a historic finals this will be between Canada and Europe, so much history between these two countries.
World cup are a joke.
Next world cup i hope they start a slashing/fighting team, put them in canadas group.
After that they maybe stop this faketournament.
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Does not feel real. We lost to a team that should not exist. In a normal World-Cup with no made up teams, we would had reach final.
And this team eu is very boring to watch, the finals will be a sleeping pill.
And this team eu is very boring to watch, the finals will be a sleeping pill.
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That's not just a deflection, but way to admit your lack of knowledge of what a kick is
Sweden showed zero passion, which was the reason I went to bed in the second intermission.
I am a hockey fanatic, but this tournament never peaked my interest - and looking at the lacadasical play from Sweden in 3 out of 4 games, they probably felt the same.
I am a hockey fanatic, but this tournament never peaked my interest - and looking at the lacadasical play from Sweden in 3 out of 4 games, they probably felt the same.
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I hate to say it, but this tourny peaked in the pre-tourny games. Man that was some great hockey.
aufheben
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Well Hedman is supposed to be one of the best defenders in the world (I think you could argue he might be the best tbh). Do you think Sweden's defense played well this tournament? I don't.
Chimpradamus
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Very true. Nobody cares.
That was before Komarov gave him a cheap shot and a charley horse, playing half injured through the rest of the games. Before the cheap shot, he was excellent.
This tournament reached the fiasco it deserved though. I was against the Mickey Mouse format from the get go. It's kind of hilarious the finals will be best out of three were nobody cares about the result.
Lundqvist is better when he faces constant pressure. Europe mostly generated slump chances and breakaways, doesn't suit him unfortunently.
