GDT: The League 2023-24 Playoffs Edition: Round 3-Final Four Is Set & The Oilers Are In It!!!

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Canada now on the PK in OOOOOVVVVEEEERRRRTTTTTTIIIIIIIMMMMEEE

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Man Canada trying to make the perfect play rather than take pucks to the net. Maybe that’s why these players are all here rather than in the playoffs.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Shoot out to determine who goes for gold. Dumb. Euro playoff rules are dogshit.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Shoot out to determine who goes for gold. Dumb. Euro playoff rules are dogshit.

Honestly it's fine for the semis.

Torngue(sp) is a bad coach lol

 

[BlackDogg]

PLD - Pretty lacking drive

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Honestly it's fine for the semis.

Torngue(sp) is a bad coach lol

Never a shootout or 3 on 3 in elimination games. No way - never. Hate it.

Aaaaand we lose.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

PLD - Pretty lacking drive

You think you can win something, with this guy playing top-6 minutes, you get what you deserve lol. Tough finish, the Swiss were good, they're really coming

Never a shootout or 3 on 3 in elimination games. No way - never. Hate it.

Aaaaand we lose.

But they had pld shoot though lol

 

[BlackDogg]

Canada has one gamebreaker - Bedard basically.

Rest are a bunch of professional chokers

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I said to my dad they didn’t want it to go to a shootout and they blew their chance.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Canada has one gamebreaker - Bedard basically.

Rest are a bunch of professional chokers

Honestly it was the system and roster usage, just terrible. They had talent, they just never put themselves in a position to succeed

Geunther impressed me in this tournament, honestly I would call Utah a bunch trying to pry him loose, I think he's ready for NHL top-9 time and would stay cheap for a bit

 

[Gordian Knot]

Sorry for Team Canada loss, there was just too many Flames with the team. They bring so much suck it can't be washed away even with superstardom from Bedard and Power.

 

[bellagiobob]

PLD - Pretty lacking drive

But I was told that he is a difference maker in big games. I guess in a way he is, but it's always for the opponent.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Lol watch how grumpy and salty these 3 flames homers are after GM7.

Rhett Warrener is such a clown

I expect the salt from the 2 Flames loser fans but not from a former NHLer

 

[McShogun99]

Game 7 on June 24 is ridiculous. Playoffs should never go past the end of May.

 

[T-Funk]

Game 7 on June 24 is ridiculous. Playoffs should never go past the end of May.

Start the season Early to Mid-September. Wouldn't it be better if the NHL playoffs weren't happening at the exact same time as the NBA playoffs. I don't get it.

 

[McShogun99]

Start the season Early to Mid-September. Wouldn't it be better if the NHL playoffs weren't happening at the exact same time as the NBA playoffs. I don't get it.

Preseason needs to be cut in half also. Todays players stay in shape all year and don’t need a month of preseason.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Start the season Early to Mid-September. Wouldn't it be better if the NHL playoffs weren't happening at the exact same time as the NBA playoffs. I don't get it.

US teams don’t want to go up against the NFL in the fall. They’d even like the league to start in November. With soon to be 36 teams in the league I’d expect an even longer season ahead which is stupid.

 

[BlackDogg]

Canada doesn't even get bronze. Too many flames and leafs

 

[oobga]

You think you can win something, with this guy playing top-6 minutes, you get what you deserve lol. Tough finish, the Swiss were good, they're really coming


But they had pld shoot though lol

Saw that Blake announced no PLD buyout. That is great news!

 

[Ritchie Valens]

I think this is the best unknown Gretzky quotes ever. “I want that puck. And you guys get your own puck.”

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Saw that Blake announced no PLD buyout. That is great news!

Totally. PLD was 1st line LW and was a complete disaster, just looked like he was doing cardio

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Canada doesn't even get bronze. Too many flames and leafs

I didn’t even know Canada played today. Tavares washing out yet again.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

I see dumpy Sutherland is reffing today. NHL's best...

 

[Drivesaitl]

Didn't watch one minute of the World Championships and stopped following it after we got McDrai. Always felt its the loser championships with most of the players seeming to come from NHL teams missing playoffs or losing in first round. I only watched it years before if I was interested in How Oilers players were doing.

Yeah, Kevin Fiala, who did nothing for the team that pays him all year was all pumped to win this for Switzerland. f*** him. But thats part of the problem is that the WC just means more to Euro players now. For Canadian players, most of them playing professionally in US, it just starts seeming like an obligation to those that even agree to go. Its a complete nothing tournament. Don't know anybody that even watches it.

In North America we care about the SC playoffs. To Europe the World Championships is the thing. meh

A player like Kevin Fiala, who disappears every NHL postseason, is just perpetuating a stereotype that he cares more about the WC than about NHL playoffs, and the team that is paying him. So that Kevin Fiala bettered his entire playoff production in one game today. Glad I didn't watch. Kevin Fiala says "our team" and means the Swiss. He barely performs for LA. lol. he should just stay in Switzerland.