OT: Around the League '24-25
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Smelling Salt
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This tournament is humbling alot of players. Jack Hughes is terrible in a format like this
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Binnington may not be the greatest goalie in the world but he's got that dawg in him
Avs D pair exposed defensively again
Holy shit Binnington
Damnnnnnnnn
Avs D pair exposed defensively again
Holy shit Binnington
Damnnnnnnnn
MrHeiskanen
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Another thing Trump touches goes to shit. Who would have guessed.
Canada #1 Baby
Canada #1 Baby
Troy McClure
Should’ve drafted Makar
these guys all played like they want to win.
I was expecting something like a preseason type effort, and we got guys playing harder than regular season games.
I was expecting something like a preseason type effort, and we got guys playing harder than regular season games.
Troy McClure
Should’ve drafted Makar
The injuries to Team USA also weakened them between games.
Also…. Are we going to see one of these medals on eBay tomorrow?
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Colin Blackwell comin at ya
Nah this means as much as the Olympics after such a long layoff from best-on-best international competition
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MrHeiskanen
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USA defense and goaltending was insane. Needed Binnington to lock in- luckily he entered sicko mode
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That was fun. A whole lot better than I expected. Great job NHL
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Kcb12345
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Some thoughts:
I will say, man that USA defense is insane. Most fun I've had watching a team defensively in a while
I can't wait until Johnston is on this Canadian team. Hope he can make it for the Olympics. He'd do so well with the top-end talent out there
It'll be interesting to if this tournament changes perspectives on the players involved. Jack Hughes would have me slightly concerned if I'm a Devils fan. He was not good and was getting physically dominated every shift.
Meanwhile, guys like Brady Tkachuk just doubled in value. Was fun watching guys who have never played in the playoffs/big games like this.
Great tournament
I will say, man that USA defense is insane. Most fun I've had watching a team defensively in a while
I can't wait until Johnston is on this Canadian team. Hope he can make it for the Olympics. He'd do so well with the top-end talent out there
It'll be interesting to if this tournament changes perspectives on the players involved. Jack Hughes would have me slightly concerned if I'm a Devils fan. He was not good and was getting physically dominated every shift.
Meanwhile, guys like Brady Tkachuk just doubled in value. Was fun watching guys who have never played in the playoffs/big games like this.
Great tournament
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I think of the Devils as more built around Bratt/Hischier with Hughes as a compliment but yeah, that's not a team to be taken seriously
Although there's a huge caveat here -- the whistles were put away in this tournament. They are not put away in stock NHL. You CAN win a Cup based solely off a PP. Four Nations was a showcase of even-strength monsters (which, coincidentally, is why it was such good hockey).
redbeardtx
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Random shit:
Hope we do this tournament from now on at least every other year, but somehow include the smaller countries
The All Star game is so terrible that it'll be tough to go back to that format compared to this tournament
With all the injuries to star players, I fear the owners won't want to do this very often which is unfortunate. Hopefully this grows the game in the U.S., especially with all the media attention these games received
JT Miller straight up sucks ass, glad we didn't trade for him. If you're gonna be a hothead at least back that shit up with solid production, guy was a disaster
J. Hughes was way worse than I thought he'd be, he got dominated all over the place and was supposed to be a leader on the team (lol). Also a turnover machine and is soft as baby shit
Nelson, Kreider, and Trocheck over K. Connor (don't remember if he was a healthy scratch or not), Robo, and Keller was a bad call. East coast bias I guess but seriously... Brock Nelson? Shouldn't have even been considered
Injuries to McAvoy, M. Tkachuk, and Q. Hughes definitely hurt the team overall. Coaches had to over-play the forwards to compensate once Tkachuk went down while Kreider played 6 minutes and Trocheck 10 minutes. Maybe M. Tkachuk should have realized he wasn't ready to go, swallowed his pride, and let someone fully healthy take his spot because in the end it just hurt the team
Boldy led forwards with damn near 23 min TOI for some reason and had a pretty bad game, though he was good in the other 2 games. He's a very Jekyll and Hyde player
Adam Fox is so much worse than I expected, guy is so damn slow and was -2 tonight. In the running for most overrated player out there
I guess Canada can keep their country for now but we'll see how it plays out
Hope we do this tournament from now on at least every other year, but somehow include the smaller countries
The All Star game is so terrible that it'll be tough to go back to that format compared to this tournament
With all the injuries to star players, I fear the owners won't want to do this very often which is unfortunate. Hopefully this grows the game in the U.S., especially with all the media attention these games received
JT Miller straight up sucks ass, glad we didn't trade for him. If you're gonna be a hothead at least back that shit up with solid production, guy was a disaster
J. Hughes was way worse than I thought he'd be, he got dominated all over the place and was supposed to be a leader on the team (lol). Also a turnover machine and is soft as baby shit
Nelson, Kreider, and Trocheck over K. Connor (don't remember if he was a healthy scratch or not), Robo, and Keller was a bad call. East coast bias I guess but seriously... Brock Nelson? Shouldn't have even been considered
Injuries to McAvoy, M. Tkachuk, and Q. Hughes definitely hurt the team overall. Coaches had to over-play the forwards to compensate once Tkachuk went down while Kreider played 6 minutes and Trocheck 10 minutes. Maybe M. Tkachuk should have realized he wasn't ready to go, swallowed his pride, and let someone fully healthy take his spot because in the end it just hurt the team
Boldy led forwards with damn near 23 min TOI for some reason and had a pretty bad game, though he was good in the other 2 games. He's a very Jekyll and Hyde player
Adam Fox is so much worse than I expected, guy is so damn slow and was -2 tonight. In the running for most overrated player out there
I guess Canada can keep their country for now but we'll see how it plays out
