GDT: CAN vs. FIN May 18, 2024

[ORRFForever]

well I hope that makes your day, and it's true

You're the best, JJ, but you must be NO fun at dinner parties...

 

[jj cale]

You're the best, JJ, but you must be NO fun at dinner parties...

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now this is great.

 

[ORRFForever]

now this is great.

I am off to Church. Be well, my pessimistic friend.

 

[jj cale]

I am off to Church. Be well, my pessimistic friend.

No confession until after the tournament.

 

[NyQuil]

Put it this way, I was more optimistic about this game than the next two.

I think the Swiss will be tougher (coming on a back to back) and the Czechs tougher still, so it’s a good progression for the medal round.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Play Hofer and Daws. Canada needs to do better than Binnington.

 

[peconcan]

Let bryam and Puljujärvi drop the gloves and figure it out

 

[llwyd]

I don't know, I think we will get a minimum of 4pts from Denmark and Switzerland and then play a very 50/50 qf against Sweden. But I actually wouldn't hugely mind our missing the quarterfinals, it might shake things up a bit - we have gotten quite self-satisfied during Jalonen era.

 

[WayTooCold]

Finnjävels lost again. 2 crappy fringe level NHLers vs a team full of NHLers.
Puljujärvi acting tough when he knows you can't fight in the WCH.

The only good outcome of this game is that Puljujärvi can't reproduce anymore. so Finland won't have that many crappy hockey players in the future.

 

[FinPanda]

Byram got 1 game suspension from his slash

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792183231153930611

 

[Czechboy]

Byram got 1 game suspension from his slash

https://x.com/i/web/status/1792183231153930611

I've never seen JP so mad before and I followed him closely for years as an Oilers fan. Right call IMO.

 

[Finnswiss]

I would have wished for Jalonen's last tournament for the Finnish NT to run better. But I'm afraid the quarterfinal is no longer possible for Finland. Austria will win against Great Britain, so they finish the preliminary round with 10 points.

And before the tournament, I predicted a close game between Switzerland and Finland, with quite good chances to win it for Finland. But now I can't imagine how they can beat Switzerland; for me, Switzerland is now the clear favorite. So Finland gets a maximum of 10 points too, and because they lost against Austria, they will be only 5th in their group.

But at least I will still have Switzerland to root for. But the quarterfinal will likely be a tough game for the Swiss. Because they lost against Canada, they will very likely face either the USA or Germany, and against both opponents, they lost again and again in the past.