GDT: Canada vs. Finland | 2/17/2025 1:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 p.m. CET, 8:00 p.m. EET | Tämä on ulkotalo!

[NyQuil]

Suzuki over Cirelli was no brainer for a checking line.

We’ll see if Cooper has the stones to put Jarvis in for him next game. Even bigger balls would be demoting Crosby who has been ass since game 1

He will never sit a Tampa Bay player.

He won’t jeopardize his relationship with one of his paid players for an all star break tournament.

 

[TimeZone]

Well, me for one.

Perhaps you should've let the betting markets know of this ahead of time, surely NiQuil's power rankings would've swung the odds substantially.

USA to win outright was +160, Canada +140 at closing.

I have a $400 ticket on the USA to win outright FWIW

 

[Gnome17]

As usual McDavid building up his stats against weak competition.

He was the only one who scored for Canada against USA...

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Nah, Saros has been awful this year. I guess Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has been really solid this year but he hasn't played a single minute.

UPL should have been the starter. He's also used to playing behind a suspect defence.

 

[kevsh]

This tournament isn’t helping marner cause in search for a big contract…

In Toronto it won't matter, they'll pay him pretty much whatever he wants regardless. That's how they do.

A few other teams though may take notice, the smart ones. If he goes UFA he's still getting a monster deal regardless as there's always that one desperate/gullible GM.

 

[le_sean]

Suzuki over Cirelli was no brainer for a checking line.

We’ll see if Cooper has the stones to put Jarvis in for him next game. Even bigger balls would be demoting Crosby who has been ass since game 1

Why would we want a clutch PPG player that can kill penalties when we can have a 45 point player that kills penalties?

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

Also "weak competition" isn't how I'd describe any of these four teams..

Absolute insanity the reaches people make to discredit the greatest players

 

[Aashir]

Finland needed their goaltender to play well, and he has been terrible. Probably should have started Saros.

also had UPL as an option if they lost all confidence in Saros from the USA game

Lankinen was shakey against Sweden too, but he got outclassed in mid-ness by Ullmark and Gustavsson.

He probably shouldn't have started this game

 

[Gnome17]

At least we beat Sweden. That's the important thing in any tournament.

Youre even beating us again by losing this game

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I actually didn't like how Canada played until the last five minutes. So, Canada is up three when I don't like how the team plays, tied when I do like how the team plays. Clearly I know much.

I actually kind of agree. Hard to argue with results, but I thought Finland was the better team for a few decent stretches.

Canada can be better, which is bad news for Finland.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Expectations were not high

We knew we would beat Sweden (as usual). We had 40 good minutes against USA, 0 against Canada it seems like.

GG

not over yet

 

[FinPanda]

Makes me feel bad to see messages like "Finland shouldn't be in the tournament". More than not having us the tournament should've included more teams. Hockey is so damn boring if its played with two teams.. there is always a chance that on a good day Finland can beat any team.

I mean yeah we have had rough time, but we can fill a full NHL lineup even if our lineup is mainly made of bottom line defenceman. No excuses with our offence not scoring as much as they should with their ability.

 

[ClarkSittler]

I legit forgot Point existed, dude has just fallen off a cliff since 20 or 21

Huh?

He's tied for 3rd in NHL goals.

 

[trader997]

He let in only 2 against the American team. Yes the first one was bad, but hardly the issue with Canada that game

Am I the only one who sees a pattern here? What did we learn from our past success?

From Wikipedia... " In the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah, Brodeur was initially named the backup behind Curtis Joseph. But following Joseph's losing the tournament opener against Sweden, Brodeur was named the starting goaltender the rest of the way, and won gold for Canada."

From Wikipedia... "Luongo succeeded Brodeur as Canada's starting goaltender during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning a gold medal."

From Wikipedia... "The Golden Knights entered the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs as the top seed in the Western Conference, with Brossoit the team's starting goaltender and Hill as backup. However, in Game 3 of the Knights' second round series against the Edmonton Oilers, Brossoit injured himself while making a save, necessitating Hill taking over the net." Vegas won the Stanley Cup with Hill in net.

 

[NyQuil]

Perhaps you should've let the betting markets know of this ahead of time, surely NiQuil's power rankings would've swung the odds substantially.

USA to win outright was +160, Canada +140 at closing.

I have a $400 ticket on the USA to win outright FWIW

Odds makers also factor in the number of bets to cover their losses.

Canadians bet a lot on hockey.

Its not that simple.

For me, I felt that the goaltending and defence discrepancy is too large to be offset by our top end talent at centre.

But it’s pretty close, so either team winning isn’t that much of a surprise.

 

[JJ68]

McDavid gets some proper linemates and absolutely dominates that period

Proper linemates??A player of his calibre needs to be able to make his linemates better. That's what all the greats do. Not like any of these guys are slouches btw

 

[DearDiary]

Cirelli and Jarvis being on the team is a joke. Marner can be healthy scratched for anyone

 

[BMOK33]

Absolute insanity the reaches people make to discredit the greatest players

Not sure if Canada and US each played Finland and Sweden 10 times if either would be able to win more than say 2 of the 10. Russia would obviously be a legit threat and I almost think a Czech team would be more competitive than those 2

 

[End on a Hinote]

Excuses.

How the hell is that an excuse????

 

[leafsfan5]

Suzuki over Cirelli was no brainer for a checking line.

We’ll see if Cooper has the stones to put Jarvis in for him next game. Even bigger balls would be demoting Crosby who has been ass since game 1

Hagel - Suzuki - Marner could've been a great line

 

[Flinkkis]

UPL should have been the starter. He's also used to playing behind a suspect defence.

Yeah UPL would have been the perfect choice all tournament, dude's used to play behind absolute crap Ds

 

[Mirka the Turka]

The tournament organizers are dumb for not scheduling the third games at the same time. Now Sweden/USA will be a exhibition game.

In Soccer the last group game is always the same time to not influence the results of other games.

 

[TimeZone]

I actually didn't like how Canada played until the last five minutes. So, Canada is up three when I don't like how the team plays, tied when I do like how the team plays. Clearly I know much.

They play a very different game from the juggernaut Canadian teams of the 2010's.

A lot more speed, they rely a lot more on their transactional speed and rush chances as opposed to the heavy cycle game of the past.

This Canadian team plays more like a Russian team from the 00's than the 2014 Canadian team.

 

[GMR]

Finland basically stole Team Europe’s spot in this tournament.

 

[HockeyVirus]

This hockey game brought to you by Ozempic - please lose some weight you fat pos

Seriously though, how many times have they mentioned it so far? hahaha