Some NHL fanboys do, I suppose. Certainly not anyone who is a fan of the sport first.
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GDT: Czech Republic (3) vs Russia (0)
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Some NHL fanboys do, I suppose. Certainly not anyone who is a fan of the sport first.
I identified up front that I didn't watch the game, but the majority opinion from the posters in this thread who did watch it was that one goaltender, facing about the same number of shots, stood on his head, and one did not. I am assuming from your avatar that you are a Blue Jackets fan. Bobrovsky is a very, very good goaltender, but Russia will need a great one to win with the lineup we've got at the moment.
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Caser
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A good game from the Czechs, they were outplaying Russia up until late second period. I wouldn't even say that Russians had more scoring chances. They hit the post once, then there was that crazy super-long shift and a few power-plays but that's about it.
I never said that he was to blame, only that he hasn't been the strength of the team. I hope he will prove me wrong, but I think the search for a national team goalkeeper should continue on. I really like Vasilevsky, but he can't get a chance to get past Ben Bishop, so he sits on the bench in Tampa Bay.
Fantomas
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Nobody's got a great lineup this year. Plus Kuznetsov and Ovechkin are most likely coming...Russian fans worry too much.
I'm betting team RUS makes it to the GMG...AGAIN
jj cale
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It's just the first game and reinforcements are coming soon, far too early for Russian fans to be writing this tournament off.
By all accounts, Russia didn't play that badly today. Maybe early on, but in the last 2 periods, posters say that Russia was putting a lot of pressure on. They can definitely get better with the addition of Radulov and a couple of others without necessarily having Ovechkin or Kuznetsov. The lineup looks bad on paper, but they could definitely get better.
where's Zaripov, Znarok? Why do you call up players who haven't proved themselves of late? Man, this match was difficult to stomach. I mean, we created some chaos up front, but c'mon, realize your chances! The boys were looking somewhat chaotic and disogranized, the Czechs played a more cold-blooded game. I don't know what will come of this championship, I hope we don't end up completely embarrassing our country with our team.
I have to disagree with you regarding Bobrovsky. The guy played pretty well. It's the stupid penalties and poor realization of our chances that got us. Russia was being too chaotic out there, stuff just wasn't going on that should've been going on. Quite frustrating, but blaming it all on Bobrovsky is not an explanation, imo.
The consensus on Russian sports pages is that this Russian team is going to s*** in this tournament. It's looking bad. The only hope is that the team might win the next few matches and then start playing better.
sdf
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I not much of hocky but when this god damn moron inkludes pice of **** like plotnikoff what he just expect?
saintflannel
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Plekanec and Pastrňák missed a few grade 'A' chances early in the third period giving the Russians some momentum. Fuchs gigantic post-to-post save while the Czechs were down two was the final nail in the coffin for the hosts.
Solid D as the rest of Czech team. Had one bad turnover that resulted into Russian PP. Offensively nothing extra but had secondary assint on our first goal.
Alessandro Seren Rosso
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You should stop reading that stuff, I can't stand the mentality of "whatever we do we suck" and "whatever they do they are awesome". I mean, on sports.ru they even had an article "why CSKA sucks as a champion" even before the Gagarin cup finals started...
kp61c
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i bet after making big money in russia he'll retire in germany. our german beaver.
it's not a coach's problem, there're just not enough good players. plotnikov (and a slew of others) being in the roster is a diagnosis to the whole system
Appalling effort yesterday. As soon as they failed to capitalize on a 5 on 3 I had given up.
It took 35 minutes yes 35 minutes for them to actually show any heart. commitment and invention.
Puck passing was poor much of the time. Never on the tape. It was slow and the shooting especially on the PP from the point was dreadful. They allowed themselves to be bullied early on. Znarok should know that the opposition are just going to congest the neutral zone and play for the break and came up with nothing. And that with FOUR assistant coaches.
Several of the players should be nowhere near a national team. It was fortunate Plekanec did not convert early in the second on an open net as well. Shocking against a Czech team that is understrength.
Perhaps the kids in the future and coaches can relearn that it's a team game. When you see Lyubimov dump and chasing most of the time it's pretty sad to see.
Bobrovsky should also look at himself. Soft soft goal to give up first that set the pattern for the first period and handed momentum to the opposition.
Few bright spots were Panarin and Shipachyov. Zaitsev at times on the rush as well. Get Sorokin in for Bob next game. Pathetic for a team aiming for gold. Znarok and his staff can get their bikes after this.
It took 35 minutes yes 35 minutes for them to actually show any heart. commitment and invention.
Puck passing was poor much of the time. Never on the tape. It was slow and the shooting especially on the PP from the point was dreadful. They allowed themselves to be bullied early on. Znarok should know that the opposition are just going to congest the neutral zone and play for the break and came up with nothing. And that with FOUR assistant coaches.
Several of the players should be nowhere near a national team. It was fortunate Plekanec did not convert early in the second on an open net as well. Shocking against a Czech team that is understrength.
Perhaps the kids in the future and coaches can relearn that it's a team game. When you see Lyubimov dump and chasing most of the time it's pretty sad to see.
Bobrovsky should also look at himself. Soft soft goal to give up first that set the pattern for the first period and handed momentum to the opposition.
Few bright spots were Panarin and Shipachyov. Zaitsev at times on the rush as well. Get Sorokin in for Bob next game. Pathetic for a team aiming for gold. Znarok and his staff can get their bikes after this.
There was no pattern or discernible plan. That must be down to the coach and his staff. Players were playing alone a few struck up some chemistry like Panarin and his former SKA team mates but other than that they might as well be a bunch of strangers.
Poor discipline as well. Soft penalties to give away and completely unnecessary. Maybe the coaching staff will have a word with them about it.
Alessandro Seren Rosso
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Russia has plenty of excellent players. She always had and always will. We lack coaches much more than players and it's also fault of unpatient bosses who want to win now and get teams playing bei-begi ruining our style and players
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