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Does USA have an answer for the Big 4?

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Midnight Judges said:
Holding them to 2 goals in regulation shows otherwise.

What game did you watch?

McDavid had an unremarkable game until they left him alone in the slot in OT.
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I watched the game where 2 of 3 of Canada’s goals were scored by Canada’s big four including the tournament winning goal in overtime.

Also the one where afterwards, 2 of the the Big Four ended up as game MVP and tournament MVP.

That game was the one I was watching.

And Crosby wins again, the guy just can’t stop winning.
 
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You are probably the first poster in hfboards history to be crowing that 2 goals in regulation means the other team "didn't have an answer" for the amazing offensive firepower.

Here in reality, 2 goals in regulation is well below average for an NHL game, and massively below average for this particular tournament.
 
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Midnight Judges said:
You are probably the first poster in hfboards history to be crowing that 2 goals in regulation means the other team "didn't have an answer" for the amazing offensive firepower.

Here in reality, 2 goals in regulation is well below average for an NHL game, and massively below average for this particular tournament.
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Against a tournament team with supposedly all the best players from a nation with 340,000,000+ people, playing a boring 1-2-2 defensive system meant to shut down break-out and transition offense, clog the middle and mud up all play to the walls, with what USA fans were have been touting all year as being the greatest 3 goalies ever in a rotation, and better defense "on paper", than Canada, id say 5 GF in 2 and a bit games is pretty good. And considering we won the game where all of those big 4 were actually playing, where one of them scored in both games, and the other scored the first goal of the last game, and the last of them is 37 and playing with one arm, I'd say yeah, guess you didn't have an answer. Or you would have won. Better luck next year, pal.
 
lokomotiv15 said:
Against a tournament team with supposedly all the best players from a nation with 340,000,000+ people,
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I'm just going to stop you right there.

Your first sentence is divorced from reality.

The 3 best players in hockey these past few years are McDavid, MacKinnon, and Kucherov.

Are you seriously arguing that there is a large contingent claiming otherwise?
 
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NyQuil said:
Who is going to score in OT for Canada?

Answer: Connor McDavid.

Who is going to score in OT for the US?

Answer: …….
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Have you watched hockey before? OT goals are frequently scored by nobodies. You don’t need the best player in the world to score necessarily.

Besides, the point is the game was close enough to go to OT to begin with. It’s absurd to argue there’s some big gap between these teams.
 
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Midnight Judges said:
I'm just going to stop you right there.

Your first sentence is divorced from reality.

The 3 best players in hockey these past few years are McDavid, MacKinnon, and Kucherov.

Are you seriously arguing that there is a large contingent claiming otherwise?
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Hey brother .,.. let some of the louder Canadiens get their victory lap

Canadiens be trolling with joy bait today .. I get it
 
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Midnight Judges said:
I'm just going to stop you right there.

Your first sentence is divorced from reality.

The 3 best players in hockey these past few years are McDavid, MacKinnon, and Kucherov.

Are you seriously arguing that there is a large contingent claiming otherwise?
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Guess I'll stop you too. Im arguing that team USA has the best players picked from a nation of 340,000,000 people, so don't know what 2 (4 Nations champion) Canadians and a Russian have to do with that?

Just put that in there because I find it comical that a country that big can't find an answer for a National team from a country with 40,000,000 people, while having more registered hockey players in it.

Since you didn't even touch the rest of my post, I'll assume you have no rebuttal, so anything else will be the same "cant admit you're wrong" ignorant rhetoric about this like you do with all your Ovechkin posts. :thumbu:

Don't bother responding, discussion ended.
 
Absolutely not, look at the US's brightest stars, this was supposed to be their greatest collection yet many would agree Matthews/Eichel is the answer to Canada's MacKinnon/McDavid.

MacKinnon/McDavid - 7 goals

Matthews/Eichel - 0 goals.

Factor in that Canada also boasts the best defender in the world in Makar and he's still just 26.
 
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Fataldogg said:
Canada went 1-1 vs USA. There is virtually nothing separating the two teams now. The difference is razor thin.
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Razor thin or not, the margin is irrelevant. What matters is the actual results. Canada's trophy case is overflowing and the US is bone dry. Particularly when when we compare the head to head. That isn't a coincidence.
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Peiskos said:
Razor thin or not, the margin is irrelevant. What matters is the actual results. Canada's trophy case is overflowing and the US is bone dry. Particularly when when we compare the head to head. That isn't a coincidence. View attachment 980252
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Canada has been better in head to head match ups historically. I don't think a 4 game tournament, where they lost one game to USA, and barely edged them out in another is indicative that they're the better national team.

Again, it was a 4 game tournament, they played 2 games and split.
 
Fataldogg said:
Canada has been better in head to head match ups historically. I don't think a 4 game tournament, where they lost one game to USA, and barely edged them out in another is indicative that they're the better national team.

Again, it was a 4 game tournament, they played 2 games and split.
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Canada has like a million tournament wins at the mens level, the US has 0 since 1996, I think we're at a point where we can legitimately say Canada is the better national team bud.
 
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