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Price was solid. Weber-Keith-Doughty are probably the best 3 all around D in the world right now and showed it.The forwards were clearly led by Perry-Getzlaf-Benn. Everyone played a solid all around game with Nash and Kunitz being the only weaker players, but still playing excellent when it counted.
 
StrictlyCommercial said:
Price was solid. Weber-Keith-Doughty are probably the best 3 all around D in the world right now and showed it.The forwards were clearly led by Perry-Getzlaf-Benn. Everyone played a solid all around game with Nash and Kunitz being the only weaker players, but still playing excellent when it counted.
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No. That line was a gong-show in it's own end, and it was quite amazing at times to see how quickly they went from taking a draw in the Ozone to getting pinned in their own D-zone.

It put up some points, and good for them on that, but Getzlaf looked downright bad for long stretches of games. Perry looked great and Benn was solid, but they were clearly the 3rd best line on the team.
 
This Team Canada reminded me of the trap New Jersey Devils from 2003 so much. It felt great watching good defensive hockey once again. One of the greatest teams of all-time all around.
 
TOML said:
Superbly selected and coached.

Not sure why Canadians got up in arms over the initial player selection as well as the lineups when the result was dominating every game.

Very glad Kunitz sniped one in the final game. Said, 'Shut up, haters!' very loudly.

And Rick Nash? Defensive stud? Who knew.

Just a complete team buy-in. There wasn't even a legit tournament MVP for Canada. Price faced like one bad situation all tourney long. Nobody lit it up a lot. Doughty was a 3rd pairing guy. No egos. No prima donna stuff. They just did their job, listened to the coach, and simply overwhelmed every other team. This may be the best 'Total Team' ever assembled for a tournament.

Oh, and they did it with class and grace too. No over the top crap in any celebration. No panicking at any time. They knew they were the best and just went out there and got it done.
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Pretty much this. Played like a real team.
 
Starkiller said:
Arguably the best olympic team Canada has had. Great team defense, and they controlled every game. They only allowed 3 goals whole tourny and only 1 in elimination? That's ridiculous. They were so good at controlling the game they didn't have to score 4 goals to win, and hats off to the goalies facing team Canada, Canada created a lot of scoring opportunities they really should of had more goals, I can't say they had any flaws really.
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This team made me feel comfortable in uncomfortable moments to steal a quote from Carey Price. I really loved them as a team so much I liked players I normally disliked!!

I love how good they wre defensively!!
 
MikeK said:
You are using players who played in an era where the gap between top and bottom end talent was huge. Even Gretzky has said openly that had he played in today's game with the level of talent that exists he would never have put up the same kind of numbers. Nobody is saying there weren't great players back in the day. What is being said is the gap between top and bottom talent has shrunk so much so that today's teams are deeper, faster, stronger and more talented all the way through the lineup. I have seen the past teams and there is no question about it. Today's teams are far better.
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What NONSENSE....We're not talking about the disparity btwn average and top NHLers here ...we're talking about the creme de la creme in both cases...We're comparing all time best Team Canada's here

1976 Canada Cup Roster was Overall ( TOP TO BOTTOM ) better than this TC roster..sans doubt. ...Gretzky and Mario in their prime were better than Crosby...sans doubt. Seriously try to tell Jagr that Crosby today is better than Mario in his prime, he probably laugh in ur face...

Would Gretzky score 212 pts today? No but that's NOT the same argument

We dont have time machines , but if we could take all time greats in their prime and give them modern equipment, those greats from the seventies and eighties would do fine against todays greats...Our 1987 Canada Cup team had Mario and Gretzky on it, + guys like Dale Hawerchuk, Paul Coffey and Ray Bourque..

Heck Selanne, this years ( cough, cough ) MVP was playing pro in Finland first Div in 1988-9

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Here let me find the 1976 Canada Cup roster and post it for you

Forwards and Defense: Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke, Marcel Dionne, Phil Esposito, Bob Gainey, Danny Gare, Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, Rick Matthews, Guy Lapointe, Reggie Leach, Richard Martin, Peter Mahovlich, Lanny McDonald, Bobby Orr, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin, Larry Robinson, Serge Savard, Steve Shutt, Darryl Sittler, Carol Vadnais, Jimmy Watson;

Goaltenders: Gerry Cheevers, Glenn Resch, Rogatien Vachon; ( gotta give edge to todays goalies for sure, but not the D or the forwards, 1976 was better iMO )
 
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bmil said:
This Team Canada reminded me of the trap New Jersey Devils from 2003 so much.
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I remember that team clearly and didn't think team Canada played anything like that. Canada dominated in part by the forwards coming back into their own zone like men possessed. I've never seen anything like it, I'm so used to seeing odd man rushes or scoring chances developed off the rush but the team Canada forwards almost completely shut those things down.

I also think Canada would have scored more goals if they had a few more games together as a group. They figured out the defensive side first, the goals would have come. And the team faced incredible goaltending, Quick was especially good.
 
TOML said:
Very glad Kunitz sniped one in the final game. Said, 'Shut up, haters!' very loudly.
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Scored one when the game was over, missed a dozen perfectly set up chances, was easily the teams worst player. They were still so much better than every other team they could've had a kunitz on each line and still defensively smothered every other team. As a Canadian no game was exciting, they were so defensive that the one goal lead against the States may as well have been ten, it was not once in doubt. Horrible horrible tournament.
 
vippe said:
A bit of a slow start... But when it mattered they hit another gear and blew everyone away. Fantastic team effort, extremely talented, great defense, coaching off the chart. They werent scoring as advertised but other than that.. absolutely flawless.

Honestly, I believe they would have won gold if you changed the entire forward group with any of the other top 7 nations.. the coaching, defense and goaltending were that good. Even though they wouldnt have been as good as they were now obviously.

Best TEAM I have ever witnessed.
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Well said
 
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CanadienShark said:
I was just joking, man. :)

I've been a huge Price defender all along - he's my 3rd favourite NHLer, not far behind Subban and Couture, respectively.
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Sorry, I never took it seriously. But, at the same time...I am a Bruins fan and I obviously am not a huge Price fan :laugh:

But, he did play great and was incredibly cool under pressure when required

Cheers!
 
ryan55 said:
Scored one when the game was over, missed a dozen perfectly set up chances, was easily the teams worst player. They were still so much better than every other team they could've had a kunitz on each line and still defensively smothered every other team. As a Canadian no game was exciting, they were so defensive that the one goal lead against the States may as well have been ten, it was not once in doubt. Horrible horrible tournament.
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Yeah 2-0 game with 10 minutes left in the game is totally over, I guess you missed the women's final, the the next goal in a 2-0 game is a big goal not sure how you think otherwise. In the end, canada own gold, I think your the only Canadian referring to this gold medal performance as a horrible horrible tournament
 
fireworks said:
Sorry, I never took it seriously. But, at the same time...I am a Bruins fan and I obviously am not a huge Price fan :laugh:

But, he did play great and was incredibly cool under pressure when required

Cheers!
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Agreed, I'm quite happy with the result - I don't see how any Canadian could be upset, unless they're upset about Subban only being played once. I personally am a bit annoyed, seeing as Subban has been my favourite player in the world since he stepped into the NHL, but I cheer for Canada before I cheer for any single player. I'm just happy that two of my three favourite three NHLers (Subban and Price) were named to the team, while my second favourite (Couture) was quite close to making the team.
 
CanadienShark said:
Agreed, I'm quite happy with the result - I don't see how any Canadian could be upset, unless they're upset about Subban only being played once. I personally am a bit annoyed, seeing as Subban has been my favourite player in the world since he stepped into the NHL, but I cheer for Canada before I cheer for any single player. I'm just happy that two of my three favourite three NHLers (Subban and Price) were named to the team, while my second favourite (Couture) was quite close to making the team.
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Same here, I cheered for team Canada before any single player! I am so happy with the result and impressed with so many players I never liked before!!
 
Great team game. Flawless.

But to me the 2010 Team remains to the most Dominant team ever assembled at any Olympics. The difference was it was built differently in that this year they went for needs, while in 2010 they pretty went for the best players available. And while they started shaky in 2010, by the end they were the most formidable machine I had ever seen, they could play good defense and offense. They were far grittier yet more skilled too.

I'll always remember that game against Russia where Bryz said that Canada "came at them like Gorillas coming out of their cages". It was waives after waives of offensive might, never letting up.

That is why this year I was....content with success. While in 2010 I was literaly in awe how much I admired them.
 
I will say I was shocked and pleasantly surprised at how dominant canada was this tourney. I don't think anyone could have predicted that or expected that. It was like watching the sharks vs the oilers and ben scrivens every game. Canada skated circles around teams like the US/Sweden/Finland, like they were bottom feeding nhl teams.
 
I'm going to copy paste part of a post that should prob be in this thread anyways;

it was more satisfying in the sense that there was little doubt as to who the best team was.

TC defense was a sight to behold, it crippled everything thrown at them and took away the opposing team's will to live. Must have been frustrating games to watch for fans of the other teams.

Funny that Latvia actually was the most intense and competitive game to watch, took up until late in the 3rd to seal the deal. Plus I loved that Latvia team's gutsy performance and how they just came at em from right out of the gate, in particular their goalie. And the fact that they managed a goal where U.S. & Sweden were not able to.

I realize TC controlled the play even in that game, but I cannot imagine the fallout if Price gives up a softy late in the 3rd and TC somehow loses to Latvia in the quarters.

Impressed with how they played throughout. Few more goals wouldn't have hurt, but gotta love the performance, played as a team to perfection. That defense was like an impenetrable soul crushing machine and I loved it. So fundamentally sound, teams had the first half of the 1st period with a little daylight to get their one or two chances and then after that, forget about it.

If this is the last NHL team sent to the Olympics for awhile it was a great way to go out.
 
ak90210 said:
1976 Canada Cup had a better d.
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http://www.thestar.com/sports/sochi...t_en_route_to_repeat_hockey_gold_feschuk.html

Steve Yzerman says otherwise.

Later on, Yzerman was asked if this was the best defensive team that Canada has ever iced.

Yzerman, who put the unit together, surveyed his memory bank — which, he acknowledged, only stretched back to 1974 — and offered his take.

“I believe so,” he said. “As far as defensively, the puck staying out of the net, quality scoring chances, shots on goal, it was a pretty dominant performance.”
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However, people are arguing the point wrong when talking about best defensive team. A lot of people are arguing just about the defensemen on the blue line. When people are talking about best defensive team, they mean team defense as a whole including forwards. As a collective, you can argue that this was the best defensive team ever assembled. Not solely based on pure defense, but based on the fact they dominated puck possession all games so always had the puck, like babcock said.
 
The team is amazing
The coaches are very smart
The arrogant fans ruin it for me.
Team Canada is awesome and I think they should have been challenged a little bit more instead of playing Norway and Austria, but they are deep as hell.
 
Pittsburgerandbacon said:
The team is amazing
The coaches are very smart
The arrogant fans ruin it for me.
Team Canada is awesome and I think they should have been challenged a little bit more instead of playing Norway and Austria, but they are deep as hell.
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I am sorry the fans ruined it for you! But I am happy you liked the team & coaches! Management was good too with Steve Yzerman, I was a fan of his as a player but he is awesome as the guy who chose this team along with the rest of them!!
 
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