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GDT: Exhibition • Dec. 21 • Canada vs. Sweden • 7:00 PM ET

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2525 said:
100% agree with you.

Want some more that's creeping in from the US?

stanza for period
disc for puck
wall for boards. Still waiting for 2 minutes for walling:laugh:
and cage for net.
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Ummm...no. These are colloquialisms. Nicknames for things that you say because saying the same thing a million times becomes boring. They are in no way American terms brought into the game (though the NHL did try that a few years ago when they announced games won in OT or shootouts would be called "skate offs" to mimic baseball's "walkoff"). We see how well that turned out. :laugh:

As for boxscore, the poster may be mixing it up with linescore, which is unique to baseball. Boxscore just refers to a score in a box, and hockey has those. Game summary, as far as I'm aware, is just a more detailed version of the events.
 
IKnowNothing said:
Good choice.....

Now, getting back to tonight's game... i truly believe that Comrie should start, but i have a felling that Fucale will be given every chance to start....this is why he is getting 2 exhibition games rather than 1...
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I'm with you.

I feel a lot more comfortable with Comrie between the pipes.
 
IKnowNothing said:
Good choice.....

Now, getting back to tonight's game... i truly believe that Comrie should start, but i have a felling that Fucale will be given every chance to start....this is why he is getting 2 exhibition games rather than 1...
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Groulx hasn't chosen a starter for the Swiss game yet.

Mark Masters @markhmasters · 51m 51 minutes ago
Canada coach Benoit Groulx not ready to name a starter for Tuesday's pre-tournament finale v SUI on Tuesday in Montreal
 
All I want for Christmas is a goalie who can steal a game. Is that too much to ask?
 
Gigantor The Goalie said:
Groulx hasn't chosen a starter for the Swiss game yet.

Mark Masters @markhmasters · 51m 51 minutes ago
Canada coach Benoit Groulx not ready to name a starter for Tuesday's pre-tournament finale v SUI on Tuesday in Montreal
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I really hope that's true, but i have heard those words many times before....

I remember last Olympics, no matter how well Luongo performed, the coaching staff had already made up their mind on which of the goalies was going all the way...i have a feeling they have Fucale as their first..... until/If he completely implodes...

But Comrie was very good and does not make me feel nervous sitting in my sofa...

I am a Montreal Fan and i am very happy they drafted Fucale...
 
dnicks17 said:
I'll even settle for one that just doesn't give the game away.
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Yes. I strongly believe that we will win the tournament if we get good goaltending. Not great, just good. Not getting Luongo-Itis or overplaying the puck throughout a game, just good.

Please Santa. I just want THAT!!!
 
Really like this team! they seem to be doing things right, give me either goalie right now I feel as though they are close, both had their faults in their games.

Watch out for mcdavid, clearly a warm up game for him but wow he can turn it on
 
Statsy said:
Ummm...no. These are colloquialisms. Nicknames for things that you say because saying the same thing a million times becomes boring. They are in no way American terms brought into the game (though the NHL did try that a few years ago when they announced games won in OT or shootouts would be called "skate offs" to mimic baseball's "walkoff"). We see how well that turned out. :laugh:

As for boxscore, the poster may be mixing it up with linescore, which is unique to baseball. Boxscore just refers to a score in a box, and hockey has those. Game summary, as far as I'm aware, is just a more detailed version of the events.
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First time I heard stanza, walls, disc was in a tournament in Michigan.
All the Canadians got a laugh out of it.

Few years ago heard a former Leafs announcer (now living near Buffalo) use those terms during a broadcast.

The US hockey site uses stanza a lot and some US broadcasts I hear cage and disc quite often.

Though doesn't matter. We all know what they are.
 
2525 said:
First time I heard stanza, walls, disc was in a tournament in Michigan.
All the Canadians got a laugh out of it.

Few years ago heard a former Leafs announcer (now living near Buffalo) use those terms during a broadcast.

The US hockey site uses stanza a lot and some US broadcasts I hear cage and disc quite often.

Though doesn't matter. We all know what they are.
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Just the preference of the broadcaster, really.
 
McDavid went from being invisible in Period 1 to being impressive by game's end. That's not shocking considering he hasn't played in a month. Let's hope he continues to get better.
 
i missed the game, how did Ritchie/Virtanen/Gauthier look? also did Comrie play better than Fucale?
 
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IKnowNothing said:
I really hope that's true, but i have heard those words many times before....

I remember last Olympics, no matter how well Luongo performed, the coaching staff had already made up their mind on which of the goalies was going all the way...i have a feeling they have Fucale as their first..... until/If he completely implodes...

But Comrie was very good and does not make me feel nervous sitting in my sofa...

I am a Montreal Fan and i am very happy they drafted Fucale...
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If Price threw away a game or played poorly like Brodeur in 2010 then Loungo was going to get the start. I don't mind who they choose either way. Go with Fucale and see if he can get back to that Memorial Cup capability. Or go with Comrie and give him the chance to start running away with the starting job. Either way I don't believe the starting position will be locked up until after the New Years Eve game.
 
Couple opinions on the game.

Lazar-McDavid will be good, not sure about Ritchie with them, not sure, I'll give it more time. I really don't like Gauthier, seriously not, he is just not a good hockey player. From what I saw I liked Virtanen, I think he could be used a little bit more, barely see the ice in the game lol. Domi and Duclair were very good. To be honest I don't really like Reinhart, and I thought aside from his goal he had a really meh game, but we'll need him, just not my type of player. Didn't like Paul tonight either, play died on his stick couple of times and I am not sure about him with Petan, will give it more time too.

On defense I really like Theodore and Morin, Morin is big mean and nasty I like him, huge player for us along the way I think. Bowey or whatever his name is spelled was very bad, he's already my whipping boy.


Comrie wasn't tested a lot but overall played ok, goaltending will be our weakness I think. Nylander was good for Sweden, kid can fly but damn he's small with his little bobble head.


That's it, overall we look like a solid club and hopefully with more time the team will get better chemistry sometimes I thought player still had trouble reading each other which is to be expected early on, I hope we get that gold back
 
ILLESToO said:
Couple opinions on the game.

Lazar-McDavid will be good, not sure about Ritchie with them, not sure, I'll give it more time. I really don't like Gauthier, seriously not, he is just not a good hockey player. From what I saw I liked Virtanen, I think he could be used a little bit more, barely see the ice in the game lol. Domi and Duclair were very good. To be honest I don't really like Reinhart, and I thought aside from his goal he had a really meh game, but we'll need him, just not my type of player. Didn't like Paul tonight either, play died on his stick couple of times and I am not sure about him with Petan, will give it more time too.

On defense I really like Theodore and Morin, Morin is big mean and nasty I like him, huge player for us along the way I think. Bowey or whatever his name is spelled was very bad, he's already my whipping boy.


Comrie wasn't tested a lot but overall played ok, goaltending will be our weakness I think. Nylander was good for Sweden, kid can fly but damn he's small with his little bobble head.


That's it, overall we look like a solid club and hopefully with more time the team will get better chemistry sometimes I thought player still had trouble reading each other which is to be expected early on, I hope we get that gold back
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Good assessment.
 
The Reinhart comments are great. People are only calling him meh because he doesn't skate really fast.
That 1st goal doesn't happen without Reinhart.
 
TT1 said:
i missed the game, how did Ritchie/Virtanen/Gauthier look? also did Comrie play better than Fucale?
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I thought you were keeping an eye on them?

Did not get much ice time, I would rather see point centering that line or someone beyond gauthier. And mdc on the wing over crouse.
 
ZeroPT said:
The Reinhart comments are great. People are only calling him meh because he doesn't skate really fast.
That 1st goal doesn't happen without Reinhart.
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he looked pretty underwhelming this game.. but it's only one game
 
Reinhart has Hockey sense going for him from the times I've seen him, but boy oh boy he skates like a 7th round draft pick. Each time I watch him it's baffling to see how he was selected 2nd overall. In this day in age, it's a skating game and let's be honest, Reinhart is an atrocious skater.

Do people really think one day he can be a top 2 center in the NHL one day?
 
HarveySpecter said:
he looked pretty underwhelming this game.. but it's only one game
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He always looks underwhelming because he never does anything overwhelming. He won't wow you. But if you focus on him, you'll see he does everything right.

GlobeHockey said:
Reinhart has Hockey sense going for him from the times I've seen him, but boy oh boy he skates like a 7th round draft pick. Each time I watch him it's baffling to see how he was selected 2nd overall. In this day in age, it's a skating game and let's be honest. Reinhart is a atrocious skater.
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His skating is fine. He's just not fast.
 
Yeah, Reinhart is a patient guy. Like he got the puck on the PP and most players would quickly move it when he gets pressured but instead he just turned his back, held the puck and the Swedish player just bluffed the attack, so then Reinhart turned around and everyone got set up on the PP then they tried to score.
 
OttawaRoughRiderFan said:
Made me smile.

It's like saying, "He's not stupid. He's just not smart". (Teasing) :)
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I know you're kidding but it's true. There's alot more to skating than speed. It's like saying he's good at school but sucks in Math.
Stride,balance,edge work,fluidity,etc.. Reinhart's motion and stride are good. He's got good balance, although he needs to get stronger. He is fluid, not choppy. A choppy skater would be a guy like Draisaitl. He looks like he's playing the floor is lava on the ice. He just skips about.

Reinhart just doesn't have the breakaway speed of a Duclair. The rest of his skating is fine.
 
ZeroPT said:
The Reinhart comments are great. People are only calling him meh because he doesn't skate really fast.
That 1st goal doesn't happen without Reinhart.
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I like Reinhart and his capacity to slow the play a bit and set up the offense. That's very effective on a fast line like his. He makes plays that we are not able to appreciate if we are not directly looking at him. That's probably why he has been selected 2nd overall, because the scouts looked directly at him everytime he was on the ice.
 
GlobeHockey said:
Reinhart has Hockey sense going for him from the times I've seen him, but boy oh boy he skates like a 7th round draft pick. Each time I watch him it's baffling to see how he was selected 2nd overall. In this day in age, it's a skating game and let's be honest, Reinhart is an atrocious skater.

Do people really think one day he can be a top 2 center in the NHL one day?
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My buddy and I have a good laugh whenever they zoom into him, poor guy looks like his legs are going to snap or something on top of the awful style lol.

Good thing is that more efficient skating can be taught/improved and the vision and hockey sense cant
 
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