PGT: Exhibition • North America 7 Europe 4 • 9/11/16 •
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Let's Go Hawks!
Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
Just scratched. Miller and Trouba sat to let Larkin/Parayko get play time.
Conflicted Habs fan
"Beauty will save the world" - Dostoyevsky
Europe actually has a good team, but they played against the tournament's best. Team North America is a great team dare I say better than even Canada in speed and in line chemistry
TedLundy
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NHL has successfully harnessed an entire leagues worth of overrating prospects and youngsters behind one team.
Yeah I don't know about that. That defense would struggle against Canada and USA imo. Unless they get it together.
IMO Larkin at least deserves a shot at top 6 minutes. He's absolute fire in international competition and made a pretty strong case for it tonight. Try it for a few periods and see what happens.
He won the Stanley Cup and was a Conn Smythe candidate, there was never a doubt who would be the #1 goalie.
So many posters enjoyed the high scoring game, you should just go follow basketball
And you should go follow soccer.
They have an okay team. They also have guys like Luca Sbisa and Pierre Bellemare who most people consider barely NHL players
Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
Not really.
Miller is better defensively, and still is a scoring threat. If the TNA coaching staff wants a bit more in their own end, Miller will probably be subbed in for someone else. Maybe Larkin. Maybe another player.
Kasper92
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I can understand why after 80 comments not one person mentions team Europe. Man they were terrible. 5-1 after 15 minutes? I'm glad they at least played hard and while impossible to "make a game of it" they started playing some descent hockey. I'm rooting for them (not just because 3 now play for DRW 
) but because they need all the help they can get. Just wow. They're supposed to be better.
) but because they need all the help they can get. Just wow. They're supposed to be better.
McFlyingV
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Honestly very good suggestion. I think gaudreau would be great with nuge and Mack. Nuge doesn't need to have the puck all the time and is a very smart player that could mesh with gaudreau
I can understand why after 80 comments not one person mentions team Europe. Man they were terrible. 5-1 after 15 minutes? I'm glad they at least played hard and while impossible to "make a game of it" they started playing some descent hockey. I'm rooting for them (not just because 3 now play for DRW
I don't think anyone looked at that roster and expected them to be better than they have been.
I can understand why after 80 comments not one person mentions team Europe. Man they were terrible. 5-1 after 15 minutes? I'm glad they at least played hard and while impossible to "make a game of it" they started playing some descent hockey. I'm rooting for them (not just because 3 now play for DRW
Old and slow.
Bellemare was their best player. 'Nuff said.
General Zodd
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You must be a young Millennial?
Guess you missed Gretzky, Lemieux, Roy, Messier, Coffey etc...
pigpen65
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Saw him spring two separate 2-1's with McDavid and Gaudreau on the same shift, about 15 seconds apart from each other.
Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
One 15 second window of being good doesn't excuse an otherwise rather underwhelming game from him.
El Travo
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You must be a young Millennial?
Guess you missed Gretzky, Lemieux, Roy, Messier, Coffey etc...
Surprisingly, there's more people born in the 90's/00's browsing internet forums than those born in the 60's/70's.
serp
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I can understand why after 80 comments not one person mentions team Europe. Man they were terrible. 5-1 after 15 minutes? I'm glad they at least played hard and while impossible to "make a game of it" they started playing some descent hockey. I'm rooting for them (not just because 3 now play for DRW
No they're not. You're mixing up players of 8 nations where many never played together anywhere while others aren't even that good in the first place you aren't going to get a good team. They gave a little bit of a crap today but this is never a going to be a functional team . I mean the only thing they have to play for is themselves at the end of the day. There's no collective european identity to pull them all together and most players are already established vets that don't having anything left to prove either
They'll play hockey and they'll somewhat try because they're paid for it but don't expect anyone to give his all .
