GDT: Finland vs. USA | 13 February 2025 | 8:00

[Summer Rose]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want. You play handball, the rest of the world plays football.

Canadian Soccer Association - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So are you not Canadian, or...?

 

[Bruce Granville]

I genuinely love deep dish, and nobody else does it, so... no.

A good pie is always ok. But Pizza otoh…wins hands down.

 

[lakeshirts37]

I genuinely love deep dish, and nobody else does it, so... no.

oh well if cptjeff loves deep dish then I stand corrected

 

[thewave]

Yea, USA is playing down to our level. Not their way.

Close my eyes and leave just game audio and I can tell the fins are playing because it sounds like Kendo stick fighting

 

[cptjeff]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want. You play handball, the rest of the world plays football.

The term "soccer" is a British invention.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want.

History says otherwise

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Grit guys> Skill guys
Both teams so far

 

[Hurrikaani]

Every game in this tournament will go to OT

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

Is Dany Heatley even playing? Oops, I mean Auston Matthews

 

[MNRube]

Kyle Connor has sucked so far

Him and Faber the clear weak links. Faber has been off since he returned from concussion, was hoping he would pull a Pietro

 

[Kane One]

NY pizza is better than what they have in Italy, hands down.

And Deep dish isn't really pizza, although it is delicious af

The question shouldn’t be which city in the US has the best pizza. What it should really be “is Chicago pizza even better than Detroit?”

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Kyle Connor has sucked so far

Connor, Eichel, McAvoy, M Tkachuk... a lot of them have sucked

 

[PanniniClaus]

Team USA

Ha - they are getting stuck in the muck. Finns are pretty good at running some off the puck interference and they also win more than their share of battles. It's a grind.

Finn D might not be star studded but they have size and are rambunctious.

 

[Chainshot]

Faber playing way toooo much.

He thinks he is the new Hedman.

 

[1989]

Canadian Soccer Association - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So are you not Canadian, or...?

Not to mention, soccer was slang for "association football" so it's Canada Association Football Association.

 

[leafsfan5]

Is Dany Heatley even playing? Oops, I mean Auston Matthews

? He's been the best American so far

Matthews-Hughes are a really good duo

 

[cptjeff]

oh well if cptjeff loves deep dish then I stand corrected

You should probably remember that you are also just a random on the internet.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want. You play handball, the rest of the world plays football.

Doesn’t that weird country to the north of us also have a handball league? Where they name it the exact same thing.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Faber has been brutal in this one so far. So clearly a OT GWG incoming

Pittsburgh Penguins special

Americans simply arent "playing the game the right way" nor "getting to our game"

Every well traveled NHL coach eventually ends up sounding the same. Sometimes I wonder if they even believe their endless platitudes and cliches after a while.

One of the downsides of mid-season tournaments, these guys have all been playing in their own systems nonstop for like 6 months now. Hockey is such a reflexive game, just the slightest little differences in timing will throw everything off.

It’s a good reason to hold these tournaments in the offseason and let them practice together for a couple of weeks beforehand.

That's true. But I think that's part of what makes a short tourney like this interesting, how quickly can a hockey room come together and get to playing off each other. If I was a national team coach I would establish some simple guidelines as far as a system goes and tell them to otherwise play as free as possible.

 

[Hurrikaani]

Is Dany Heatley even playing? Oops, I mean Auston Matthews

Every time you hear a PING!! you know he's on the ice

 

[MNRube]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want. You play handball, the rest of the world plays football.

So Canadians just play really bad handball, then?

 

[elmaco]

? He's been the best American so far

Matthews-Hughes are a really good duo

Brady scored tho

 

[TheDoldrums]

Is Dany Heatley even playing? Oops, I mean Auston Matthews

The guy who’s been the most noticeable American? Yes, everyone watching the game knows he’s playing.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Earth to Murica, just because you say so, doesnt mean that you can name stuff what you want. You play handball, the rest of the world plays football.

First of all, yes, because we say so, we can call it what we want.

Also its called soccer in Canada, Australia, and other countries

And in italy its called Calcio, are you going to lecture them too?

 

[VinikToWinIt]

The term "soccer" is a British invention.

As is the sport of hockey, but don’t tell the Canadians that.