LeonDraisaitl29
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I asked Gary myself, he said for competitive balance they need to make it as equal as possible, and with you in net it would just be too hard for the other teams to score.
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tardigrade81
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Lmao. In that case. I understand
I will step aside and do my sworn obligation
Get drunk and watch the tournament on TV
oobga
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Saw Ek's interview yesterday. Dude has no voice after being sick.
Hope he somehow gets back to 100% while playing in this tournament
KeithIsActuallyBad
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oof. Better hope our forwards score at will and Binnington channels the best version of himself.
bellagiobob
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Gotta feel bad for Cooper, he’s never had to worry about his goaltending before. Now it’s which meh option do I choose. Binnington is pretty much Skinner 2.0, either really good or just awful, no in between.
Binnington at least has the ability to steal games more othen than Skinner does even though his bad game appears just as often. Though the only game they may need a steal is the US game.
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Stoneman89
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May to steal a 2nd game as well, if the U.S appears in the finals against us. A tall order.
That's moreso the game I was thinking of. Losing the round robin game vs US may not matter if they take care of business vs. Sweden and Finland.
In some ways it may be better to lose vs. USA in the round robin assuming they get the other wins as I can't see either team beating the other twice in 6 days.
Might be worth considering a 5 forward first unit if they are trailing in a game and desperate for a goal.
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Insanely, that might legitimately be the best option.
Love how the #1 Canadian goal scorer (tied) and the #1 Canadian goaltender (by a mile) are both not on this team for no reason other than "we're actually smarter than everyone else here."
TopShelfGloveSide
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Neither this year's number 1 Canadian goal scorer (as you say, tied) nor last years number 1 Canadian goal scorer (combined playoff and regular season) are on this team.
Doubt they'll need more goals, but if they do....
Frank the Tank
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I didn't understand the reputation pick in a past his prime Doughty to replace Pietrangelo. The Oilers elite players caved him the last 3 playoffs, but now he's somehow going to jump in 3 games after coming back from a major injury and play second pairing D? There will be no soft match-ups in this short tournament where Canada can shelter him.
As Pietrangelo was the only dman that was originaIly selected that had played for gold in a best on best tournament, I could accept him to replace at least that role on the team even if it's a bit of a downgrade vs. some of the other options discussed. The issue was likely moreso that I don't like Parayko to eat some of the minutes Pietrangelo would have.
Parayko played in the Worlds with McDavid, Mackinnon and Reinhart. Maybe a few others that I can't think of the top of my head.
He wasn't on Team Canada in the actual best on best World Cup and didn't play for gold. I checked, and no one else amongst the defense was on Canada in 2016. On forward there was Crosby and Marchand, but no others. Crosby and Doughty were also on the 2010 and 2014 Olympic teams.
Yup. All the kids that didn't get to the medal round because they blew a 3-1 lead vs. Sweden and ended up winning in OT instead of regulation. Thus the comment, didn't play for Canada nor for gold in a best on best tournament.
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nexttothemoon
and again...
I don't give 2 shits about this tourney... except I actually hate it because it makes this huge gap in the season for no reason where I can't even watch the Oilers and that's the only hockey I care to follow.
Also... it wouldn't have been hard to include ALL the great players from the NHL in this tourney by simply making a World West team and World East team instead of US vs CAN vs SWE vs FIN
World West could have been Sweden plus other players from one half of Europe and the World East team could have been Finland plus other players from the other half of Europe.
That way you could still have all the great players included from a pool of...
Germany
Russia
Czechia
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Latvia
Netherlands
Norway
Slovakia
Slovenia
etc
They took an opportunity to make it a global showcase and instead limited it to just players from 4 countries for whatever stupid reasons instead of celebrating the diversity of World-wide talent in the game.
Of course the league that is atrocious in refereeing, in scheduling and in player discipline consistency would have to screw a tourney like this up as well... just one more reason they are worse than the WWE in terms of sporting legitimacy,
Also... it wouldn't have been hard to include ALL the great players from the NHL in this tourney by simply making a World West team and World East team instead of US vs CAN vs SWE vs FIN
World West could have been Sweden plus other players from one half of Europe and the World East team could have been Finland plus other players from the other half of Europe.
That way you could still have all the great players included from a pool of...
Germany
Russia
Czechia
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Latvia
Netherlands
Norway
Slovakia
Slovenia
etc
They took an opportunity to make it a global showcase and instead limited it to just players from 4 countries for whatever stupid reasons instead of celebrating the diversity of World-wide talent in the game.
Of course the league that is atrocious in refereeing, in scheduling and in player discipline consistency would have to screw a tourney like this up as well... just one more reason they are worse than the WWE in terms of sporting legitimacy,
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If Doughty is healthy and close to the level he has been the last few years, he won't need to be sheltered. He is still an elite Dman, even if his team gets beat by us in the playoffs.
I will say, its a questionable decision with his injury. But he is a guy that has played well in these best on best situations. It can be hard for stars to fit together when they aren't the main guy. They know Doughty can play whatever role they need, as he has done it before.
