Boldy made a couple of nice plays but Larkin was more noticeable with a nice goal and also hit the post in close. He did his job defensively also. Hellebuyck was more important than Boldy.
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I have read conversations on the main board that Slavin plays McDavid well. He has great positioning and a great defensive stick and passes well. Has some Serge Savardb\Bill White in him.
Hughes is small so that can happen but he was more active with the puck and moved his feet even in the forecheck.
Matthews needs to be sent a nessage. Thompson would be far more impactful than this Matthews.
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I can agree about Hughes statement but I really thought Matthew's made alot of smart plays with the puck Agree to disagree here
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Ok, so this is where I’m at after like 12 hours of crushing beers.
God f***ing damn it, that was the coolest start to any international game I’ve ever seen (but hey, noooo fighting right?!?!?)
Charlie McAvoy outside of being roasted by McDavid was an absolute lunatic out there. Anytime you line up McDavid and blast him twice like that. Dear god.
As a Canadian fan, makes me wish we took Tom Wilson.
Also, HNIC thinks Marchand should be playing with McDavid. I can’t disagree, he was explosive, but that bag of shit won’t play him.
God f***ing damn it, that was the coolest start to any international game I’ve ever seen (but hey, noooo fighting right?!?!?)
Charlie McAvoy outside of being roasted by McDavid was an absolute lunatic out there. Anytime you line up McDavid and blast him twice like that. Dear god.
As a Canadian fan, makes me wish we took Tom Wilson.
Also, HNIC thinks Marchand should be playing with McDavid. I can’t disagree, he was explosive, but that bag of shit won’t play him.
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I have a lot of thoughts. That game was unbelievable. One thing I’ll start with is I don’t think the McDavid goal was McAvoys fault. I thought Werenski got caught cheating and left McAvoy out to dry against the best player in the world
(ever?). McAvoy kept McDavid to his backhand and McDavid made an unreal play. Overall I put that goal on Werenski for cheating in the neutral zone like he was playing against Anaheim’s 3rd line in February and not Canadas #1 line in the first best on best international tournament in 9 years (?).
Second, I know tickets are crazy expensive. But anyone that’s able to get tickets for Thursday please do and be loud for USA. I believe that Boston is the best hockey market in the USA and I want to see the crowd go nuts for our guys.
Good game. US d is strong. Need more dump and chase to get some forecheck. Hopefully we get another shot in finals when it counts
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But if Canada stumbles against Finland all bets are off
Most likely the US will play Canada on Thursday at TD Garden with a get in price of $890
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But if Canada stumbles against Finland all bets are off
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I have to give props to Montreal; their game day presentations were great, and they really did the pomp and circumstance well.All 4 TV trucks are now in the US after 'paperwork' issues with US Customs
Most likely the US will play Canada on Thursday at TD Garden with a get in price of $890
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But if Canada stumbles against Finland all bets are off
I'm curious if that was just to open the tournament, or if Boston will do similar.
Hoping Todd Angilly gets to perform the anthems, but I'm guessing the league will have someone else. If not Todd, Jim Cornelison would be great.
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Crazy thing is that some of these players are headed back to their respective shitty teams to play out the
Wouldn’t that be a shame?All 4 TV trucks are now in the US after 'paperwork' issues with US Customs
Most likely the US will play Canada on Thursday at TD Garden with a get in price of $890
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But if Canada stumbles against Finland all bets are off
NHL hired Todd
The unknown factor for Canada if they can get their rematch on Thursday is Makar. I would say Theodore too, to a lesser extent, but he isn't coming back. Canada's biggest weapon is speed but even with McDavid and MacKinnon you really need to be driving that from the blueline and Makar is the man. Just how big an impact can he have?
I understand the calls for Marchand to get more time and opportunity I'm just not seeing that he can be the difference-maker. Smart as he still is, I don't think he has the agility or explosiveness anymore to cut through elite defense. I think Canada's big-time stars are going to step up and get it done for them or not at all.
Canada will regret not selecting Logan Thompson. They can try Hill but his recent performance hasn't exactly been great either. Thompson has no claim to greatness yet himself but he is the man in form and they should have run with that. As it is they are vulnerable in net and in these tight checking games giving up even one soft goal can be a dagger. Even with all their offensive firepower Canada isn't putting 3 or 4 past the US defense and Hellebuyck.
The US started a little slow and probably let Canada push a bit too hard for stretches of the 3rd, but otherwise they played this game just about exactly as they would have wanted to. Physical, tight, a good tempo but a speed they could control, for the most part. Catching out the Canadian D on the rush when opportunities presented themselves. Protected inside ice. Hellebuyck was excellent and had to make some good saves, but he got very good coverage too.
Much as I favor the way the US team is constructed, the gap between the two is only small. If they played each other 10 times, you'd say that America would win maybe 6 of them, IMO. But there is only one final so Canada just need to bring their best on that one night and hope that's enough. Of course they have to get there first, and even undermanned if Finland plays more like they did against Sweden they will not be pushovers. That's going to be an interesting game in its own right.
I understand the calls for Marchand to get more time and opportunity I'm just not seeing that he can be the difference-maker. Smart as he still is, I don't think he has the agility or explosiveness anymore to cut through elite defense. I think Canada's big-time stars are going to step up and get it done for them or not at all.
Canada will regret not selecting Logan Thompson. They can try Hill but his recent performance hasn't exactly been great either. Thompson has no claim to greatness yet himself but he is the man in form and they should have run with that. As it is they are vulnerable in net and in these tight checking games giving up even one soft goal can be a dagger. Even with all their offensive firepower Canada isn't putting 3 or 4 past the US defense and Hellebuyck.
The US started a little slow and probably let Canada push a bit too hard for stretches of the 3rd, but otherwise they played this game just about exactly as they would have wanted to. Physical, tight, a good tempo but a speed they could control, for the most part. Catching out the Canadian D on the rush when opportunities presented themselves. Protected inside ice. Hellebuyck was excellent and had to make some good saves, but he got very good coverage too.
Much as I favor the way the US team is constructed, the gap between the two is only small. If they played each other 10 times, you'd say that America would win maybe 6 of them, IMO. But there is only one final so Canada just need to bring their best on that one night and hope that's enough. Of course they have to get there first, and even undermanned if Finland plays more like they did against Sweden they will not be pushovers. That's going to be an interesting game in its own right.
If the US wins this you can bet the farm the Bruins will hire Mike Sullivan.
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Agreed. And we know one major reason why it happened but it can't be explicitly said.
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Yup, that was confusing seeing his bio. Reminds me of the whole Brett Hull thing back in the day but that ages me.
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Games have been entertaining and that's what I had hoped. My Lord did Charlie Mac Truck did he wake up for 4 Nations.
Slavin and Faber were a big part of the store last night. Those two crushed it when they needed to come up.big.
Pesky dang Finns but I think Canada is right back at it Thursday.
Slavin and Faber were a big part of the store last night. Those two crushed it when they needed to come up.big.
Pesky dang Finns but I think Canada is right back at it Thursday.
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If he could get Mac to play like that all the time then sign me up
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I agree on everything but part of me thinks they should put the Nova Scotia trio together. They have trained for years together in summer. They know each others habits and would have chemistry. Besides Sid and Marshy already showed in the past they click. (Side note Marshy should have been MVP, not Sid in 2016)
Tom Wilson was a no brainer, he would have neutralized a lot of the rough stuff and go to the net. I mentioned last night that he would be good for Canada. People here think he is trash but he would be 2nd on the Bruins for pts and is 4 goals shy of Pasta. He is playing like vintage Lucic this year and is a prototypical Big Bad Bruin.
The Canadian team defiantly needs more Marchy.
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The only forward who played less than Marchy was Bennett. Brad only played 8:46. Not sure he's fast enough compared to the rest of the lineup. I thought he looked slow out there. The game had a ridiculous pace.
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Thompson will challenge for the Vezina this year, he has been that good. Canada could have went with home town Montembeault last night. Darcy Kuemper, Logan Thompson and Mackenzie Blackwood own the best three goals against averages for Canadians, as well as the three best save percentages.
Not picking Oilers Hyman and Bouchard was foolish. McDavid would have some players to feed that he knows, add to that the snub of Mark Scheifele and his 31 goals is glaring right now.
Marner is so useless 5
Disagree, he dosen't look slow, that would be guys like Stone and the invisible Reinhart. Cooper is getting so many things wrong with his forward group, like get Marner on the 4th line, he is doing nothing 5 on 5, break up that TB trio and put Point and Marchand back together, they had great chemistry in game 1 until Cooper inexplicably split them up. Reinstate Konecky and take Reinhart out of the lineup, Bennett needs to play more too, he may be a dirtbag but the guy is very effective.
Disagree, he dosen't look slow, that would be guys like Stone and the invisible Reinhart. Cooper is getting so many things wrong with his forward group, like get Marner on the 4th line, he is doing nothing 5 on 5, break up that TB trio and put Point and Marchand back together, they had great chemistry in game 1 until Cooper inexplicably split them up. Reinstate Konecky and take Reinhart out of the lineup, Bennett needs to play more too, he may be a dirtbag but the guy is very effective.
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