GDT: Four Nations

[The Blue Baron]

My thoughts on last night’s game:

1. I paid attention to it, more attention than I’ve paid towards the last 10 ASG combined.

2. Quality and intensity of play exceeded my expectations, which admittedly were extremely low.

3. I’ve become a lot more cynical about international competition in all sports because of the corruption and - for lack of a better term - the increasing artificiality of it. That said, last night was a pretty neat spectacle.

I don’t think I’ll ever get back to the same feelings I had watching the 96 World Cup and wishing for someone to send Chris Chelios to the hospital. Not even close. But something undeniably cool about seeing JMo, McD, MacK, et al repping Canada after such a long gap in anything resembling best-on-best international hockey.

My thoughts exactly only I particularly paid extra attention to the 2002 Olympics.

Great intensity. Aside from one not great turnover JoMo was showing great.

 

[hockeyarena]

Jeez that u.s. forward group is insane. I think our game against them is guaranteed to be chippy, there's just so much massive talent clashing

 

[Do or Die]

Would not be hard to exceed the pile of dog crap......known as the NHL All-Star Game.

 

[SUX2BU]

Shut up maclean

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

Mortimer Snerd: president
@Puckatron 3000 :gm
surixon: hc
10Ducky10: asst coach (offense)
Jet : asst coach (defense)
tbcwpg : asst coach (goalie)
buffdog/BobTheSolarsystem: special teams (would love to be a fly on the wall for those conversations)
MardyBum: statistician
Jets 31: mascot
sipowicz: team psychologist, PHD from the school of Lou Lamoriello
kanadalainen: motivational poet laureate
Rest of the HFJets contingency: armchair GM’s all with potential as coaching call ups
@Do or Die: cynical/confrontational intermission analyst ala Jim Rome (but not a punk b-tich like him)
@SUX2BU: marketing director “we’re hooped!”
@The Blue Baron: assistant to the asst gm (which makes you the asst gm)
@Gm0ney: KHL scout
@Guardian17: dancing gabes choreographer

Canada: Gold medal

Top pairing would be kovacevic/stan

 

[PhilJets]

I like Finland
but Helly and Connor

ohhhh man tough choice!!!

Go Helly
Go KC

 

[BobTheSolarsystem]

Read this note today....

Being able to fill out a roster exclusively with NHL players was a challenge for Finland at 4 Nations; once Miro Heiskanen and Rasmus Ristolainen went down with injury, that left Winnipeg Jets blue liner Ville Heinola as the only Finnish-born NHL defender left who isn’t participating in this week’s tournament.

Would have been hilarious if he got picked and lit up the tournament

 

[Aggie204]

I like Finland
but Helly and Connor

ohhhh man tough choice!!!

Go Helly
Go KC

I have to use an abrasive industrial cleaner after the game because The Connors are forcing me to wish the Americans a “meh” 60 mins.

 

[snowkiddin]

Go Connors! Go Finland!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Heinola couldn’t make this team?? Damn.

 

[Whileee]

I didn't like the look of Parayko beside Morrissey. Might have been nervous, but he never attempted a point D to D pass, just dumped it down behind the net. Struggled with pace in the D zone.

Doughty looked like Stanley giving up the blue line and backing into his goalie's lap on Kempe's goal.

 

[Buffdog]

Heinola couldn’t make this team?? Damn.

He can't make any team lol

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Oh Helle

 

[Jet]

Uh oh, playoff Helle

 

[PaulPooley]

Oh Helle

Yeah. It’s early, hopefully he settles in.

 

[White Out 902]

jesus christ thats playoff Helley

 

[Bender Duster]

I had no idea that Zoolander is coaching the American team.

 

[DRW204]

Helle in playoff form

 

[Jet]

Jennifer Coolidge just called Wayne Gretzky Dave Jetski in a Discover commercial

 

[Cnile]

Helle in playoff form

If you go to the mains, Helle is getting roasted

 

[johnnyonthspot]

Audioslave tribute
Like a stone

Great song

 

[Aggie204]

That’s right Helle, get those big game jitters out of the way before the playoffs.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

If you go to the mains, Helle is getting roasted

Playofbuck will be fine just got his bad goal out of the way. But on ' main poster's called him an idiot. I am sure his tender experience is limited to Chel in his mom's basement

 

[Jet]

Laine is so f***ing lazy

 

[White Out 902]

That’s right Helle, get those big game jitters out of the way before the playoffs.

yeah or, another crushing performance further giving him doubts?