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BobTheSolarsystem said:
Funny to hear talk about the Canada goalie crisis when 3 of the top 5 save percentages this year are Cdn goalies... and 8 options better than the trio we chose...

Even Binnington's backup has better stats than him - bizarre

At the very least Adin Hill should have been the starter
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It is less bizarre when you know Doug “Doogie” Armstrong is TC GM. It is bloody political BS Sin Binner is the goalie. He clearly does not deserve this, not even close. If Canada loses, Not great but I won’t feel disappointed much.
 
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Cooper's post game interview yesterday was a bit telling to me. When asked about Sam Reinhart he was very deliberate in praising how Sam puts up big points but he "does not cheat the game to do it". He said its rare to see a player who got 57 goals last season (with 10 more in the playoffs) and has 31 goals this season but is a very good defensive forward still. I think one of the points of emphasis on constructing this forward group was elite superstars + skilled two way forwards, as well as a few role players. They didn't take one dimensional scoring forwards.

I have also been impressed with how hard McDavid and MacKinnon have come back to support defense.
 
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Romang67 said:
Per an ESPN article on best ever American goalies, the book on scoring on Hellebuyck is essentially "if he sees it, he will save it." I think it was Quick who said that's what they said in the pre-game video meetings about him.

I'm guessing that JoMo doesn't have a whole lot more to add.
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Meanwhile, the current scouting report on Binnington is "if you shoot it at him and he sees it he'll probably save it, so try to shoot the puck where he isn't. That's his big weakness."
 
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surixon said:
This reminds me of beer league hockey where people bring in the ringers for the finals lol
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How did they do it though? They still have 6 d-men, is he replacing the potential loss of 2 forwards? Are the U.S just trying to hide Adam Fox for the final game?
 
The Blue Baron said:
It is less bizarre when you know Doug “Doogie” Armstrong is TC GM. It is bloody political BS Sin Binner is the goalie. He clearly does not deserve this, not even close. If Canada loses, Not great but I won’t feel disappointed much.
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Yeah him, Sweeney, Cooper and DeBoer seem to have combined for a perfect storm...

Parayko/Binnington here because they are Armstrong's legacy picks
Thompson not here because of deBoer and Cassidy
Vegas, Florida and Tampa overplayed due to familiarity

CorgisPer60 said:


Bill Guerin does the impossible and makes it possible for me to hate the Minnesota Wild even more. Wonder what the "stick to sports" crowd thinks of this.
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Too late to call up Tom Wilson?
 
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Whileee said:
Meanwhile, the current scouting report on Binnington is "if you shoot it at him and he sees it he'll probably save it, so try to shoot the puck where he isn't. That's his big weakness."
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Based on the goals I've seen that he's let in, Bennington is just as likely to let one in if you shoot it at him as not. They're going under his arms, under his stick, etc. Basically going through him
 
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CorgisPer60 said:


Bill Guerin does the impossible and makes it possible for me to hate the Minnesota Wild even more. Wonder what the "stick to sports" crowd thinks of this.
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It was interesting to hear the story from Theo Fleury in a documentary about him of how Trump would fly a helicopter in to bring Theo to the casino overnight.
 
Buffdog said:
The big, mean, man really upsets people lol

They want him at the game? Good. Kick their asses in front of him. That's the attitude I'd take
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Exactly. All the eyeballs are a good thing, but this hoopla and nonsense, who gives a shit?

Canada has the ultimate chance to play spoiler and take them out in their barn now.

Nothing better than that.
 
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voyageur said:
It was interesting to hear the story from Theo Fleury in a documentary about him of how Trump would fly a helicopter in to bring Theo to the casino overnight.
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There's a great gambling movie, Owning Mahoney, and a Trump type played by John Hurt is the evil guy running the casino. My opinion of Trump went way down when I read about Fleury.
 
Buffdog said:
Based on the goals I've seen that he's let in, Bennington is just as likely to let one in if you shoot it at him as not. They're going under his arms, under his stick, etc. Basically going through him
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For a guy that is apparently 6"2 i always think he looks small in the net .
 
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