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Funny thing... I swear the coach (Varada) said Dostal was just okay today because he let in 3 goals.lol Russian offence is grotesquely good... I thought 3 goals was really low.haha
GDT: Game 3: Finland Vs Sweden | 1PM EST 7PM CET | SWE 3 - 2 FIN OT
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Oden not many ppl are named after the Norse mythology God ! But all in all yeah Tomsen is not of Swedish origin tho more Norwegian or Danish... Tomsson would been the swedish version.
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Not a chance... IMO anyways.
I think the deadly trio are all going to split points up by the time they're done playing each other... all of those games will be amazing and close. I can't see a team (even as good as Canada) running the table in that group. I'd be shocked if they don't finish 1-2-3 and I'm a very fanatic Czech fan.lol
As I wrote earlier in the thread, I think he was Sweden's best player in the last period. Very fluid skating for a big guy.
Lukas couldn't do anything against the first two goals. The 3rd goal maybe, but the Russian defender was allowed to walk into the slot to take a freebie shot. I can't see how he could've been better...
Czechboy
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Me too!
He is by far our most important player... I really hope I just misred Varada's quote. He gives us a puncher's chance. I can't remember the Russian's name (Philly prospect) but he was awesome all day.. actually, the Russian's were all really good all afternoon. Just one of those games...
ChicagoBullsFan
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How ?
It's possible Finland faces one of Canada, USA or Russia in quarterfinal and then it's game over.
Also Kupari's injury is bad news for Finland and why ? because we don't have that extra forward.
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canswetoxic
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Never change Erik.
He's underage, let him enjoy his hockey bubble youth.
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Finland is funny... when you have your best players you win. When you don't have your best players.. you win.lol The very definition of quarter final nightmare opponent.
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We didn't won the group in our 3 latest gold medals. 2x 2nd, 1x 3rd.
This year we won't win the QF because we got no system, which was known the day we got Helminen as our coach.
His rebound control was all over the place the first two periods. I think there's room for improvement there, otherwise he was absolute stellar.
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We'll see... 3 of the quarters will be amazing matchups. I think Finland now has a very tough quarter against the deadly trio but I wouldn't even flinch if they won. I wouldn't even consider it an upset. The Top 5 are all very evenly matched.
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LOL.. I was looking for this word in a different post. Exactly this!
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Yeah he was good with the puck on his stick, him and Sandin did look pretty messy in the defensive zone though. Was pretty underwhelmed with Sandin, I hope he picks it up when the games start to matter.
The only way this team can do any damage is if the whole D group lives up to its potential and Sandin is the most crucial part of that group also Holtz/Raymond needs to show they can be true difference makers already. The Höglander line is good but they can’t be the only productive line.
PP needs to be sharper as well. Not loving Lundkvist on the half boards and would love to see Albin Eriksson as the net front guy once fully healthy.
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I'd buy him a beer if I saw him.lol
Russia was going globetrotter on us for long stretches! We had a 9 minute stretch without a shot in both the first and second period... the fact it wasn't 5-2 going into third is all Dostal. Czechs probably have 3 players that would make the big 5 teams and he's one of them.
The Cannon of Tesoma
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While I'm the first to shout for Raimo Helminen as an example of embodiment of Sisu as a hockey player in Finnish context, I'm not alone to put asterisk to his ability to instill that Sisu from his youth team as a hockey coach.
And indeed, without the rudimentary understanding on concept of Sisu, its impossible to get deeper in the Finnish psyche and culture.
Sisu - Wikipedia (Highly recommended reading).
Other topic is then how well Finns themselves as a collective can comprehend with the concept.
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Bratislava 2019 didn't hurt one bit. I was so tired of how poorly coached that team was that I wanted Grönborg to have that failure.
