GDT: Germany - Finland

[LemmyUlanov55]

Germany got better after the Lundell goal, nice to see them being able to keep up with the Suomi game speed. Something which didn't usually happen during the 90's and 2000's. It's a progress..

 

[Zub]

Lundell reminds me of Elias Pettersson quite much, except he doesn't have as good hands as EP.

 

[mattihp]

Lundell reminds me of Elias Pettersson quite much, except he doesn't have as good hands as EP.

Or the wheels. Not much of a comparison except they're both goal scoring centers.

 

[Zub]

Or the wheels. Not much of a comparison except they're both goal scoring centers.

Wouldn't say EP has anything special going with his wheels when it comes to speed so it's rather compareable tbh.

 

[mattihp]

Wouldn't say EP has anything special going with his wheels when it comes to speed so it's rather compareable tbh.

EP's agility and ability to turn on a dime is quite remarkable.

 

[GermanNuck]

It’s not an awfully entertaining game to be honest

 

[mattihp]

Can Finland even score on Germany 5 on 5?!

 

[GermanNuck]

It’s not an awfully entertaining game to be honest

nevermind

no still not entertaining but at least even now

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Nice goal, Holzer!

 

[Zub]

Finlands defencemen kill every play in the ozone, i can't stand how bad they all are.

 

[Kratti]

This game has all the urgency of an exhibition game tbh, like all Finland games so far...

 

[mattihp]

Finlands defencemen kill every play in the ozone, i can't stand how bad they all are.

Kaski opened the tournament pretty well, but his offensive output is never where it should be with a Leijonat jersey on.

 

[Jussi]

Meltdown from Olkiluoto.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Refs are so terrible.

 

[DieSendungmitderMaus]

Man I'm so used to NHL pace of play. Went to get a late-ish jog in during intermission figuring I'd miss like five minutes, instead...

 

[Zub]

Kaski opened the tournament pretty well, but his offensive output is never where it should be with a Leijonat jersey on.

Kaski opened the tournament pretty well, but his offensive output is never where it should be with a Leijonat jersey on.

Kaski tries to be a offensive D man but he lacks hockey IQ and he tries to shoot the puck through traffic all the time but never gets it through.

 

[mattihp]

Germany can take this if they start shooting.

 

[Bure80]

Man I'm so used to NHL pace of play. Went to get a late-ish jog in during intermission figuring I'd miss like five minutes, instead...

The slower pace of the game has a lot to do with the bigger rink too.

 

[mattihp]

Kaski tries to be a offensive D man but he lacks hockey IQ and he tries to shoot the puck through traffic all the time but never gets it through.

To be honest, some of the blame is on the forwards too, they routinely stay in perfect place to block his shots.. This doesn't happen for him in his club teams. Should be better now that Ojamäki is there, he is more natural in front of the net than any of Finland's other forwards.

 

[EHCler]

Poweplay finally

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Poweplay finally

Yeah, well..
Nothing to write home about. They've been better 5 v 5 so far..

 

[Lambo]

Very tough for the Finns. Scoring Goals 5 vs 5 is a hugh task.

 

[GKJ]

Talk about low-event hockey

 

[mattihp]

It's not just Finland being inefficient, Germans are good at making Finland more inefficient.

 

[Finnswiss]

A very difficult game against Germany for Finland as usual.