GDT: Gold Medal Game Period 2 | USA vs Canada | 1/5 @ 9:30PM ET| TSN/NHLN

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edog37

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Why are you hating on the American players? I thought they were a good team and they played a great game. The US won the game. Don't try to frame it as Canada losing the game.

bro what are you talking about? Canada was cocky, US played as a team. I’m American, so I’m happy as hell. Everyone thought Canada would roll, but instead got their ass handed to them. US was simply the better team.
 

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Yep, why was he out there though? Couldn't have been what Byram did? Of course not.
No. It was Gulhe allowing Turcotte to get position and not tie up his stick. Drysdale didn’t have the legs to even move. Canada’s first line on the ice too. USA just wrecked Cozens line for the first 40 minutes.
 
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That's what you got from that post? Got it, moving along...

Nah mate, I’ve just found it amusing how Drysdale supporters seem invested in dragging Byram through the mud. The biggest breakdown this game for me was the defensive support from the forwards. Rather than coming back and pressuring the US, or covering passing lanes, they were focused on cheating up ice, or simply overwhelmed by the American pressure.
 
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Nah mate, I’ve just found it amusing how Drysdale supporters seem invested in dragging Byram through the mud. The biggest breakdown this game for me was the defensive support from the forwards. Rather than coming back and pressuring the US, or covering passing lanes, they were focused on cheating up ice, or simply overwhelmed by the American pressure.

Our forwards especially in the first... became the Walking Dead... Zombies...

Well spoken...
 
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I only caught 8 or 9 games, but a few players really Surprised me in this WJC, including:

1) Stutzle
2) Zegras
3) Heinola


Disappointments include:

1) Askarov
 
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Last 10 tournament:
21 USA
20 Canada
19 Finland
18 Canada
17 USA
16 Finland
15 Canada
14 Finland
13 USA
12 Sweden

One more year to swipe out Sweden as what happened to Russia this year.
 
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As an American, I think Canada’s main problem was the lack of adversity they faced in the tournament: it did not seem as if they knew how to play from behind. Their forwards did not play well although much of that was due to Knight.

I really feel bad for Levi: he blinked first in a game against Knight and his team couldn’t bail him out. I thought he was the player of the game for the Canadians.
 

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Yeah, I will have no Byram slander on this night.

The kid was absolutely the best player for Canada. Not even close. He tilted the ice the entire second half of that game. It’s not his fault hardly anybody else in a red and white jersey wanted to show up.
 

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I agree it’s a short tournament and there’s some external factors, but you’re lying to yourself if you weren’t disappointed in Byfield’s tournament. He was a 2nd overall pick, returning player, after a dominant season in the OHL.

I didn't say I wasn't disappointed, I said that saying one out of the nine players the Kings had in the tournament was good is seriously leaning very heavily against the "disappointment" of Byfield's performance. We know the kid is young and raw, and we knew before the tournament that he's not going to make the team and is being sent back down, LA brass has already leaned that way. He is likely 1-2 years from even being ready. He has no muscle and needs to develop his game. You know, kinda like what was said about Turcotte after his tournament last year, yet you don't seem to be down on him...

Frankly, you're ignoring everyone you diss on Byfield. Kings fans are very happy with their prospects this tournament. They had the points and all that were on competitive teams, in the end, besides Byfield, had fantastic performances to close out the tournament. Fans consider the future bright, there's not much you can say to extinguish that...

 
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Didn't Byfield get like all his points in 1 game against the worst team they played
 
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McJedi

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Nah mate, I’ve just found it amusing how Drysdale supporters seem invested in dragging Byram through the mud. The biggest breakdown this game for me was the defensive support from the forwards. Rather than coming back and pressuring the US, or covering passing lanes, they were focused on cheating up ice, or simply overwhelmed by the American pressure.
McMichael was the king of the weaksss flyby stick check as he looks to cherry pick. Might work vs Slovakia. Leaves your team exposed vs a real opponent. Cozens had similar issues. They got into some bad habits vs bad teams. Cost them big time in the finals.
 
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