GDT: Group A - May 10 - Finland vs Canada

[illone84]

Like I said previously, we have had better players but worse coaching for the last couple of years. Now we have an actual coach.

It's too bad Marjamäki isn't coaching. I wanted to beat $100 on Great Britain to beat Finland. Would have made pretty good money!

 

[AwesomePanthers]

Look awful for you, but strong for others

Would you agree with me now? Beaten by a Finnish team without NHL stars.

 

[Jussi]

Hugged by several fins in the fan zone not good

Finns are down with #Huglife.

 

[king89]

Hyvää Suomi!

 

[Star Ocean]

TSN mentions how the Finns in FEL battle for the Canada-Bowl. Neat touch, these things are why I follow a TSN stream all day over a Finnish broadcast.

How do you get TSN in europe?

 

[Great99]

Murray was solid, not worried about goaltending going forward... Finland... very very tough opponent

You do know that team finland is made up of home league players, that they don't have any hope for in Finland , and they beat Canada easily

 

[Finnswiss]

Congratulation to Finland! A very surprising win, almost nobody gave them a chance. And the very young Kakko played very well according to the comments here.
I didn't see the game, how were the "Swiss" Finns, Rajala, Pesonen, Lindbohm. Did they show a strong performance too?

 

[FiLe]

FWIW, I don't think any Canadian should be calling their team garbage. They just got together this week, and played one preliminary game.

Here, they ran into Finland that may lack the sharpest tip of the spear, but is made of very good euroleague players regardless. And this very group has practically been together for weeks.

Had this matchup been scheduled a week from now, it could have been a very different story.

 

[Pensionsraddare]

Tommy "choke" Salo?

Don't know what that fat bastard has to do with anything, but okey.

 

[NinjaKick]

You do know that team finland is made up of home league players, that they don't have any hope for in Finland , and they beat Canada easily

well, if they can beat Canada this easily... I wouldn't say they have no hope... I can see them getting a medal if they keep this momentum going

 

[FooteBahl]

I'm sorry to Devil fans but... Severson is just clueless, just turn over after turn over all morning

No need to apologize...we know this quite well already.

 

[Star Ocean]

SVT clueless as usual. They talk like Canada has a world beat roster, but they dont.

 

[member 305909]

A good start by Finland. If you take the five thinkable teams to reach the QFs from this group they are unlikely going to be the one to miss out.

 

[Husqvarna]

Way to go Finland!

 

[Guy Boucher]

Canada is really slow. If they're smart, they'll lean more on guys like Cirelli.

 

[Saekk]

How do you get TSN in europe?

By watching someone from Canada stream it live.

 

[Husqvarna]

Kakko hurt Canada ... bad!

 

[Arselona]

Congratulation to Finland! A very surprising win, almost nobody gave them a chance. And the very young Kakko played very well according to the comments here.
I didn't see the game, how were the "Swiss" Finns, Rajala, Pesonen, Lindbohm. Did they show a strong performance too?

Rajala with 2 helpers, looked solid in the 3rd period (didn't see 1st or 2nd)

 

[Great99]

well, if they can beat Canada this easily... I wouldn't say they have no hope... I can see them getting a medal if they keep this momentum going

Maybe its just Canada that was too bad, but okay they had 5 training pass together , the Finnish team have played together for 1 month most of them

 

[Jussi]

How do you get TSN in europe?

Already answered, streams.

 

[Star Ocean]

By watching someone from Canada stream it live.

And where is that? I prefer TSN over svt

 

[New User Name]

Well deserved by an undermanned Finland. This TC is awful. I'm starting to hope we just get dumped on the rest of the round robin. This is by far the worst roster Canada has sent - and it appears with very minimal effort made in contacting or attracting players - in the last half decade.

It's just going to get worse.

So many Canadian players play on American based teams. They live year round in those cities. Their kids are American born.
Stand to reason many have lost a bit of allegiance, except when it comes to the Olympics and that's only because of ego.

 

[Jugitsu]

Canada is still top 3 on paper. They just got beat by a bunch of AHL level players. This is simply poor effort and coaching.

I don't know about top 3. I personally would rank Sweden, Russia and USA ahead of Canada on paper. But that's just me.

 

[AgentBrodeur]

wow i cant consider canada a top 3 team anymore. Unless NHL player play

 

[Jussi]

And where is that? I prefer TSN over svt

Reddit and using google.