GDT: Group B - February 17 - Russia (4) vs USA (0)

[offkilter]

lol.. Hurt them? Some message...

You would think someone with Reggie Dunlop as their avatar would understand the concept of banging the body to take the wind out of a team out playing you skill wise.

Unfortunately USA is losing the skill game and the physical one too.

 

[Alex K]

Getting a little cocky are we?

Heh I'm just taking the opportunity, until we meet Finland... again

 

[NyQuil]

Heh I'm just taking the opportunity, until we meet Finland... again

Lol, I really have no idea what is going to happen.

It’s very strange.

Probably good for Russia to lose that first game though.

Definitely woke them up.

 

[mel]

Nice save

 

[tictactoe]

You would think someone with Reggie Dunlop as their avatar would understand the concept of banging the body to take the wind out of a team out playing you skill wise.

Unfortunately USA is losing the skill game and the physical one too.

o ok.... well this is bigger ice... you take the body and you are out of position.
You may wanna re-watch the movie. you still not getting it what the movie was all about.

 

[heynowbababooey]

That US players' collision was fabulous)

Lol, don't be so proud. It took our best players not being allowed to participate for russia to even have a chance at sniffing a medal in the Olympics.

 

[offkilter]

o ok.... well this is bigger ice... you take the body and you are out of position.

You're down 3, now 4 nothing. You are getting run over anyway. Might as well make them gun shy for their next opponent.

 

[Paxton Fettel]

Kovalchuk hasn't lost his legs. Still very agile, fast, explosive.

 

[Alex K]

Lol, don't be so proud. It took our best players not being allowed to participate for russia to even have a chance at sniffing a medal in the Olympics.

Oh c'mon, I'm really surprised we are able to win a single game, considering who is our coach)

 

[Hanji]

If I were the coach for USA I'd send them back out there with one message. HURT THEM. Punish them every time they touch the puck. Take the penalties if you have to but make it clear they will pay every time they want some offense.

Hurt and punish them as the gameplan for the rest of the game?
No thanks. That’s a recipe for getting someone suspended for the medal round.

 

[varsaku]

A lot of weak backhands on the Russian goalie all game.

Just don’t have the firepower.

USA has had very few quality scoring chances

 

[Ingvar]

You would think someone with Reggie Dunlop as their avatar would understand the concept of banging the body to take the wind out of a team out playing you skill wise.

Unfortunately USA is losing the skill game and the physical one too.

That's generally not an option. Russia could send much more skilled team to Olympics but instead brought a lot of high-energy guys exactly for this.

 

[mel]

I really like Greenway

 

[tictactoe]

You're down 3, now 4 nothing. You are getting run over anyway. Might as well make them gun shy for their next opponent.

You mean some team will say... watch out for USA they throw a lots of hits, in hockey game??? You must watch a lot of movies...

 

[NyQuil]

That's generally not an option. Russia could send much more skilled team to Olympics but instead brought a lot of high-energy guys exactly for this.

All this talk about offence outside of the top six on Russia is pointless because no other team has it anyway.

 

[Hanji]

Greenway is a beast. Minny has some talent with him and that Kaprizov kid.

 

[benusmc]

Detroit would love to have Datsyuk back, unfortunately he'd go to Arizonia

 

[Talus]

i would have thought the college kids would give the QAR a better game.

 

[offkilter]

No guys I am not Mike Millbury.

 

[adsfan]

i would have thought the college kids would give the QAR a better game.

They are playing the NHL All Star team from 10 years ago. Kovy and Datsyuk look like they can still play in the NHL. Great hands on those two guys.

 

[nickp91]

This is why Kovalchuk quit the NHL to compete for OAR

 

[varsaku]

USA could have used this sense of urgency earlier in the game.

 

[adsfan]

This is why Kovalchuk quit the NHL to compete for OAR

Butler quit the KHL to come back to the US and play. He has 120 NHL games to Kovy's 800?

 

[Hanji]

i would have thought the college kids would give the QAR a better game.

That’s the problem with NCAA kids at this level. They may be uber talented, but their inexperience was glaringly evident this game; easily exploitable againt a team like Russia.
Having them on the roster is a catch 22.

 

[NyQuil]

They have to get Greenway off the ice.