GDT: Group B - May 9 - Finland (3) vs USA (2) (MOD WARNING - POSTS 26 & 275)

[yourbestfriend]

so far, matthews is as advertised. Laine (mostly due to limited ice time) hasn't shown much outside that monster shift at the end of the 2nd.
hopefully he gets more ice in the third.

 

[Finnswiss]

I hope the Finns can score the 3rd goal, the games against USA are always very difficult, in the past years they lost against them mostly.

 

[agent082]

That's weird, because he has exceptional speed.

Don't know what happened in that situation.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

All tied up!

 

[Spawnisen]

f***s sake

 

[Shwaguy*]

Tie game

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Tied!

 

[Tiger24]

Laine is not all about shooting

 

[saintflannel]

Great shift for Maroon.

 

[Plural]

These goals are soft. Hietanen completely outmuscled.

 

[Edgelord]

I do think the Finns will win tho, better team but i am happy how Matthews has played against good/elite players

edit spoke too soon

 

[Bruce Granville]

Koskinen can't track one ****ing puck...

 

[Smif]

He needs to get a LOT stronger for that imo.

I find he uses his skill more than his body down low. It works, and he will get stronger. But for him to be like Jagr down low he'd need to seriously dad-bod up.

I watched Jagr the most when he was with Pittsburgh when he wasn't as strong but had more speed. Maybe I'm remembering that more. Or maybe I just saw a flash of it, dunno. Just got that vibe more a minute there.

 

[CashMash]

Finland is going to lose if they don't step up. I think team USA has this in the bag, pretty much.

 

[therealdeal]

US ties it up!

 

[Brewsky]

Wow what a close game, did not expect USA to compete with Finland but this is tight.

 

[Saekki*]

Koskinen is so bad.

 

[crowi]

keep playing Barkov's line with 3rd line minutes and wait to lose.

 

[HockeyGuruPitka]

My summary thus far.

Matthews is in the game 100% of the time. Hes contributing in all 3 zones. Carrying the pace of play when he is on the ice. He positively impacts the game on every shift. His ability to generate offence has been good not great.

Laine hasnt been rather intense or involved, however he obviously has that killer instinct. Hes a legitimate threat to score or set up a goal every time the puck touches is stick in the offensive zone. Has been non existent in own zone/neutral zone play, which is why i feel the coach is limiting his play.

He really reminds me of Tarasenko.

 

[DrunkPerrinFan]

Good, will be more entertaining third.

 

[agent082]

Hietanen.

 

[AndyA]

Hietanen should not be playing on this level.

 

[Brewsky]

Someone needs to tell Vatrano to pass once in a while...

 

[crowi]

My summary thus far.

Matthews is in the game 100% of the time. Hes contributing in all 3 zones. Carrying the pace of play when he is on the ice. He positively impacts the game on every shift. His ability to generate offence has been good not great.

Laine hasnt been rather intense or involved, however he obviously has that killer instinct. Hes a legitimate threat to score or set up a goal every time the puck touches is stick in the offensive zone. Has been non existent in own zone/neutral zone play, which is why i feel the coach is limiting his play.

He really reminds me of Tarasenko.

really seems like a such an unbiased opinion.

 

[Future]

Maroon is so bad...