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How many fellow Canadians owe Team Canada an apology?

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There still could have been better selections. Canada didn't lose because of Draper or Doan in 2006 but people still gripe about those. I still hear people gripe about the 2010 team and how Seabrook shouldn't have been on it or how Luongo shouldn't have been in net. Hell, I'm still upset Pat Quinn didn't give Theo Fleury more ice time in 2002.

No one's ever going to be happy.
 
Kunitz was more than alright. He was arguably the best skater in the gold medal game. We could all see he wasn't the most skilled player but for some people that turned into an agenda where the cool thing to do was bash him.
 
I Hate Chris Butler said:
There still could have been better selections. Canada didn't lose because of Draper or Doan in 2006 but people still gripe about those. I still hear people gripe about the 2010 team and how Seabrook shouldn't have been on it or how Luongo shouldn't have been in net. Hell, I'm still upset Pat Quinn didn't give Theo Fleury more ice time in 2002.

No one's ever going to be happy.
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We won the gold medal & we're still not happy!!
 
Chain Attack said:
Kunitz was more than alright. He was arguably the best skater in the gold medal game. We could all see he wasn't the most skilled player but for some people that turned into an agenda where the cool thing to do was bash him.
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He was completely fine in the gold medal game, but there were still better options they could have originally gone with. Just because we won, doesn't mean we couldn't be better.
 
I stand by pretty much everything I've said about the team.

Kunitz was a bad selection, not because he was a liability, but because there were better options available and his purported chemistry with Crosby was pretty meaningless, I think. Either way, didn't blow it out of proportion and never argued that the Kunitz selection (or any selection) would cost Canada Gold.

Didn't jump down Carter's throat after the first game. Figured he'd rebound and that first games are usually sloppy as players try to acclimate to new roles, a new system, larger ice, and new linemates.

Figured Luongo would be starter, but certainly didn't complain about Price and felt comfortable with either goalie.

Wasn't too critical after the game against Norway. Defended Canada after the games against Finland and Latvia and argued they would do well against the Americans.
 
certain Leaf fans who were cheering for U.S.A. simply because of Kessel & JVR
 
T-Funk said:
He was completely fine in the gold medal game, but there were still better options they could have originally gone with. Just because we won, doesn't mean we couldn't be better.
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Questioning the selection is fine, but posters with agendas are easy to spot. And they make GDTs unpleasant and borderline unbearable to read.
 
SenatorArmy said:
DId this have something to do with Luongo?
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Low-hanging fruit, huh? Well played.

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Truth be told, my respective biases may have had something to do with it. But being skeptical of the decision to play Price all the way does - in hindsight - seem ridiculous, given his performance and all.

That said, I won't defer from my original statement. To apologize for skepticism is completely ridiculous no matter how you try to slice it.
 
EggsBenedict said:
Low-hanging fruit, huh? Well played.

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Truth be told, my respective biases may have had something to do with it. But being skeptical of the decision to play Price all the way does - in hindsight - seem ridiculous, given his performance and all.

That said, I won't defer from my original statement. To apologize for skepticism is completely ridiculous no matter how you try to slice it.
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Say sorry!! :)

No I get it & you don't have to be a Canuck fan to be skeptical as I think anytime a goalie is thrown into a starting role in the Olympics, people are going to have questions. Although I guess you could say not only did Price meet the mark, he surpassed it & set a new standard.
 
Personally I didn't really care which goalie started as I figure they are about equal & if Luongo had gotten the start who's to say we wouldn't have been just as successful
 
SenatorArmy said:
Say sorry!! :)

No I get it & you don't have to be a Canuck fan to be skeptical as I think anytime a goalie is thrown into a starting role in the Olympics, people are going to have questions. Although I guess you could say not only did Price meet the mark, he surpassed it & set a new standard.
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On behalf of at least a few Canucks fans...



Personally I didn't really care which goalie started as I figure they are about equal & if Luongo had gotten the start who's to say we wouldn't have been just as successful
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The beauty of it is that we'll never know. Price could have gone down with an injury, Luongo could have been brought in only to majestically drop the ball, and we'd all be burning our respective cities down.
 
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I still don't like that Kunitz was there ahead of certain players, but never suspected that would be enough to ruin our tournament. If you aren't being critical of the team you're not having as much fun as you could be. Just blindly following every decision any team you support makes is pretty boring. If you are into the league or tournament, you likely have at least one bone to pick with someone about something. It just so happened that this tournament offered us Kunitz, who wasn't that great overall. That doesn't mean he was bad, though. I thought he had a couple really solid shifts in the last couple games, and obviously scored the clincher in the gold medal game. I still think that Giroux is a better player and is more deserving of representing our country.
 
Tenma said:
I don't owe price an apology because while he was good Canada was so dominant that he never needed to be a difference maker and I think a pylon could have won us Gold.

I think he faced maybe ten quality scoring chances the entire tourney. There were barely any breakaways, 2 on 1, close in chances or sustained zone pressure over the whole tourney.

The only thing now are the habs fans who point to halak/Elliott stats as a product of the blues system are now going to be insufferable hyping up this price performance as something legendary.

I already saw it in the price for MVP thread. They just look at the box scores and stats on paper without really watching the games because price was never in a position to need to be an mvp. They point to the low scoring games as if that somehow meant something. Anyone watching those low scoring games know that those scores were deceiving and were never actually close games as Canada was so dominant that they had the puck all the time and their leads were never in any danger.

My opinion doesn't have to do with Luongo either because pre tournament I said I didn't trust Luongo either in net and thought goaltending was our weakest link. However, post tourney I can say goaltending didn't matter in the end because of how dominant Canada was so it was never much of a factor in our success. Goaltending just needed to not cost us and to that I say price was successful. I just don't think he was a difference maker. Could he be one? Sure but he was never put in a position where he needed to be one so we never found out.
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you might have a point if Canada had put up 4-5 goals a game. But they didnt, Price had to be stellar to keep Canada in some of those games. Price shut out The US and The Swedes in the medal round. He deserves the credit he is getting now.
 
Just because people thought they were the wrong choices doesn't mean they thought the team would lose. Just because they won doesn't mean he didn't make a lot of mistakes. He did.
 
Shrimper said:
A lot of people quickly heel turned when Kunitz scored.
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Haha. I was happy when he scored. Bergeron post if in would also have been great!

I had alot of feelings for Kunitz haters.

I was also happy for all Crosby fans, when 87 scored on his third breakaway of this tournament.

While I just loved the way Sid played in this tournament, thought he played very well, I also had a feeling for all Sid's fan! I way prefer being a fan of a team than one player! They (Crosby fan) prove me I like my way of looking at the game.

I've heard alot of Sid did make his wingers better as the tournament went on......happy for all his groupies. I think all three were bringing that line to it's level. I've heard that they manage one shot against them in the last 2 games. If right, that is simply incredible. Kunitz and Bergeron must have done something OK too LOL. Why not simply once, for all Crosby fans (or fools) say thanks to Kunitz and Bergeron, as for Crosby to have bring that line to its level!!!! and especially Gold with all TC back home where it belongs.
 
I Hate Chris Butler said:
There still could have been better selections.
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Well, a number of the best hockey minds in Canada disagree with you.

It amazes me that some many coach potatoes think they actually know more than the experts.

While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I find it ridiculous that so many posters actually think that they no more than the experts.
 
slappipappi said:
Well, a number of the best hockey minds in Canada disagree with you.

It amazes me that some many coach potatoes think they actually know more than the experts.

While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I find it ridiculous that so many posters actually think that they no more than the experts.
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So you're telling me there is absolutely no Canadian player in the NHL that would've been a better choice? Not one single player? Not Giroux, Lucic, Richards, Hall, Neal, Eberle, Iginla, Seguin, etc. etc. etc. :laugh:

It must be nice not having to think for yourself.
 
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