If Canada Had NOT Won In Regulation

[ORRFForever]

Not sure if this is worth a thread but if Canada had NOT won in regulation, and it was CLOSE, everyone would be saying the U.S. threw the game to eliminate Canada.

You never know in hockey. I did NOT see Sweden coming close to the U.S., especially after the U.S. score 20 seconds in, but...

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[El Travo]

If my Aunt had balls, she'd be juggling in the circus.

 

[Divine]

If Marner had NOT scored the OT winner Canada would be eliminated!

 

[Mathieu]

If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.

 

[ORRFForever]

If Marner had NOT scored the OT winner Canada would be eliminated. Right?

Touché !!!

 

[koyvoo]

The Americans were always going to have trouble without Matthews and his generational compete level available to lead the way.

 

[Linds]

If Crosby didn't yell..IGGY, he wouldn't have scored the golden goal

 

[ORRFForever]

The Americans were always going to have trouble with Matthews and his generational compete level available to lead the way.

??? You lost me.

 

[koyvoo]

??? You lost me.

Made a grammatical error that I’ve now corrected. The post should make more sense now.

 

[ORRFForever]

The Americans were always going to have trouble without Matthews and his generational compete level available to lead the way.

I am not criticizing the U.S. for losing to Sweden. It is what it is.

But if Canada needed this game because we had NOT won in regulation, the conspiracy theories would be everywhere.

Everyone would be saying the U.S. threw the game to avoid Canada like Sweden did in 2006.

 

[MadLuke]

It is just hard to comment the result of irrelevant game....

USA did not had to win against Swede for the chance to win it all against Canada (something they could have wanted to do...)

Everyone would be saying the U.S. threw the game to avoid Canada like Sweden did in 2006.

Maybe... but one is a gold medal versus this... and in soccer it is judged as normal something you gained the right to do by winning the previous game and a sensible strategy I think, which make sense. It is something the coach was reported thinking about doing

 

[ORRFForever]

It is just hard to comment the result of irrelevant game....

USA did not had to win against Swede for the chance to win it all against Canada (something they could have wanted to do...)

That's true and, like I said, I'm not sure there much of a discussion to be had.

 

[pi314]

If my Aunt had balls, she'd be juggling in the circus.

Or “she” would be your uncle.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

Yes, very unfortunate.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

If my aunt had balls she'd be playing tennis

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[ORRFForever]

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Okay, I agree, it's not much of a thread.

 

[Ace]

If Hedman had done anything with the ridiculous percentage of PP and OT time given to him…Sweden would be playing for the title

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Okay, I agree, it's not much of a thread.

 

[HabsQC]

US should totally have avoided Canada if that were possible.

If Canada won in OT, US should have called Kessel and play him 30 minutes as their 1D against Sweden. Play a hot-dog as his parter. Sit both Tkachuks and make their dad play instead.

 

[SensontheRush]

Not sure if this is worth a thread but if Canada had NOT won in regulation, and it was CLOSE, everyone would be saying the U.S. threw the game to eliminate Canada.

And people would be saying this because...? That US is scared of a rematch or something?

Biiiiiiiiiiig stretch IMO. Especially since US got f***ed by injuries in this game.

 

[ORRFForever]

And people would be saying this because...? That US is scared of a rematch or something?

Biiiiiiiiiiig stretch IMO. Especially since US got f***ed by injuries in this game.

Not a stretch. They said the same thing about Sweden in 2006 when they won the Gold Medal. Plus, people LOVE a conspiracy theory.

 

[CanadaIsIrrelevant]

Everyone would be saying the U.S. threw the game to avoid Canada like Sweden did in 2006.

In which tournament?

 

[Hank Plank]

If someones grandma was not interested in balls there would have been no hockey.

 

[Summer Rose]

Not a stretch. They said the same thing about Sweden in 2006 when they won the Gold Medal. Plus, people LOVE a conspiracy theory.

The Swedish coach in 2006 openly contemplated tanking against Slovakia in the final round-robin game of the tournament to avoid playing Canada in the quarterfinals. Sweden lost to Slovakia 3-0, and drew Switzerland in the quarterfinal as a result. Canada lost to Russia in the opposite bracket, and Sweden ended up taking the gold medal.

I think that's exactly what you were referring to, no?