GDT: Latvia Vs Canada | 7:30PM | Group A - Canadian Tire Centre

[Erik Alfredsson]

Dave Cameron is a complete buffoon. I actually think his stupid brand of coaching is legitimately dangerous, they need to fire him before somebody gets hurt out there.

 

[tabness]

Talk about rent free.

How bizarre.

Edit: nvm. It’s almost believable though.

Canada could sure use free rent from what I'm hearing lol

 

[smitty10]

How did this happen? We beat them 10-0 last year...

 

[Quinning]

Some of you guys would probably chirp a terminally ill kid in a wheelchair for celebrating after scoring a goal against a pro goalie for having "loser mentality"

 

[JTB1974]

I still hate that shootouts can decide a winner and a loser. Though I also hate that 3 on 3 can decide a winner and a loser. You play 60 minutes of a game that doesn't involve any 3 on 3 and then decide to say "Hey let's decide this hard fought game on 3 on 3 and then a skills competition if no winner.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I bet James, Bob, Cheryl, ODog, Gord, and Mike must be rattled after that upset win by Latvia over Canada...lol.

Duthie sounded like he was delivering a eulogy when he led in the post-game segment.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

You'd think you'd defend the guy who made that comment. He's your new head coach.

It wasn't the players that said it, it was Keefe.

You'd think wrong, not everyone is a zealot.

 

[NyQuil]

Canada could sure use free rent from what I'm hearing lol

Depends if you’re a landlord or not.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Listen folks, it;s a game. Feel good for the players from Latvia and just hope for the best going forward. It's not the end of the world.

100%

 

[Divine]

You'd think wrong, not everyone is a zealot.

Yeah, people wanted him fired after that comment. He obviously believed it was some kind of achievement... which is concerning.

 

[Ranger77]

Seems like the kind of game you could have used a natural scorer like Rehkopf! Way to go Dave!

 

[JTB1974]

You can criticize them, sure, but people saying they can't medal or they choose the wrong team because of an SO loss is quite dramatic. They may still win the group and it becomes irrelevant.

Anything less than gold is a big failure for Canada. Especially playing at home. With Canada it's always been gold or bust when it comes to Hockey.

 

[Namejs]

Clearly you missed an obvious hyperbole. But in all serious, how many future NHLers do you see on Latvia then?

Murnieks
Osmanis
Mateiko
Berzkalns
Naudins

There's going to be about 8 NHL draftees out of this Latvia team.

Most of the key players will be here again next year. Several leading players will be at the U18 WJC - we are going to be more competitive at the U18s.

 

[Divine]

Anything less than gold is a big failure for Canada. Especially playing at home. With Canada it's always been gold or bust when it comes to Hockey.

That's fair and they haven't lost the gold medal by losing this game. It's better to lose this game right now than in elimination games.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Anything less than gold is a big failure for Canada. Especially playing at home. With Canada it's always been gold or bust when it comes to Hockey.

Yeah. For the team sure. I just want to be entertained, and I was.

 

[Cloned]

When was the last time Team Canada had good management at either the Junior or Senior level?

I feel like it must’ve been Sochi.

 

[Ryder71]

Anybody but Canada, That's all that matters.

When was the last time Team Canada had good management at either the Junior or Senior level?

I feel like it must’ve been Sochi.

Vancouver

 

[JTB1974]

Huge win for Latvia. They have every right to celebrate. This is a massive upset and Canada should be ashamed. Who would have thought leaving out extremely skilled players like Misa and Sennecke would backfire?

And having OHL's leading defenseman in scoring by a mile as your #5 or #6 Dman getting no PP time.

 

[NyQuil]

We Canadians will always have something to be anxious about.

In tournaments where we are undefeated, fans worry that the team hasn’t faced enough adversity before the medal games.

Will definitely make the remaining games of the round robin that much spicier and compelling.

 

[JTB1974]

That's fair and they haven't lost the gold medal by losing this game. It's better to lose this game right now than in elimination games.

But if you can't beat this team how are you going to beat the top teams? The coach is a moron who's personnel decisions are just baffling.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Anybody but Canada, That's all that matters.


Vancouver

Even Vancouver had some questionable choices.

I'd argue Salt Lake City. Gretzky was in charge and straight up loaded the team with as much talent as he could. f*** your role designation, archetypes, just blow everyone else away.

 

[Divine]

But if you can't beat this team how are you going to beat the top teams? The coach is a moron who's personnel decisions are just baffling.

You can have a bad game and still win the tournament. They allowed 2 PP goals - maybe work on the PK or, more importantly, stop taking needless penalties against a team who's doing nothing 5v5.

Winning a game 10-0 isn't any more significant than winning a game 1-0 when it matters. Canada beat Latvia 2-1 on the way to a gold medal at the Olympics.

 

[TheNumber4]

Told everyone. Don’t support Oilers for a Cup in 2024 and Hockey in Canada is DEAD as we know.

Thanks a lot “Patriots”.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Even Vancouver had some questionable choices.

I'd argue Salt Lake City. Gretzky was in charge and straight up loaded the team with as much talent as he could. f*** your role designation, archetypes, just blow everyone else away.

And that SLC under performed in the group stage as well and was criticized in the media for it.

 

[WarriorofTime]

The one saving grace. A team playing on a back to back versus a team coming off a rest day is always a tricky matchup. Canada as host basically was able to give themselves the easiest opponent but it does tend to lead to the most unexpected results.

Now Latvia is on a back to back playing USA who was off today so it wouldn’t be shocking if they get blown out tomorrow and people overreact.