GDT: May 18 • USA 3, Finland 1

[MMANumminen]

Tukka Mäntylä oh ziisus

 

[Periwinkle]

Lehterä is a natural center which makes the transition hard for him, both he and Kontiola like to have the puck and have that pass first mentality.
Haula probably plays PK because he did it in Minnesota...

I get the transition difficulty but doesn't he have experience playing wing with Kontiola.

I didn't mean Haula was bad in PK but we have 2 1/2 lines worth of grinders for that "role", why not save Haula's energy for more offensive role?

 

[Jussi]

How on Earth is Lehterä supposedly a top-10 player in KHL?

 

[MMANumminen]

Karalahti has been surprisingly good overall

 

[MMANumminen]

Mäntylä is a mistake machine

 

[GX]

How on Earth is Lehterä supposedly a top-10 player in KHL?

Who says that he is? I doubt I'd rank him among the Top 25 forwards. He may collect a ton of points but that is primarily to the rest of Sibir playing "for him".

 

[Minttu]

How on Earth is Lehterä supposedly a top-10 player in KHL?

How on earth is Teemu Selänne a legend. He scored only 27 points for Ducks this season.

 

[Ajaton Azer]

The Lion pressure here is very strong, but why Karalahti take the penalty?

 

[Jussi]

How on earth is Teemu Selänne a legend. He scored only 27 points for Ducks this season.

Holy comparison fail, Batman!

 

[Hasa92]

The penalty was a good imo, the US player might gotten into a breakaway.

The giveaway that lead to it wasn't.

 

[Jussi]

The Lion pressure here is very strong, but why Karalahti take the penalty?

Because he's old and slow.

 

[Periwinkle]

US is terrible but we can't capitalize on it. Which means US will probably score soon.

 

[Minttu]

Holy comparison fail, Batman!

He didn't score. Get over it.

 

[Periwinkle]

He didn't score. Get over it.

It's not just about that situation. He's been lackluster throughout the tournament. And camp.

 

[GX]

There's little chance Latvia could have won any of these teams the way they keep playing tonight.

 

[Jussi]

It's not just about that situation. He's been lackluster throughout the tournament. And camp.

The only time he's been good on the national team is one EHT tournament and the bronze medal game in Sotshi where the other team wasn't 100% in it anymore.

 

[TheFeistyFinn]

i feel bad for Rinne cause he has to play with these scrubs. they don't deserve Rinne o,o

 

[OG]

Bad play by Nelson. Luckily nothing came of it.

 

[Kharkov]

I didnt know that Mertaranta is so bad. And this game too.

 

[Minttu]

It's not just about that situation. He's been lackluster throughout the tournament. And camp.

This thread is about USA vs. Finland.

Yeah, I know he hasn't been as good as we expected him to be. But I wouldn't judge his entire season by seeing him play about ten games. He is a center. Shouldn't we be disappointed in Erkka who makes him play as a winger when it seems he isn't good at it?

 

[JJTT]

One of the worst games i've watched in a long time. Both teams are just terrible.

 

[Spion]

Wake up Finland :|

 

[Periwinkle]

We have 10 shots on goal...kind of hard to score with those numbers.

 

[crowi]

good job hietanen, fail to block the shot and make sure the goalie won't see it at the same time.

 

[Woodhouse]

2-0 USA. Tyler Johnson uses D as a screen and beats Rinne high glove.