Amazing victory. We had worst team in decades vs Canadian C team. This team really surprises me, they suck ass like they are expected to, but when they meet good team like Russia/Canada they atleast make it somewhat close, and with Rinne and help from Scrivens they even managed to win! Onward to lose to Czech 7-1!
GDT: May 22 • Quarterfinal • Canada 2, Finland 3
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Northern Estonia, to be exact!
(Southern Estonia, also known as "Latvia" missed the QF by a referee's ************)
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Hey File!!
You were saying?
Like I was saying, the whole rant that some finnish fans were saying about how they had no chance was always just a big hose job.
If they had lost today they could just fluff it off and say they never had a chance, look at all the NHL players Canada has!!
And if they won, well, you see the results.
Just like I had told you about.
Doubtful many could have been fooled with that childish little gag however.
I know I wasn't and said so to you before the game.
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Drij
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Not sure I would call this a C team since none of these would be considered potential Olympians.
Anyway I don't think anyone excepted Canada to win with this team.
Hockey Canada really should do with Europe does and pick a system to play and teach it to their juniors and then follow that same system in the WHC and Olympics. Hiring one coach to coach all there teams would also help or at least get the coach's on the same page.
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Don't be ridiculous. Everyone is clawing to get to the NHL, and there's a reason for that.
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Except, you know, this past season where he played like a franchise defenseman and was the best player on the ice for either team in like half of our games.
He always sucks on big ice, like many players. The goal was half Turris' fault for screaming for the pass, he admitted as such.
The point is that all the Canadian posters who start talking about winning medals with C Teams or D Teams are making a ridiculous point. You might talk down the WC, but if Canada or any other team enters with less than a B Team, they're going home without any hardware.
NA teams have every year teams full of NHL players (not the best ones though) in this tournament but they still are not dominating these teams full of euroleague players like many people here think every year before tournament when they watch their rosters.
When we are building this team most of people think for somereason that every player who plays in NHL is automatically better player than guy who plays in europe and these results of last years tournaments show that its not true.
USA/CAN are not dominating teams like SVK/FIN/SWE/CZE/RUS/SUI etc like many ordinary people here think. Those games with NA full NHL teams vs euroleuguers are usually tight one goal games. Difference between avarage NHL:er and EHT player is not really even so big as people think. Atleast what comes at this tournament you cant really see the huge difference.
Probably one of the worst ones in a long time. I am surprised they did well in the Round Robin.
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Here in Saint John, NB, watched the game in a sports bar (rockys) and it was me and 2 other finns who were actually watching the game.
No matter, our D team beat the C team of Canada, it was fun to watch and very surprising
This definitely wins funniest post. Canada's C team AND Finland's D team? LMAO that is great stuff
Yeah every country has usually their best players playing in NHL but still teams full of avarage NHL players have to do these days full time job even to beat countries like France or Belarus. Difference between them and euroleague players is not huge anymore what it was in the past. Its not about NHL getting weaker its about European leugues getting stronger.
All I can really say to that is, anything can happen in one game on neutral ice. The euroleague guys would be playing in the nhl if they could. Lots of them try and can't hack it.
Is there an moderator onlne? please remove this slanderous information before the masses access it!
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There is a slight slant towards North American players in the NHL, though. Don't get me wrong, a good enough player's going to make it no matter where they come from, but on average an European in the NHL tends not to be a depth player. This is due to the fact that after the sharpest tip, there's a wide pool of players to be used in the lower echelons, and GMs tend to favor North Americans for those roles - simply for the fact that it's far more convenient to use domestic guys than haul in foreigners to play in the 4th line. If an European wishes to break it, he must bring something truly special with him.
Also, the slots in the NHL aren't limitless. 20 players across 30 teams is only 600 players. Even if you count the depth options, only around 700 players on this Earth can call themselves NHLers any given night. That's actually an extremely small number when you think about it.
And by statistical probability alone there are bound to be more good players worldwide than just that. The NHL possesses most of the sharpest tip, no doubt, but there are bound to be plenty of players in the Euro leagues who could go head-to-head with NHL 3rd liners. The fact that most North Americans have never heard about them does not make 'em any less of a threat.
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I can't disagree with you there. I'm sure there are a lot of Europeans that get overlooked for depth positions. I just don't think that makes the nhl overrated. There are only a handful of top 6/top 4 guys in Europe that could play the same spot in the nhl.
The avs just signed a couple good young undrafted Europeans. I hope they surprise me, but history says they won't.
Shame on some of my fellow Canadians who downgrade this tournament as unimportant. It may not be as important as the Olys or SC to us but it is still a matter of pride. I am PISSED at this result. Bad enough we have to play second rate players but our coaches don't recognize whren the players are a liability and still get tons of ice time.
This is not to take away from the strong effort by the Finnish team. Congrats to them and good luck the rest of the way.
This is not to take away from the strong effort by the Finnish team. Congrats to them and good luck the rest of the way.
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It's time to start talking about how bad the big ice is for hockey. It absolutely takes away skill, and is just about playing safe. If you need any evidence of this watch how boring the Olympics are now, and how often terrible hockey teams hang in games. Protect a small triangle around the net, and you can hang in games.
My props to the Finns, but they were absolutely not the better team today. Big ice is bad for good hockey, that's all that needs to be said.
Glad the NHL will never go this route.
My props to the Finns, but they were absolutely not the better team today. Big ice is bad for good hockey, that's all that needs to be said.
Glad the NHL will never go this route.
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