GDT: May 24 • Semifinal • Russia 3, Sweden 1

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Why!? Why cant russians stand up on two legs!? Even when theyre winning! Haha. Swedes should be glad eith bronze with this team. Good effort. It s a small country with world leading in so many sport and science. So be proud! Russia were better this evening. It was ok game.

Im very surprised we even have a shot at bronze with this team.

About the diving part, we'll be seeing alot of that from Russia. Just look at their WJC, they dove all over the Place there aswell.
 
Any words on Plotnikov? Is his career over?

From Channel One Russia:


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It's nice to beat Sweden... again. :) Probably for Sweden fans it doesn't feel that nice, but they'll get over it... again :sarcasm:

Yeah, about that. Whats the best way to get over losses? How did you get over the OG loss on home ice?
 
Think it was clear that the Skellefteå players stood out in the tougher games also actually impressed by Axelsson. The guy got size grit and skill, when he wants (that’s the problem).


As I suspected players like clasen and fransson that slows the game down are skilled and thrive against lesser competition shouldn’t play against top teems.
This teem did more than we could expect from them, Though I would have picked two or even three moore Skellefteå players.
 
Making a throat slash gesture is something many athletes have been fined for doing. Kevin Durant in the NBA last year springs to mind. Saying "I'll **** kill you" in response to that is also very childish but I don't think you get fined for it.

To me, it just seems like the exact same thing. If one gets a fine, the other should too imo. Just seems a bit blown out of proportion here, they are passionate and that kinda stuff is said in the heat of the moment a lot of times, but often its not caught on camera.
 
I strongly disagree. Sweden hasn't beaten Russian in around 10 years at the A level. it wouldn't have changed a thing if it had better players today.

we beat canada sometimes and finland (who always beat russia).

so you are wrong. stop acting like russia have super-powers.
 
How the hell can you hand out 5+game for that small push?
It's easier to just throw Backlund out, than deal with the ****storm that could have developed after he gets released from the box when the game ends. We've seen this (sending players early to the room to avoid conflicts) happen many times in the NHL.

Blatant dive when you look at it afterwards, but the other Russian players had their own opinion about the hit and were out to get Backlund.
 
Thumb instead of four fingers will shorten his suspension. Lee Hazlewood inspired haircut?

PS. By the way...if Znark reacts like this after a win, what happens if he should lose??

If opponent was the U.S. or Canada I imagine players would have stood up for their second coach, read storming the russian bench.

PSS. Russia was better...

Haircut?

If they should lose, he would let it out on players. I hear he's only good at cursing and screaming. And Russian players fear him. When he played for Latvia in the end of 90's, he was in the group conspiring against coach Vasiļjevs (Latvian team coach). He just couldn't handle a Latvian coaching him. Kind of a chauvinist if you ask me. Maybe he can control the Russian players and make a team out of them, but his mentality is that of deep Russian province.
 
So, apparently we have a huge german-american conflict brewing ;)
Znarok has a German passport and Grönborg has USA citizenship.
In the swedish tv-studio, the swedish team leader Tommy Boustedt said that since a citizen of the U.S.A has been threatened, this should/would mean that Znarok will be facing a 20 year prison sentence ...
 
You are talking that Russians are not classy in this game. But really how calssy was sweden player during that moment with plotnikov? Plotnikov has got a painfull hit from the puck. Woke up with a pain and shot the puck. What was a reason for that hit from Sweden player? Classy. I would also say stay classy Sweden.
 
Grönborg är väldigt nedstämd nu. Han tolkar det som ett mordhot och det ska inte få förekomma.

Haha Grönborg is verry depressed right now... He interpreting this like a death threats and it should not be allowed to occur

Haha made my day:lol:
 
I LOOOOVE ZNAROK right now!
He has got my respect in no time compared with bilya****dinov.

Go Go Russia! Keep beating the other teams!
 

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