GDT: May 4 • Norway vs. Finland

[JJTT]

No hat trick for Kemppainen

 

[TollefsenFan]

Well, we are done with the three by far toughest teams, so 0 was expected. But they better improve their play when they meet the "weaker" teams.

Slovakia should be harder than the Finns. They got far more support. Its almost like a home game to them. Mursak and Kopitar will destroy Our lousy defense. The danes will take revenge and boom we are relegated.

 

[Huokaus]

Pekka Rinne with the second shutout in a row! Gj FIN


And to the Norwegian fans: I feel you. Finland often is the victim of this kind of reffing. Have to admit it's nice to be on the better side once in a while.

 

[Minttu]

Solid game from us. A little concerned about how many penalties we took.

 

[SoupyFIN]

I'm still not convinced, Norway stayed along until their most played units started to get tired in the third period and that's when the first 5on5 goals came. A couple of giftwrapped PPs as well, the game could have easily been "only" a 2-0 victory, which is inexcusable against a clearly weaker opponent.

Barkov's line was the only one that managed to get sustained pressure in the Norwegian end 5on5, which is quite sad compared to the zone time they had in our end.

 

[Huokaus]

I'm still not convinced, Norway stayed along until their most played units started to get tired in the third period and that's when the first 5on5 goals came. A couple of giftwrapped PPs as well, the game could have easily been "only" a 2-0 victory, which is inexcusable against a clearly weaker opponent.

Barkov's line was the only one that managed to get sustained pressure in the Norwegian end 5on5, which is quite sad compared to the zone time they had in our end.

Definitely. Even if the final score was 5-0, it didn't feel like a dominating victory. However, I still think getting those goals ("opening the ketchup bottle") - especially on the PP - will help us a lot in the coming games. Gotta be happy about the defensive game and another shutout though.

 

[Henri M]

Thats Our backup goalie, but even Our best goalie couldnt save this crappy team. No system, no Identity. Just a bunch of scared pigs.

Come on, that's a little brutal don't you think ? I mean... Pigs? Hehe.

Anyways, to me it seemed as if Finland played half-heartedly. Good PK and Rinne awesome as usual. Norway played well 5on5, but still we did not manage anything dangerous against Finland on the 5on5. I think Norway had like 1 chance, and Finland 5-6 chances on even strenght?

 

[AwesomePanthers]

Slovakia should be harder than the Finns. They got far more support. Its almost like a home game to them. Mursak and Kopitar will destroy Our lousy defense. The danes will take revenge and boom we are relegated.

Kopitar is from Slovenia, so I highly doubt he'll make an impact for Slovakia. Slovakia is the favorite, bur they've had close games vs both Denmark and Belarus which isn't truly a statement of them being that much better than us. But we need to step up big time.

 

[Cellee]

Ugh Rinne automatically keeps Finland in the mix.

 

[mattihp]

Kopitar is from Slovenia, so I highly doubt he'll make an impact for Slovakia. Slovakia is the favorite, bur they've had close games vs both Denmark and Belarus which isn't truly a statement of them being that much better than us. But we need to step up big time.

I misread that post at first too. What he is getting at is that after the slovakia game the guys of slovenia will also have their wat