See? You have no idea about who was missing. This was the first time the russian SSS ssquad was a B-team + a couple of CHLers. I know, probably McJesus would have scored 10 goals in 2 games, I know.
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See? You have no idea about who was missing. This was the first time the russian SSS ssquad was a B-team + a couple of CHLers. I know, probably McJesus would have scored 10 goals in 2 games, I know.
Love those typical "but if we had and you had and they had and blah" replies. No sir, goaltending is not a part of the game and never was
Outplayed? In which universe? Outshot? Yes, in NA ppl still believe it'a all about shots. It's about goals, you know.
And there you are wrong again. In past years - yes. Not this time.
Countries have up and down years with their available talent. This is actually an up year for Canada in my books. Having said that, nothing is guaranteed in this tournament. Don't forget that you can lose only one game in the entire tourney and still finish 5th. Hockey is funny like that sometimes.
What's so up about this year, except for the overhyped McDavid? Yeah, If Canada somehow managed to bring all available by age players, but the squad that will go is okay, but nothing super special.
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Love those typical "but if we had and you had and they had and blah" replies. No sir, goaltending is not a part of the game and never was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uui4VQVv6pc
You are aware that the Russian camp roster has been released, are you not? I only bring that up because that roster is nearly identical to the SSS roster. We can argue more about the other issues, but your lack of knowledge about your own team roster doesn't exactly fill me with confidence that you have the slightest idea what's going on in this tournament.Love those typical "but if we had and you had and they had and blah" replies. No sir, goaltending is not a part of the game and never was
Outplayed? In which universe? Outshot? Yes, in NA ppl still believe it'a all about shots. It's about goals, you know.
And there you are wrong again. In past years - yes. Not this time.
What's so up about this year, except for the overhyped McDavid? Yeah, If Canada somehow managed to bring all available by age players, but the squad that will go is okay, but nothing super special.
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among forwards there're quite a few who sadly are locks and who didn't participate in sss. golyshev, sharov, kamenev, buchnevich. and then there're goldobin, zykov, penkovskiy and tkachev. identical?
among forwards there're quite a few who sadly are locks and who didn't participate in sss. golyshev, sharov, kamenev, buchnevich. and then there're goldobin, zykov, penkovskiy and tkachev. identical?
And now would you like to run through the list of guys on both rosters? Keeping in mind you named 8 different and the camp roster has 37. By the way I did say NEARLY identical.
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there'are two lines of forwards i listed who most likely will make the team and who weren't at sss. what identity are you talking about again?
Doubtful that all those guys make the team. Once again I will point out there are 37 camp invites.
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yes, not all, hence two lines. and there're few i didn't list at all who too weren't at sss.
you were too eager with your near identity, don't you think?
Gold: USA
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Russia
Canada, Sweden, and Czech Republic the other contenders for medals
Silver: Finland
Bronze: Russia
Canada, Sweden, and Czech Republic the other contenders for medals
Really thought you'd give your Otters McDavid and Baptiste a medal for sure.... lol
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Sweden is underrated as always. Why I'm not surprised???? What have Canada, USA, Russia and Czech Republic done to get this all love and hype ahead of Sweden?
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Sweden is underrated as always. Why I'm not surprised???? What have Canada, USA, Russia and Czech Republic done to get this all love and hype ahead of Sweden?
Having the likes of Mcdavid and Reinhart anchoring your centre ice might have a lot to do with it. Not a bad defensive group, but the forwards are where they truly shine. USA has a strong forward and defensive group, however I think Sweden surprises and takes home the silver. Russia and USA duke it our for bronze in my books
Rabid Ranger
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Sweden is underrated as always. Why I'm not surprised???? What have Canada, USA, Russia and Czech Republic done to get this all love and hype ahead of Sweden?
With baited breath we wait for your justification that proves why Sweden should be hyped.
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becuse we always takes medal? its always the same, people say sweden is not good enough etc. but year after year we show how good we are.
our team this year is strong, in every aspect.
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Sweden is underrated as always. Why I'm not surprised???? What have Canada, USA, Russia and Czech Republic done to get this all love and hype ahead of Sweden?
I haven't really noticed anyone hyping the Czech Republic, perhaps I missed some of the posts in the thread?
Even if people were hyping the Czechs, it makes a nice change, given that we are rarely ever considered good enough to win a medal at this tournament. Most of us are excited to see our team maybe finally do well after so long
Sweden is underrated as always. Why I'm not surprised???? What have Canada, USA, Russia and Czech Republic done to get this all love and hype ahead of Sweden?
This thread predictions:
CAN 18-12-8
USA 20-13-9
SWE 4-11-7
FIN 2-4-8
RUS 1-5-8
CZE 0-0-5
So, where exactly is the hyping of the Czech Republic and Russia ahead of Sweden?
Well, it's junior hockey. There are all new teams every year. Either way it's HF, so ppl think Canada or US will take it in a land slide. My view on modern junior hockey is that Sweden and US are the power houses right now. If Sweden has a bridge year, I don't know, but I'd still mentor my team to take the Sweden and US games with extra motivation. The hype around McDavid blinds Canadians here I think. The Czechs have a strong team this time, the Finns are getting stronger in juniors. Nearly nobody here seems to notice there is Russia out there. I think the predictions here will go way wrong. To me the US are the favorites to win it. After that it's a pretty even battle.
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