GDT: Playoff round - February 20 - USA vs Slovakia

[AmericanDream]

just don't shut down and collapse here...keep pressure on, don't let up

 

[Faterson]

God I wish Czechoslovakia was still one nation. At least for sport

Bad idea. It was only creating bad blood and nationalistic tensions, with Slovaks frequently being under-represented on national teams.

The Czecho-Slovak hockey league should never have been disbanded, and it may be debatable whether the country of Czechoslovakia should have been preserved, but the national teams in sports should have been split immediately after the fall of Communism in 1989. They were not, and that was a mistake. Believe it or not, splitting the national teams early might have saved the country from breaking up, with nationalistic passions being channeled away from politics into sports.

Nice intermission analysis by Slovak TV, showing how a bungled long change by Slovakia – precisely what I was talking about in the first intermission – created a whirlwind of chances for the US in the opening couple of minutes and eventually the first goal against. Only later on came the needless penalties.

 

[Northerner]

Finland does fine with the same. If anything I wish we could just reunite with our Czech brothers and be the dominate force we once were. Both nations are too proud and stubborn tho

Do I need to remind the Czechs won gold with basically Hasek standing on his head and Jagr in 1998.

 

[AmericanDream]

slovakia is a member of the EU. maybe you should create an eu team?

i love how you pick southern states for your example. why dont you go up against some northern state??? scared?

yeah, they can take on Alaska!!

Outside of Gomez and Brian Swanson, not sure who has come out of Alaska the last 8 years or so...

 

[adsfan]

That’s still double our population size. Any state around 4.5 million people and we are good

Minnesota's population in the 2010 census was 5.3 million. It is just that about half of them play hockey!

 

[adsfan]

That was a stupid penalty!

 

[Sportpsych90]

Do I need to remind the Czechs won gold with basically Hasek standing on his head and Jagr in 1998.

No need to remind me that was one of the best days of my life!

 

[AveryQuietMan]

Minnesota's population in the 2010 census was 5.3 million. It is just that about half of them play hockey!

minny would crush slovakia. fact!

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Stupid penalty

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Sanguinetti why

 

[AveryQuietMan]

sweet save. horrible shot but whatever.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

minny would crush slovakia. fact!

Hell Missouri could if they allow the NHL players

 

[AmericanDream]

damn so close on the shorty!

 

[adsfan]

That was stupider penalty by the Slovaks!

 

[AmericanDream]

DONT LET UP!!

 

[a mangy Meowth]

are there penalty shots in the olympics? i'd have called one there

 

[Intermission]

Gio had a great look at the put back

 

[caslava]

Finland does fine with the same. If anything I wish we could just reunite with our Czech brothers and be the dominate force we once were. Both nations are too proud and stubborn tho

That is true. Both football and hockey would be much better. The Czechs would benefit from our much better football players and we would benefit from their hockey players

 

[AmericanDream]

Dammit Butler has to get that pass on stick

 

[AveryQuietMan]

Hell Missouri could if they allow the NHL players

texas could too. slovaks wanna go with south carolina tho......... ok you win if you play SC.

 

[Faterson]

That is true. Both football and hockey would be much better. The Czechs would benefit from our much better football players and we would benefit from their hockey players

Strong disagree, as elaborated above. Pure illusion.

 

[AmericanDream]

Terry looking for 4 helpers

 

[caslava]

slovakia is a member of the EU. maybe you should create an eu team?

i love how you pick southern states for your example. why dont you go up against some northern state??? scared? minnestoa would crush your country.

You still have more people with Minnesota and no I think we just put the iron curtain back down. Warsaw Pact vs usa

 

[AmericanDream]

2nd time I heard Stoa's name all game

 

[Cody Webster]

That'll do!