GDT: Quarter Finals: Canada vs Czechia; Jan. 2, 2025; 19:30 EST

[NyQuil]

I didn’t realize Canada had a goal song.

It was a European song.

 

[trilobyte]

If I had just won a game on this stage I would be full of piss and vinegar too

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

That has Laddy Smid written all over it

 

[garbageteam]

One of the worst Canadian teams in recent memory. Lost more games than they've won. Horrendous

 

[Three On Zero]

I don't understand Canada, they know the games in these tournaments are always officiated severely and every year they keep making the same boneheaded penalties.

Bob McKenzie thinking the kneeing penalty wasn't a penalty has to be one of the worst takes I think I have ever listened to in the last decade. I understand debating if it was a major or minor, but not even a pen is hilariously Neanderthalian.

Was very obviously a penalty. Was a cheap shot that we see often in NA hockey

 

[IcemanTBI]

Lots of blame to go around but the biggest blame to me is Cameron. The guy was a LOUSY coach for the Soo Greyhounds, a LOUSY coach for the Sens and istill a LOUSY coach for the WJ team.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

Don't blame 'em

Edit: Live is life (Thank you NyQuil)

 

[canucksfan]

Jim Benning for coach

Don't give Hockey Canada any ideas. He has connections it seems.

 

[tabness]

these kids should be ashamed of themselves what a pathetic showing pretty much the entire tournament after Finland

go play soccer losers

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

VENGEANCE IS OURS AGAIN!

 

[NyQuil]

Life is life

See, it’s actually Live Is Life.

I know right? Crazy.

VENGEANCE IS OURS AGAIN!

You won last time. So how is that vengeance?

You need a new username.

 

[novisor]

Bob McKenzie thinking the kneeing penalty wasn't a penalty has to be one of the worst takes I think I have ever listened to in the last decade. I understand debating if it was a major or minor, but not even a pen is hilariously Neanderthalian.

Bob McKenzie doesn’t cheer for Canada, and he’s always objective. Read his book. He talks about how after the 96’ World Cup he realized he couldn’t be a fan and cover the game professionally. If Bob says it wasn’t a penalty, it probably wasn’t a penalty. He often plays devils advocate vs Canada. You couldn’t be more wrong, it’s hilarious.

 

[TheNumber4]

Lol. I don't even mind this. Kids wanna have some fun and feel good about beating a final boss type opponent. Go right ahead. Good for the Czechs.

But Canada has alot of questions to answer after two years of failure.

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

Does Dave Cameron realize they finished 5th?

 

[Smif]

I don't understand Canada, they know the games in these tournaments are always officiated severely and every year they keep making the same boneheaded penalties.

Bob McKenzie thinking the kneeing penalty wasn't a penalty has to be one of the worst takes I think I have ever listened to in the last decade. I understand debating if it was a major or minor, but not even a pen is hilariously Neanderthalian.

It wasn't tho. Knee was the second point of contact. Main point and first contact was chest or shoulder on shoulder.

 

[lancepitlick]

By their own words this year, they wanted to build a team with a Canadian identity, and that doesn't mean just picking the highest scorers or highest drafted players they said. Essentially it means Team Canada thinks they are smarter than the consensus of NHL scouts and the most reliable predictor of success for prospects which is plain ol counting stats like goals and assists. It points directly at an attempt to be the smartest in the room.

And on Pinelli I would agree, I didn't know much about this kid coming into this tourney but at times it looked like he couldn't even keep his balance skating. There had to be better choices out there, like you mentioned Yakemchuck.

I've seen Pinelli and I like the kid in the OHL. But he is a one gear player that isn't elite at anything and is tiny. He did score a ton, but it doesn't look repeatable against better opponents, which is why he was picked in the 4th round. At best he's a guy that might make the team if there's multiple injuries. And Dave Cameron is his OHL coach so should know this. Lo amd behold he gets 1 point in 5 games, despite getting a decent amount of ice time.

There's no excuse for that kind of decision, unless that's one of Canada's 14th best forwards for international play in his age cohort+1. The fact that he was picked at #114 suggests he isn't.

 

[pgcougsfan]

Feel bad for George. Phenomenal goalie, but his shitty entitled team and management let him down big time

The one year Canada has good goaltending

 

[1989]

Lower participation costs.

Watching hockey is the pastime of the older generations now.

Not to mention more positions to play in soccer, more playing time/areas available, less devastating physical injuries, and if your kid does end up making it professionally, there's more high level leagues and they get paid more.

Honestly if I had to choose a sport for my kid, soccer is up there in terms of cost-benefit-opportunity assessment.

 

[Ciao]

That's becoming more true everywhere but perhaps it's felt more in Canada than anywhere else

I don't know about the EU, but the US has much, much better support for scholastic athletics in almost every sport. You have a better chance of playing for a competitive high-school team with lower participation costs in the US than in Canada, where it is pretty much pay-as-you-play.

Plus the US has ten times the population, and hockey has become a popular niche sport for rich white kids in numbers that Canada can't match in the long term.

The tide has turned. Canada is competitive, but nothing more than just one of many competitive hockey nations.

 

[DavidHasselhoffsFist]

See, it’s actually Live Is Life.

I know right? Crazy.



You won last time. So how is that vengeance?

You need a new username.

The more you know

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I didn’t realize Canada had a goal song.

 

[Flamingo]

Does Dave Cameron realize they finished 5th?

Good form is giving credit to the other teams. Bad form is couching it in a self-congratulatory answer when your team lost.

 

[Smif]

The one year Canada has good goaltending

Meh, he was what .875 in the game that mattered? Pretty average, 4 goals against Czechia...

 

[NyQuil]

The more you know

I heard that song as a kid and only learned that factoid now.

One positive outcome from this tournament.

 

[TheNumber4]

I've seen Pinelli and I like the kid in the OHL. But he is a one gear player that isn't elite at anything and is tiny. He did score a ton, but it doesn't look repeatable against better opponents, which is why he was picked in the 4th round. At best he's a guy that might make the team if there's multiple injuries. And Dave Cameron is his OHL coach so should know this. Lo amd behold he gets 1 point in 5 games, despite getting a decent amount of ice time.

There's no excuse for that kind of decision, unless that's one of Canada's 14th best forwards for international play in his age cohort+1. The fact that he was picked at #114 suggests he isn't.

Wow, that just smells of tunnel vision and bias with that selection now. Can't have Cameron back next year, you just can't with decisions like this.

 

[NyQuil]

Meh, he was what .875 in the game that mattered? Pretty average, 4 goals against Czechia...

You haven’t seen our goaltending lately.