GDT: Quarterfinal • Finland vs. Canada • Part II

[Finnswiss]

For those who can watch the game who are in your opinion the best players for Finland and Canada so far?

 

[Atomos2]

every time i see marner get on the ice with perlini and point, i start losing it.

Perlini is a penalty taking joke. How he was ever a 1st rd pick i'll never know.

 

[Stats01]

couple of thoughts: Blackwood needs to be pulled, Virtanen is a ****ing idiot.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Saarela said in interview literally "Canucks sh*tted their pants"

maybe they gave that diarrhea them at the first..

He is a good troll.

 

[jonu]

16-7-0, 2.36 GAA, .932 SV%

Yeah, it was just draft rank.

Yeah, those are just stats.


Our starting goalie's (Vehviläinen) stats from FEL, a league where men play:


9-1-4, 1,79GAA, .93,82 SV% and 3 SO.

Can you really say he has been as good as his stats would indicate?

 

[BondraTime]

Virtanen shouldn't see the ice the rest of the tournament. He's too stupid and selfish to be relied on.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

It would be a good time for Marner to actually do something.

The size of Finland is not a good matchup for him. He's been taken completely out of the play. I'd like to see him with Crouse or Gauthier.

 

[jaloviina]

Virtanen's ****ing penalty + Blackwood's awful 3rd goal = key points of the game

thats what you get when you wanna fight Finns with a Finn. you know that Jake Virtanen has the Finnish national emblem tattooed in his arm...

 

[MarkovsKnee]

The 2nd period was the reverse of the 1st. Canada losing their defensive composure and getting tasked by the Finns at the end of the period.

The period ended at the right time. Canada needs to regroup.

 

[Snippit]

I just realized I won't be able to watch the semi-finals OR the finals...

Damn school. Why couldn't the tournament be scheduled to finish before the break

 

[Hasa92]

So many stupid mistakes by both teams but holy **** this is an entertaining game!

Finland will take the win tho.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

It was clear McDonald was the better goalie going into this game but the OHL bias is real, GG Canada see you next year

 

[canwincup]

WTF is Canada doing? There is still a period left...get yourself ****ing together. I miss the other Finnish goalie.

Canada could have had a 5 on 3 and taken a stranglehold.
I still cannot understand for the life of me what he thought he was doing...just an imbecile.

I don't think he knew there was a call, he had no stick and It would've been a 2 on 1. Still dumb but he had his back to the ref.

 

[plgilbert]

The fact is that the biggest problem of Canada right now is really bad coaching and it started from day 1 of the tournament. Undisicpline play, questionable decisions, questionable use of lines, questionable use of players, afraid of pulling his goalie to change the momentum, that's all on coaching. If Benoit Groulx was coaching this team they would be definitively a better team.

 

[Alerion]

Lmao they didn't even score in the penalty.

It was a complete momentum swing, we were in control and had a chance to go up 4-2 and Virtanen ruined it.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

This, it doesn't matter that he was good up until then.

Are you watching the same game???

 

[Esko6]

For those who can watch the game who are in your opinion the best players for Finland and Canada so far?

Juolevi for Finland.

 

[agent082]

For those who can watch the game who are in your opinion the best players for Finland and Canada so far?

Finland maybe Juolevi. No really standouts.

 

[Lehner]

Marner is actually not even close to ready for this level. Hes swimming all over the ice and cant do anything on the PP which is suppose to be his bread and butter.

Play Sanheim or Dermott in his place, why does he get full 2 min power plays?? Makes no sense.

 

[McMozesmadness]

How did Virtanen look before the assist on the Crouse goal? I've watched from there-on-out and saw the penalty that shifted the tide.

He was actually playing well using his teammates and playing hard as always. Then he goeas and takes an insanely stupid penalty. Virtanen's hockey IQ is non-existent.

 

[carlweezer*]

Grading this game so far.

A- nobody
B- Virtanen, Strome, Konecny, Crouse, Dermott, Roland Mc

F-Marner, Perlini, Blackwood,Fleury

 

[HarrisonFord]

Covering one guy would have been nice.

You must understand that you have to hedge for both in that situation.

 

[chaosrevolver]

Yeah, those are just stats.


Our starting goalie's (Vehviläinen) stats from FEL, a league where men play:


9-1-4, 1,79GAA, .93,82 SV% and 3 SO.

Can you really say he has been as good as his stats would indicate?

No, but if you actually read what I was quoting, I was saying the reason he was picked was because of how good he has been in the OHL. Not defending his play as if you actually read posts you'll realize that's clearly not what I've been doing.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

-Blackwood is choking under the pressure...pull him
-Virtanen is dumb as rocks
-Marner needs to start producing offense
-Lowry is a moron

 

[199991]

This coach's an idiot.
Perlini takes a bad penalty that costs a goal. He's back on the ice right after.
Strome takes a bad penalty that gives Finland many scoring chances. He's back on the ice right after that.....