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GDT: Semifinal - May 25 - Canada vs Czech Republic

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Mirinho said:
I was just asking. Do whatever you want ... I'm gonna watch it with my friends and beer too. In CZE it'll start at 7:15pm.
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The worst is when the game ends and you've drank too much either because you are really happy or really sad... then you realize it's not 4pm yet.lol
 
ismelofhockey said:
Who said it was lucky specifically because it was scored with 0.4 seconds left? Which people since you think there were many?
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Sure that was a lucky goal but so was Hieschers then. Canada had the better scoring chances and more posession they were the better team and they won. It was in dramatic fashion but it wasnt because they are lucky.
 
bert said:
Sure that was a lucky goal but so was Hieschers then. Canada had the better scoring chances and more posession they were the better team and they won. It was in dramatic fashion but it wasnt because they are lucky.
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This is the new angle the haters are trying to work now, the "luck" factor.

And you knew it was coming, even old faithfuls like refs, home crowds, etc have to be given a rest some time to prevent too much overuse.In this business you have to be able to mix it up from time to time to keep things fresh and add to the catalog.
 
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bert said:
Sure that was a lucky goal but so was Hieschers then. Canada had the better scoring chances and more posession they were the better team and they won. It was in dramatic fashion but it wasnt because they are lucky.
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You gotta feel awful for the Swiss... this were so close to the huge upset. They had a great team at this tourney and played really nice hockey this time around. I actually thought they had the best chance of upsetting Canada.
 
jj cale said:
This is the new angle the haters are trying to work now, the "luck" factor.

And you knew it was coming, even old faithfuls like refs, home crowds, etc have to be given a rest some time to prevent too much overuse.In this business you have to be able to mix it up from time to time to keep things fresh and add to the catalog.
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First Canada is a disgrace because so many players turned it down, now when they win games its luck. Its been a hilarious pattern in this thread.
 
Czechboy said:
You gotta feel awful for the Swiss... this were so close to the huge upset. They had a great team at this tourney and played really nice hockey this time around. I actually thought they had the best chance of upsetting Canada.
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I dont feel aweful for them in the slightest, they beat Canada last year.
 
bert said:
Sure that was a lucky goal but so was Hieschers then. Canada had the better scoring chances and more posession they were the better team and they won. It was in dramatic fashion but it wasnt because they are lucky.
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Sometimes the better team doesn't win. Canada was the better team, just like the '19wjc Finns were the better team, and like the '19wjc Finns, Canada needed a bit of luck to win. There's no shame in that.
 
bert said:
I dont feel aweful for them in the slightest, they beat Canada last year.
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It is definitely an improving hockey nation. It's better for hockey in general when more teams improve. It's been Big 5 for awhile now. I can't think of another major sport with so few high caliber teams. Eg. Soccer has about 30 nations that could win a World Cup or Euro Cup. If the 30th ranked soccer nation in the world beat the 5th ranked nation in the world it wouldn't even be shocking. If it happened in hockey that would look like New Zealand beating the Finns.lol
 
ismelofhockey said:
Having a 10% chance and getting it is the definition of luck. Again, it's not just the shot but the entire play. Not all shots are on target, not all shots get through, and Severson was lucky to get the rebound off of his previous blocked shot. The puck trickled in, but with just enough velocity to cross the goalline with 0.4 seconds. So 10% would be lucky enough, but really the odds were even worse than that.

You are beginning to sound like fellow Sens fans against the Rangers in the playoffs, where apparently it wasn't lucky when Pageau scored a late game-tying goal when the puck deflected off of his leg after bouncing off of two Rangers. Nothing lucky about that!
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Shot didn't happen in a vacuum, it's part of their entire body of work throughout the game. Some went in, some didn't. It wasn't luck.
 
I gotta ask... this big argument over whether it was luck or not... it feels like it is between Canadian fans arguing with one another. Is that the case here?lol
 
jj cale said:
whats our record at this thing against them lately anyway?
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I don't know if this was answered... but I'm pretty sure that the last time the Czechs beat Canada at World's was 2010.

Normally I'd look it up but I really don't want to see all those scores again.lol
 
HR Pickens said:
Shot didn't happen in a vacuum, it's part of their entire body of work throughout the game. Some went in, some didn't. It wasn't luck.
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Yeah, like I said, Canada was the better team. However they still needed a little luck to win. It happens. It was a lucky goal.
 
I'm just glad Canada keeps their SF appearance streak going, whatever this team accomplishes from here on is a bonus. Getting bounced out at the QF stage sucks and we had that streak going for five years.
 
Czechboy said:
It is definitely an improving hockey nation. It's better for hockey in general when more teams improve. It's been Big 5 for awhile now. I can't think of another major sport with so few high caliber teams. Eg. Soccer has about 30 nations that could win a World Cup or Euro Cup. If the 30th ranked soccer nation in the world beat the 5th ranked nation in the world it wouldn't even be shocking. If it happened in hockey that would look like New Zealand beating the Finns.lol
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Agreed the more competitve countries the better.
 
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garbageteam said:
I'm just glad Canada keeps their SF appearance streak going, whatever this team accomplishes from here on is a bonus. Getting bounced out at the QF stage sucks and we had that streak going for five years.
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You should see some of the Czech quarter final streaks.lol
 
Czechboy said:
I don't know if this was answered... but I'm pretty sure that the last time the Czechs beat Canada at World's was 2010.

Normally I'd look it up but I really don't want to see all those scores again.lol
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Yeah I looked it up and Canada has won 8 out of the last 10 meetings with the Czechs at the WHC.
 
ismelofhockey said:
Sometimes the better team doesn't win. Canada was the better team, just like the '19wjc Finns were the better team, and like the '19wjc Finns, Canada needed a bit of luck to win. There's no shame in that.
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The thing is, I don't recall anyone calling it luck when the Finns won this past WJC, certainly not in what has been several threads now when it comes to that Canadian goal.

Everyone just heaped the praise on, way to go!! good job young lions!!

I don't see why it should be any different for us, do you?
 
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jj cale said:
The thing is, I don't recall anyone calling it luck when the Finns won this past WJC, certainly not in what has been several threads now when it comes to that Canadian goal.

Everyone just heaped the praise on, way to go!! good job young lions!!

I don't see why it should be any different for us, do you?
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Hockey is a game of inches, but like they say in Canada, "good to be lucky, lucky to be good!!!"
 
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