GDT: Semifinals - February 23 - Canada (3) vs Germany (4)

[serp]

Germany has far better ex-NHLers than Canada.

Well thats probably true . A Canadian or US player is much more likely to stick around and try to make NHL teams on tryouts than Europeans at the tailend of their careers.

 

[ECanuck]

Would be sad to see Germany win olympic gold in hockey before Finland. I don't know how we lost to Canada. Ugh.

This is what it has come down to eh? They don't understand why they lost to Canada in Hockey.

 

[Cloned]

Wrong comparison. These Canadians may be Team R or even worse, but they are still better than all the Canadians playing in the DEL, who most times are the stars of their German teams, ahead of our German players.

It's not an upset.

Belarus beating Sweden in best-of-best in 2002 - that was an upset.

 

[Ceremony]

The "it's Canada's 20th best team" attempt at an excuse falls somewhat short because it has no relativity to the opposition. These Canadian players are all among the highest scorers/best players in their European leagues, 'better' than the Germans who are currently playing them off the rink. It's not Canada's best, but they should still be putting up a better performance than this.

 

[FinPanda]

Thank Late!

Yeah.. I don't want to see him with national team ever again. I am not looking forward the WHC in May.

We lost due to Marjamäki.

I know and it sucks.

 

[Soedy]

NHLers or not, this would be a gigantic sensation for germany and an incredible thing for youth and amateur hockey in germany. Finally get some time in the media.

 

[inthe6ix]

NHL'ers or not, our play has been atrocious and Germany gets full marks for this win if they pull through.

 

[Vipers31]

Well, that's why everybody hates Team Canada oustside of Canada.

Disagree. Certain HFBoarders can sometimes make it hard to root for them, though.

Uhh yeah and it is 100% true.

Sorry to hurt your feelings.

It's pretty non-sensical, though. The European league don't have much more in common than "the North American leagues".

 

[NyQuil]

Germany deserved to beat Sweden.

And now they deserve to be ahead 4-1 against Canada.

In this tournament, Germany is a good team.

It's an upset from a hockey nations point of view but it's not particularly surprising from a hockey point of view.

 

[Past Considerations]

The Finns mentality is too defense.

Our current coach is too dense.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

One thing is always certain when Canada is losing

The excuses start pouring in

I have not seen anyone making excuses. unless you are referring to some posters saying Canada needed to make better choices when putting the team together. But that is just pointing out a truth. Fact is Germany has been better and Canadian posters have been saying that.

I am Canadian but I am also half German so I am okay with this.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Lets also be realistic to all the trolls. History will look back and see this tournament has an * if nhlers come back for next. If they don’t north Americans won’t care about it like the WHC.

And Europeans won’t care about the World Cup and then everyone will argue about their opinions on who is better what tournament is better and the sun will still rise in the morning and set at night and it will continue to not effect people’s lives

 

[DoubleGold]

Expressing apathy for decidely inferior leagues, isnt salty.

Oh please. They're losing because they suck.

 

[Cloned]

The "it's Canada's 20th best team" attempt at an excuse falls somewhat short because it has no relativity to the opposition. These Canadian players are all among the highest scorers/best players in their European leagues, 'better' than the Germans who are currently playing them off the rink. It's not Canada's best, but they should still be putting up a better performance than this.

Full marks to the Germans, and the Canadians are playing terrible, but the point is that it's not an upset.

 

[ZJuice]

If any of the broadcasters get an itchy bum they either have to scratch towards the arena or die

 

[FinPanda]

The Finns mentality is too defense.

It is a big coaching problem. He has done nothing good for our national team.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Hit to the head with elbow help are against the rules.

Totally bad hit.

Deserves to be removed and not play the next game

 

[Lovedemfanboys]

If Canada loses I might renounce my citizenship.

So..?

On the real though, this is huge for Germany and hopefully it helps their hockey program to grow. In 20 years no one will remember/care that NHL didn't participate.

 

[JoemAvs]

This game isn't over. That Wolff injury certainly rattled the Germans a bit. Canada will come out flying.

If they score one early, this will get interesting very fast...

 

[Eisen]

I have not seen anyone making excuses. unless you are referring to some posters saying Canada needed to make better choices when putting the team together. But that is just pointing out a truth. Fact is Germany has been better and most posters have been saying that.

I am Canadian but I am also half German so I am actually okay with this.

They wouldn't need a better team. They need to play disciplined and tight hockey.

 

[ZJuice]

Oh please. They're losing because they suck.

Don’t talk about Klinkhammer like that

 

[CroKaas]

Expressing apathy for decidely inferior leagues, isnt salty.

Canadas Team has still way better players then Germany. Even Canadas 4th line today would never join our German League.
So why is this not surprising today?

 

[BertCorbeau]

The "it's Canada's 20th best team" attempt at an excuse falls somewhat short because it has no relativity to the opposition. These Canadian players are all among the highest scorers/best players in their European leagues, 'better' than the Germans who are currently playing them off the rink. It's not Canada's best, but they should still be putting up a better performance than this.

The gap between Canada's best and Germany's best isn't that big though, that's the thing. There is more skill on the Canada squad but that's nullified if you get outworked because they don't have that much skill to win on alone.

Canada wasting their PP chances in this game and being undisciplined is the biggest reason they're losing. As Button is saying, they're beating themselves.

 

[Daeni10]

Germany has far better ex-NHLers than Canada.

I mean we have Goc and Ehrhoff thats about it

 

[NyQuil]

That is all it's about now, it's not about the game anymore.

Canadian fans here should remember this going forward.

As fans we can be classy in defeat.

Full marks to Germany for their performance over 40 minutes.