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

[Nizdizzle]

Yikes! Didn't watch because I'm at work, but gratz to Germany. They've got their own miracle on ice thing going, hope they take home the gold. Kinda refreshing whenever it isn't one of the big-4 winning.

 

[Jon Riley]

It's incredible how defensive some posts are.
So insecure it's almost painful

 

[KingBran]

Someone expected this Canadian team to win gold? I'm thrilled we have a shot at bronze lol.

Suuuuure.

 

[Sascha]

unbelievable

what a beautiful day to be a german hockey fan

i don´t care how good canada was or not, for german hockey this day is - hopefully - extremly important and i´m so happy for the guys on the ice.

 

[Guerzy]

In terms of not knowing Canada would walk right to the finals, yes. Am I disappointed Canada lost? Of course, I always want them to win. But this made things more interesting, for sure.

Ok but did you enjoy the hockey less, just as much, or more from an entertainment standpoint?

 

[NyQuil]

It's incredible how defensive some posts are.
So insecure it's almost painful

For every "We didn't have our best guys here" post there's a "This proves that Canada is not good at hockey" post.

When the majority of Germans are happy and acknowledging the situation of this tournament and the majority of Canadians are saying congratulations for a well-deserved and history victory.

There were going to be upsets at this tournament and there have been a number.

 

[Hanji]

This result is great for our sport. Hope it inspires more German kids to pick up a stick.
Well done Deutschland!

 

[Mortivore]

WOW! Congrats Germany. What a shocker.

 

[irunthepeg]

More exciting than watching this lineup?
Marchand Crosby Bergeron
Tavares McDavid Stamkos
Benn Sheifele Seguin
Hall Mackinnon Giroux
Kieth Doughty
Vlasic Burns
Subban Pietrangelo
Price
Holtby...

Yeah... No

Did I say the hockey was more exciting? Read again.

Ok but did you enjoy the hockey less, just as much, or more from an entertainment standpoint?

It was fine. It was more frustrating obviously but I mostly didn't enjoy it because the games were on times I couldn't watch, usually.

 

[LastOne2100]

Suuuuure.

Not kidding, not sour grapes. When I saw the roster, if you'd told me we'd get bronze I'd be fine with that, still am. Although even bronze is a stretch, so if we don't medal at all, I won't be as fine with that .

That being said, losing to Germany obviously wasn't expected, but of all the teams to lose to, it's a great story . Now if we had lost to the US, I'd be pretty bitter .

 

[Bobcat110]

Winning silver when there are only two teams that can win is deflating.

I'm not sure what that has to do with this, or are you just trying to keep this women's thing going a day longer?

Responding to the snarky “enjoy your silver Germany” comments. Don’t think it was too cryptic.

 

[Zamuz]

There is no better hockey outside the NHL.
Don't dismiss the fact of what happened at this and how the tourney would have changed.

Congratulations to Germany and go for gold!

This also applies to Germany, their best players are in the NHL too.

 

[hockeyes]

Congrats Germany, get the gold now!

 

[Jon Riley]

For every "We didn't have our best guys here" post there's a "This proves that Canada is not good at hockey" post.

Yeah, but the latter are obviously jokes.
Or do you really think that anyone here believes that germany is a better hockey country?

 

[NyQuil]

Responding to the snarky “enjoy your silver Germany” comments. Don’t think it was too cryptic.

It's saying more about OAR than it is about Germany.

 

[KingBran]

Not kidding, not sour grapes. When I saw the roster, if you'd told me we'd get bronze I'd be fine with that, still am. Although even bronze is a stretch, so if we don't medal at all, I won't be as fine with that .

That being said, losing to Germany obviously wasn't expected, but of all the teams to lose to, it's a great story . Now if we had lost to the US, I'd be pretty bitter .

Fair enough. At least you aren't saying you expected to lose to GER. That would definitely not be believable.

 

[LiveeviL]

What’s meaningful for Canada now? World Cup ? Please..

Curling, they still got curl...

 

[Dr Pepper]

Congrats Germany! You guys were the better team through the first two periods and deserved the win!

As a Canadian, I actually prefer the tournament this way - level the playing field and make each game interesting to watch! Would not be opposed to taking all professional hockey players out of the Olympics.

The ones who played today are technically professional hockey players as well; they just ply their trade in a different league, that's all.

If by pro you mean solely the NHL and/or KHL then I agree. These games have been quite amusing!

Germany vs Russia in the finals, who saw that coming?

 

[novisor]

To the Germans... defend against the Russians like its spring time Berlin, 1945.

 

[mkev400]

Also took a look at who Germany may be missing:

Draisaitl (PPG NHL forward), Rieder and Kuhnhackl (depth NHL forwards)
Seidenberg & Holzer (No. 6-7 NHL dmen)
Greiss & Grubauer (serviceable NHL backups)

Would be disingenuous to say they weren't also affected by the NHL ban, but they're probably only really missing Greiss & Draisaitl... Canada missed 23 players...

Especially when you consider that Germany needed help from some of the above (like Grubauer and Draisaitl) to even QUALIFY for the Olympics in the first place

 

[Lou is God]

To the Germans... defend against the Russians like its spring time Berlin, 1945.

Defend the Motherland!!

 

[Jussi]

Wow, on Finnish tv Teemu Selänne lost a bet to his fellow analyst Tuomas Grönman due to this game and had to do a split on live tv. Impressive flexibility.

 

[Pouchkine]

Those German goals were pretty amazing!

 

[SladeWilson23]

It's saying more about OAR than it is about Germany.

I think everyone can agree even if Canada did win today, that they'd probably lose to OAR. Russia was the heavy favorites heading into the tournament.

 

[Bubba88]

Just to have a perspective about how good those Germans are compared to the "scrubs":

SHL, NLA and KHL are better than the DEL and there weren't any DEL players on the Canadian team.
It was a big upset and the way Canada played they deserve all the blame for what they did.
Just to add to all of this
This is German hockey history. Best finish at the Olympics with silver already.

Germany is proud for their miracle the moment the game was over.