playasRus
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on paper Canada has the strongest roster
That really a surprise? We may have some holes every year but we definitely usually are up there in the top 3 on paper. On ice is another story.
on paper Canada has the strongest roster
Biggest surpises so far have been 1) USA on track to top their group, and 2) Slovakia having so much trouble putting away weak teams (basically on home ice no less)
Too smart of a player to not succeed.Anton Lander.
positive: 1) Jagr's skating ability; 2) team US
negative: so far Slovakia - I dont believe the team is bad (however having player from belarus league /am I correct?/ quite shocked me) and if they put their heads on right track, they can improve a lot. But there is a lot to work on....
Yeah, out of all the problems we have, I don't think this is one. Lusnak played in the preparation games and he played well enough to earn a spot on the team as 4th liner. The 4th line isn't our problem, I'd say.
Meszaros has been clutch. I've also been surprised with Vladimir Dravecky in the two games with Slovakia that I have watched.
With their team, especially the forwards, I really thought they would make the quarter finals this year. If they just had one of Chara, Sekera or Visnovsky on the back end I think they would look much better, especially on the PP.
Anton Lander.
With a 3-point win [over Norway], Slovakia can climb to No. 1 in Group B, if only for a day. (We haven't seen anything like that for years and years – since the Pálffy era.)
Joel Lundqvist.
USA is kinda still leading the other group since BLR didn't face Finland nor Russia yet, while USA beat both of them.
ROFL... You can't create virtual rankings like that. Based on those, Slovakia is in the lead, because Slovakia defeated Belarus and Belarus defeated the US, so Slovakia defeating the US should be a piece of cake, right? Not really. Belarus is the group leader, and the US is not. Besides, if the US beat Finland, why couldn't Belarus? And... the US has a recent history of losing to Denmark at the Worlds... It's impossible to consider any games settled before they are actually played.
USA is still effectively leading the group at this point.
A clear cut top 4 in Group A? Really?I'm afraid Group B is mostly so exciting because Slovakia is so lame – because it can't win the games it's "supposed" to win. Compare that with a rather clear-cut top 4 in Group A.
The very weak Danish team has been a suprise to me.
Nikolaj Ehlers declining the invitation due to fatigue had me pretty surprised.