GDT: Switzerland - France

[SoundAndFury]

Switzerland is a much better team, no question about it but don't minimize what France did in the first considering its means it's noticable

Yeah, you got rewarded with 2 goals. That is noticeable. Hockey isn't the game where you convert everything, it's the game where the goalie stops 90% of the shots and penalties have 30% chance to get converted. 2 goals out of that period seems absolutely fair to me.

Shots 36-18 at the moment, score 4-2. That's like picture-perfect fairness.

 

[Nico13]

Funny result. We had an average 5 goals for and 2 against in the first 5 games and of course we win 5-2 today.

 

[Derbon99]

After such a game yesterday Swiss players were not really into the first period
Against weaker opponents it happens
Let s keep the points and the fact the team reacted
The rest is not important at all

 

[My3Sons]

Is there any coverage of the team in local media over the next couple of days? Curious if Hischier has any lingering discomfort. He was laboring a bit even if he returned to the game.

 

[DekiSystem]

I feel like France would have done much better had they not shot themselves in the foot with penalty after penalty.

 

[BruinLVGA]

I feel like France would have done much better had they not shot themselves in the foot with penalty after penalty.

Switzerland scored only 1 goal in PP. The reason why France was doing well at the beginning is Switzerland shooting themselves in the foot.

 

[Speyer]

Switzerland scored only 1 goal in PP. The reason why France was doing well at the beginning is Switzerland shooting themselves in the foot.

PP looked to fancy and complicated I agree. They were overpassing the puck and were way to eager to feed it to Meier. The 5 on 3 was emblematic for this. I hope they streamline their approach for the game against the Germans.

 

[stv11]

It's not only about power play goals though. When you constantly play shorthanded you waste a lot of energy, plus some players don't see the ice while others are overplayed. This takes a huge toll on the team even if the PK is successful.

So even if there was just one power play goal, all those needless slashes and interferences turned to be costly for France.

 

[swissexpert]

They didn't take a single penalty after the 2-3 mid-game but still couldn't really create something in the remaining 25 minutes. Those PP's in the 2nd period were surely not beneficial to begin with, but let's not act like France were on the same level 5v5.
Switzerland gave them 4-5 high danger chances in the first period like nicely wrapped presents. After that, the game only went into one direction.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Your comment is the typical example of why you were beaten by France in the first half: the Swiss team was condescending to us and we punished them with our speed and intensity.

1. You beat nobody, as games last (at least) 60 minutes.
2. You punished nobody: you were the beneficiary of a) Corvi gifting the puck to Teixier alone in front of Berra and b) Suter falling to the ice while covering the dude that ended up being the goal scorer of the second goal, hence missing the assignment which the other Swiss players took for granted he was doing.
“Christmas“ came for you three times (the third event was another beer league level play that gifted you a breakaway, that then generated a penalty shot that Teixier tried to shoot like he was McDavid and made himself look like a complete fool. He tried to score with one hand, thought that he was at the all star game I guess, what an idiot) in that game and you scored on two of those.
In the first period alone, Switzerland, while playing at a leisure level, already generated enough scoring chances to put you & your two gifts away for good, but for lack of sang froid and concentration, didn‘t score.

To recap… Your “speed and intensity„ isn‘t anything special: as I said, we had to literally gift you your goals and at the same time whiff on huge chances for this 2-0 to happen.

If you want to see the real quality of this team, who is 6-0 so far in the tournament and not by chance or gifts by others (by the way, we even gifted three goals to Canada and we also beat them soundly at the end) but by hard work, look at the remaining two periods where we outscored you 5-0, and most especially we held you to 9 shots in total. Switzerland, as we stand today, is in a class or two above where you are, and even when we totally f*** up an entire period because of lack of concentration, we end up winning easily. That‘s where it‘s at.

Last but not least, now that we can even beat you in soccer where you are the reigning world champions, it might be the time for you to just retreat in good order and don‘t talk about „beating and punishing“, because. it. is. not. going. very. well. for. you.

 

[Bookker]

Texier tried to shoot like he was McDavid and made himself look like a complete fool. He tried to score with one hand, thought that he was at the all star game I guess, what an idiot


Last but not least, now that we can even beat you in soccer where you are the reigning world champions, it might be the time for you to just retreat in good order and don‘t talk about „beating and punishing“, because. it. is. not. going. very. well. for. you.

What a pathetic post... French complex or something ?
Oh boy

I hope the best for Switzerland.

 

[BruinLVGA]

What a pathetic post... French complex or something ?
Oh boy

I hope the best for Switzerland.

What, are you here too to talk about „beating“ (when losing 5-2) and „punishing“ (when getting beat 5-2 and outshot 39-19)? And he talks about „complex“, what an arrogant post.

 

[jonas2244]

Texier is a great hockey player. And let's hope that France is starting to produce more of that calibre. Let's leave it this way.