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JackSlater said:
There is no evidence that it was the main motivation for Perry, as he mainly mentioned that he liked representing Canada and didn't want to refuse too often because eventually the opportunity stops coming, and it was certainly not the only thing that the media in North America talked about. This is revision at best, a lie at worst. I also highly doubt that any North American players care very much (at all) about the IIHF hall of fame.

The "triple gold club" an incredibly contrived and redundant "achievement" that is nothing more than a transparent attempt by the IIHF to slightly raise the profile of its primary tournament by attaching it to more famous achievements.
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Take a log off the fire Jack. No need to be so serious, he certainly thought about it when making his decision along with many other factors.
 
bert said:
Id agree they dont look good but its also a team that has been thinking about the playoffs for 4 months. It wont be an easy series, experience matters one team has alot one team doesnt have much.
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Leafs got their feet wet last year, I think they are ready for them.

I would very much think Andersen is going to out duel Vasilevsky too, Andersen is still playing very well, Vasilevsky looks fried, he is way off.
 
bert said:
Take a log off the fire Jack. No need to be so serious, he certainly thought about it when making his decision along with many other factors.
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That isn't certain at all. Perry never mentioned it when he agreed to play in the tournament based on what I saw (he mentioned wanting to represent Canada while he still could and not wanting to say no too often), and I certainly hope that he isn't stupid enough to buy into such a ridiculous "achievement". When it was over he seemed pretty non-chalant about it when asked, though he was obviously happy as the captain of the winning team. Matt Duchene is the only Canadian player I have ever heard bring up the triple gold, every other time it is a media (usually IIHF) person who asks them about it. If Perry wanted to win the World Championship that is reasonable. Wanting to win it more because he had already won two far more prestigious championships makes no sense.
 
Bear12Good said:
Mr Writer can prove this thing)
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stop with the nonsense of the artificial marketing ploy invented by the IIHF as a way to attract NHLers to the tournament. And did sports.ru publish the question posed to Perry about said Triple Gold Club? No, they did not. typical crappy journalism. The question posed to Perry probably went something like this. "Mr Perry, you are a Stanley Cup and Olympic Champion, if you win this tournament you'll become a member of the Triple Gold Club. Is that something that is important to you?"

And what is Perry supposed to do, answer in the negative? No, winning is not important to me at all! You can get any answer you want if you pose the question the right way.

If Perry's wife had said I'm not in the mood to go to Moscow for 3 weeks, that would have been the end of Perry's triple gold aspirations right there.
 
jj cale said:
Leafs got their feet wet last year, I think they are ready for them.

I would very much think Andersen is going to out duel Vasilevsky too, Andersen is still playing very well, Vasilevsky looks fried, he is way off.
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Ya, I was beginning to look forward to Marner/Rielly additions once the Bruins knocked them senseless in 4 or 5, but I think the Leafs will now take out the TBL. So, Point/Stamkos. but Stamkos is playing hurt and will most likely decline an invite. So, Point for sure...and possibly Gourde depending on how far down the depth chart we may need to go. My roster has been thrown way out of whack.
 
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Team Canada could be so strong that it doesn't lose much to their Olympic or WHC squads. This is going to be the most entertaining WC in a long time.
 
Bear12Good said:
Perry
gave interwiew after semi-finals in Russia

Perry - " Every hockey player have dream get Triple Gold Club"

Кори Перри: «Каждый человек хочет попасть в «Тройной золотой клуб», это одна из моих целей»
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We discussed that last year. The chances of it being legitimate seem very low for a variety of reasons. If a 30 year old Corey Perry dreamed of that particular accomplishment, despite it being obviously redundant and only recognized by the IIHF when he was already an adult, then he sure did a good job of hiding it when talking to reputable sources. I still remember the ridiculous quotes attributed to Perry by Russian sources that had him taking massive shots at the Russian team.

Mr Writer said:
Ya, I was beginning to look forward to Marner/Rielly additions once the Bruins knocked them senseless in 4 or 5, but I think the Leafs will now take out the TBL. So, Point/Stamkos. but Stamkos is playing hurt and will most likely decline an invite. So, Point for sure...and possibly Gourde depending on how far down the depth chart we may need to go. My roster has been thrown way out of whack.
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Point would be a good add for the team. I thought that he was a good addition last year and he ended up better than I expected. The forward group from last year certainly looks a lot stronger from a 2018 viewpoint.

Laineux said:
Team Canada could be so strong that it doesn't lose much to their Olympic or WHC squads. This is going to be the most entertaining WC in a long time.
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People often say this, but generally once the big refusals start the cracks emerge. For some reason it is really difficult for Canada to get top defencemen at this tournament.
 
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JackSlater said:
People often say this, but generally once the big refusals start the cracks emerge. For some reason it is really difficult for Canada to get top defencemen at this tournament.
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I think the lack of best on best olympics will draw a lot of players to this tournament.
 
Laineux said:
I think the lack of best on best olympics will draw a lot of players to this tournament.
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There is no precedent for this as it is a different situation than the years before 1998, so it's difficult to know. A strong team would certainly be more interesting to see. I was surprised by the quality that Canada attained last year despite no Olympic participation, so you may be correct.
 
Giordano-Hamilton
Keith- Barrie
Ekblad-Brodie

+ hockey Canada can invite Vlasic or Burns after 1 sc round)

looks very solid
 
Rabid Ranger said:
.....except Calgary's defense has been putrid most of this season.
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Calgary's team defense has been poor, but it's not all on the shoulders of the D-men, the forwards and the coaches need to accept some of the blame here. I'll gladly take Gio/Hamilton to the WHC, they should be fine to play 18-20 TOI there.
 
JackSlater said:
We discussed that last year. The chances of it being legitimate seem very low for a variety of reasons. If a 30 year old Corey Perry dreamed of that particular accomplishment, despite it being obviously redundant and only recognized by the IIHF when he was already an adult, then he sure did a good job of hiding it when talking to reputable sources. I still remember the ridiculous quotes attributed to Perry by Russian sources that had him taking massive shots at the Russian team.



Point would be a good add for the team. I thought that he was a good addition last year and he ended up better than I expected. The forward group from last year certainly looks a lot stronger from a 2018 viewpoint.



People often say this, but generally once the big refusals start the cracks emerge. For some reason it is really difficult for Canada to get top defencemen at this tournament.
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Point would be a great add, he's skilled and can score, make plays and kill penalties well.

What were Russian sources saying about Perry? I had not heard anything about this, most interested to hear what those bozos were up to this time to get the populace all riled up with lies.
 
jj cale said:
Point would be a great add, he's skilled and can score, make plays and kill penalties well.

What were Russian sources saying about Perry? I had not heard anything about this, most interested to hear what those bozos were up to this time to get the populace all riled up with lies.
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source

Перри: сборная Канады выиграла свой полуфинал, а Россия проиграла, так сложилось

"championat" very popular sport media in Russia.
 
jj cale said:
Point would be a great add, he's skilled and can score, make plays and kill penalties well.

What were Russian sources saying about Perry? I had not heard anything about this, most interested to hear what those bozos were up to this time to get the populace all riled up with lies.
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They said something about Perry ripping the Russian hockey team, saying that the Russian team was terrible basically. It was on social media or something, and it was clearly fabricated. Mr. Writer would recall it I'm sure. The bear was also aware of it. It was either the 2014 Olympics or the 2016 World Cup I think, and I'm leaning toward the latter. Regardless I'm reluctant to accept Russian sources at face value if there is no video, for a variety of reasons. Regarding just hockey you may recall the doozy that was printed in some Russian outlet in the 90s about Bobby Hull speaking positively about Hitler among other things, decrying the growth of the American black population and some other gems.
 
JackSlater said:
They said something about Perry ripping the Russian hockey team, saying that the Russian team was terrible basically. It was on social media or something, and it was clearly fabricated. Mr. Writer would recall it I'm sure. The bear was also aware of it. It was either the 2014 Olympics or the 2016 World Cup I think, and I'm leaning toward the latter. Regardless I'm reluctant to accept Russian sources at face value if there is no video, for a variety of reasons. Regarding just hockey you may recall the doozy that was printed in some Russian outlet in the 90s about Bobby Hull speaking positively about Hitler among other things, decrying the growth of the American black population and some other gems.
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Yes. I remeber this story.

However, it was made in social network for hockey user forum.
Russian hockey players and russian General Manager believe this fake and this fake been reposted in Russia sport media.
Then russian sport media wrote a refutation and apologized to Perry

proof

"Игра России не вызывает ничего, кроме жалости". Как провоцируют нашу сборную
 
JackSlater said:
They said something about Perry ripping the Russian hockey team, saying that the Russian team was terrible basically. It was on social media or something, and it was clearly fabricated. Mr. Writer would recall it I'm sure. The bear was also aware of it. It was either the 2014 Olympics or the 2016 World Cup I think, and I'm leaning toward the latter. Regardless I'm reluctant to accept Russian sources at face value if there is no video, for a variety of reasons. Regarding just hockey you may recall the doozy that was printed in some Russian outlet in the 90s about Bobby Hull speaking positively about Hitler among other things, decrying the growth of the American black population and some other gems.
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lol, good heavens.

Thanks for getting back to me on this.
 
NJD, SLB, SJS and TBL are the 1st. rd. additions.

Despite being a RFA I'm hoping Stone throws caution to the wind and agrees to take part.

1 of Jones or Allen accepts an invite and ultimately becomes the #1 over Talbot.

Still don't like the idea of Drouin being on this team...but whatever! I could be wrong and he lights up the tournament like it's nobody's business with the help of Nate.


J BENN
C MCDAVID
T SEGUIN

J DROUIN
N MACKINNON
B POINT

T HALL
M BARZAL
J EBERLE

J SCHWARTZ
RNH
M STONE
[TBODY] [/TBODY]



A BEAUVILLIER A KERFOOT
[TBODY] [/TBODY]




M. E. VLASIC
B BURNS

M GIORDANO
D HAMILTON

M MATHESON
A EKBLAD

T CHABOT
C PARAYKO
[TBODY] [/TBODY]



M JONES / J ALLEN

C TALBOT

KEVIN POULIN (reward for Spengler and Olympics) Plays 1 game v South Korea
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
 
Mr Writer said:
NJD, SLB, SJS and TBL are the 1st. rd. additions.

Despite being a RFA I'm hoping Stone throws caution to the wind and agrees to take part.

1 of Jones or Allen accepts an invite and ultimately becomes the #1 over Talbot.

Still don't like the idea of Drouin being on this team...but whatever! I could be wrong and he lights up the tournament like it's nobody's business with the help of Nate.

J BENNC MCDAVIDT SEGUIN
J DROUINN MACKINNONB POINT
T HALLM BARZALJ EBERLE
J SCHWARTZRNHM STONE
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
A BEAUVILLIER A KERFOOT
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
M. E. VLASICB BURNS
M GIORDANOD HAMILTON
M MATHESONA EKBLAD
T CHABOTC PARAYKO
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
M JONES / J ALLEN
C TALBOT
KEVIN POULIN (reward for Spengler and Olympics) Plays 1 game v South Korea
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
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Huberdeau play better then DROUIN?)
 
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