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Oh ****. Our captain is out for the entire Olympics. Might as well just give the spot to some rubbish East-European team
Oh ****. Our captain is out for the entire Olympics. Might as well just give the spot to some rubbish East-European team
Morten Green is out? Damn....well at least it is not Franzie
Morten Green is out? Damn....well at least it is not Franzie
Thank you very much Bagge! You jinxed it!
Frans broke his hand and will have surgery. Out til mid march.
Yeah, blame it on the old guy because Bank lack the skill of communicating
Worst timing for Frans Nielsen. Having perhaps the best year and then just up to Sochi, some guy wrecks his hand. Perhaps they were so afraid of the Danish "team-captain", they wanted to decimate it our chances.
It was the 2-1 they remenber. STEFAAAAAAN LASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEN. to quote bøjgaard
A little non denial: How have you found the commentary on tv during this olympics? There isn't any coverage outside of the games but its nice to have a capable announcer to partner eller again. I always liked bøjgaard but last wcs commentary with werge was awful. Who is the guy this year? I dobt folloe the Danish league so havent heard him before but he really knows his hockey and its a more serious feel. Oluf is always amazing
I haven't seen any on TV2 yet, so I can't comment on them. But I enjoy the DR commentary. Olaf Eller is great, knowledgeable, good at explaining what he's seeing, and as impartial as can be.
Yeah, blame it on the old guy because Bank lack the skill of communicating
Re: the commantating. Really agree with a lot being written. Saw the Russia-USA game with Thomas Kristensen and Kristian Lodberg. Thomas Kristensen has a great energy and doesn't pretend to be a hockey expert. But there sure was a lot of quite though. He lacks the knowledge to chit-chat I think.
Kristian Lodberg simply can't get excited for the life of him He know's his game. He does miss the score sometimes.
Hasn't heard DR this Olympics. But Olaf Eller has always been a favorite color guy of mine.
Lodberg made some bad, bad mistakes today. Like not knowing OT is 4 on 4 and that a PP in overtime is 4 on 3, not 5 on 4. Where has he been the last 10 years? He also didn't get that the puck-out rule is for shooting the puck out of play from your own zone. Made the wrong call on penalties as well. I liked Thomas Kristensen, but since he definitely is not very knowledgeable on this particular sport, he needs a better sidekick than Lodberg.
Eller has always been a favourite of mine. He is also a lot more neutral than Danish commentators tend to be when Denmark is on the ice. I understand that is a style thing, but I much prefer a neutral style over the cheerleading style of some...
Denmark is currently trying to persuade IIHF to move all qualification to the Olympics to august so all the best players will be available for the implied nations.
article in Danish http://www.bt.dk/ishockey/danmark-kaemper-haardt-for-nhl-spillerne-i-ol-kvalifikationen
Denmark is currently trying to persuade IIHF to move all qualification to the Olympics to august so all the best players will be available for the implied nations.
article in Danish http://www.bt.dk/ishockey/danmark-kaemper-haardt-for-nhl-spillerne-i-ol-kvalifikationen
I think it's only fair that if you want best vs best, it should apply for the qualification as well.
BUT I don't think you can ever convince the NHL to released players for a qualification tournament. Just getting them to the Olympics is hard enough.
But this is pre-season. I think that would be acceptable for them. They also have an interest in promoting as many of their players as possible.
So here's a thread you bet you wouldn't see for some time...
I just heard this with half an ear, but it seems to me as a HUGE news if I heard it right. The IIHF and the NHL has agreed that NHL-players can participate in Olympic qualification in august 2016. So...
a) WE GET NHL-PLAYERS AT THE QUALIFICATION!
b) The qualification has been moved to august
c) And the qualification is two years ahead for some reason
As far as I can count we'd be in group with Norway, Austria and some other nation from below. So the Zuccarellos and Vaneks of the world would be there.
The current 9 to 18 in NHL-players per eliteprospects:
7 - Denmark(Andersen, Frans Nielsen, Boedker, Jannik Hansen, Eller, Nicklas Jensen, Regin)
5 - Germany(Goc, Greiss, Seidenberg, Holzer, Ehrhoff)
3 - Austria(Vanek, Grabner, Raffl)
2 - France(Roussel, Bellamere)
1 - Norway(Zuccarello), Belarus(Grabovski), Slovenia(Kopitar), Latvia(Girgensons)
0 - Kazakhstan, Italy
AHL:
7 - Germany
3 - Latvia
2 - Denmark
2 - Belarus
1 - Italy
1 - France
Then there's Ehlers, Bjorkstrand, Draisaitl, Søberg and etc. so it's hard to contemplate exactly who gains on who but it's kinda big news. A good one for Denmark I'd think
So here's a thread you bet you wouldn't see for some time...
I just heard this with half an ear, but it seems to me as a HUGE news if I heard it right. The IIHF and the NHL has agreed that NHL-players can participate in Olympic qualification in august 2016. So...
a) WE GET NHL-PLAYERS AT THE QUALIFICATION!
b) The qualification has been moved to august
c) And the qualification is two years ahead for some reason
As far as I can count we'd be in group with Norway, Austria and some other nation from below. So the Zuccarellos and Vaneks of the world would be there.
The current 9 to 18 in NHL-players per eliteprospects:
7 - Denmark(Andersen, Frans Nielsen, Boedker, Jannik Hansen, Eller, Nicklas Jensen, Regin)
5 - Germany(Goc, Greiss, Seidenberg, Holzer, Ehrhoff)
3 - Austria(Vanek, Grabner, Raffl)
2 - France(Roussel, Bellamere)
1 - Norway(Zuccarello), Belarus(Grabovski), Slovenia(Kopitar), Latvia(Girgensons)
0 - Kazakhstan, Italy
AHL:
7 - Germany
3 - Latvia
2 - Denmark
2 - Belarus
1 - Italy
1 - France
Then there's Ehlers, Bjorkstrand, Draisaitl, Søberg and etc. so it's hard to contemplate exactly who gains on who but it's kinda big news. A good one for Denmark I'd think