Right but that is entirely hypothetical we have no idea how many games he would have gotten in that scenario. I get your point and I didn't take it as an attack, I just think logically speaking he earned his medal.
I'd actually say Andersson tossing his medal into the stands wasn't even that bad... Hayton and 'forgetting' to take his helmet off during the anthem comes to mind. He was the captain.lol
Yep. Just like all the slashings in the dying minutes of deciding games they were losing.
Funny, because I was thinking of Ryan Smyth in 2005 (unofficialy best on best in Vienna during NHL lockout) losing his mind on Jiri Fischer and just slashing away like crazy.lol Game was over at that point. And I say this as a big Smyth fan as I'm an Oiler fan.lol I counted 8 slashes and 2 crosschecks.lmao
To be fair, he more than likely will never lace them up for team Canada again.
He shouldn't be dropped from getting a medal, but that act is letting his team down.
You're trying way, way, too hard.
I've never had a problem with what Smyth did on that play and still don't, the czech player was aggressively using his stick on his body with the blade straight in at his stomach and even swung high at his head area after that.
Yes, 2005 was unbelievable, just nuts. Couldn’t cope with the defeat, and he was the captain.
You probably didn’t have a problem with the Canadian behaviour in 1997 when they went for Vujtek, either. Defending your own team and correctly pointing out issues with other teams is fine. But judging by many of your posts, clearly no Canadian can ever do any wrong whatsoever, except perhaps in very, very limited circumstances like Veleno. Must be nice, supporting a team of such flawless virtue. At least you can rest assured that if anyone here dares criticise anything a Canadian player does, it just MUST be because they [hate Canada] [are jealous of Canada][have some Canadian complex][are trolling] (insert preferred reason that does not relate at all to the actual behaviour of the relevant Canadian player). It can never be that in the eye if the person commenting, the Canadian player did something they did not feel was OK. It can never be that people from other countries might simply genuinely find a certain behaviour unacceptable, even if for Canadians it’s fine (as long as a Canadian does it of course - not sure how you’d all feel if a European player displays the same attitude towards a Canadian one).
How is committing a dirty foul and weakening the team by drawing a penalty and suspension not letting the team down? As I said elsewhere, I have no problem with him getting a medal either way, but surely he has let his team down. I think that every time a player on the team I support commits an unnecessary foul and weakens the team by drawing a significant penalty.
No I don't, here's one scrum between both teams, the czech player went after our player..............what do you expect? us to be lay down sallys?
I never said they were saints but to think they can't be and are never provoked is a fallacy.
That would not be terrible punishment. Now, if they exiled him to Ostrava on the other hand…
