The Olympic Ranger Thread

[Jabroni]

Stepan scratched for USA's first game.

In place of who?

 

[Punxrocknyc19*]

Stepan scratched for USA's first game.

that means they have depth....i do like the idea of 13 forwards 7 dman playing


would the NHL ever do this? and if so how would you guys feel about it? and why is this considered in the olympics??

 

[nevesis]

I just wish that cage was white. Would have been perfect!!!

 

[Matt4776]

Holy ****. I'm late to the party, but those Sweden jerseys are ****ing gorgeous.

 

[Kokoschka]

AUT-FIN coming up, no Rangers but I'll just put this here.

We'll need Starkbaum to be at his absolute best, so this doesn't get too ugly. Behold the chaos that is the Austrian defense! This is gonna be hard to watch.

 

[JFG]

Holy ****. I'm late to the party, but those Sweden jerseys are ****ing gorgeous.

The yellow are better imo. One of the best jerseys in sports.

/biased

 

[aufheben]

Holy ****. I'm late to the party, but those Sweden jerseys are ****ing gorgeous.

Said the same thing earlier. I'd love a Hagelin one, but I have a rule about not spending over $100 on hockey jerseys. So classy.

Does anyone know what time the replay of the USA game will be tomorrow? Thanks.

 

[Kokoschka]

Scored a goal? Job well done boys, now please don't get embarassed.

 

[Kokoschka]

and there's the tying goal. lol.

 

[Kokoschka]

AUT up 2-1. I'm confused.

 

[Kokoschka]

2-2 now. Austria's offense looks decent. Trying to as many pucks on Rask as possible, that's good. The defensive play is a mess though.

 

[Placid]

AUT up 2-1. I'm confused.

And 2 - 2 with 6 minutes remaining of the 1st period. Quite an "open" game this

While Austria is far from a "bad" team, Finland should be quite a bit better. Finland took the Olympic silver as late as 2006 (behind Sweden), and Olympic bronze in 2010 (behind Canada and the US).

 

[Kokoschka]

Oh boy, 2-3. Starkbaum, while usually a solid goalie, does not look good at all. Yikes.

 

[Placid]

Oh boy, 2-3. Starkbaum, while usually a solid goalie, does not look good at all. Yikes.

Make that 2 - 4

 

[Kokoschka]

2-4. Game over.

 

[Matt4776]

This game is unreal.

 

[17futurecap]

Korpedo, Jarkko Immonen and Thomas Pock, vintage Rangers.

 

[aufheben]

Damn, might as well just stay up until the USA game.

 

[Placid]

And 2 - 5. This could get ugly.

Damn, might as well just stay up until the USA game.

hehehe, welcome to our (the Euro's) world

 

[Kokoschka]

Defense? Who's talking about defense?

 

[Placid]

Austria has a bit of luck now, several breakaways by Finland, but the Finnish players both..well.. miss the goal, hehe

 

[aufheben]

And 2 - 5. This could get ugly.


hehehe, welcome to our (the Euro's) world

I would 99% fall asleep 5 minutes after the puck drop.

For those of us not watching it Live, can you fellas keep all discussion regarding the game in this thread? Would appreciate it.

 

[Placid]

I would 99% fall asleep 5 minutes after the puck drop.

I know that feeling too well


Starkbaum is solid (and lucky), as he is literally getting bombarded with pucks. Austria completely loses defensive coverage and just mills around. Very lucky to keep the puck out of the net there.

 

[Kokoschka]

Starkbaum showing he's actually a good goalie. Nice couple of saves.

 

[Kokoschka]

Finnish jerseys look great btw. Seriously thinking about getting one of that guy wearing number 8.