Who else has very little interest in the Four Nations tournament?

[jj cale]

I like the goalies but it is surprising when you see which Canucks are on top

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Not one is on the team. But I don't see Canada being undone by a goalie performance. They may, however, get goalied by one of the other 3 starters. Kind of like the Oilers consistently win and Stu is rarely the best goalie of the 2 in the game. So McD is used to this.lol

Yeah, they made some dubious calls between the pipes given the current circumstances but honestly I wouldn't have confidence in any one of them, there really wasn't a " right call" IMO. There is only " prayers"

It's honestly why I still think Finland has a shot ( or at least a shot at upending the plans of the other teams) despite losing Heiskanen. They will be motivated at showing well with the rest of the core of their golden generation up front on NA ice and have the great equalizer in nets in Saros who can cover for a lot of defensive deficiencies.

Which leads me to another question, who benefits the most from the lack of preparation time this little mid February shindig brings? is it a team like the U.S who has the most talent from top to bottom or is it a team like Finland who can dig in quickly and know how to make life miserable for you before you get a chance to really come together?.

I wouldn't count those guys out yet Heiskanen or no Heiskanen.

 

[Czechboy]

Yeah, they made some dubious calls between the pipes given the current circumstances but honestly I wouldn't have confidence in any one of them, there really wasn't a " right call" IMO. There is only " prayers"

It's honestly why I still think Finland has a shot ( or at least a shot at upending the plans of the other teams) despite losing Heiskanen. They will be motivated at showing well with the rest of the core of their golden generation up front on NA ice and have the great equalizer in nets in Saros who can cover for a lot of defensive deficiencies.

Which leads me to another question, who benefits the most from the lack of preparation time this little mid February shindig brings? is it a team like the U.S who has the most talent from top to bottom or is it a team like Finland who can dig in quickly and know how to make life miserable for you before you get a chance to really come together?.

I wouldn't count those guys out yet Heiskanen or no Heiskanen.

I'd say Canada is the best at short turnaround and winning. Only because I see it happen a lot.

I had the Finn's as my fav but no Heisk is devastating to them. The whole point was that, in the big elimination type games, they could overplay him. That potential PP was looking insane to me

Heisk with Rants, Aho, Laine and Barkov. I wanted to see that!

Finns though do play an absolutely stifling and solid game so maybe they can overcome it. I'm probably changing my pick though. I'll wait till it gets closer as I feel like guys are dropping out like flies.

 

[jj cale]

I'd say Canada is the best at short turnaround and winning. Only because I see it happen a lot.

I had the Finn's as my fav but no Heisk is devastating to them. The whole point was that, in the big elimination type games, they could overplay him. That potential PP was looking insane to me

Heisk with Rants, Aho, Laine and Barkov. I wanted to see that!

Finns though do play an absolutely stifling and solid game so maybe they can overcome it. I'm probably changing my pick though. I'll wait till it gets closer as I feel like guys are dropping out like flies.

Everyone overlooking the swedes too but they are a competent group and with the backend they have they could have a good run with the nature of this tournament.