WJC Gold Medal GDT: Canada vs. Russia

[The List Of Jericho]

is he crying to the refs again?

that's something that has really dissapointed me about ovechkin...he is a serious crybaby, looking to the officials for a penalty after any bit of contact that stops him from having his way

Crosby even laid one on him

 

[Seachd]

Which game are you watching, my friend? I haven't seen too much diving there. Objectivity, objectivity...

What makes you so sure you're the one being objective?

 

[RorschachWJK]

See this is why I wish it was on ESPN. Because now the only people seeing the game are biased canadians claiming everything is a dive(which it could be, but who knows when its onle canadians seeing the game).

I am watching the game, I am not biased, and there is no diving.

 

[gretzky2kurri]

What makes you so sure you're the one being objective?

 

[Evman*]

I am watching the game, I am not biased, and there is no diving.

Sure buddy.

Diving all over the place.

 

[ryz]

See this is why I wish it was on ESPN. Because now the only people seeing the game are biased canadians claiming everything is a dive(which it could be, but who knows when its onle canadians seeing the game).

Considering that most Canadians (and MOST people on this board) are very knowledgable about the game, I think we have a pretty good idea of what is and what is not a dive. I mean come on, we've been watching the Russians for years.

 

[Ronin_RO]

no diving...unless ur strictly a canadian fan

which diving incidents are you referring to?

the trip after the nice deke?

hmmm what else?

 

[sidelines]

Wow, some (not all) posters on here have to be the biggest hypocrites in the world. In one thread, they'll complain about all the clutching and grabbing going on and how the ref's need to come done on it. But in here, everyone calls Ovechkin a crybaby because he is being clutched and grabbed, and he doesn't want that crap. And everyone time someone is clutched or grabbed on the Russian team and a penalty is called against the Canadian's, everyones immediately calling it a dive. Maybe the ref actually made the right call is trying to clamp down on the clutching and grabbing so the star players can showcase there skill.

 

[RorschachWJK]

What makes you so sure you're the one being objective?

Well, I don't much care which team wins this one. They are not my favourite teams, which should be obvious from the flag below my avatar. I just enjoy the good hockey.

Seriously, please point out a single diving incident for me.

 

[EroCaps]

Ovechkin this, Ovechkin that. He's a marked man playing with undrafted talent. You don't hear the Russians marking Crosby.

 

[gretzky2kurri]

I am watching the game, I am not biased, and there is no diving.

Please.

You Stevie Wonder or something?

 

[Epsilon]

This thread makes the message boards where I'm chatting about USC-Oklahoma seem impartial. And that one is nothing but Sooners and Trojans fans yelling at each other.

 

[sidelines]

And I'm not being biased towards the Russian's, I'm Canadian, and offering a point of view.

 

[Evman*]

everyone calls Ovechkin a crybaby because he is being clutched and grabbed

Clutched and grabbed? Try knocked around. I didn't realize Ovechkin was such a *****. I thought he was supposed to be a tougher more physical Kovalchuk? Guess not.

 

[Bandwagoner]

IMO, I think that is what a penalty on Coburn, and I doubt that it was a dive... however, no one can tell me that there was no embellishment on the Russian's part. He practically went down like head been shot.

All in all, pretty good game/

 

[StatesideSensFan]

Ovechkin this, Ovechkin that. He's a marked man playing with undrafted talent. You don't hear the Russians marking Crosby.

actually the top 9 Russian forwards are already all NHL property

 

[PEli*]

Sure buddy.

Diving all over the place.

Not all over the place but it's there. I'm trying to be as objective as possible but there were a couple of Russian dives. It's to be expected though.

 

[RorschachWJK]

Considering that most Canadians (and MOST people on this board) are very knowledgable about the game, I think we have a pretty good idea of what is and what is not a dive. I mean come on, we've been watching the Russians for years.

:lol

 

[Faaxinho]

Well, Ladd shouldn't have cross-checked that Russian player. I know, it shouldn't be called a penalty in gold game but the ref is the same for both.
And that Coburn hook. Not a dive. I would have called it and I'm a ref myself.

 

[Levitate]

ovechkin cries to the refs when someone makes a clean play on him...everything i've seen of him this tournament screams primadonna

i'm rather dissapointed, and i'm not all that impressed with his play in the end...maybe i expected too much, but i did expect more

 

[EroCaps]

Clutched and grabbed? Try knocked around. I didn't realize Ovechkin was such a *****. I thought he was supposed to be a tougher more physical Kovalchuk? Guess not.

 

[Evman*]

And I'm not being biased towards the Russian's, I'm Canadian, and offering a point of you.

You're Canadian?

Seriously, I don't think you're Canadian. Russian in disguise me thinks with a mistake like that. Even leaflander doesn't mess up english that bad.

 

[Seachd]

Well, I don't much care which team wins this one. They are not my favourite teams, which should be obvious from the flag below my avatar. I just enjoy the good hockey.

Seriously, please point out a single diving incident for me.

Hey, I didn't say anything about diving. I personally don't think there's as much as Pierre McGuire would have us believe (that's not to say there isn't any, though).

But your "objectivity" comment was pretty silly.

 

[sidelines]

Clutched and grabbed? Try knocked around. I didn't realize Ovechkin was such a *****. I thought he was supposed to be a tougher more physical Kovalchuk? Guess not.

Everytime he's come down the wing he's been stood up and then held against the boards. That's clutching, and it's slowing the game down.

 

[wilka91*]

It's big fun to follow a game on 2 forums : HFBoards and a Russian board.

Here it's all biased except for a few Russians like me.
On the Russian boards, it's 99.9% biased.

:lol