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| 18 Sep 2016 05:05 PM |
That before they thought of TNA, they were going to have two Team Canadas And the gold medal game would be Canada V Canada |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:07 PM |
| I live in Canada and ignorant posts like this are the reason why there's a small part of me that wants Canada to flop at international hockey. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:08 PM |
But they won't Nobody stands any chance look at that lineup
They even lost several of their biggest players and there's still no chance |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:10 PM |
That's what they said in 2006.
Are you old enough to remember that year's Olympics? |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:14 PM |
L2000
do you watch basketball? |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:14 PM |
No basketball is gross o3o Only hockey is fun |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:17 PM |
I recall several media outlets in Canada calling the 2006 Olympic team "the best ever" and "a lock for gold" before the tournament began.
Even the best of the best are beatable. The Sochi 2014 team went to overtime, even with the best defense ever. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:21 PM |
Basketball isn't only played by northern countries tho
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:23 PM |
Neither is hockey.
Although all of the Southern Hemisphere countries that do play it are absolutely horrible. Australia is the best of them and they would get beaten by at least 10 goals by any team in the IIHF World Championship, if not every single team in Division 1A as well. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:28 PM |
Canada has Price in net He hasn't allowed a goal in nearly four games He shut out both elimination games at Sochi
They have Sid, Stammer, and Toews - the big players on playoff teams They have Doughty (the second best Dman in the world), Burns, Weber etc THEY DONT HAVE SUBBAN THO??
But they have four lines of huge players that score huge goals They don't stop You CAN beat them but it's not likely o3o |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:31 PM |
Exactly. They're beatable but not likely, considering Canada has a "golden generation" at the senior stage right now.
They won't be winning every game 6-0 though. Czechs were a foregone conclusion to finish last in Group A once it was clear that Europe had gotten their crap together. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:35 PM |
Teams are going to have trouble scoring on Price tho If u get a goal, it'll be a greasy goal Any beautiful play he's too good o3o
And then with all the firepower They'll score more than they get scored on |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:37 PM |
I think you're slightly overestimating Price.
Obviously he is in the group of three best goalies on the planet but I don't think you realize how much Canada's defense factors into his shutout streak. Pre-tournament showed us that he can be beaten. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:39 PM |
Do u rlly count that tho? It was three bad goals because he hadn't played in 11 months
Unless u mean the other one. Like ye he gets beat, but nobody else is as anywhere near as good as he is And with Canada having the most firepower of the tournament it's no contest |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:43 PM |
Pekka Rinne is definitely at the same level or at least is very close.
Defense is more important than goaltending in the modern game anyway. The only comparison you have to make to figure this out is watch Price play for Canada, and then watch him play for Montreal.
A bad defense can make any good goalie look like rancid asshair. *COUGH*NEUVIRTH*COUGH*YESTERDAY*COUGH* |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:46 PM |
| how is basketball ew?? i like basketball |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:46 PM |
Have u seen Price in Montreal tho U say bad defense kills it but like He consistently destroys teams and he doesn't have defense.
Rinne is good, but he has the best defense in the league in front of him |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:49 PM |
| Best defense is probably St. Louis. Not Nashville. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 05:54 PM |
| ## Louis is pretty good too But with Nashville adding Subban he could make a big impact next season |
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| 18 Sep 2016 06:01 PM |
| But they lost Weber who is defensively better than Subban. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 06:24 PM |
Eh I guess that's true But in that last game Weber played against San Jose, he was sooo bad defensively Like every goal they scored was on him
And they'll be better with Subban Cause they need somebody to help them score they don't have enough of that o3o |
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| 18 Sep 2016 06:35 PM |
| You as a fan of (if I remember correctly) the Senators should know that having defense creating nearly everything on offense is a terrible, terrible solution when you're trying to consider how many goals you'll give up yourself. |
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| 18 Sep 2016 06:49 PM |
Don't start this again King Karl is the best D in the league and what he can do is much, much better than anyone else
But that's best when you have Price in net. That's why Subban used to be so great, if it goes bad Price bails; good, you got a goal With the backup, going bad wasn't being saved and Subban looks bad.
Rinne should bail him out and he'll be back to elite status |
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