GDT: Canada v Germany (Gold Medal Game)
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If you mean the 2018 or 22 olympic level players it’s not very impressive.
Experience? Even if people like to claim it's a no-name roster (every year), they had multiple Stanley Cup winners and also of this particular tournament and other international trophies. Plus that 6000 games of NHL experience. It's not the biggest NHL stars, but the pool of players allows for a well-constructed team year after year. Many competitors have to take their usual suspects regardless of circumstances. Though Germany curiously did well in part because from their very small pool they did some bold choices.
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That’s why it’s great to be Canadian.
We still manage to attract enough guys to play in this European tournament and be competitive enough to win hardware.
Of course, Lucic alone accounts for 1,172 games of that experience.
Multiple guys with experience at this tournament?
Sure, two.
Multiple guys winning the tournament?
No, just one.
Toffolli won gold in 2015 and Myers was there twice, losing in the quarterfinals both times. Compared with most teams, that’s actually very low.
However, to say that Canadians call it a no-name roster every year is a falsehood.
There are years of higher and lower expectations just like with everyone else.
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NyQuil
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I’m still trying to figure out who the multiple winners of this particular tournament are, unless he counted Toffolli a bunch of times.
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Just finished the game now on the PVR.
Solid victory for Canada, strong defensive game.
Came back from a one goal deficit twice to win it. Awesome to see, another gold added to trophy case for Canada.
Congrats to Germany and a big congrats to Latvia, this is Latvia’s day but nice to see Canada do what they were expected to do.
Gold Canada Gold!!
Solid victory for Canada, strong defensive game.
Came back from a one goal deficit twice to win it. Awesome to see, another gold added to trophy case for Canada.
Congrats to Germany and a big congrats to Latvia, this is Latvia’s day but nice to see Canada do what they were expected to do.
Gold Canada Gold!!
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tsn mentioned something about 12 German players from their team who were members of the german team who had beat TC a few years back.
And yet he talks about our "experience"
The european teams here have about every advantage you could ask for going into this thing over Canada, they aren't hard done by.................I'd prefer if more of the fans from there would just say well played and move on.
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There are toxic people from both sides. There are fans that oppose Canada and will try try anything to diminish their success. At the same time, there are Canadian fans that don't get tired shitting on EU tems, the tournement itself or boast how it is their D to Z team (yes, it isn't ther first choice by far).
Personally I find both of these really tiresome.
Personally I find both of these really tiresome.
true, but the Canadian roster had only one guy who scored more than 20 goals in the NHL this year - Toffoli. I agree with you though, Canada's pool is so deep, Canadians take for granted that even the fringe players can be productive internationally.
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5-2Remarkable win for Canada... there was so much handwringing by many Canadian supporters and they find a way.
When you watched the team in the round robin, we looked light on faceoff acumen, penalty killers and scoring. Losing Veleno didn't make it better. Solid goaltending, excellent d and some timely goals... Tip of the cap.
When you watched the team in the round robin, we looked light on faceoff acumen, penalty killers and scoring. Losing Veleno didn't make it better. Solid goaltending, excellent d and some timely goals... Tip of the cap.
Which is? They always have a solid team and it's always their own fans that pretend otherwise because Canadian hockey is supposedly achieving something greater someplace else which it is not. Again the team won because they were the best team in the tournament fair and square, winning games when it counted and I think everyone can easily respect that. Latvia and Germany both showed a lot of heart which the Finnish hosts didn't, but ultimately they didn't come close to matching the quality.
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I hope that Germany can use this successful tournament as something of a springboard. Glad for the Canadian players as well.
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I agree with that. Canadians always dump on their teams and I don't know why. Maybe it is :
1) A "reverse jinz";
2) Canadians lowering expectations;
3) Canadians being modest;
4) Canadians being insecure - even about the thing we are best at.
Americans are the opposite.
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This tournament is now the premier senior tournament in the sport, and winning it absolutely has value. Congrats to Germany and Latvia on the historic hardware.
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frisco
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame...
Why again don't they hold this tourney in September where the best in the world could go head-to-head?
My Best-Carey
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Vipers31
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Could become a wjc sophmore tournament for Canada going forward (minus the superstars). I.e., Laf and Perfetti would be welcome...Bedard not likely.
End on a Hinote
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Wouldn't make much a difference. Teams wouldn't want players to risk injury before the season.
Maybe in late June/early July but even then players would likely prefer taking off the entire off season.
Canada winning is cool I guess, but honestly all 3 playoff matches were free wins for Canada, so they got pretty fortunate with the brackets.
