Dont get me wrong, i really understand if Finnish fans dont belive in this years team. That is not being a hater. It is called being realistic. The problem is, you can never count Finland out, in anything, so in that regard i am very proud of my neighbour Finland overall. But terrified when it comes to hockey. We realy hate loosing against each other, as brothers usually do.
This. Finland has won with as big talent differences as this before, woth worse coaches.
You can see that he immediately stopped and apologises. Bad bad optics specially because it was in retaliation for a very standard body check, but it's fair to say that it wasn't very malicious. Bad outcome, bad reasons for it, he f***ed up and he immediately knew it, but he did not do that with the intention of caving Glauser face in.
I feel exactly that way. I do not think Granlund wanted to injure Glauser, as you mention, the reaction says it all. Still, after a regular fair check, you could see his wires just crossed and he did not let go until he hit him in the face. You have to face consequences for your actions. And let's be honest, there were no consequences for him in this game, so I expect a suspension, otherwise guys can start handing crosschecks to throaths late in games when down without any consequences.
Josi said in an interview that he should be, but he wasn't 100% sure
Now we don't have the skill to get some timely goals.. And we don't have the roster to play a hard forechecking game against the Swedish defensemen. It will be a test for sure..
