GDT: Group H • May 6 • France 6, Kazakhstan 3

[SurMartin]

Bellemare!

Saw the hit now, really ugly.

Edit: Hit from Savchenko?

 

[saintflannel]

The hit is around 1:09:00. Really nasty.

 

[Den]

I don't get it, why is Kaz so bad?

 

[NicolasH]

I'm really surprised too, I though we would have been dominated, they have a lot of KHL players.

 

[BalticWarrior]

I'm really surprised too, I though we would have been dominated, they have a lot of KHL players.

They are borderline khl players or 4th line checkers,nothing special really

 

[ozo]

They are borderline khl players or 4th line checkers,nothing special really

Indeed. All the useful players aren't in the tournament for one reason or another. Bokhin, Semenov, Antropov, etc.

 

[Namejs]

Game has sodl very good because of prices.. Sure I hope there is protest, but I hope theres some families just coming for fun as the price is low.. To eat some sausage and watch some exotic hockey (that can be entertaining because the teams can be moderately even) at arena

Is SM-liiga exotic? Or the KHL?

I'm usually rooting for Finland, but I'd love to see you get burned in the game against France, just to bring your arrogance/ignorance down a notch.

 

[torero]

Bellemare!

Saw the hit now, really ugly.

Edit: Hit from Savchenko?

ugly, useless, nasty and plain stupid.

 

[IslesRock4]

Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev is a pretty awesome name.

 

[Mara]

Is SM-liiga exotic? Or the KHL?

I'm usually rooting for Finland, but I'd love to see you get burned in the game against France, just to bring your arrogance/ignorance down a notch.

I think he just meant that the hockey is exotic from a Finnish point of view. There aren't that many French or Kazakh players in Finland.

 

[Namejs]

I think he just meant that the hockey is exotic from a Finnish point of view. There aren't that many French or Kazakh players in Finland.

France has more SM-liiga players on their roster (Bertrand was amongst the leading scorers in Lukko btw) than Russia, Norway, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland or Belarus. Are they all exotic teams then?

 

[Mara]

France has more SM-liiga players on their roster (Bertrand was amongst the leading scorers in Lukko btw) than Russia, Norway, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland or Belarus. Are they all exotic teams then?

Not exactly top, he was number 9 or 10. Still, a good season for him. Russia, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland and Belarus just feel like regular hockey countries to me, France, Norway and Kazakhstan have this fresh feeling to them in comparison.

 

[SauceHockey]

Did Yorick Treille get drafted into the NHL before?

 

[Manny*]

Comment était Stephane Da Costa?

 

[ScottK]

Did Yorick Treille get drafted into the NHL before?

He was a 7th round pick for Chicago.

 

[NicolasH]

Comment était Stephane Da Costa?

He was good, made a real impact. You could clearly see he was a level above the other players on the ice except maybe Bellemare.