Sharks Olympians 2014: Marleau/Vlasic-Canada, Niemi-Finland, Pavelski-USA

[Leidi J]

Agreed. A GDT that is for all games is what I'd suggest.

Yup yup. That's what I was thinking.

Are we all allowed to agree on something? Where's that one person to come in and disagree so we can all argue about it for 200+ posts

 

[Mafoofoo]

I disagree. You need a seperate GDt for each game. Otherwise it's just another lame discussion thread and not a cool GDt

 

[hohosaregood]

Personally, I think we should only do GDTs for Latvia. Sandis is way more interesting than Marleau and Vlasic and Pavelski and Niemi.

 

[Leidi J]

Team USA Practice Lines Day 3:

Brown-Kesler-Kane
Kessel-Pavelski-van Riemsdyk
Parise-Backes-Callahan
Pacioretty-Stastny-Oshie

Martin-Suter
Shattenkirk-McDonagh
Orpik-Faulk
Fowler-Carlson

No surprise Pavs still with JVR/Kessel. Unfortunate, to say the least, to see Brown's worthless ass anchoring down Kesler/Kane again.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Dbag line reunited today.

 

[Barrie22]

How about a gdt thread for all the top teams, so 1 for canada, 1 for russia, sweds, usa and finland?

 

[KingsKnight]

Hey all, I made some Team USA avatars for the main Olympics Boards. No claims, anyone and everyone can use them. Here's Pavelski for anyone interested:

 

[Barrie22]

Quick the starter vs slovakia
Price starter game 1, loungo starter game 2.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hey all, I made some Team USA avatars for the main Olympics Boards. No claims, anyone and everyone can use them. Here's Pavelski for anyone interested:

thanks!

 

[WTFetus]

How about a gdt thread for all the top teams, so 1 for canada, 1 for russia, sweds, usa and finland?

Lets just start off with one for all (rangershark's thread) and see how it goes.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Rask just said he was told he is staring game 1 for Finland

 

[rangerssharks414]

Rask just said he was told he is staring game 1 for Finland

And Niemi is going to be a healthy scratch.

 

[Led Zappa]

I only made one, but anybody is welcome to use it. Here is a 125x125 version.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hrudey was on HNIC radio just now saying that Bergeron and Marleau on the PK were giving the Canada PP fits throughout practice, said they are just awesome together.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Hrudey was on HNIC radio just now saying that Bergeron and Marleau on the PK were giving the Canada PP fits throughout practice, said they are just awesome together.

I bet they were overpassing.

 

[Barrie22]

I bet they were overpassing.

Yeah not many teams pk units will be able to stop team canada if they do the pk right.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/sport/sandis-ozolins-ice-hockey-sochi-olympics/

Very nice Sandis Ozolinsh feature (with video interview) on "unretiring" and leading Latvian team to Sochi.

 

[Leidi J]

Article on NHL.com about Team USA's offense with Pavs stuff. Did not realize he was on pace for 40 goals though it makes sense if I think about it.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=704809&navid=DL|NHL|home

Also an article about Vlasic flying under the radar, as usual
http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=26144&navid=DL|NHL|home

 

[rangerssharks414]

I don't remember seeing this in the thread, but Varlamov is starting for Russia in their first game. I'm a little surprised that it isn't Bobrovsky.

 

[OrrNumber4]

This is going to be the most unpopular opinion, but you can kind of see Vlasic being overwhelmed. He's easily the defenceman most likely to make a mistake while handling the puck.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Also an article about Vlasic flying under the radar, as usual
http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=26144&navid=DL|NHL|home

I wouldn't know this for sure, but I think he likes flying under the radar. He doesn't seem like a player that would want the spotlight.

 

[Timos Death Stare]

This is going to be the most unpopular opinion, but you can kind of see Vlasic being overwhelmed. He's easily the defenceman most likely to make a mistake while handling the puck.

He has an incredible supporting cast - he just needs to play HIS game and he'll be fine.

 

[Leidi J]

Nice Pavs quotes:

"We picked Joe four years ago because he's like a Swiss Army knife with so many functions," Burke told the Associated Press. "And he's much better offensively now. He doesn't get much ink because of some of the other players we have here and because he plays with Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau in San Jose."

"He's a big-game player," Parise said to the AP. "He's so versatile. On any line he plays on, he makes guys better. He does so many things right whether he's scoring or not. You're comfortable having him on the ice whether you need someone to score a goal or make a defensive play because he can make plays on the whole sheet. He's tough to play against, so it's great to play with him."

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

This is going to be the most unpopular opinion, but you can kind of see Vlasic being overwhelmed. He's easily the defenceman most likely to make a mistake while handling the puck.

He's definitely the one who will take the most crap for any mistakes he matures early on...

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Its not like Vlasic hasn't gone against any of the forwards of the opposing teams. He will be fine. They aren't asking him to carry his pairing but compliment Doughty and let DD be aggressive offensively. He's played in big games before.