OT: Sochi 2014 Olympics - Hockey Discussion Thread

[DrEasy]

I'm watching this while eating Benn & Perry ice cream that I bought at the Quick-Price. They were playing Crosby's spills & Nash.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Ba-dum

tsss

 

[Spez]

USA sure look like they could use that Ryan fellow especially if they end up getting shut out

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

No way they're getting shut out...US has been ramping up quite a bit in the 2nd period. We really need to get one more, and soon.

 

[Icelevel]

USA sure look like they could use that Ryan fellow especially if they end up getting shut out

And Spezza to give it away to him.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

*sigh* oh, that Callahan. How I desperately want to see that guy in a Sens' uniform.

 

[saskriders]

*sigh* oh, that Callahan. How I desperately want to see that guy in a Sens' uniform.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[PatrickEaves]

LOL. St. Louis would have scored that.

 

[Deku]

Better team won.

 

[Scrub*]

WE NEED MORE GOAL SCORING, yada yada yada

 

[OttawaSenators11]

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

We've got to bury those chances. Sweden isn't going to give us nearly as many good shots.

 

[Icelevel]

Yzerman is really saving up for that last big cheer.

 

[MainDotC]

Pretty sad USA can't even generate 1 goal. But oh well.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

Hmm...I wonder which posters said the US would "cream us"...

Defense beats offense. EVERY FREAKIN' TIME.

Carey Price showed he's a big game goalie.

 

[Spez]

Somewhere Ryan is laughing his ass off

 

[Deku]

Cameraman filming the Canadian embassy in Washington was wearing a John Carlson shirt

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Perfect technical game by Canada, which made it a pretty boring game imo, but you can appreciate it.

 

[CanadianHockey]

Canada controlled that game. Nice to see all the naysayers got proven wrong; Canada hasn't been underachieving in this tournament, we've forced other teams to play perfect defence.

 

[Knave]

No, you can't. It was like watching soccer. The women's games have been so much better. I really don't like this ice format.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Yzerman is really saving up for that last big cheer.

Was thinking the same thing

 

[Novak Djokovic]

Canada vs Sweden.... Go Canada!!!!!

If we lose, at least... EK gets a gold medal but I don't want to think about that.

 

[LatteLarrys]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7risezoBvtQ

 

[Novak Djokovic]

*sigh* oh, that Callahan. How I desperately want to see that guy in a Sens' uniform.

You want somebody who embellishes/dives like nobody's business.... on our team? No thanks.

Also, he is not going to be worth the price he's going to get as a free agent. He wouldn't survive in a Canadian market.

 

[DrEasy]

The quality level for both teams was off the charts. Watching the Sens this year we get so used to guys who can't take passes, lazy back-checking, coughing up the ice in the D zone etc. that this is a breath of fresh air.

What makes Olympic games so much fun to watch isn't necessarily the size of the ice, as the games were just as fun in Vancouver. The main difference with the NHL is the lack of interruptions. Fewer and shorter ad breaks makes for a fluid game that doesn't drag on.