GDT: Bronze Medal Game • Feb. 22 • United States vs. Finland • Part I

[Holocene]

McDonagh has probably been USA's best player this tournament. He did make a bad read on the 2nd goal today, but are you serious about the first goal? That one is entirely on Quick - nothing more a defenseman can do there.

Stepan isn't even playing for ****'s sake. Did someone involved with the Rangers kill your dog or something?

He is a rangers fan so it makes sense that he hates his own players that much.

 

[LaTenderness*]

Scoring on Rask? Keep on dreaming.

Perhaps the Americans can come out wearing Habs jerseys........ Then they'll lite Rask up like a Newfie Bonfire

 

[Boom King]

Very mentally tough to play in a game like this for a North American player. Imagine losing in game 7 of a Stanley Cup conference final and then having to play in a game the next day for 3rd place. Reminds me of when the 1998 Canadian team lost to Finland for the bronze. They also checked out mentally.

 

[Malkin112*]

looks like second coming of jesus... I mean Tuukka

 

[LoneStarHockey]

 

[OttawaRoughRiderFan*]

Kesler has shown up but doesn't have the stats to show for it.

3 things I admire about Kesler...

- After the 2010 GMG loss, he took interview after interview after interview.

- After he was hurt in one of the Olympic games, he went to the end of the bench and hid the pain he was in. He didn't want to be the center of attention. He didn't want to distract his team.

- How hard he is playing today.

He is a great player.

 

[ark]

C'mon cameraman, creeper shots please!

 

[tntkid]

The U.S. are beat mentally.

Finland & Selanne deserves the bronze medals.

 

[missingchicklet]

Finland is there to win that medal. US already looks defeated and doesn't care about this game at all

I guess they didn't care yesterday either. Main problem is they cannot score no matter how hard they try. Bylsma's stubborn mentality on not making adjustments is maddening. Now I see why Pen's fans get so upset at him.

 

[Uli Hiemer]

Needs more Brown...

oh wait.

Lol

 

[Telos]

Ah love being right so often. Jonathan Quick is amazing, great 4th place finish Quick, he is def better then Miller

Really? U.S. is getting shutout back-to-back and Miller is the difference? Agenda much?

 

[Bendak]

So Kane can't convert on 2 penalty shots and now can't tell whether a puck is in the net or not just go home man

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Kane needs to sit a shift or two, no confidence at all

Kane is playing frustrated as can be and pressing big time certainly, but at the same time he is the only guy on Team USA generating any offensive chances!

Was Kessel's name said at all that period?

 

[Benched]

Who cares, nobody takes Canadians seriously.

Maybe somehow a troll or two will find their way into the gold medal game thread. We can only hope.

 

[SidDidNothingWrong]

It's quite easy when you have a thousand Canadian trolls coming in here.

Just wait until Sweden plays Canada tommorow and
has the defensive and goalie ability of Finland but a more potent offense. There
will be a lot of whining and I think we Americans should let off the bitter comments for today. Just like Canadian posters have been rooting against us
every game, we can do the same.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Looks like KHL > NHL.

sure that's why we're playing for gold and you guys bronze

 

[magic school bus]

Gold or nothing nobody gives a damn about silver or bronze

If they don't respect the Olympics enough to compete for a Bronze medal, they flat out shouldn't be there. I'm willing to hold my judgement until after the game, but i've been disgusted by their effort these last 5 periods.

 

[supersoaker]

not this time:

 

[FlutteringSaucer]

Finland is there to win that medal. US already looks defeated and doesn't care about this game at all

I agree that Finns have great attitude for this game. Although when you are playing in the last national team game for Selänne, Timonen and Salo you kind of have to give 110%.

 

[Phil McKraken]

If I was Bylsma I would be pretty irritated, the Americans look like they don't care at all. You're playing for an Olympic meda after all, how about showing that you give a crap for the remaining 20 minutes.

 

[missingchicklet]

C'mon cameraman, creeper shots please!

Dammit. You guys are lucky. NBC is only interested in showing us the beautiful face of Milbury.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Just hand out the medal now in the Finn dressing room.

Save us from watching 20 minutes of pouting.

 

[fsanford]

Ah love being right so often. Jonathan Quick is amazing, great 4th place finish Quick, he is def better then Miller

I haven't seen anything you have posted makes me believe you are right very often.
This post just backs ups my opinion.

 

[dukeofjive]

What did i miss left to go do the grocery shoping and its 2-0 ouch

 

[No Fun Shogun]

What did i miss left to go do the grocery shoping and its 2-0 ouch

You missed eleven seconds.

And continue in part II:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1609301