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McKenzie is a great analyst and I enjoy his work on the World Juniors pre-game shows
In fact he even has a HF account
In fact he even has a HF account
Somebody missed the Olympics last year...(I know Canada won, but you could definitely argue that the US squad had more "heart")
McKenzie is a great analyst and I enjoy his work on the World Juniors pre-game shows
In fact he even has a HF account
If you want to know so badly, just look it up yourself.
For example, for the University of Minnesota on the roster of 26 players, 25 of them are American and the other one is Finnish.
On the other hand the University of North Dakota's roster this year has 23 players, 11 were American and 12 were Canadian.
The last example let's look at Cornell, an Ivy League school. Out of the 24 skaters, only 10 of them were American with 13 Canadians and one Belorussian.
So in short, I don't think the "majority" of the players are Canadian like the original guy said, but certainly a very large chunk.
IMO the US team basically relied upon goal-tending and that was it. The silver medal was a more than flattering finish for them.
Canada seems to play a more team centered game, hardwork along the boards first and after a pounding they induce their skill.
American players tend to play more selfishly, always looking for the highlight reel play.
Sure thing.....The U.S. was neck and neck with Canada in the gold medal game and could have easily won (Joe Pavelski had a glorious chance just prior to Crosby's goal). Get off your obnoxious high horse.
Sure thing.....The U.S. was neck and neck with Canada in the gold medal game and could have easily won (Joe Pavelski had a glorious chance just prior to Crosby's goal). Get off your obnoxious high horse.
LOL. The US wasn't likely to even be in the final were it not for their goalie. IIRC correctly, Ryan Miller & his gigantic chest protector were the Olympic co-MVPs. Take another look at the highlights. He was wearing massive shoulder protection that put NFL lineman's protection to shame, comparatively speaking.
The more logical final would have probably been Canada/Sweden or Canada/Russia.
The reason I said the silver medal was flattering was because the USA eclipsed their (at the time) IIHF men's ranking of #6 in the world.
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2010-ranking.html
Good for you!
You are a joke of a poster, the US crushed the Finns in the prior game and beat Canada earlier, in case you forgot the US scored 4 goals with a goalie in your net pal during the round robin. Me thinks you completlely underestimate how well the US
dcorp played in the Olympics. After Canada's dcorp no one came close to the US as
Johnson & Johnson, Orpik, Rafalski and Suter were easily superior to any other D corp after Canada, its not even close. The US would have shutdown Russia or Sweden and come 2014 will do it again. You're a tool dude.
Was Ryan Miller not the star of the US team, and was he not named the 2010 Olympic MVP? Were the US not ranked #6 by the IIHF?
Some are able to debate sans name calling. I guess hearing the truth hurts you though.
Somebody missed the Olympics last year...(I know Canada won, but you could definitely argue that the US squad had more "heart")
Sure thing.....The U.S. was neck and neck with Canada in the gold medal game and could have easily won (Joe Pavelski had a glorious chance just prior to Crosby's goal). Get off your obnoxious high horse.
I would agree.. I get a little embarassed when a fellow Canadian suggests nobody else has heart. It's insulting and not true.
The main reason the US competed so well with Canada in the Olympics was heart.. talent-wise we had a big edge.
D - Doughty, Weber, Keith, Pronger, Suter, Rafalski, Orpik, (If you don't like Orpik, I choose E. Johnson in his place)
I would love to see a Canada - US game instead of the All-Star game this year.
Having Buff, Martin & Booth available while you guys have Stamkos is fine by me and I believe you'd see another thrilling game. The talent disparity is not as great as you think.
Sorry RR, I'm from Boston and hate with a passion the Canadian hockey fans (not the players) and would have loved watching the US win in OT. However Pavelski's chance was not "glorious" by any means. Pavelski is no way known for an overpowering shot
and given his body positioning on the shot wasn't capable of a dangerous game winning goal. The only way he could have scored was for Luongo to blow the shot. Incidentally I will say Luongo was capable of choking on that shot as he did look like
he was soiling his underwear late in that game.
Incidentally to our neighbors to the north, you never beat the US in real hockey in the Olympics, 5 on 5.
Ythe US scored 4 goals with a goalie in your net pal during the round robin.
"...hate with a passion the Canadian hockey fans....". Wow, thats a pretty wide brush to paint with. Lumping millions of hockey fans with a few moronic d-bags on a Hockey board is unfair and ignorant....I guess that's where the general opinion of many BOSTON sports fans comes from though.
I don't want to get involved in your little argument, but that statement above is definitely debatable. Martin Brodeur was considerably less effective than a plastic shooter-tutor that game. I lay that loss very squarely at his feet.
"...hate with a passion the Canadian hockey fans....". Wow, thats a pretty wide brush to paint with. Lumping millions of hockey fans with a few moronic d-bags on a Hockey board is unfair and ignorant....I guess that's where the general opinion of many BOSTON sports fans comes from though.
The primary difference between the US and Canada is depth. The US can field one competitive Olympic roster and Canada can field 3 that all have legitimate chance at gold.
In a best on best, the gap is closing between the US and Canada, primarily because you can only field a roster of 23 players. The are producing more and more star quality players.
In the 80's, the US could barely field a star-studded roster. 90's was the US coming out party in international best on best tournaments.