One of the most clueless posts ever on these boards.
Grab a club and maybe rejoin us...or hopefully not.
You mean the one in 2006? Or in 1998? They did too.
Most Olympic teams do.
People second-guess the selections when Canada loses. They don't when Canada wins.
Were the 2002 and 2010 the best possible lineups we could have fielded? Few people spend a great deal of energy second-guessing those rosters.
In 2002 Joe Thornton could have been on the team, but it wasn't a HUGE controversy and we all know how Joe is in the clutch. Roy decided not to play. Other than that the team was picked to a tee.
Ditto for 2010. Yzerman knew it was impossible to leave off players like Staal, Toews, Richards etc. even if they were centers and had to play on the wing. He didn't overthink. He saw how difficult it would be to leave off players who were just too good. The intangibles of these players made it easy. As for the Stamkos and Green omissions, it was a little controversial and I will say the Bergeron selection made little sense even when it was explained to us because he didn't bring a lot to the table in that tournament. But overall the best team was picked AND there were players picked who would be impossible to leave off. And we won again.
True. Yet for all that Scott Niedermayer makes a horrible giveaway in overtime that could have caused it all to go up in smoke.
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
This is simply ridiculous. At first, the Canadians were pretty much worshiping (well, more or less) Cameron - claiming that he is an "excellent coach" and that he might be the reason the players and fans would be singing "Oh Canada" after 60 minutes of a rivalry game. Look how quickly things change. Now, the pissed off, embarrassed and "religiously" infatuated fans of Canada are going ballistic.
"Who must we blame?", they ask. Of course they throw their rotten tomatoes at the coaches and staff. God forbid if they actually recognize Russia as a productive, hot-tempered, highly skilled and Gold-deserved team. No, the Canadians (yes, I am generalizing) will not admit that Russia is a good team; they must blame everyone else. They can't even admit that Russia played better - they have to obstinately point out that Canada mentally "collapsed", and that the only team that can actually beat Canada is...well Canada! Canada beat themselves.
Ridiculous.
True. Yet for all that Scott Niedermayer makes a horrible giveaway in overtime that could have caused it all to go up in smoke.
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
Wasn't the timout used when Russia was in the lead?I know a lot of people want to throw Cameron under the bus, and there is no question he missed the timeout call, but I think a lot of credit has to go to Valeri Bragin for pushing the right buttons at the right time. The goaltending change and timeout paid off (didn't someone say timeouts never work?) and going down to two lines was the difference in the game.
You think he is bad here...go read his Bruin postings....you would think half the team kicked his dogYou are the type of person who takes the fun right out of hockey. These are kids for christ sake.
Maybe you should take a break from hockey and fill your life with other things than hockey.
This is simply ridiculous. At first, the Canadians were pretty much worshiping (well, more or less) Cameron - claiming that he is an "excellent coach" and that he might be the reason the players and fans would be singing "Oh Canada" after 60 minutes of a rivalry game. Look how quickly things change. Now, the pissed off, embarrassed and "religiously" infatuated fans of Canada are going ballistic.
"Who must we blame?", they ask. Of course they throw their rotten tomatoes at the coaches and staff. God forbid if they actually recognize Russia as a productive, hot-tempered, highly skilled and Gold-deserved team. No, the Canadians (yes, I am generalizing) will not admit that Russia is a good team; they must blame everyone else. They can't even admit that Russia played better - they have to obstinately point out that Canada mentally "collapsed", and that the only team that can actually beat Canada is...well Canada! Canada beat themselves.
Ridiculous.
Oh man, can you imagine what the OP would say if Team Canada lost at the Olympics...
It's not a matter of "oh, I guess Russia is just that much better than Canada". If the game was close all the way and Russia prevailed...then maybe. Russia didn't win so much as Canada threw the game away. This was an all-world collapse by Canada.
Canada stopped doing everything, they stopped hitting, stopped forechecking and back-checking. They just decided to stop playing hockey. On nearly every goal (maybe every one) you can see a Canadian player just give up on the play.
Absolutely disgraceful!!!!
Canada was up 3-0 in the 3rd. What they needed to do was to continue to execute their game plan and play to their strengths.
Get the puck in deep, cycle it, be strong along the boards. They do that, they keep the Russians away from their net.
Canada had breakdowns in their own zone in the 3rd and paid for it.
Give credit to the Russians for never giving up.
It's not a matter of "oh, I guess Russia is just that much better than Canada". If the game was close all the way and Russia prevailed...then maybe. Russia didn't win so much as Canada threw the game away. This was an all-world collapse by Canada.
Canada stopped doing everything, they stopped hitting, stopped forechecking and back-checking. They just decided to stop playing hockey. On nearly every goal (maybe every one) you can see a Canadian player just give up on the play.
Absolutely disgraceful!!!!
Do you care to explain how Cameron IS a good coach? His selections were poor, his goaltending was handled poorly. He called a timeout way too late when you knew deep down in your gut that the Russians had the momentum. And he will now be shown for the next 50 years in coaching schools of how not to coach with a 3 goal lead. Where is the evidence he is a good coach?
"Take away that third period collapse and we played some really solid hockey, We almost got the result we wanted. We did more right than wrong."