Why does it matter where the American kids play junior hockey? They're still American, regardless...
WJC: Don Cherry: "American Development?!"
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It doesn't matter. Russia were missing seven players I believe and you do not here them whining.
Jimmi McJenkins
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Don't start this, for the love of god, let the crazy old man, sound crazy, and then just look away embarrassed.
The USA won because they were the better team and the best team in the Tournament.
CaptBrannigan
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I don't get how that matters one bit. A wide percentage of Olympians have honed their skills for US-based NHL clubs. Should they all play for the US?
Majority of guys from US NTDP, how did Canada help train them?
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I am not going to go any farther than i did, just making a point, and yes i will say the US did play better than team Canada in the tourney
William H Bonney
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How about this deal....Americans, and fans of all other countries will concede the WJC going forward, the tournament ceases to need to exist due to the amazing team Canada could put forth each year if not for the NHL.
In turn, Canadians will cease to continue to brag about their depth, making threads like "ZOMG OUR Z TEAM COULD TOTALLY WIN SILVER IN THE OLYMPICS."
Deal?
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Jimmi McJenkins
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You shouldn't have even gone that far, it's pointless. Don Cherry is a crazy old man who's out of touch with hockey today, he needs to be believed and listened to no more then when your grandpa rants about some random thing he doesn't have enough information to make an informed comment on.
U.S. is already at a disadvantage simply because their best athletes aren't even playing hockey.
Pointing out that Canada's team was under-skilled and less talented because several key players are in the NHL already just highlights how little top-end depth Canada, the best hockey country in the world, really has compared to other countries.
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Before you hate on Cherry, he did say at the beginning how some are saying there is something wrong with Canadian hockey (Canadian sportscasters)
He's just telling it like it is. A number of NHL players were eligible.
He's just telling it like it is. A number of NHL players were eligible.
Don fully acknowledged that the US won because they were the best team in the tournament.
Noeller
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This is a ridiculous post. Nearly half your players were trained in Canada, under Canadian coaches and playing against the most elite level of junior hockey - CHL.
Good on Don for telling it like it is - if our best players weren't already in the NHL, we'd crush every team, every year.
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What a moron, that was embarrassing to watch.
Way to bring up carlson, who has played all of half of a season in the CHL and was drafted highly based on his development in the USHL.
what an old clown. I apologize to any Americans that had to watch that.
Way to bring up carlson, who has played all of half of a season in the CHL and was drafted highly based on his development in the USHL.
what an old clown. I apologize to any Americans that had to watch that.
Jimmi McJenkins
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No he's trying to fill his show with some random hockey related thing, while he takes a break from apologizing for the Leafs.
He's not calling it like it is, he's being a crazy old man, without enough information.
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BraveSirRobin
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I never thought that the Canada being one of the best, if not the best, at young player development was in debate. We go on about American development because we're producing better players than we were ten years ago (not to mention the USHL is one of the better junior leagues there is. No, not on par with the CHL, but still.) And I also don't recall anyone seriously saying the US was now claiming to be "number 1" in player development. (If we did, it was probably out of euphoria out of beating Canada in the final.)
The whole rant sounded like sour grapes to me.
The whole rant sounded like sour grapes to me.
Jimmi McJenkins
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He didn't, because to fully acknowledge that, it has to come with no "yeah, but"s.
The Expert
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Yep.
Now, without reading this thread I predict many Americans gloating about something they had nothing to do with, all the while calling Don bitter.
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I actually liked on NHL Power Play (or was it NHL Live?) the other day when they were talking about the Canadian arrogance and sense of entitlement towards the game of hockey. Seems like a lot of that has oozed into this thread.
The remarks weren't that controversial, at least not as much as the whiny OP made it seem.
The remarks weren't that controversial, at least not as much as the whiny OP made it seem.
William H Bonney
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For how long? You do realize that other than Walker, Jenks and Lashoff, all those guys he listed spent as much time if not more with the NTDP/USHL? It goes both ways.
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wow i love the way this thread is going. Get over it, whether your side won or lost, quit being sore. Way to go Americans for winning one and Canadians, you can't win em all, 5 in a row is pretty good.
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