Flyers World Championship thread

[kudymen]

Kudos to the Swedes!

But a shootout in there is ****ing dumb

 

[Tripod]

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Congrats.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The fact that everyone here is pissed about the shootout is a great example as to why I think so highly of Flyer fans.

It's not even that. I thought it was dumb even when USA won at this past WJC's. I won't take anything away from the teams as both of them have a chance heading into it. It's just a bad way to decide an important game.

 

[Chinatown88]

FeelsCanadaMan

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

IIHF should start settling gold medal games with a full skills comp. Fastest skater, Hardest shot, etc.

****ing garbage.

 

[sabremike]

Besides killing my Whalers the shootout is Gary Bettman's greatest crime against the game of hockey.

 

[sabremike]

It's not even that. I thought it was dumb even when USA won at this past WJC's. I won't take anything away from the teams as both of them have a chance heading into it. It's just a bad way to decide an important game.

The shootout is complete garbage and using it to decide a game of any importance is a joke. You are 100% right.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Hexy really has some kind of bubble gum addiction.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The shootout is complete garbage and using it to decide a game of any importance is a joke. You are 100% right.

I don't mind them in the regular season for the NHL. I just think they should be looking for ways to minimize it more. Perhaps a 3 point system &/or a little longer OT period.

But you're probably not going to get all parties on board with those changes unfortunately. The league/owners/executives love the fake parity while the players don't want to play anymore than they have to.

 

[Stizzle]

A great tournament by Konecny. A big middle finger to Hakstol. Cooper showed confidence in him over and over.

 

[tictactoe]

A great tournament by Konecny. A big middle finger to Hakstol. Cooper showed confidence in him over and over.

this is what Claude Giroux used to look like when he was hungry, when he was racing horses.

 

[Hapiii]

A great tournament by Konecny. A big middle finger to Hakstol. Cooper showed confidence in him over and over.

Couturier was really good at hes role too. Other Flyers were pretty meh.

 

[Hapiii]

this is what Claude Giroux used to look like when he was hungry.

Doubt its about that. He just cant skate / move like that anymore which is sad.

 

[eramosat]

Shootout is just the latest in a long history of experiments with how the World Champion is selected. At least the top 2 teams face off against each other...for years it was winner of the round-robin, with various and strange tie-breakers.

3 on 3 is very likely to be the next method introduced, it's exciting, skillful, and settles it without unlimited overtime.

Congratulations Sweden!

 

[GKJ]

We had 5 players on the team and not one saw the ice in the shootout

IIHF is going back to 4v4 in overtime of the gold medal games next season.

 

[Coffe]

Congrats.

Thank you, few better feelings than beating Canada. Although you had the better chances in OT.

 

[Rebels57]

Who were the shooters Canada used?

 

[CodyTheHuman]

Who were the shooters Canada used?

Point was the second shooter, O'Reilly the third. I don't recall the first.

 

[Stizzle]

Point was the second shooter, O'Reilly the third. I don't recall the first.

MacKinnon.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Who were the shooters Canada used?

MacKinnon, Point, O'Reilly, & Marner. None of them scored. Nylander, Backstrom, Ekman-Larsson, & Landskog went for Sweden. Backstrom & Ekman-Larsson scored. It was a best of five shots.

 

[Rebels57]

Point and O'Reilly over Giroux

No Skinner? Duchene?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Point was 5/7 in them with Tampa this year. So not too surprising Cooper would use him given that & his overall play this tournament.

 

[Rebels57]

Point was 5/7 in them with Tampa this year. So not too surprising Cooper would use him given that & his overall play this tournament.

Fair enough.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

After watching these games, Skinner strikes me as a player that would give us divided opinions on this board.

It easy to see why he scores goal at even strength, he's supremely gifted, but I feel the same way about him as I do about Eichel and MacKinnon.

 

[McMatthews]

Konecny is a stud.