Its embarrassing for me as a Canadian to have the guy wearing the "C" for Canada diving out there like a soccer player. If he didnt have an idiotic dive with an 8 goal lead last night he wouldnt be catching heat but he did. Now hes got another blatantly obvious dive on his resume. Like Avermann11 said above, these refs will take notice and not give those calls later in the tournament when the games actually matter.
Embellishment like that is not really a Canadian hockey play and when the captain does it its embarrassing. Youre the captain of the team and youve had 2 ugly dives, needing a dive to help your team win against the Swiss is embarrassing too. How about as captain you go out there and score against the team you should be beating by 5 goals, or fire the team up more.
He actually reminds me of that embarrassing showing a few years ago now where Patrice Cormier had the C and ran aorund like an idiot and ended up getting suspended.
It’s too bad that him wearing the C is embarrassing for you. I really don’t know how a 19 year old kid can embarrass you but to each their own.
The game isn’t what it once was, guys will dive and have no problem doing it because it helps the team. When watching it live, I didn’t think he dove but instead was cross checked and a penalty was deserving. Once seeing the replays, it’s obvious he went down easier than he should have but with all the replays and different angles, it’s easier to see these things then ever before.
How many of the beloved Canadian hockey players, that came before him dove in their careers but were never caught due to lack of resources available to people? I’m guessing a lot. As we’re all aware, the game is ever evolving. The days of guys battling and not diving (I’d tell you this has always happened) are going away, the players are changing as the game changes. As a result, we won’t see as many guys that are “tough as nails” and play like the guys from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s... it’s just where the game is headed. Embellishment is going to continue to be a big part of the game, as special teams are valued as much as ever before, guys will do what needs to be done to gain that advantage, it’s just sort of the way it is now.