GDT: Group B • Dec. 31 • Canada 5, Sweden 6 (SO)

[GirardSpinorama]

Klingberg is dominating this thing, love this kid.

 

[McDonagh]

Why was Cowen going after a guy in the neutral zone while the puck was in his own end? haha

 

[TimeZone]

Don`t even begin to talk about Olivier Roy. You`re basing this off of what? The 4 games you`ve seen him play? I`ve watched him for 2-3 years and people say after time that`s when you start to see flaws. Roy got better as time progressed in Cape Breton before being traded to Acadie-Bathurst in an attempt to rebuild our roster. The fact people here think they are smarter or better are judging who should and shouldn`t play more than the Team Canada coaches is ridiculous. Especially when it`s Dave Cameron, who has every reason to play Visentin, with him playing in the OHL. They know what they`re doing.

As far as ducking, yes it`s noticeable, but a lot of shots are going at his head, and he`s a smaller goalie. Most times pucks go at a goalies helmet it`s through traffic and he can`t see them. You can`t say it`s a bad thing when you duck because a solid piece of rubber is flying at your head at high speed. That`s human nature. You can`t break that habit. You`re built to duck when somethings coming at your face.

A goalie who's afraid to get hit by a puck....hmmm something doesn't seem right here.

 

[icing]

If Canada had dominated Sweden like this we would have been down 8-0. It sucks that we cant get ahead on the scoreboard in a game like this.

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Has Klingberg been drafted?

 

[tez]

I don't have to. Scouts and coaches will.

Have fun in the Austrian League!

Good. Don`t talk about him then. You`re not a scout or coach, so why do you deserve to say he`s going to be a small-time netminder. Plenty of players have had struggles. You`re over-exxaggerating this for some unknown reason. Get over it.

 

[SDig14]

good players shine on the international stage..he's in over his head here and the pressure is getting to him..not good signs for a goalie..plus he's small in stature so that doesn't bode well..i say this as an oiler fan.

So what? MAF folded under pressure and won a cup in the NHL and is a solid NHL starter...Schenn wasn't very good last year and is now lighting it up....one tournament doesn't define a 19 year old prospect

 

[AugustBurnsRed*]

Canada's system sucks. The players just stand in the neutral zone and dump and don't chase.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Don`t even begin to talk about Olivier Roy. You`re basing this off of what? The 4 games you`ve seen him play? I`ve watched him for 2-3 years and people say after time that`s when you start to see flaws. Roy got better as time progressed in Cape Breton before being traded to Acadie-Bathurst in an attempt to rebuild our roster. The fact people here think they are smarter or better are judging who should and shouldn`t play more than the Team Canada coaches is ridiculous. Especially when it`s Dave Cameron, who has every reason to play Visentin, with him playing in the OHL. They know what they`re doing.

As far as ducking, yes it`s noticeable, but a lot of shots are going at his head, and he`s a smaller goalie. Most times pucks go at a goalies helmet it`s through traffic and he can`t see them. You can`t say it`s a bad thing when you duck because a solid piece of rubber is flying at your head at high speed. That`s human nature. You can`t break that habit. You`re built to duck when somethings coming at your face.

A goalie that ducks is about as useful as a lumberjack that is allergic to trees.

 

[McDonagh]

I thought Olsen was going to take a holding penalty, I was ready to lose it.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Lehner gives me wood.

 

[tez]

A goalie who's afraid to get hit by a puck....hmmm something doesn't seem right here.

It`s not that he`s afraid of it. It`s that he`s seeing the puck coming at his head. A HUMAN BEING who doesn`t duck when a solid material is zooming towards his head and doesn`t duck.. something doesn`t seem right there.

 

[AugustBurnsRed*]

This team would be a little more interesting with RNH.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Larsson hasn't really done much to impress me this game. Nothing about him screams top overall pick.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I've gotta say though, I love the way the Swedes are playing, they're going to be scary if Landeskog is able to come back for them.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

So what? MAF folded under pressure and won a cup in the NHL and is a solid NHL starter...Schenn wasn't very good last year and is now lighting it up....one tournament doesn't define a 19 year old prospect

MAF had one bad goal at a bad time in a tournament, but he was a million times better than this kid is.

 

[Tavaresmagicalplay*]

I only see two guys being bashed, and rightfully so.

Olsen and Roy.

Durign this tournament I've seen Olsen, Roy, Leblanc, Schenn(he might break the record for points in a tournament), it was mentiond we should have left Cizikas of for Toffoli, Visentin was absolutely destroyed for giving up a goal against Norway I mean who hasn't got it? It's ridiculous.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Has Klingberg been drafted?

YEs

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9791

 

[McDonagh]

They think Larsson will be as good as Kronwall in Detroit? hmm, maybe.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

It`s not that he`s afraid of it. It`s that he`s seeing the puck coming at his head. A HUMAN BEING who doesn`t duck when a solid material is zooming towards his head and doesn`t duck.. something doesn`t seem right there.

That's why they become NHL goalies and the rest play in beer leagues.

 

[Alberta Yote]

Canada generated nothing for chances in the last part of that period. Keep throwing Cizikas out there, that will solve things.

 

[Kiefer]

New Year's games always turn out the classics, I love it.

That was definitely not a kicking motion, good goal.

Yeah it's good that I don't waste this evening for nothing

 

[Freudian]

Fun game. It feels like one of those games Canada finds a way to win. They usually do when it looks like this but the bounces going their way.

 

[Sher-Wood]

Shots is 33-19 to Sweden.

 

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Durign this tournament I've seen Olsen, Roy, Leblanc, Schenn(he might break the record for points in a tournament), it was mentiond we should have left Cizikas of for Toffoli, Visentin was absolutely destroyed for giving up a goal against Norway I mean who hasn't got it? It's ridiculous.

I can't speak for other games, but over the course of a tournament, lots of guys get critisized. I've seen a lot of Swedes bashed on this thread, too. Don't make it a Canadian thing.