GDT: Group F • May 9 • Canada 3, Sweden 2

[eli J]

It's pretty simple, if either team actually "threw" the game to avoid Russia then they are losers. I don't care if they go on to the Gold Medal, they are losers at heart. And that includes simply "not trying your best".

That said, I don't think either team did this. These are pro athletes competing for the pride of their respective nations and their respective hockey programs, not contestants on some weird sports version of Survivor.

 

[svartgul]

They didn't throw the game, they stopped playing for the win the second Canada made it 3-2 though.

2006 Olympics on the other hand, that was Sweden throwing the game.

 

[Minister of Offence]

Yes IMO Rundblad didn't play that well in this game. I didn't expect him to shine with it being his first game of the tournament but I really didn't expect all the praise he got.
I mean; he rarely gets praised and when he does it's when he has a bad game? what the..?
Or did I miss something here?

Edit: OK most people seem to say that he had a good game.. I must just have very high expectations of him..

Yeah he was fine I thought, made a couple mistakes but had some good play as well. I think people are forgetting too fast with this guy that he's 20 and just matched up with Nash-Spezza-Neal after having not played all tournament.

I'm skeptical of the Rundblad hype, think some should temper a little, but I was fine with what I saw yesterday.

...Kinda liked the 8 minutes I saw from Silfverberg a little more though. He looks like he gets it...just needs to learn how to use that shot with great release more.

 

[21]

Former swedish national coach and today columinist and hockey guru Leif Boork is continuing officially bashing Canadian icehockey in the swedish press! Leif Boork is very upset! ;-) The Nash hit on Backlund started everything.

Run these new articles through google translator. First article is the newest one.
http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2432118/kanadas-maktbehov-maste-bekampas

http://hockey.expressen.se/trekronor/1.2430830/boork-jag-stallde-en-relevant-fraga

 

[Everlasting]

Boork is an idiot

 

[NyQuil]

Former swedish national coach and today columinist and hockey guru Leif Boork is continuing officially bashing Canadian icehockey in the swedish press! Leif Boork is very upset! ;-) The Nash hit on Backlund started everything.

I'm thinking Boork's ego starting everything.

It reminds me of a Larry Brooks editorial, where he takes personal offense to John Tortorella and injects himself into the story.

BTW, if he wants Sweden to start playing more aggressive, you'll have no argument here. A lot of Swedes can play tough/dirty in the NHL once they've been over here a few years.

My memory of Canada-Finland in 2002 was Selanne hitting Pronger from behind into the glass, causing his nose to bleed all over the place. It just showed how much Teemu was willing to do to win that day. One of his best games ever. He was a force.

 

[Dosing]

Leif boork is basically the swedish don cherry, only hes really smart about it and has as result gotten a job as commentator.

 

[21]

Boork doesn't lack of self confidence. ;-) I have to say I like him. :-D

"Of course I was involved in beating Canada in Canada Cup 1984 in Vancouver. It was Mats Näslund merit. The smallest of them all. He started a fight when Canada's players chased his friend Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (Gus) around the rink. Of course I yelled out Canada coach Glen Sather. Canada was leading 2-1. We turned around and won by 4-2 after Näslund effort. Still the only time Tre Kronor hit Canada on their own ground in an international senior tournament."

and more bragging ;-)

"In the late 90's I was a coach for the Norwegian national team. We played against Canada in Canada. In The Pas. A hole eight hours by bus north of Winnipeg.
Some Norwegian player, did not dare to play.
Canada was brutal. Andy Murray, now assistant coach of Switzerland in this World Cup, coached Canada. He was responsible for the rough-ties. I ordered out our toughest Norwegian, Martin Sellgren, son of a doctor from Trondheim, to take a fight with their worst bugbear. Sellgren won. It allowed us to survive a few games to.

Canada is nice when they win. Squeamish about going against them."

http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2432118/kanadas-maktbehov-maste-bekampas

 

[Drij]

meh who cares about some has been sweed.

 

[SurMartin]

Yeah he was fine I thought, made a couple mistakes but had some good play as well. I think people are forgetting too fast with this guy that he's 20 and just matched up with Nash-Spezza-Neal after having not played all tournament.

I'm skeptical of the Rundblad hype, think some should temper a little, but I was fine with what I saw yesterday.

What I meant was just that it's weird that he got so much praise after the last game as he has played a lot better in some previous tre kronor-apperances. For instance; so far (only halfway through right now though ) he has been twice as good against Germany in comparison to this game. Oh the experts.

 

[Phil McKraken]

meh who cares about some has been sweed.

It's spelled "Swede".

 

[Djurgardsjavel]

Leif boork is basically the swedish don cherry, only hes really smart about it and has as result gotten a job as commentator.

An inverted Don Cherry, Leif very well might be. They share the common trait of being completely out of touch with the rest of the world. Leif has built his reputation publicly condemning more or less every single hit thrown in the SEL for the last couple of years, labeling this or that player "dirty". He hates the physical game, with passion.

Leif, back in his days as a coach, was also one of the forefathers of the negative, defensive, boring system that has plagued Swedish hockey for so long. Few individuals have hurt the game as much as he has. He is toxic.

Ugh. Looking at it again, how can anyone think that hit is something that shouldn't be allowed in the game.

 

[NyQuil]

Ugh. Looking at it again, how can anyone think that hit is something that shouldn't be allowed in the game.

I'm sure he has his "Canadian barbarians/lumberjacks" editorial all ready to go before the tournament starts, and then waits for anything he can use to launch it.

 

[Dosing]

An inverted Don Cherry, Leif very well might be. They share the common trait of being completely out of touch with the rest of the world. Leif has built his reputation publicly condemning more or less every single hit thrown in the SEL for the last couple of years, labeling this or that player "dirty". He hates the physical game, with passion.

Leif, back in his days as a coach, was also one of the forefathers of the negative, defensive, boring system that has plagued Swedish hockey for so long. Few individuals have hurt the game as much as he has. He is toxic.

Ugh. Looking at it again, how can anyone think that hit is something that shouldn't be allowed in the game.

He also cares more about the fact that he's on tv then what hes saying on it.

 

[Djurgardsjavel]

meh who cares about some has been sweed.

It's spelled "Swede".

MrJonas clears up that one and only grammatical error. Sorry mods, but I LOL'd so hard I couldn't help it.

 

[Oyabun]

MrJonas clears up that one and only grammatical error. Sorry mods, but I LOL'd so hard I couldn't help it.

Uh-uh you missed one error, "has-been" is one word

Språkpolisen up up and away!!

 

[Drij]

MrJonas clears up that one and only grammatical error. Sorry mods, but I LOL'd so hard I couldn't help it.

Wasn't supposed to be spelled correctly. I guess that shot threw past your head.

 

[Nordic Pride]

Boork doesn't lack of self confidence. ;-) I have to say I like him. :-D

"Of course I was involved in beating Canada in Canada Cup 1984 in Vancouver. It was Mats Näslund merit. The smallest of them all. He started a fight when Canada's players chased his friend Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (Gus) around the rink. Of course I yelled out Canada coach Glen Sather. Canada was leading 2-1. We turned around and won by 4-2 after Näslund effort. Still the only time Tre Kronor hit Canada on their own ground in an international senior tournament."

and more bragging ;-)

"In the late 90's I was a coach for the Norwegian national team. We played against Canada in Canada. In The Pas. A hole eight hours by bus north of Winnipeg.
Some Norwegian player, did not dare to play.
Canada was brutal. Andy Murray, now assistant coach of Switzerland in this World Cup, coached Canada. He was responsible for the rough-ties. I ordered out our toughest Norwegian, Martin Sellgren, son of a doctor from Trondheim, to take a fight with their worst bugbear. Sellgren won. It allowed us to survive a few games to.

Canada is nice when they win. Squeamish about going against them."

http://hockey.expressen.se/elitserien/1.2432118/kanadas-maktbehov-maste-bekampas

You need to check your glasses. He didn't write "Of course"... "Själv var jag med", inte "Självklart var jag med".

 

[Vikke]

You need to check your glasses. He didn't wright "Of course"... "Själv var jag med", inte "Självklart var jag med".

I'm guessing google translate, eh?

 

[Nordic Pride]

I'm guessing google translate, eh?

Probably, but kinda sloppy not to double check as a swede.

Ah well, it's no biggie.

 

[Djurgardsjavel]

Probably, but kinda sloppy not to double check as a swede.

Ah well, it's no biggie.

And, there is no "gh" in write.

// Språkpolisen

 

[Nordic Pride]

And, there is no "gh" in write.

// Språkpolisen

Hehe, thank you, sir!

 

[Oyabun]

And, there is no "gh" in write.

// Språkpolisen

Nice find! the dynamic duo

//Språkpoliserna