Kessel, JvR, and Kulemin in Sochi

[Puckstuff]

Man I can't wait to see Kessel in top form FEAST on teams that have been sitting for 2 weeks this week.

Lets hope he doesn't run out of gas. That's lot of hockey and traveling time... and he's still in Russia I believe (not 100 percent though)

 

[Divine]

Kessel named forward of the tournament!

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

Lets hope he doesn't run out of gas. That's lot of hockey and traveling time... and he's still in Russia I believe (not 100 percent though)

He played his last game on Saturday, and will play his next one on Thursday. That alone is more than enough time to rest up.

NHL players are creatures of habit, the ones coming from the olympics will be in top form.

 

[Divine]

Sigh.. People are arguing Kessel didn't deserve the top forward because he didn't 'show up' when the team was shutout back to back.

At least now we know Kessel is considered better than Wayne Gretzky.

 

[BiggestLeafsFanEVER*]

Where did you find all of this?

on twitter and there's a chart on the olympics board

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Sigh.. People are arguing Kessel didn't deserve the top forward because he didn't 'show up' when the team was shutout back to back.

At least now we know Kessel is considered better than Wayne Gretzky.

They are just looking for reactions those posters. Kessel was the only USA fwd that was remotely dangerous against Canada.

No one showed up against Finland, who cares about a bronze medal, in 4 years no one will remember.

 

[blendermf]

Sigh.. People are arguing Kessel didn't deserve the top forward because he didn't 'show up' when the team was shutout back to back.

At least now we know Kessel is considered better than Wayne Gretzky.

Especially when you consider in the game against Canada they were playing against probably the best team defence I've seen in my life. (and the other game being the bronze medal game, which they were probably completely deflated for)

 

[Daisy Jane]

They are just looking for reactions those posters. Kessel was the only USA fwd that was remotely dangerous against Canada.

No one showed up against Finland, who cares about a bronze medal, in 4 years no one will remember.

Except, you know - Finland.

 

[Marr]

It seems all hope for Kessel getting respected by non-Leaf fans is lost yet again.

 

[FlareKnight]

It seems all hope for Kessel getting respected by non-Leaf fans is lost yet again.

All hope of that was lost when he signed an extension with the Leafs . Just the way things go.

Other fans don't care what Kessel accomplished against Boston in the playoffs either. If he scored a few goals in the last couple games for the US (and lost) people still would have forgotten about it within a few weeks.

 

[Durrr]

It seems all hope for Kessel getting respected by non-Leaf fans is lost yet again.

Kessel was by far USA's best forward through the tournament, showing up players like Kane and Parise (both "highly respected" players). If other people can't respect a player like that, then who cares. Leafers know that Kessel is a top tier player, we don't need vindication.

 

[ULF_55]

Games over, welcome home Phil, James and Nik!!!

Hopefully they learned something about playing as a team by watching Canada.

 

[Quares27]

All hope of that was lost when he signed an extension with the Leafs . Just the way things go.

Other fans don't care what Kessel accomplished against Boston in the playoffs either. If he scored a few goals in the last couple games for the US (and lost) people still would have forgotten about it within a few weeks.

Ya the funniest is when you see comments like "Kessel was invisible again in a big game"... I must have missed the first time

 

[Hyperglide]

How bad is the injury to JVR? I heard he hurt his hand or something. Also he took that puck right under the chin and looked like off his collarbone in the Bronze game. Is he injured or just really banged up?

Hope he isn't our mini-Tavares.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Except, you know - Finland.

Finland deserved Bronze, it means more to them than say USA or Canada. If we lost to USA, I shudder to think, we may have lost to Finland as well.

Gold or go home for Canada.

 

[Mess]

Some players will come home from the Olympics on success highs while others will be coming home on disappointing lows.

Be interesting to see how that effects NHL play based on Olympic experience.

 

[Raging Bull]

Ended up being best case scenario. Phil lit it up and Canada won gold.

 

[cack]

Ended up being best case scenario. Phil lit it up and Canada won gold.

I feel the same way.

 

[FlareKnight]

Ended up being best case scenario. Phil lit it up and Canada won gold.

Well I think the best case scenario was Kessel playing well even against Canada but Canada still winning. Then Kessel lighting up the Bronze Medal game to leave on a high note.

This was more of the mostly positive scenario. As a whole Kessel played great and lead the tournament in scoring, Canada won the Gold, but Kessel had a rough last two games of the tournament.

 

[zong]

How bad is the injury to JVR? I heard he hurt his hand or something. Also he took that puck right under the chin and looked like off his collarbone in the Bronze game. Is he injured or just really banged up?

Hope he isn't our mini-Tavares.

Puck to the throat, he seemed fine.

 

[Raging Bull]

JVR also 7 points in 6 games and led the tournament in +/- .

 

[MapleLeafs9]

JVR also 7 points in 6 games and led the tournament in +/- .

JvR had 5 points.

 

[Raging Bull]

JvR had 5 points.

My bad, Wikipedia for some reason has him listed as 1 goal 6 assists.

 

[Eb]

Ended up being best case scenario. Phil lit it up and Canada won gold.

Would have liked them to win a medal though.

 

[12345678910]

It seems all hope for Kessel getting respected by non-Leaf fans is lost yet again.

Yep. Lost yet again. Who cares though, let's let the rest of the league sleep on him. He's a top 5 talent right now in the NHL.