GDT: Quarterfinal • Feb. 19 • Finland vs. Russia • Part III (Mod Warning Post #2)
- Thread starter Frederick Stanley
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I'm going to assume this went unnoticed the first time. Stop with the Putin jokes. Stop with the "disappearance" jokes. Stop with joking about the Olympics being canceled and that people are going to die. We shouldn't have to warn you about this.
saffronleaf
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I feel sorry for Russia.
I was hoping the Finals would be Canada - Russia or USA - Russia.
Pretty sad, Finals will kind of suck now.
Finland is the New Jersey Devils of Olympic hockey. Trap, trap, trap, trap.
I was hoping the Finals would be Canada - Russia or USA - Russia.
Pretty sad, Finals will kind of suck now.
Finland is the New Jersey Devils of Olympic hockey. Trap, trap, trap, trap.
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TonsofPuppies*
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You're actually thinking of the Swiss. At least the Finns can score more than 1. Switzerland is the ultimate 90s Devils trap team.
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I hope some day he actually plays for a good cohesive, well coached team.Why life hates him so much I don't know
I won't totally absolve him of his part in the losses that he has suffered in the past, but I agree to a large extent. This team never looked right, let's be honest.
I remember before the Olympics started thinking that the Russians will play a much more cohesive game and players will be willing to take on different roles in order to win.
If you listened to Crosby talk post-game after the Finland game, the one thing he kept saying over and over was that the players need to accept their roles. If that means a 40 goal scorer is now a 10 minute playing fourth liner, then so be it.
People put wayyyyy too much value into points in this tournament. Is it about an individual getting points, or a team winning a gold medal? I think as fans we want the best players to light it up, but at the end of the day if Crosby or Ovechkin get zero points but their team wins the gold....isn't that what everyone came for?
I would have liked to see the Russian coach/system place more importance on the team game than the individual effort. Finland did, and they won.
Oh snap! Haha he's probably gonna be blasted for the rest of the year in Russia
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I hope some day he actually plays for a good cohesive, well coached team.Why life hates him so much I don't know
A well coached team like Anaheim?
Better Call Sal
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Wow, Finland-Sweden in the medal round? Awesome. Now for US and Canada to do their jobs and this will be an epic medal round to say the least.
It must be pretty boring for a neutral party to watch Finland play against the "big" countries, with the full focus on D and only the occasional attack. Sweden will hold the puck even more than Russia did.
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On the bright side. Happy for Fins KHL`es. JMA (he was a KHL, and most likely will be in the next season, Dynamo bought his rights), Kontioal playerd brilliant.
Komarov as always active! That hit on Ovie!
3rd def pairing looked solid!
Imonned didn't participate in goals for, but still played a well game.
Will be rooting for Fins for now.
Komarov as always active! That hit on Ovie!
3rd def pairing looked solid!
Imonned didn't participate in goals for, but still played a well game.
Will be rooting for Fins for now.
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Getting tired of pens fans talking crap about ovechkin like he was the only one that didnt play well, if you watched teh games, the coaching was a joke. Malkin didnt play that well. And Ovi is great on the PP. and he wasnt even on the first PP line.
