GDT: Quarterfinal - May 23 - Canada vs Switzerland

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Quarterfinal

May 23
10:15 AM ET • 4:15 PM CET

Canada vs Switzerland

Canada
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Matt Murray
31 Carter Hart

Defensemen:
25 Darnell Nurse - 28 Damon Severson
72 Thomas Chabot - 51 Troy Stecher
27 Shea Theodore - 4 Dante Fabbro
5 Philippe Myers

Forwards:
81 Jonathan Marchessault - 18 Pierre-Luc Dubois - 61 Mark Stone
71 Anthony Cirelli - 7 Sean Couturier - 23 Sam Reinhart
16 Jared McCann - 19 Kyle Turris - 10 Tyson Jost
14 Adam Henrique - 17 Dylan Strome - 21 Mathieu Joseph
59 Tyler Bertuzzi

Scratched:
G 29 Mackenzie Blackwood
D 62 Brandon Montour
F 39 Anthony Mantha


Switzerland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
63 Leonardo Genoni
20 Reto Berra

Defensemen:
90 Roman Josi - 16 Raphael Diaz
76 Joël Genazzi - 55 Romain Loeffel
45 Michael Fora - 38 Lukas Frick

Forwards:
22 Nino Niederreiter - 13 Nico Hischier - 21 Kevin Fiala
15 Grégory Hofmann - 92 Gaëtan Haas - 85 Sven Adrighetto
60 Tristan Scherwey - 23 Philipp Kurashev - 93 Lino Martschini
82 Simon Moser - 64 Christoph Bertschy - 10 Andres Ambühl
46 Noah Rod - 8 Vincent Praplan

Scratched:
G 29 Robert Mayer
D 86 Janis Moser
D 6 Yannick Weber


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[Eye of Ra]

canada lost to swiss last year. this game could go either way.

 

[jj cale]

50-50 call here.

 

[Nexon]

Canada is suprisingly good this year but Swiss have showed they can play everyone in arguably stronger group. I really believe Teams in A group are no match for B group teams so I say Switzerland by 2 goals.

 

[FlameChampion]

Switzerland has some good players. Dont overlook this one Canada!

 

[Tuggy]

Switzerland has definitely become a thorn in Canada's side. Will be a tough one.

 

[Lambo]

CAN 5:3

 

[Messrules11]

The Swiss better watch out, Canada is going to lay a beating on them. 5-0 Canada.

 

[Dominance]

Canada should take this in a cakewalk based simply on the quality of the players in the lineup, but we know that’s never what really matters. Our boys will have to come in with aggression and focus and maintain it for 60 minutes to move on.

 

[jj cale]

Canada should take this in a cakewalk based simply on the quality of the players in the lineup, but we know that’s never what really matters. Our boys will have to come in with aggression and focus and maintain it for 60 minutes to move on.

The gap between the players is not really that large and the Swiss are well coached and play hard, add to that they are a really fast team that passes the puck well and have good finishing skills and it seems difficult to believe it will be a cakewalk.



They are a real good team, this should be close either way, I would not want to be laying serious dollars on it.

 

[Snippit]

Canada 6-0

 

[albator71]

It's gonna be a close one. The Swiss is a very good team, It could go either way. I say Canada takes it in overtime.

 

[Great99]

Swiss is good as underdogs , but this Team Canada is playing with speed-skill-execution 4-1

 

[Nexon]

I must be laughing when I see those Canadian posters, who barely saw any Canadian game and they didn’t see Swiss for sure and talking about cakewalks and easy wins, this is not Germany guys, you can be very bitterly surprised.

 

[torero]

sui 4-2 can

Swiss will be too fast for this Canada
big ice is Euro advantage

 

[jj cale]

I must be laughing when I see those Canadian posters, who barely saw any Canadian game and they didn’t see Swiss for sure and talking about cakewalks and easy wins, this is not Germany guys, you can be very bitterly surprised.

I think they are way off concerning this game, I just don't get where they are coming from on this one.

 

[Nexon]

I think they are way off concerning this game, I just don't get where they are coming from on this one.

You know it’s shame that so many people on these boards are keeping their opinions in small closed communities on their team boards. If all of them posted in actual IIHF World Championships site on here, we would all know where we are and also would be easier for everyone to keep ourselves in touch.

 

[jj cale]

You know it’s shame that so many people on these boards are keeping their opinions in small closed communities on their team boards. If all of them posted in actual IIHF World Championships site on here, we would all know where we are and also would be easier for everyone to keep ourselves in touch.

I think a lot of them do that because the gdt threads can get real salty. I mean...........bat shit crazy salty.

 

[cg98]

We'll be in tough against the Swiss.

 

[Dooble08]

Who should start for Canada, Matt Murray or Carter Hart?

 

[jj cale]

Who should start for Canada, Matt Murray or Carter Hart?

It's Murrays crease and has been since before the tournament started and today even more seals the deal, he will start 100%

 

[NyQuil]

Swiss always play the Canadians tough.

Should be a close one.

 

[Nexon]

I think a lot of them do that because the gdt threads can get real salty. I mean...........bat **** crazy salty.

That’s obviously right but it’s basicall the same in SC PO gdt. Of course it’s salty, we take it very seriously

 

[Cellee]

Will this thread get past 4 pages if Canada goes up 2-0?

 

[Laphroaig]

The Swiss are very good but Canada have been playing much better than I anticipated. I'm looking forward to a great game.