Post-Game Talk: The 2015 IIHF World Men Championships [1st: CAN 2nd: RUS 3rd:USA]

[tigervixxxen]

Good for USA to win the bronze

 

[RockLobster]

Nice to see Redmond, in his first appearance for Team USA Hockey, get a medal. Something I'm sure he'll remember for the rest of his life.

 

[Foppa2118]

Duchene was fine defensively for Avs.

I think I'd disagree with that. He wasn't terrible, but for a first line center, I think you need to see a little more in this era of the NHL.

 

[Foppa2118]

Good to see the US medal. Was trying to focus a bit on Reilly playing against full grown pros with him being a pending UFA now, as this was the first US game I was able to catch. Thought he looked ok, though he was basically played as a 7th D man. Split duties between Jones and Connor Murphy's partner. Basically didn't play at all in the 3rd with a three goal lead, as I think I only saw him for a couple shifts, both about ten seconds or so before an icing by the Czech's.

Seemed as though he was still getting used to the higher speed of play, but recovered well when he made a small mistake. Didn't seem to have too much trouble battling physically with forwards, and didn't give them too much room which to me is always a sign of a guy who isn't confident in his defensive abilities when he does passively give them that room. Offensive instincts were definitely showing, even though he wasn't able to display much in his brief shifts.

Anybody else get to watch him more earlier in the tourney? How did his overall game look containing forwards in the D zone behind the goal line and in the corners?

 

[The Shermanator]

Here we go Galaxy here we go.

 

[Avs_19]

Canada looks great to start. Really fast pace.

Ovechkin tried to go right through O'Reilly. Not happening.

 

[BobRossColton]

I'm not too sure I like O'Reilly with seguin.

 

[Avs_19]

I was just going to make fun of Eakin for that between the legs move and then he scores.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I was just going to make fun of Eakin for that between the legs move and then he scores.

Me too

 

[tigervixxxen]

I was going to yell at them for not shooting the damn puck. One too many move, one too many pass. Shooting the puck leads to a goal, weird

 

[22FUTON9]

how are the lines looking?

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

how are the lines looking?

Hall-Sid-Ebs
ROR-Giroux-Seguin
Mack-Duchene-Spezza
Ennis-Couts-Eakin

All 4 lines are flying out there and have had some good scoring chances.

 

[UncleRisto]

Great period of hockey.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

That period was Sochi-like by Canada. Scary that this team didn't even have the preparation that the Sochi team did.

 

[RockLobster]

Replays are too damn fast for me (I'm so effing jet lagged from the travel the last couple of days), but it's hard to see if it went off of Eakin or Mironov, at least for me it is.

 

[22FUTON9]

Hall-Sid-Ebs
ROR-Giroux-Seguin
Mack-Duchene-Spezza
Ennis-Couts-Eakin

All 4 lines are flying out there and have had some good scoring chances.

nice
thanks.

 

[5280]

Can anyone hook me up with a stream for this? TIA

Edit: Nevermind, it's on NBC.com

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Ennis having a nice game

 

[landy92mack29]

Nice play by Ennis

 

[Avs_19]

Blow it open!

Barrie starts the play and then a great pass by Giroux.

 

[tigervixxxen]

assist for TBear. Yeah this Canada team is good.

 

[CoachBadkitten]

Barrie steal and breakout pass leads to Seguin goal

 

[Cousin Eddie]

That was a great goal.

"**** Yeah Baby"
-Tyler Seguin

 

[Avs_19]

I don't know how Spezza is leading in points. In a few of these games I thought he was the worst player on the team. Somehow still racking up the points though.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

I don't know how Spezza is leading in points. In a few of these games I thought he was the worst player on the team. Somehow still racking up the points though.

Spezza holds onto the puck too long, skates slower than his linemates and is bad defensively which makes him very easy to pick out as not looking good. On the other hand his hands are insane and he knows exactly where to be in the offensive zone better than probably anybody else in the world.