+ 1000000000000000000000000000000000Goal of the year on any level
I think a lot of "foreigners" aren't getting why us finns thinks the goal was so special. It wasn't about the "move", we've seen Rob Hisey&others do the same one in the SM-Liiga.
The reason we are getting so hyped up is that finnish players tend to be really conservative, shy away from taking chances, and always seem to crumble under pressure. It doesn't matter that the average Joe in NA doesn't care about the WHC, because for Granlund, as a finn, there will never be as much pressure put on him than playing for Finland in a WHC(or Olympics). So for a 19-year old kid who the whole nation is expecting to be saviour of finnish hockey, playing under bigger pressure he'll ever face in the NHL, to try a move like that in a scoreless game in the semi-finlans with the whole nation watching at home is very special because we aren't used to seeing that from finns.
I'm not a big fan of the "move" itself, but I am absolutely loving the fact that we may have a superstar in the making who doesn't hide under pressure, and can actually step up when needed.
I don't know why NHLers don't try that. It's pretty effective if you can pick up the puck quickly.
You cannot execute it if there is any body contact at all. You have to have a free path to the net from behind the goal, and a goaltender who is down on his knees instead of standing up, like Barulin was.
The other thing is that it is a Harlem Globetrotters move that shows the other team up, so you would need to have a bodyguard to protect you against NHL assassins for a couple of years afterward. I hope for the sake of his frail young body that he never tries a showboat, put down move like that in the NHL!
I think a lot of "foreigners" aren't getting why us finns thinks the goal was so special. It wasn't about the "move", we've seen Rob Hisey&others do the same one in the SM-Liiga.
The reason we are getting so hyped up is that finnish players tend to be really conservative, shy away from taking chances, and always seem to crumble under pressure. It doesn't matter that the average Joe in NA doesn't care about the WHC, because for Granlund, as a finn, there will never be as much pressure put on him than playing for Finland in a WHC(or Olympics). So for a 19-year old kid who the whole nation is expecting to be saviour of finnish hockey, playing under bigger pressure he'll ever face in the NHL, to try a move like that in a scoreless game in the semi-finlans with the whole nation watching at home is very special because we aren't used to seeing that from finns.
I'm not a big fan of the "move" itself, but I am absolutely loving the fact that we may have a superstar in the making who doesn't hide under pressure, and can actually step up when needed.
Oh goodie, just when Koivu and Selanne reach the twilight of their careers, another Swede-killer emerges.
We will get schooled today, this is the best Finnish team in a loooong time - at the same time as the Swedish team is basically crap.
You are overworking the reverse psychology-angle, Nordic. I hope it works.
Seen that a few times before. Just one man's opinion but I think that should be an illegal play. Like traveling in Basketball, hockey isn't lacrosse.
He wouldn't skate around my net doing that lol.
Seen that a few times before. Just one man's opinion but I think that should be an illegal play. Like traveling in Basketball, hockey isn't lacrosse.
He wouldn't skate around my net doing that lol.