Nhl 2013 (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

NBC has interviewed a Russian commentator (who speaks better English than I do) from time to time during the games that the Russian public would see the games as a success if the only medal they won was the Gold medal in Hockey. Ergo, if they won every other medal there was to be won but not Hockey, the games would be a failure.

Yes, those players better get back to the US.

 

[gk5717]

USA looks terrific. Canada looks dishelved. I just hope Canada don,t find it,s game when they play the USA next!
Gary

 

[Combat]

USA looks terrific. Canada looks dishelved. I just hope Canada don,t find it,s game when they play the USA next!
Gary

Gary-
I saw a drunken fan in a Blackhawks jersey during the Canada game and thought of you. There is apparently no escape from Chicago fans even in Sochi.

 

[Combat]

A crushing loss for the US women's team today. I knew the result and still couldn't believe it when I watched the replay. Up 2-0 with less than 4 minutes to play and dominating the game. Canada gets a deflection goal and it's 2-1. Canada pulls the goalie. The US floats one from half ice that hits the post. One inch from going in. Canada then scores the tying goal with less than one minute left. OT power play goal ends it.

 

[Warrior]

A crushing loss for the US women's team today. I knew the result and still couldn't believe it when I watched the replay. Up 2-0 with less than 4 minutes to play and dominating the game. Canada gets a deflection goal and it's 2-1. Canada pulls the goalie. The US floats one from half ice that hits the post. One inch from going in. Canada then scores the tying goal with less than one minute left. OT power play goal ends it.

Nice bag job by the refs in OT, must be relatives of the refs from the 1972 Summer games basketball game where the US got jobbed.............the gold medal game should not be decided thanks to a power play in OT, an awful, awful call.

 

[Panzer ace]

Nice bag job by the refs in OT, must be relatives of the refs from the 1972 Summer games basketball game where the US got jobbed.............the gold medal game should not be decided thanks to a power play in OT, an awful, awful call.

We will get it back later today in the men's game.

 

[Combat]

Spoilers - don't read if you intend to watch the game tonight.

The US women played their butts off yesterday and had the game in the bag only to lose. The men played awful today. The Canadians should have won by five goals except for Quick. Total domination. The US coaching was awful. The team played scared and not to lose. Avoiding penalties instead of getting physical. There is absolutely no way you can beat Canada playing a finesse game. They have too much talent. The US has players like Dustin Brown who can lay the wood. Instead they played right into their hands.

 

[gk5717]

Combat you are correct, if it wasn,t for Quick this would have been a blow out. Like I posted I knew Canada would break out.
At least now I won,t have to get up early Sunday to watch the Gold medal game.
Gary

 

[Warrior]

Combat you are correct, if it wasn,t for Quick this would have been a blow out. Like I posted I knew Canada would break out.
At least now I won,t have to get up early Sunday to watch the Gold medal game.
Gary

Yes, Doug is totally on point, that was one of the most lopsided 1-0 losses I've ever seen, what a @#$ game plan that was by the US, did they borrow it from the womens coaches?

That said, I'd hardly call 1-0 a break out game.

I'm still waiting for Price to crap himself in one of these games, we'll see what happens vs Lundquist and the Swedes, he's no tomato can back there..................

 

[Warrior]

Wow, what a gag job by the US men.

Shut out in back to back games.

They beat three tomato cans, won a game vs the Russians they really should have lost, they got their lunch handed to them by the Canadians and the Fins.

I hope this is the end of professionals going to the Olympics, end this farce now Bettman you clueless boob.

 

[gk5717]

Never thought of this along those lines but this very well could seal the deal of no more "shutdown" of the NHL for the Olympics.
Gary

 

[Combat]

Those last couple of games must have seemed hauntingly familiar to Quick. The Kings haven't been able to score any goals for him lately. Lots of 0 and 1 goal games in the net = no chance. I blame the coaches for this mess. Some of the players chosen, playing scared in the big games, no adjustments etc. A big mess and embarrassment. They basically played to the strength of Canada and Finland. Kane was a big zero. He must have thought he was playing in the Stanley Cup finals. They should have made him take a cab ride and get short changed. That seems to fire him up. Meanwhile Dustin Brown gets almost no playing time. He was the kind of guy who can play physical but the coaches were afraid of penalties. They wanted to win games 1-0 and have Quick make 50 circus saves. Ugh. At least it's over and they can get back to the NHL.

 

[Warrior]

Those last couple of games must have seemed hauntingly familiar to Quick. The Kings haven't been able to score any goals for him lately. Lots of 0 and 1 goal games in the net = no chance. I blame the coaches for this mess. Some of the players chosen, playing scared in the big games, no adjustments etc. A big mess and embarrassment. They basically played to the strength of Canada and Finland. Kane was a big zero. He must have thought he was playing in the Stanley Cup finals. They should have made him take a cab ride and get short changed. That seems to fire him up. Meanwhile Dustin Brown gets almost no playing time. He was the kind of guy who can play physical but the coaches were afraid of penalties. They wanted to win games 1-0 and have Quick make 50 circus saves. Ugh. At least it's over and they can get back to the NHL.

Correct on all points (as usual).

Kane was invisible in the Stanley Cup finals last year until games 5 and 6, then naturally he took his game to another level and the Blackhawks beat the Bruins.

In addition to this bed wetting, three NHL players were injured in the Olympics; again, I hope this punts an end to this nonsense.

 

[jazzeum]

Will other countries tolerate it if they can't have their best players participate? Moreover, in all other Olympic sports, whether winter or summer, the best athletes in their respective sports participate so why shouldn't the best hockey players play in the Olympics. This sounds just like disappointment at losing these games, which is understandable. Would we be saying the same if the US was playing tomorrow. Doubtful.

Today's loss, coming on the heels of of the loss to Canada, was not hard to predict.

 

[Warrior]

Will other countries tolerate it if they can't have their best players participate? Moreover, in all other Olympic sports, whether winter or summer, the best athletes in their respective sports participate so why shouldn't the best hockey players play in the Olympics. This sounds just like disappointment at losing these games, which is understandable. Would we be saying the same if the US was playing tomorrow. Doubtful.

Today's loss, coming on the heels of of the loss to Canada, was not hard to predict.

It goes deeper than that. They throw these teams together, no real time to mesh as a team, unlike the way it used to be.

Not to mention the possibility of injury (which happened to at least three players), plus the season gets shut down for two weeks. The Bruins were getting hot right before the two week shut down, I hope they can pick up where they left off.

It's a dumb idea IMO, let the college kids try out and go to represent their country...............

 

[jazzeum]

You're bringing up two different issues: whether the NHL should shut down and the composition of the US team.

Will other her countries agree to do without their NHL players? As far as the teams not having time to practice together, doesn't that apply to most of the hockey power countries.

If countries can use their best players, why not the US. Americans will want their best players out there.

I'm not as big a hockey fan as you, Doug or Gary, but do you think that there will be any changes?

 

[Warrior]

The owners are against this, so I doubt if we'll see professionals at the Olympics in Korea in 2018..........

 

[jazzeum]

I believe that Russia and maybe some other Eastern European nations have strong leagues. I assume a no NHL break policy will give those countries a leg up.

 

[Panzer ace]

"I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me. Well, it was here - the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves, all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - "Dream Teams". I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe."

-Herb Brooks

 

[lancer]

"I've often been asked in the years since Lake Placid what was the best moment for me. Well, it was here - the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves, all for an unknown. A few years later, the U.S. began using professional athletes at the Games - "Dream Teams". I always found that term ironic because now that we have Dream Teams, we seldom ever get to dream. But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most - a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe."

-Herb Brooks

My all time favorite sports memory, bar none, The Miracle on Ice. :salute:: -- Al