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I wish bad teams were forced to let their young superstars go to this tournament so Canada could go back to winning gold every year. Like the Olympics, which the NHL is also trying to ruin.
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Not just dumb selections, but Canada is starting the bad goalie.
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Pleads posted:I wish bad teams were forced to let their young superstars go to this tournament so Canada could go back to winning gold every year. that worked well during the lockout
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Dec 23, 2014 19:56
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toe knee hand posted:that worked well during the lockout well yeah the lockout '05 team was positively stacked 
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fits posted:well yeah the lockout '05 team was positively stacked And the 13 team was a hilarious crap barrel.
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Dec 23, 2014 20:56
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gently caress Hockey Canada for only bringing 2 goalies to camp and giving Fucale the starting job despite his wretched numbers all year
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The Dirty Burger posted:gently caress Hockey Canada for only bringing 2 goalies to camp and giving Fucale the starting job despite his wretched numbers all year Something about Fucale even disregarding the numbers makes me feel he's going to be rather mediocre at best.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:11
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Marc-André Fucale
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Swiss bad
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This was Canada's last chance to get Fucale on the bench where he belongs and they blew it Thanks a lot Max Domi
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14 whole saves, though! That's almost 5 a period!
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I was talking to someone who defended Fucale by saying that goaltending was such a mental discipline that he preferred having someone in net who was "used to the pressure" of the WJC. I must have walked into some mirror universe where being demonstrably terrible is just further qualification for a job.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:37
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Vlad Tkachev didn't make Team Russia  Avoiding the Oiler curse, no matter how thinly related to the team
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The Dirty Burger posted:Vlad Tkachev didn't make Team Russia Team Russia has a strong predilection to KHL trained players. Scherback wasn't even invited to camp. When Russian players leave for the CHL the Russian ice hockey federation gets nothing out of it even though they invested in training that player up to age 16 or so. If a Russian player from the CHL fails to make the Russian WJC team it's generally a political decision and not an indictment of their ability.
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ThinkTank posted:Team Russia has a strong predilection to KHL trained players. Scherback wasn't even invited to camp. When Russian players leave for the CHL the Russian ice hockey federation gets nothing out of it even though they invested in training that player up to age 16 or so. If a Russian player from the CHL fails to make the Russian WJC team it's generally a political decision and not an indictment of their ability. Also a lack of scouting in NA / familiarity with the player. If top tier Canadian talent were to play outside of NA their chances of making a WJC team would basically drop to nil.
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Jordan7hm posted:If top tier Canadian talent were to play outside of NA their chances of making a WJC team would basically drop to nil. Yeah it's not a totally unreasonable stance when you think about it. If any Canadian trained player decided to play in the KHL for the money in his draft year they'd be tarred and feathered by the media for it. The Russian ice hockey federation exists to protect the interests of hockey in Russia, tons of players leave Russia at a young age every year. It makes sense that they wouldn't encourage the practice by giving preferential treatment to those that stayed behind.
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ThinkTank posted:Yeah it's not a totally unreasonable stance when you think about it. If any Canadian trained player decided to play in the KHL for the money in his draft year they'd be tarred and feathered by the media for it. The Russian ice hockey federation exists to protect the interests of hockey in Russia, tons of players leave Russia at a young age every year. It makes sense that they wouldn't encourage the practice by giving preferential treatment to those that stayed behind. You could even see it with the US WJC team for several years when they clearly were biased against American talent that played in the CHL rather than the national development team / leagues.
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That's also been a common complaint with Canadian players going the college route. You usually have to be on the Toews/Kariya/Heatley tier to make it in that case.
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Pleads posted:Marc-André Fucale He wont even be as good/bad as MAF. Fucale is Canada's own Ondrej Pavelec.
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Michael Downing got cut but Michigan (who is wretched at hockey this season) still sent four guys to team USA: Compher, Motte, Larkin, and Werenski.
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Pleads posted:Marc-André Fucale I'm no huge fan of MAF but he deserves better than that comparison, even jokingly.
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Slovakia needs to chase Fucale out in the first period tomorrow for Canada to have a chance at gold
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I'd like to preemptively congratulate Zach Fucale on his future job as an RDS panelist.
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Koopa Kid posted:I was talking to someone who defended Fucale by saying that goaltending was such a mental discipline that he preferred having someone in net who was "used to the pressure" of the WJC. I must have walked into some mirror universe where being demonstrably terrible is just further qualification for a job. Did you mention to this person that Jarry won a memorial cup
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go Eichel go USA go college hockey
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Never really looked at McDavid before -- when did Brad Richards and Phil Kessel have a baby?
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Go team Denmark featuring noted cool dude Mads Eller You can get your first world juniors win, I believe in you 
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Im putting a lot of faith in Slovakia to run the score up on Fucale in the first period so that Canada stands a chance this tournament. Otherwise Furnaceface posted:Zach Fucale fuckin sucks and I look forward to another 4th place finish.
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Glambags posted:At first glance, Russia is bad Ehlers just dancing around them
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Ehlers and Bjorkstrand good, Russia bad
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Russia gonna rush Both these teams appear to have issues with defending, feels a bit like oilers hockey
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Finland about to get stomped You were saying? 
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Jamwad Hilder posted:Demko you suck Put in Halverson
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