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Also good lord has Gaudreau been bad. Please someone tell him it's not the playoffs anymore.
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# ? May 13, 2019 16:42 |
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Well poo poo. OT Goal for US. Well, at least we got a point out of this.
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:32 |
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Thought Keller/Eichel/Kane were the US's best players. Keller was like the only US player who won any one on one battles. I can't get over how bad Gaudreau has been, good lord. Thank god Kreider finally realized the US were losing all their one on one battles and started playing like a grinder again. Kakko has been insanely good. Like, Hughes hasn't gotten a lot of ice time which is expected given who the US brought, but there's no denying that Kakko has been absolutely incredible. I don't think Hughes has looked bad or anything with the ice time he's gotten, but I think if the Devils had any other GM but Shero this would be giving them pause right now.
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:33 |
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T-Bone posted:Thought Keller/Eichel/Kane were the US's best players. Keller was like the only US player who won any one on one battles. I can't get over how bad Gaudreau has been, good lord. Thank god Kreider finally realized the US were losing all their one on one battles and started playing like a grinder again. Yeah I haven't been joking when I said that somehow I"d be legit disapointed if the Rangers end up with Hughes instead of Kakko. It IS just one short tournament and all and the Devils could really really use a center instead of wing, but I guess we'll see I like puck control guys like Kakko, though I think Hughes will be great at it in his own way as he matures
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:36 |
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T-Bone posted:
zacha 2C is the only pause i need Jack's play has been encouraging but Kakko's been terrific. The big ice also doesn't really play to Jack's strengths. You're not gonna be as elusive when opposing players have more room to operate.
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:42 |
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corn on the cop posted:zacha 2C is the only pause i need It's also great that Kakko is doing so well in a tournament with NHLers and all but he at least has been used to playing against pros, while Hughes hasn't been. It's not really surprising he looks better than Hughes in this tournament considering that and it's not really an indicator of how things might shake out once Hughes actually is able to adjust rather than being thrown onto a mess of a team with a bunch of NHL stars not playing a cohesive game together and Hughes getting small minutes
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:49 |
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People keep mentioning Huges' ice time, but the stats shown during tonights game had him and Kakko playing nearly the same amount per game. I think one was ahead of the other by 10-20 seconds, but nothing major. Kakko does get PP-time though.
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# ? May 13, 2019 17:59 |
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they were pretty even the first two games but blashill pretty much buried hughes today. 9:24 to Kakko's 18:46.
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# ? May 13, 2019 18:05 |
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corn on the cop posted:they were pretty even the first two games but blashill pretty much buried hughes today. 9:24 to Kakko's 18:46.
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# ? May 13, 2019 18:07 |
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i managed to dissect the poo poo UI
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# ? May 13, 2019 18:08 |
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corn on the cop posted:i managed to dissect the poo poo UI Oh yeah, now I get it. That's some amazing loving web design right there.
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# ? May 13, 2019 18:18 |
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Also watching the US, it's really a shame Matthews turned down the invite. Not that the collection of all-stars they have isn't capable of winning this thing, but they really could have used a non perimeter player to compliment their legions of elite perimeter players. e: and Canada is down 1-0 to the Slovaks already after dominating the first three or four minutes and getting nothing from it
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:29 |
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T-Bone posted:
2-0
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:33 |
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good lord, 2-0 My theory on why Canada/US look so underwhelming so far is that the international game has become vastly different forecheck wise than the NHL game. The NHL is like a 90% pinch your D on the wall league now and it's super hard/risky to do that on the big ice because of the area that the D has to cover. Finland and Slovakia literally just sprint their D backwards and always keep a forward high, which is the optimal way to play the big ice, while the NA teams are used to playing two-three man pursuit pressure on the puck and almost always holding the wall which is a liability on the big ice.
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:34 |
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Now Canada gooning it up
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:36 |
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it is going to be funny when Canada finishes 4th and beats Russia in the QF tho
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:38 |
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T-Bone posted:good lord, 2-0 these opening games also always seem to be the US and Canada looking like a complete disorganized mess with players just winging it out there, no game structure, etc. Seems like other countries take some of the prep and national team coaching more seriously and look more organized and ready for these tournaments
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:40 |
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Levitate posted:these opening games also always seem to be the US and Canada looking like a complete disorganized mess with players just winging it out there, no game structure, etc. Seems like other countries take some of the prep and national team coaching more seriously and look more organized and ready for these tournaments it sounds dumb to say too but the Euro teams are playing like this is the NHL playoffs (their one on one battle level is Mad Max) and the NA teams are still playing like they don't want to get hurt that was a nice goal by Mantha tho McCann has looked quite good this tournament Pens fans. He has some chemistry with Mantha it looks like.
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:45 |
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2-2 Gonna go bad for Slovakia if they take penalties
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:54 |
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it's good to see Severson making dumb mistakes for a team I don't like (that call was weak af tho)
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:56 |
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lol SeversonT-Bone posted:it's good to see Severson making dumb mistakes for a team I don't like Seems like an IIHF call, they're more serious about dangerous hits than the NHL. It wasn't a "bad" boarding call but cross checking a guy in that spot while he is near the boards is pretty much boarding
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# ? May 13, 2019 19:56 |
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S L O V A K I A ! We are not bad at all. Maybe Canadians keep playing dirty. Fingers crossed.
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:08 |
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I really do hate the big ice. The flow of the game is so much worse. It takes away the ability for defense to pinch as aggressively.
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:15 |
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lmao canada
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:21 |
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This is one hell of a game.
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:21 |
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Murray's not really making the big save Canada needs but man what are these chances Canada keeps giving up
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:22 |
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annnnd Slovakia back to screwing themselves with dumb penalties
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:23 |
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lol Kyle Turris is captain? but why....
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:27 |
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Levitate posted:annnnd Slovakia back to screwing themselves with dumb penalties That's our gimmick. But seriously I have never seen our team playing with Canada like this. Even if we gently caress up, this will be very memorable.
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:35 |
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That's gotta come back I would think
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:36 |
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Zach Werenski is joining the USA squad
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# ? May 13, 2019 20:53 |
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corn on the cop posted:Zach Werenski is joining the USA squad niiice. (Jones would have been better, but still nice)
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:03 |
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I love how chippy Stone is. He was like this in the Vegas series too. Goddamn he's a gamer
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:13 |
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FIRE AV.
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:30 |
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that sucks for Slovakia but mean you give them a power play at the end of the game and you can't be that surprised...
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:46 |
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Stone and Marchessault are just nasty. Why does Vegas have them
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:48 |
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Ginette Reno posted:Stone and Marchessault are just nasty. Why does Vegas have them you can thank Eugene Melnyk and Dale Tallon, respectively, for being stupid as hell
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# ? May 13, 2019 21:53 |
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Landeskog added to Sweden. Their roster is looking quite good now, certainly capable of repeating again.
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# ? May 14, 2019 20:42 |
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british lads showing some solid stones in this game
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nice
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