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 quote:The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. quote:The 2017 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany, from 5 to 21 May 2017. The official tournament mascots are Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from the popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix.[1] The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age.[2] German tennis player Angelique Kerber,[3] 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn[4] and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura[5] have been named celebrity ambassadors for the event. Schedule: http://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/games/ Full rosters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters Anyway, there's that. Some of the games should be on NHL Network or TSN or Sportsnet or whatever the gently caress you watch up north. With NHL players not going to the Olympics because the NHL is the NHL, this is the only top level international hockey we'll see for quite some time. Typically the WC is a strong tournament in the Olympic -1 year, because NHL players are trying to prove their devotion to their country by playing in what is typically a tier-2 competition. With the Olympics not being a consideration, I was expecting this not to be the case, but the rosters are actually pretty good! Notable players from each team  Johnny Gaudreau Jacob Trouba Jack Eichel Clayton Keller Dylan Larkin Connor Hellebuyck Noah Hanifin Danny DeKeyser Anders Lee Brock Nelson HC: Jeff Blashill (gently caress) AC: Jack Capuano (gently caress) Just by virtue of Gaudreau and Eichel, this is one of the best US teams in years. The depth is pretty solid too with Lee and Nelson. If Hellebuyck plays well, they'll be in medal contention.  Tyson Barrie Claude Giroux Matt Duchene Wayne Simmonds Nathan MacKinnon Jeff Skinner Mark Scheifele Ryan O'Reilly Mitchell Marner Sean Couturier HC: Jon Cooper AC: Gallant, Hakstol, Dave King It turns out if you combine the Flyers and Avalanche you have a good team. The goaltending might be an issue but Pickard/Johnson is enough for this team to repeat. Definitely the favorite.  John Klingberg Joel Eriksson Ek Oliver Ekman-Larsson William Nylander Elias Lindholm Victor Rask Gabriel Landeskog William Karlsson Victor Hedman Anton Stralman This is the strongest Swedish team at the WC, maybe ever. Stacked on D and deep up front, it's hard to see them not contending unless their goaltending lets them down. Which of course it could because Lack/Fasth/Svedberg.  Sergei Mozyakin Artemi Panarin Ivan Provorov Andrei Vasilevskiy Nikita Kucherov Valeri Nichushkin Ilya Sorokin Vladislav Namestnikov Evgenii Dadonov Really strong goaltending between Vasilevskiy and Sorokin, but this is a pretty weak Russian roster. A lot of their better NHL players are still in the playoffs, or didn't come, and even KHL stars like Kovalchuk and Datsyuk declined. That being said, they're still capable of contending.  Sebastian Aho Valtteri Filppula Mikko Rantanen Julius Honka Jesse Puljujärvi Miro Aaltonen Joonas Korpisalo Not exactly a group of world beaters, but it's Finland so they'll be competitive.  Radko Gudas Michal Kempny Roman Cervenka Petr Mrazek Tomas Plekanec Jan Kovar Jakub Voracek David Pastrnak This is actually a pretty good Czech team for this tournament. If Mrazek gets hot they could do some damage. Other notable players: Jonas Hiller, Damien Brunner - Switzerland (Tommy Albelin is an assistant coach and that's cool) Tobias Reider, Thomas Greiss -  (Marco Sturm coaching)Patrick Thoresen -  Antoine Roussel, Johann Auvitu, Pierre-Édouard Bellemare -  Andrei Kostitsyn, Sergei Kostitsyn -  (Dave Lewis coaching)Zemgus Girgensons - Latvia (coached by Bob Hartley!) Nikolaj Ehlers -  Slovakia looks really bad, like relegation bad if  wasn't around.
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Lots of Jets players going to the worlds, but not Laine. He chose not to go because of all the hockey he played in the last year and he didn't have a full off season last year due to injury. Also I assume the Danish team would want to perform well before they host next year, but not many NHLers are going. It seems to be team Ehlers. Taking the year off before all going next year?
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May 4, 2017 20:37
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Apparently Krejci might be going as well. That's a strong Czech team. Yeah I'm not sure why at least some of the younger NHL Danes didn't go like Bjorkstrand. e: lines in their exhibitionSkinner-Scheifele-O'Reilly MacKinnon-Giroux-Duchene Killorn-Couturier-Simmonds Schenn/Konecny-Point-Marner de Haan-Barrie Matheson-Demers Lee-Morrissey Card Johnson/Pickard PP units Giroux-Simmonds-Schenn-Skinner-Matheson Scheifele-MacKinnon-Duchene-O'Reilly-Barrie Card was just there for the exhibition game. KHLer Chris Lee will be the 7th d-man. annnnd the linesLee-Eichel-Gaudreau Bjugstad-Larkin-Nelson Compher-Copp-Greenway Dvorak-Schmaltz-Keller/Bjork Murphy-DeKeyser Trouba-Hanifin TVR-Brickley Howard/Hellebuyck That fourth line could potentially do some damage. Keller and Dvorak are no joke. T-Bone fucked around with this message at 20:57 on May 4, 2017 |
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May 4, 2017 20:52
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gotta think canada is the favorite but that usa top six isn't bad
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May 5, 2017 03:51
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I guess we can add Vegas Golden Knight Vadim Shipachyov to the notable players from Team Russia.
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May 5, 2017 04:10
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Connor murphy being some international play superstar is really weird That usa squad is huge though. more than half the team is 6'2 or taller
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May 5, 2017 04:48
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Sweden/Russia and Finland/Belarus kick things off in about 35 minutes. The US plays at 2:15 EST against Germany. Canada kicks off around the same time against the Czechs. The games will be streamed I'm sure and you guys know where to find them.
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May 5, 2017 14:44
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lmao Edler just took the biggest charge at Dadanov it was like a Tom Wilson special
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May 5, 2017 15:22
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Reminder that the IIHF streams the games on its youtube channel, although some games will be geoblocked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJlIP1OqsM
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May 5, 2017 15:27
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why is Edler turning into Scott Stevens
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May 5, 2017 15:30
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I thought Marchand was going to the Worlds, did they decide not to take him for some reason?
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May 5, 2017 16:19
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T-Bone posted:why is Edler turning into Scott Stevens I would be okay with him doing this. He's strong as hell but plays incredibly passively st times. When he throws his weight around and leans into slapshots he's a much more exciting player (albeit more prone to exciting defensive gaffes).
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May 5, 2017 16:56
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ThinkTank posted:I would be okay with him doing this. He's strong as hell but plays incredibly passively st times. When he throws his weight around and leans into slapshots he's a much more exciting player (albeit more prone to exciting defensive gaffes). he's been killing Russians all night That was a great 3 on 3 -- Panarin/Kucherov is fun to watch
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May 5, 2017 17:29
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Vasilevskiy was money all night. Really composed.
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May 5, 2017 17:34
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IIHF P-P-P-P-POWER RANKINGS!
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May 5, 2017 19:07
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I guess im just American but man this is the worst box score in the world to parse. It just looks like they hosed up the alignment
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May 5, 2017 19:08
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hifi posted:I guess im just American but man this is the worst box score in the world to parse. It just looks like they hosed up the alignment oh god  that hurts to try to read
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May 5, 2017 19:13
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hifi posted:I guess im just American but man this is the worst box score in the world to parse. It just looks like they hosed up the alignment I think its Cyrillic.
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May 5, 2017 19:23
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Jimmy Howard is...elite?
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May 5, 2017 19:34
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Oh boy, we're gonna get clowned by Germany again, aren't we?
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May 5, 2017 19:35
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Gaudreau is getting chances at will, feels like it's just a matter of time -- he's so far and way the best player on the ice.
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May 5, 2017 19:48
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Canadas lead is very undeserved, Czech Republic looks really good.
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May 5, 2017 20:14
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The US did look ok until this period good god they look bad now, their D has the worst gaps
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May 5, 2017 20:21
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German unis look cool except for the giant kick me sign on the front of the helmets
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May 5, 2017 20:21
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Lmao the spotlight on the skoda
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May 5, 2017 20:24
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annnnd Gaudreau is hurt on a cheapshot good tournament
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May 5, 2017 20:38
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wow how is that not a loving 5
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May 5, 2017 20:38
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gaudreau started the period so i guess he's fine. it was a cheap shot but the primary point of contact was with the torso. this game is getting chippy though
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May 5, 2017 21:01
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iihf all-star connor murphyhifi posted:gaudreau started the period so i guess he's fine. it was a cheap shot but the primary point of contact was with the torso. woulda been a 5 in the NHL imo
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May 5, 2017 21:08
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All puck, IIHF refereeing back at it again
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May 5, 2017 21:17
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drat i just saw the murphy goal. sniped it through 3 germans low glove side. do that poo poo over here once in a while
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May 5, 2017 21:18
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Keller looked OK, but Eichel has to be a lot better if the US is going to do anything, I'd think about splitting up him and Gaudreau, he was watching Johnny all night. also lol at Gudas socking Giroux in the face
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May 5, 2017 21:37
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<-- This handsome man dressed but got no TOI. 
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May 5, 2017 22:49
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The USA was beat by this guy: https://twitter.com/MrDanHu/status/860546025546801153
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May 5, 2017 23:33
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momfortrump
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May 5, 2017 23:43
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Thoresen the Thundergod!
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Guys... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ROyDF5ssvA 4-1 France over Finland, 3 minutes left.
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May 7, 2017 17:37
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The arena is shaking so bad the camera is bouncing. e: rejecting the player of the game award to give it to his goalie. what a wonderful moment 
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Powershift posted:The arena is shaking so bad the camera is bouncing. The French crowd booing Bellemare getting player of the game ruled.
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