Down by the River Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Overtaken? Definitely not. However, the US seems to have a system of development that has been working for them. Their forwards have great speed, faster than any other nation, and that seemed to be one key difference when the US played Canada on international ice. Kudos to Wesker for providing a non-trolling post. Agree with what you said. I really like watching the Americans play hockey, often moreso than the Canadian juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Nice to see hockey is catching on over there. Hockey is a Canadian sport and there is a certain pride associated with that for sure, but everyone complains that women's hockey is a two nation only sport. That's why everyone is trying to get other nations to step up their programs. It's good for the sport if there are more competitive nations. Clearly there is something that Canada isn't doing right. Maybe it's complacency or maybe it's lack of innovation. Bottom line is, if this pushes us to try new things and it helps us get back to our winning ways, I'm all for other nations to adopt hockey as their sport too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I find this thread to be amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevlach Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Meh Canada can't win gold, or a medal for that matter every year. Even though Canada hasn't won a gold in 4 years at the U20s let's not forget each year (including this year) they've dominated the round robin portion and then even though losing they've been close in each game. 6-5 OT loss in 2010 gold game, 5-3 loss 2011, 6-5 semifinal loss in 2012 (came back from 5-1), and then 6-5 OT loss in bronze in 2013...that's hardly meaning Canada is becoming weaker. It means other teams (Russia, Sweden, USA specifically) are getting better. The competition is closing and in and we're not going to win a medal each year anymore. If anything that should make the tourney even more intense. If we had had proper coaching this year we'd have a bronze. Putting in a cold goalie for his first start in a medal game was about the biggest mistake I've seen in juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 One game elimination tournaments - not much of an indication of anything "official" If anyone had officially dethroned Canada, they'd be the team wearing yellow and blue. Last couple years they have looked like they are in a class by themselves. This year they did it without 3 of their top 4. The US got a couple gift-horse goals against Sweden - great second half of the tournament for them, but sure as hell haven't established themselves as the undisputed world's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The last time the best Canadian players in the world played the best American players in the world, Canada won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho_Path Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 World Juniors isn't the best indication of a country's standing in hockey, the Olympics are far more important. That being said I don't like Canada's chances in the upcoming Olympics. Their defence is far worse than it used to be and goaltending will now be an issue with Luongo and Fleury both flopping lately. My money's on Sweden and even Russia, especially on a larger ice-surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The last time the best Canadian players in the world played the best American players in the world, Canada won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 This is like saying the Oilers are great because of their Stanley Cups. It's a new generation out there my friend and the Americans are here and they are good and getting better while we are deteriorating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I guess if you're 12 that's a big chunk of your life. It's happened before several times. We came back to win 5 in a row last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbyte Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Meh Canada can't win gold, or a medal for that matter every year. Even though Canada hasn't won a gold in 4 years at the U20s let's not forget each year (including this year) they've dominated the round robin portion and then even though losing they've been close in each game. 6-5 OT loss in 2010 gold game, 5-3 loss 2011, 6-5 semifinal loss in 2012 (came back from 5-1), and then 6-5 OT loss in bronze in 2013...that's hardly meaning Canada is becoming weaker. It means other teams (Russia, Sweden, USA specifically) are getting better. The competition is closing and in and we're not going to win a medal each year anymore. If anything that should make the tourney even more intense. If we had had proper coaching this year we'd have a bronze. Putting in a cold goalie for his first start in a medal game was about the biggest mistake I've seen in juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gumballthechewy Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 http://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_greatest_hockey_players_by_The_Hockey_News Call me when the number of Americans on this list outweigh the number of Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Too bad they can't catch the Russians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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