Alflives Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: If Price can’t go have we had this bad of goaltending before? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 5:17 PM, Alflives said: If Price can’t go have we had this bad of goaltending before? Fleury can win it with team Canada’s defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 10/22/2021 at 2:17 AM, Alflives said: If Price can’t go have we had this bad of goaltending before? Flurey, Binnington, and Hart are a good enough trio I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Flower will have to regain his form from last season. Shake off the Blackhawk dust. This iteration of team Canada is not nearly as dominant on paper as previous teams. US, Finland, Sweden all look lethal. Mind you, Canada will be a faster team than ever before. The first line with McDavid and Mackinnon will be incredibly hard to skate with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 8:17 PM, Alflives said: If Price can’t go have we had this bad of goaltending before? Nope. Never really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 1:52 PM, 250Integra said: Hyman?? really?? You must have drank too much of that Leafs cool-aid. If you're thinking of a Kunitz comparison, just remember that Crosby played with Kunitz for SEVERAL years so that's why he got the shot in 2014. Kunitz is also a better player than Hyman and a proven winner / pivotal player on the teams he's played on. Hyman hasn't even stepped on the ice beside McDavid. Kunitz was very good in ANA too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) On 10/8/2021 at 12:58 PM, mll said: The 3x 1st players named to the Olympic roster as confirmed by the IIHF: CAN: Crosby McDavid Pietrangelo CZE: Palat Pastrnak Voracek DEN: Bjorkstrand Ehlers True FIN: Aho Barkov Rantanen GER: Draisaitl Grubauer Seider LAT: Balcers Girgensons Rubins ROC: Kucherov Ovechkin Vasilevskiy SWE: Hedman Landeskog Zibanejad USA: Matthews Jones Kane SLO: Cernak Halak Sekera SWI: Hischier Josi Meier Germany. That's their team right there lol. Still pretty darn good players. Still a four horse race really, with two dark horses in FIN and CZE. Edited November 2, 2021 by IBatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 4:49 PM, iinatcc said: Im sorry but Horvat isn't making the team, Ryan O'Reilly probably be the preferred choice Like usual, Canada's strength is down the middle, and several extra C's will end up on the wing. Horvat isn't a bad choice at all, but yes he's on the cusp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Sounds like there is a chance China isn't allowed to compete. The IIHF has been watching the KHL team much of their team is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Gnarcore said: Sounds like there is a chance China isn't allowed to compete. The IIHF has been watching the KHL team much of their team is on. IIHF may not be able to do that unilaterally without host city on board. If you look at history of Olympic ice hockey, it isn't unusual for many countries getting blown out by Canada. It's part of it. Look at the dream team in basketball, and how it ignited a world wide basketball attraction and lead to many countries to accelerate their program. https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/hockey-101-olympic-history "1924 Chamonix: As it did four years earlier, Canada displayed extraordinary superiority. Heading into the gold medal match, the Canadians had defeated Czechoslovakia, 30-0, Sweden, 22-0, Switzerland, 33-0 and Great Britain, 19-2." So maybe Canada can break that 33-0 record. Look at how far Switzerland has come in hockey though. They beat team Canada in 2006, lost only in a shootout in 2010. Sweden and Czech are hockey powers now, both have won Olympic gold. I have a bigger issue with the jerseys. Hope it looks better on ice and with the players # and name on it. Edited November 24, 2021 by Jaimito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jaimito said: IIHF may not be able to do that unilaterally without host city on board. If you look at history of Olympic ice hockey, it isn't unusual for many countries getting blown out by Canada. It's part of it. Look at the dream team in basketball, and how it ignited a world wide basketball attraction and lead to many countries to accelerate their program. https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/hockey-101-olympic-history "1924 Chamonix: As it did four years earlier, Canada displayed extraordinary superiority. Heading into the gold medal match, the Canadians had defeated Czechoslovakia, 30-0, Sweden, 22-0, Switzerland, 33-0 and Great Britain, 19-2." So maybe Canada can break that 33-0 record. Look at how far Switzerland has come in hockey though. They beat team Canada in 2006, lost only in a shootout in 2010. Sweden and Czech are hockey powers now, both have won Olympic gold. I have a bigger issue with the jerseys. Hope it looks better on ice and with the players # and name on it. Ya those jerseys are garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Oh well at least no one on the canucks is playing their way to an Olympic spot. Maybe demko as the 2nd backup goalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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24K PureCool Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 5:13 PM, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: I wouldn't be surprised if they had an under-the-table agreement with the IIHF and IOC. It allows the fragile glass-hearted to save face from humiliation on the ice while feigning indignation about being snubbed from competition. The last thing anyone wants is for such an imperious host to suffer a major blowout on their home ice on an international-scale spectacle. The members of the teams that defeated them would probably be p.n.g. after the games, assuming they could even get out of the country without some bull$&!# trumped up "national security" charge (or enforced quarantine for "testing positive for the coronavirus"). Lol, exaggerate much? No one in China even cares about hockey, heck most don't even know it exist. Literally no one cares there if they get blown up in hockey. Also China's soccer team has been embarrassed badly on home soil countless time and no player from opposing team was ever detained for embarrassing the national team. What make you think it will be different when it never happened at soccer where the people there is way more in tune with than this ice hockey thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 hours ago, 24K PureCool said: Lol, exaggerate much? No one in China even cares about hockey, heck most don't even know it exist. Literally no one cares there if they get blown up in hockey. Also China's soccer team has been embarrassed badly on home soil countless time and no player from opposing team was ever detained for embarrassing the national team. What make you think it will be different when it never happened at soccer where the people there is way more in tune with than this ice hockey thing. Never underestimate a mad Pooh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 On 11/1/2021 at 11:28 AM, BabychStache said: Flower will have to regain his form from last season. Shake off the Blackhawk dust. Just have the coach repeatedly say to Fleury: "we're playing the Canucks, we're playing the Canucks", and he'll be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 On 11/25/2021 at 6:22 AM, wai_lai416 said: Oh well at least no one on the canucks is playing their way to an Olympic spot. Maybe demko as the 2nd backup goalie Halak will be going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Lehner will not participate: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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