Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:59 pm

Who did Nash just beat down the ice for the Canadians' third goal? Denis Grebeshkov of the Oilers.

His nickname by many Oilers' fans? Garbagekov.

That was a beautiful play from Richards to Toews to Nash. Canada is EN FUEGO!

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:10 pm

Boy there is some absolutely beautiful playmaking
tonight by Team Canada. Totally dominating in the Russian
zone in the build up to their 4th goal.

Best wishes,

Doug

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:10 pm

The Canadians are just KILLING the Russians in the crease and along the wall in the offensive zone.

Bryzgalov must start the second period for Russia.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:10 pm

Note to Russia: it's good to play defense on occasion.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:14 pm

pk500 wrote:Not a news flash for Kings' fans, but Drew Doughty is a f*cking superstar. He might be the best Canadian D man in this tournament in just his second season as a pro.

A workhorse. Along Duncan Keith the 'Go to" guys for coach Babcock. Dan Boyle finally picked up his game too and so far they're rocking the Russian forwards. This is the way to play'em, by being physical and rocking them hard along the boards.

This Molson place is crazy here, but it's only the 1st period. I've seen some amazing things in this rivalry over the years.

Toews in faceoffs, Richards with his gritty game, Morrow, everyone is bringing their A game so far. Can't wait to get the Crosby line going.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:16 pm

That was the Canada I was expecting to see from the start of this tourney.

Lots of hockey yet to be played but for Russia to have a shot they will have to play in their own end...That was a very weak effort.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:20 pm

10spro wrote: Can't wait to get the Crosby line going.

No goals but they have been entertaining. Crosby made a couple of tough and gritty plays one setting up Niedermayer.
That shot out of the air from Iginla was pretty cool too.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:23 pm

WTF with all the Nabby bashing by the announcers? Sorry, but the goalie is not the problem this game. Honestly, without Nabby in net Canada could easily have a couple or few more goals on Russia. The non-existent defense and shaky puck handling are the culprits.

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:33 pm

Demolition tonight!

Best wishes,

Doug

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:34 pm

toonarmy wrote:WTF with all the Nabby bashing by the announcers? Sorry, but the goalie is not the problem this game. Honestly, without Nabby in net Canada could easily have a couple or few more goals on Russia. The non-existent defense and shaky puck handling are the culprits.

Not sure what NBC is saying as I am watching the Canadian feed. But he's struggling. He should have had the Morrow goal and leaving that juicy rebound for Perry is inexcusable. This isn't the preliminary round. Got to go for Bryzgalov.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:34 pm

Wow. A shooting gallery now for Canada. Must be nice to be able to shoot without defensive pressure. This is a grade-A asskicking by the Canadians.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:37 pm

10spro wrote:
toonarmy wrote:WTF with all the Nabby bashing by the announcers? Sorry, but the goalie is not the problem this game. Honestly, without Nabby in net Canada could easily have a couple or few more goals on Russia. The non-existent defense and shaky puck handling are the culprits.
Not sure what NBC is saying as I am watching the Canadian feed. But he's struggling. He should have had the Morrow goal and leaving that juicy rebound for Perry is inexcusable. This isn't the preliminary round. Got to go for Bryzgalov.

The Morrow goal would have gone in on about any goalie. Morrow was allowed to come in from behind totally untouched. That's a goalie's nightmare. The rebound Nabby gave up on the Perry goal was not good, but then again, Perry easily was ahead of the defender for an uncontested goal. The last goal there was a wide open slap shot with no defenseman even within a sniff of contesting it. I completely overestimated Russia before the tourney began.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:43 pm

Now, it's about the quality of the goals.

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:44 pm

Perry ahead of the defender again for an easy goal. Even the great Tretiak couldn't win a game with this mess of a defense.

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:47 pm

Gonna break the scoreboard at this rate.

Best wishes,

Doug

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:47 pm

All three goalies putting on a clinic tonight.

EDIT: Also agree with Toon that it would be nice if Russia played D.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:08 pm

What exactly constitutes too many men on the ice in international play?

Under NHL rules Ive seen it called when it was extremely questionable and ignored when it was blatant....

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:14 pm

Macca00 wrote:All three goalies putting on a clinic tonight.

....Fleury ! Fleury!

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:44 pm

Looks like Russia has decided to goon since they've been humiliated on the ice. Can't blame Boyle for retaliating.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:55 pm

Nah, nah, nah Oh Russia good bye...

If you asked me if I expected team Canada to score 15 goals in back to back games, the answer would be an obvious NO. This is the performance that everyone was hoping to watch, they were a determined bunch and they played smart by dumping the puck deep into the Russian zone every time that they got a chance to. Doughty, Boyle, Weber, Richards. Everyone came on banging and they shut out Ovechkin.

The best that I've seen this team skate yet, geez even Pronger was moving his legs. Luongo was solid again, this team is peaking at the right time.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:57 pm

What a difference 3 hours can make...I dont see how Canada cannot win gold

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:26 am

Along R. Miller, I had J. Halak of the Habs as one of the most consistent goalies coming into Vancouver. With his solid play, Chara's steadiness in D, Hossa, M. Gaborik and Demitra creating havoc up front, this Slovakia team is the dark horse that I was talking about all along as they upset the Swedes in the late game. Not to be taken lightly they also upset the Russians last week, they are playing well and will face team Canada on Friday looking for a medal.

Unfortunately for them, Canada seems to be playing better and better every game, every shift and they'll be hard to contain.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:19 am

See, now THIS is the hockey that's enjoyable to watch. Yesterday was great top to bottom. After about a week and a half of playing/practicing together these teams are gelling and showing their team talent as opposed to a group of individuals trying to make it work. A couple weeks of practice together before the games started would have given us this play from day one which would have been great. But the medal games should be damn entertaining.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:49 am

RallyMonkey wrote:See, now THIS is the hockey that's enjoyable to watch. Yesterday was great top to bottom. After about a week and a half of playing/practicing together these teams are gelling and showing their team talent as opposed to a group of individuals trying to make it work. A couple weeks of practice together before the games started would have given us this play from day one which would have been great. But the medal games should be damn entertaining.

How much of this "sudden jelling" was due to the fact a trip to the medal round was at stake instead of just more familiarity with linemates and defensive partners?

NHL teams play at a different level in the playoffs, too, and it has nothing to do with jelling.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:56 am

pk500 wrote:
RallyMonkey wrote:See, now THIS is the hockey that's enjoyable to watch. Yesterday was great top to bottom. After about a week and a half of playing/practicing together these teams are gelling and showing their team talent as opposed to a group of individuals trying to make it work. A couple weeks of practice together before the games started would have given us this play from day one which would have been great. But the medal games should be damn entertaining.
How much of this "sudden jelling" was due to the fact a trip to the medal round was at stake instead of just more familiarity with linemates and defensive partners?

NHL teams play at a different level in the playoffs, too, and it has nothing to do with jelling.

Co-Signed! Bring on the medal round!!