Posted December 27, 2024Dec 27 comment_741509 Anyone watch the Canada-Finland game last night? I guess there are more players on Team Canada than Cowan and that McKenna kid but I don't know who they are, other than the goalie's mom who was a curler and was shown at the game with a drink in her hand (lol). I am hoping Yager is more visible next game, saw him out there but didn't see him doing much.
December 27, 2024Dec 27 comment_741510 Yager made a couple of nice passes on the PP though i believe he is on the second unit? Fins were collapsing waiting for their breaks made it a boring game imo. I think Team Canada gets stronger as this goes along. 👉
December 27, 2024Dec 27 comment_741511 It was a good game, but yeah Finland played very defensively. Finnish goalie was very good... faced 40 shots. Carter George for Canada was equally good and Finns had some good chances. No surprise that the players of the game were both goaltenders. I agree that Canada will get better as the tourney moves on. Next two games are against Latvia and Germany. You're gonna see some firepower tonight. All sets up for the New Years Eve clash against the USA.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741531 Canada looked like dogshit and deserved to lose that game, but give Latvia credit, they played well. One of the worst games I’ve ever seen by a Canadian team. Couldn’t connect on passes…. Just incredibly sloppy.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741532 Canada was awful. Shots on goal were wildly misleading... Canada had very few quality scoring chances. Terrible nonchalant effort... Deserved to lose for sure. Edited December 28, 2024Dec 28 by Noeller
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741533 My nationality is Canadian but the last name is Latvian so I’m a happy guy tonight.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 Author comment_741534 What was going on in that shoot out for Canada with all those dipsy doodle dekes that the Latvian goalie just sat there waiting for? Does no one teach these kids how to shoot anymore? In the words of the late Herb Brooks, the Canadians looked like a monkey humping a football out there tonight.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741537 12 hours ago, Noeller said: Canada was awful. Shots on goal were wildly misleading... Canada had very few quality scoring chances. Terrible nonchalant effort... Deserved to lose for sure. Great game plan and well executed by the Latvians. Canada had no real answer. They were celebrating like they won the tournament, which in a way this was their superbowl win. Imagine if they could now knock off the Americans. Wow. Don’t see it happening but also didn’t see them beating Canada.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741538 1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said: Great game plan and well executed by the Latvians. Canada had no real answer. They were celebrating like they won the tournament, which in a way this was their superbowl win. Imagine if they could now knock off the Americans. Wow. Don’t see it happening but also didn’t see them beating Canada. It would be nice to see them beat the Americans, but they will likely get shredded. The Latvians played as well as they possibly could…. The odds of them maintaining that level are slim to none. And there’s bound to be a let down after such a monumental win.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741546 Canada was lazy and disinterested... Nothing more or less. Don't give Latvia any credit... Canada lost, plain and simple. Latvia didn't win it.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741547 39 minutes ago, Noeller said: Canada was lazy and disinterested... Nothing more or less. Don't give Latvia any credit... Canada lost, plain and simple. Latvia didn't win it. Nope I give Latvia some credit. They came in with a game plan, neutralized the middle, sticks and bodies in the shooting lanes, made good on their few offensive chances on the PP, got great goaltending, never gave up resulting in a win.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741548 Canada's pp has been awful. Bonk should not be quarterbacking the PP. There's another guy on the roster that is a 10 times better special teams in Sam Dickinson... But he didn't even get a sniff of the power play. The pp was just as bad against Finland as it was against Latvia. Well, Canada didn't have a majority of threatening shots. The Latvian goalie stood tall when they did. Got to give them credit.
December 28, 2024Dec 28 comment_741550 1 hour ago, captaincanuck12 said: Canada's pp has been awful. Bonk should not be quarterbacking the PP. There's another guy on the roster that is a 10 times better special teams in Sam Dickinson... But he didn't even get a sniff of the power play. The pp was just as bad against Finland as it was against Latvia. Well, Canada didn't have a majority of threatening shots. The Latvian goalie stood tall when they did. Got to give them credit. All through the exhibition, too... Dog **** PP. They've scored 1 PP goal through exhibition and RR games. Gross.
December 29, 2024Dec 29 comment_741566 https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/video/dickinson-promoted-tocanadas-top-four-top-pp-unit~3054104 Finally. They are making adjustments.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 comment_741570 In their 2 wins they haven't given up a goal. With the USA losing to Finland first place is still up for grabs.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 comment_741574 Looked okay vs Finland... Hot garbage vs Latvia and Germany. Absolutely no clue what to expect vs 'Murica.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 comment_741584 3 hours ago, Noeller said: Looked okay vs Finland... Hot garbage vs Latvia and Germany. Absolutely no clue what to expect vs 'Murica. I fear the worst, but maybe they’ll surprise us…. They seemed to find a bit of a groove in the 3rd against Germany. I’m grasping at straws.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 comment_741589 Maybe this teams identity is based on defense instead of offence? I remember seeing how offensively underwhelming the 2014 Olympic team was. But they went 6-0, including a 2-1 quarterfinal win over Latvia, followed by a 1-0 semi-final win over USA. Then they beat Sweden for Gold 3-0. I too am grasping at straws, but you cannot overlook that they have only given up 2 goals (3 with the shootout goal). That's something to build on.
January 1Jan 1 comment_741695 This ******* team needs to pull their head out of their ass. 8 ******* pp given to USA. The result is 3 goals against. They'll be lucky to get out of the quarterfinals
January 1Jan 1 comment_741697 They done. Management needs to be fired. How you leave yakemchuk and parekh at home is crazy stuff. 2 top 10 D from last years draft. 4 1. USA like 4 for 8 on the PP. Edited January 1Jan 1 by Goalie
January 1Jan 1 comment_741702 While maintaining some perspective here (these are little kids playing a game), I put most of the blame on Cameron and his crew. Discipline reflects leadership. All of those penalties were obvious calls and most were dumb, dumb, dumb.
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