Nhl thread

[Beanflicker]

Great game, very evenly matched.

Gotta say, USA got real lucky with that disallowed goal. I think it's a stupid rule, I much rather the NHL rule in regards to a dislodged net. In the end, Quick knocked his own net dislodged his own net which made the Russian goal not count, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[El Kabong]

Great game, very evenly matched.

Gotta say, USA got real lucky with that disallowed goal. I think it's a stupid rule, I much rather the NHL rule in regards to a dislodged net. In the end, Quick knocked his own net dislodged his own net which made the Russian goal not count, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Yeah that made it a little disappointing

[Beanflicker]

Those are the rules it so fuck it, fair play to the Americans.

TJ Oshie put on a master clinic in the shoot out, holy fuck.

It was great seeing Kovalchuk again too.

Those are two nasty teams

[El Kabong]

Here's a few non-Olympic questions for everyone:

1. Who is the best play by play and color man pairing for calling hockey?
2. Who is the best hockey analyst?
3. What are peoples' opinions on Don Cherry?


Now for the Olympics:
The Teams with the day off:
1. Sweden
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Finland

The matches coming up:
Slovenia-Austria winner to face 1. Sweden
Russia-Norway winner to face 4. Finland

Switzerland-Latvia winner to face 3. Canada
Slovakia-Czech Republic winner to face 2. USA

Who do you think advances?
Who has the hardest road to the finals?
Will the USA and Canada meet in the semifinals?
Can Russia rebound?

[Beanflicker]

Here's a few non-Olympic questions for everyone:

1. Who is the best play by play and color man pairing for calling hockey?
2. Who is the best hockey analyst?
3. What are peoples' opinions on Don Cherry?


Now for the Olympics:
The Teams with the day off:
1. Sweden
2. USA
3. Canada
4. Finland

The matches coming up:
Slovenia-Austria winner to face 1. Sweden
Russia-Norway winner to face 4. Finland

Switzerland-Latvia winner to face 3. Canada
Slovakia-Czech Republic winner to face 2. USA

Who do you think advances?
Who has the hardest road to the finals?
Will the USA and Canada meet in the semifinals?
Can Russia rebound?

1. I honestly don't have a favourite pair haha. I'm accustomed to the Hockey Night in Canada commentators/analysts, but I could care less about the commentary personally. Nobody really grabs me.

2. #1 I would give to Bob McKenzie who does great work. Darren Dreger is great as well.

3. Don Cherry is a Canadian treasure, it's hard not to love the guy.

For me I love him and hate him.

I love him because of his outspokenness. He always had the balls to call it as he saw it (as unpopular as his opinion might have been). I liked his willingness to call players out on their bullshit, and really go hard after dirtbags like Ulf Samuelson. He's a great character and has more credibility in the hockey world than almost anyone.

But unfortunately I think in doing his "character" he also gets on with a lot of bullshit. He's always openly been biased against European players, stereotyping them as being skilled but being pussies and having no heart. It's like, relax dude. It's not 1972 anymore: Canada isn't the only country producing elite level guys with balls. And personally, I think his old-timer sentiments are outdated. He's from the good old days where everyone was classy, soft spoken and polite (in public at least), so whenever someone deviates from that and displays any type of character or flashiness, he automatically dumps on it (case in point: Ovi doing the "hot stick" celebration). A lot of people seem to have the same opinion, and I think it's dumb. Hockey interviews are so fucking boring and predictable, what's the harm in someone deviating from that?

Anyway, I'm predicting a Canada vs Sweden final with Sweden winning (hope I'm wrong on that but that's what I see happening).

[El Kabong]

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement are the greatest play by play and color around!


Also the USA are getting Gold!

[El Kabong]

I just found out that USA Men's Olympic Hockey Coach (and Pittsburgh Penguins Coach) Dan Bylsma played 2 years for my hometown minor league hockey team.


How's about that? Pretty cool shit.