OT: CAN, USA, SVK and FIN continue in Olympics ice hockey

[Meathead]

Crosby again proves he's the best player in the world. Dude steps it up in the clutch and makes everyone around him better. I haven't noticed Jakem mention anything about overrated Ovy ever since I posted those stats and then Crosby proves my point even more by scoring the game winning overtime goal for Olympic gold. Doesn't get any better than that, unless you could argue the Stanley Cup is a bigger achievement...but wait...he has one of those too.

Crosby is great for hockey. Every sport needs 'that guy' to take the sport to the next level and attract new fans.
Damn Chicago has some talent to with Toews and Kane.

 

[D-Rock]

Canada barely won...and we beat them soundly a few days ago...don't you Canucks get too big in the britches about this one.

Too late! You have to wait 4 years to try and take it away from us.

Four glorious years!

News flash, 98% of the USA doesn't care about the Winter Olympics and half of the other 2% doesn't care about Hockey. Just sayin. All our sports talk shows are talking about is Spring Training Baseball.

News flash, the USA doesn't care about anything they don't own, win or can't gain from.
You lose, then act like you didn't care in the first place.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Canada barely won...and we beat them soundly a few days ago...don't you Canucks get too big in the britches about this one.

Too late! You have to wait 4 years to try and take it away from us.

Four glorious years!

News flash, 98% of the USA doesn't care about the Winter Olympics and half of the other 2% doesn't care about Hockey. Just sayin. All our sports talk shows are talking about is Spring Training Baseball.

News flash, the USA doesn't care about anything they don't own, win or can't gain from.
You lose, then act like you didn't care in the first place.

I didn't care in the first place. Show me a post anywhere where i cared. I'm glad for Canada winning because they care about hockey, we don't. TV ratings prove that.

The only time hockey has been semi-entertaining for me is when Devil's and Rangers fans are at eachother's throats or watching the toothless goons sluggin it out.

 

[mrp5150]

Crosby again proves he's the best player in the world. Dude steps it up in the clutch and makes everyone around him better. I haven't noticed Jakem mention anything about overrated Ovy ever since I posted those stats and then Crosby proves my point even more by scoring the game winning overtime goal for Olympic gold. Doesn't get any better than that, unless you could argue the Stanley Cup is a bigger achievement...but wait...he has one of those too.

Crosby is great for hockey. Every sport needs 'that guy' to take the sport to the next level and attract new fans.
Damn Chicago has some talent to with Toews and Kane.

I have a feeling Crosby is going to get booed even more now in away games in other US cities after that game winner. Sad that a guy like him gets booed though. He's never done anything to deserve that and he's a super nice kid. Jealously is a bitch.

 

[Jakem]

Back to Oulu!

If Miikka Kirpusoff was Columbian, he would get shot when climbing up his home's stairs. Finland was mentally overcharged and came crashing down after Kiprusoff gave USA their 1-0 goal. Kipper came crashing down too because his saves were lousy after that too and, IMO, Bäckström should've been changed in directly after the first goal. Like I said earlier, Finland's only chance to compete against the big countries is the amazing goalkeeping. Now that Kipper sucked harder than Linda Lovelace, whole Finnish team came crashing down after the players' mental breakdown.

Canada vs. USA was one heck of an entertaining match, IMO! It was fantastic to see Patrick Kane stepping up during the final moments while managing to keep the puck on Canada's defensive zone at the end of the 3rd period. Dunno what happened to USA's movement during the OT which Canada dominated. Sid the Kid sucked during the normal gametime losing pucks and giving non-adressed passes but stepped up during the OT and took the gold for Canada.

 

[D-Rock]

Canada barely won...and we beat them soundly a few days ago...don't you Canucks get too big in the britches about this one.

Too late! You have to wait 4 years to try and take it away from us.

Four glorious years!

News flash, 98% of the USA doesn't care about the Winter Olympics and half of the other 2% doesn't care about Hockey. Just sayin. All our sports talk shows are talking about is Spring Training Baseball.

News flash, the USA doesn't care about anything they don't own, win or can't gain from.
You lose, then act like you didn't care in the first place.

Didn't the USA beat Canada once? Then Canada beat the USA once. Maybe my math is wrong, but that makes both teams even

Even???
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
The US beat Canada in a game that didn't matter. Canada beat the USA in the only game that mattered. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympi ... canada_ap/
Canada not only won hockey gold in our country, but in your's too

 

[thiswaythatway]

Here's the real Canadian hero.

 

[Meathead]

Here's the real Canadian hero.

Another intelligent post brought to you by Danyeo!

 

[Mudder]

It was a great game by two teams built entirely differently. Canada was loaded with stars, the US built around a "whole greater than the sum of it's parts" theory. Both worked, but talent eventually came out on top. In reality I bet Canada would win 6 or 7 of 10 matches, just because it was loaded top to bottom.

Great game either way. And as long as the Russians are shut out of a medal I'm alright with that. Cool Finland got Bronze, I thought they were tougher than they got credit.

 

[D-Rock]

It was a great game by two teams built entirely differently. Canada was loaded with stars, the US built around a "whole greater than the sum of it's parts" theory. Both worked, but talent eventually came out on top. In reality I bet Canada would win 6 or 7 of 10 matches, just because it was loaded top to bottom.

Great game either way. And as long as the Russians are shut out of a medal I'm alright with that. Cool Finland got Bronze, I thought they were tougher than they got credit.

I agree, expect with Canada being loaded with stars. We actually had a number of lesser known players that were chosen based on their previous world tournament experience, their youth, and level of current play in the NHL.
Players like Doughty, Seabrook, Weber, Keith, Morrow, Marleau, Boyle, Perry, Bergeron, Toews. These are key and intergral players, but not "stars" in comparison to National Teams of the past. They are specialists in their positions, and were chosen for that very reason. They also have won World Championships, and World Junior Championships in the past. They know pressure and they know how to win.

At these Olympics, Canada didn't have the best players, they had the best team.

 

[bstaley]

Jakem, I remember you teasing us Penguins fans pretty hard when we lost the cup a couple years ago and saying how bad Crosby sucked. You'll have to excuse me if I get some satisfaction that within a single year's time Crosby took down the Wings, won a gold medal all while Finland got embarrassed by the USA.

Sorry man, but if you're gonna give it you have to take it.

 

[mrp5150]

Jakem, I remember you teasing us Penguins fans pretty hard when we lost the cup a couple years ago and saying how bad Crosby sucked. You'll have to excuse me if I get some satisfaction that within a single year's time Crosby took down the Wings, won a gold medal all while Finland got embarrassed by the USA.

Sorry man, but if you're gonna give it you have to take it.

Pens and Sid FTMFW!

Also, I just want to give credit to Ryan Miller's beard. Clearly that's the reason he played so well. I wonder why none of the players other than him went for an "Olypmic beard" like the do in the playoffs?

 

[thiswaythatway]

Here's the real Canadian hero.

Another intelligent post brought to you by Danyeo!

How dare you insult Iron Mike Sharp. He's Canada's best athlete.

 

[Meathead]

Here's the real Canadian hero.

Another intelligent post brought to you by Danyeo!

How dare you insult Iron Mike Sharp. He's Canada's best athlete.

Oh shit, I forgot you guys just love yer rastlin'.

There's a great sport! The ending/winner is already planned before it starts.

 

[mrp5150]

Pro wrestling is absolutely amazing when you're a kid. When I was in elementary and middle school, it was so popular. Then after a certain age it becomes retarded. No doubt hockey is a better sport. Pro wrestling isn't really even a sport, although you do have to be in great shape and you do get beat up a lot even though it's fake.

 

[Jakem]

Jakem, I remember you teasing us Penguins fans pretty hard when we lost the cup a couple years ago and saying how bad Crosby sucked. You'll have to excuse me if I get some satisfaction that within a single year's time Crosby took down the Wings, won a gold medal all while Finland got embarrassed by the USA.

Sorry man, but if you're gonna give it you have to take it.

Yep,it was me who gave you shit, Bill. I mean, Crosby doesn't suck but he ain't the best player playing in NHL. From NHL's marketing standpoint it is/was better to praise a North-American player when NHL's popularity was declining and viewer counts were very low. It's just pure business and marketing...

I don't think Kiprusoff will ever play as the 1st goalkeeper for team Finland in Olympics.

 

[mrp5150]

I mean, Crosby doesn't suck but he ain't the best player playing in NHL.

You can keep saying that all you want, but you know it's not true. I'm lucky enough to get to watch every game Sid plays and he is just at another level compared to every other NHL superstar.

 

[Meathead]

Look how tentatively they're skating up to Crosby to celebrate with those big teeth.

"is he gonna bite us?"

..."I don't know...don't think so."

 

[ratter]

I don't know how you can prove that somebody is or isn't the best player in the world. But I know this, at crunch time it seems like he always comes through. One or two times might be luck. After that, it's not luck. As soon as I saw it was going to overtime, I knew he'd be the one to end it.

 

[ratter]

Look how tentatively they're skating up to Crosby to celebrate with those big teeth.

"is he gonna bite us?"

..."I don't know...don't think so."

They should sell a bottle-opener in that shape.