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The Unofficial Olympic Hockey Thread

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Jeebus.
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Who's gonna win? What do you predict? Just kidding i don't care what you think, USA takes it all!!!
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Feb 5 2014 11:42AM
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Drail
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Vancouver was trying to convince the BC government to allow them to be open for the game, but I'm not sure if it's going through or not.
Feb 21 2014 7:50PM
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Goku
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GO SWEDES
Feb 21 2014 9:17PM
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Anathema
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great game today. i watched pretty much the whole thing at work. really intense, and i think the better team won. canada had a ton of zone time on the us and tons of quality chances. definitely one to remember. lets hope we can keep it up against the swedes!

good luck usa in the bronze game. i definitely feel like they deserve a medal for how well they've played. even though it's not the one they wanted, a podium finish at the olympics is nothing to scoff at.
Feb 21 2014 9:36PM
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Drail
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Should tell that to the American ladies. Biggest sore losers I've seen time and time again. Yeah, I know I already said that in this thread,
Feb 21 2014 9:44PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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canada was the better team today. wish i could see these two battle it out for a series...

hats off to quick for standing on his fucking head today. he's the only reason that score wasn't worse.
Feb 21 2014 9:52PM
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soulskier
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Well ladies and gents, pucks about to drop
Feb 22 2014 10:04AM
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corona
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oh my god some of those Finish girls.
Feb 22 2014 10:06AM
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Anathema
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no shit man. what do they put in the water over there? sweden too. they're all gorgeous cute girls with perfect white smiles and smooth as fuck complexions. WANT.
Feb 22 2014 10:15AM
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Ski_the_east01
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I was thinking the same thing - it would be awesome to see a best of 7 between those teams

It was such a frustrating game to watch from a U.S. perspective yesterday, that's what it must feel like to play against the bruins. That was definitely a claude julien special yesterday, the layered defense of Can was just too much for the U.S to try and overcome, they had very limited offensive zone possession due to the swarming defense
Feb 22 2014 10:30AM
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ThatCOprep
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Can The US complete a pass, penalty shot. Let's go usa
Feb 22 2014 10:32AM
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Jeebus.
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Kane can't fuck with TUUK like that, should've known better
Feb 22 2014 10:37AM
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GayWolf420
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so far they aren't looking too bad. still in medal contention and thats what matters
Feb 22 2014 10:41AM
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corona
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This is some bullshit. It's in Toronto that they make the decision whether bars can serve alcohol at 7am for the hockey game tomorrow. They're allowing Toronto bars to serve, but they're refusing to let Ottawa bars serve. What is this shit. Let's start a riot.
Feb 22 2014 11:00AM
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GayWolf420
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nice goal. teemus a legend.
Feb 22 2014 11:01AM
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ThatCOprep
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What the fuck
Feb 22 2014 11:01AM
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GayWolf420
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damn son they're kicking the shit out of the us now
Feb 22 2014 11:01AM
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Jeebus.
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What rubbish, play like you want it USA
Feb 22 2014 11:02AM
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Anathema
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im really impressed by finland right now. they have that #41 who skates like the wind. teemu is just a legend and will always be the teemu we know and love. and defensively, the fins look really calm and have a good system that they stick with.

im sure usa will break out at some point here though. they just have too many good players to be shut down 2 games in a row.
Feb 22 2014 11:07AM
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ThatCOprep
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Post of Kane.
Feb 22 2014 11:10AM
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GayWolf420
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jesus christ kane cant catch a break
Feb 22 2014 11:12AM
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Anathema
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poor kane. cant buy a goal right now. whoda thunk that with 2 penalty shots in 1 game by kane, they'd be down 2-0 to the fins.
Feb 22 2014 11:12AM
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Jeebus.
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Kane is such garbage, let someone take these opportunities for him, oshie would have the game at 2-2 right now
Feb 22 2014 11:12AM
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corona
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he's really not though.
Feb 22 2014 11:13AM
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.Hugo.
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It has to be someone on the ice
Feb 22 2014 11:14AM
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Anathema
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on the first one it had to be taken by a player on the ice. not sure if oshie was. and im not sure about the rule with the second (the slash to kane). but it was his breakaway any way. and kane is usually pretty damn good in those situations. it's just not working right now for the states...
Feb 22 2014 11:16AM
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GayWolf420
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hes shitty right now, but if you watch him during the season, he is consistently one of the top forwards in the league
Feb 22 2014 11:18AM
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Jeebus.
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Nah in olympic rules they can choose whoever, even on penalty shots. Tuukka Rask is just way to good for the likes of Kane,
Feb 22 2014 11:19AM
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.Hugo.
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They had oshie out for the shot but the refs made him get off because it had to be someone on the ice.....
Feb 22 2014 11:23AM
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corona
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do you even watch hockey?
Feb 22 2014 11:24AM
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.Hugo.
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Right? I can think of very few guys i'd rather have in a shootout/penalty shot than Kane.....
Feb 22 2014 11:25AM
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Jeebus.
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i'd rather have anyone, has he even made one goal, on shootouts/Penalty Shot in the olympics so far?
Feb 22 2014 11:27AM
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theBearJew
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Yea but hes gone cold this Olympics. You could see on the first penalty shot he had he just didn't look confident.
Feb 22 2014 11:38AM
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Bar_Down
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Hey bud, how bout you just stick to gargling Rask's nuts and let the knowledgeable folks in here talk about everything else
Feb 22 2014 11:39AM
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.Hugo.
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Hindsight is 20/20. Who would you have rather taken the shot? Keep in mind it needed to be someone on the ice at the time of the penalty.

Kane is tied for the most shootout goals in the nhl this year....
Feb 22 2014 11:46AM
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theBearJew
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I would have put Kane in on the penalty too. Nobody else better on the ice. It just sucks that he isn't getting it done. Second time I don't know who was out there but if you don't let Kane take the second shot he now has less confidence than he did before.
Feb 22 2014 11:47AM
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.Hugo.
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Ah I read your post as saying you wouldn't have put kane in. Both kesler and parise were out there for the penalties I believe. Neither one have been particularly good in shootouts
Feb 22 2014 11:52AM
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GayWolf420
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welp....
Feb 22 2014 11:54AM
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ThatCOprep
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The USA has fallen apart.
Feb 22 2014 11:59AM
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theBearJew
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Well now...
Feb 22 2014 11:59AM
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corona
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what a great way to end your Olympic career.
Feb 22 2014 12:00PM
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GayWolf420
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now they're not even trying..
Feb 22 2014 12:02PM
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ThatCOprep
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Seriously.
Feb 22 2014 12:08PM
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corona
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well how about that. Good job Finland.


4th in the world is still pretty good..
Feb 22 2014 12:19PM
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Kekambas.
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Talk about rape....woof
Feb 22 2014 12:19PM
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GayWolf420
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good for teemu getting a medal in his last olympics probably. the dudes been playing for a long-ass time, and he's very humble.


for team usa, that was just a disgrace. After they went down 2-0, they just gave up.
Feb 22 2014 12:21PM
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Bar_Down
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Wait a minute... Rask didn't play against Sweden? What was the reasoning behind that decision??
Feb 22 2014 12:21PM
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Anathema
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flu. they had to put in lehtonen, who still did very well, but sadly isn't quite tuuka rask. people were thinking that if he had been in that 2-1 loss might have been different, but who knows.

either way, finland showed up and played like it was a gold medal game and showed so much emotion. i love that. they seem like a great group of guys who were so proud to be there. and you can't wish better things upon a better guy than teemu. class act, high quality player. it's nice to see him go out with a bang.
Feb 22 2014 12:26PM
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.Hugo.
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He was sick I think
Feb 22 2014 12:26PM
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Bar_Down
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Oh I see
Feb 22 2014 12:29PM
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