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  • #61
    Originally posted by Flubber View Post
    At least Mason was a #1 goalie on his own team . Johnson played all of 5 games for the Rangers and Dubnyk ?? wow-- 3rd stringer for the Oil?? I guess Curtis Macklebackup was busy
    Sweden chased Mason after 3 pretty easy goals yesterday so I'm not sure even he's an asset. Both teams looked pretty uninspired though apart from a few players.

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    • #62
      WC, does it mean World Cup or World Championship?

      Hockey World Cup means something, World Championship is like a European midget tournament.
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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      • #63
        World Cup is the old Canada Cup? They're still doing that?

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        • #64
          It's not a regular thing, but yes.

          Canada is the defending champion (2004). This way we're always the World Cup champion, as it doesn't happen anymore.

          World Cup of Hockey - Wikipedia
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_of_Hockey


          Unlike its International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)-sanctioned counterpart, the annual World Ice Hockey Championships, the World Cup of Hockey is organized by the National Hockey League (NHL). As such, the games are played under NHL rules and not those of the IIHF. The World Cup of Hockey also occurs outside of the hockey season, allowing for all the best players in the world to be available, unlike the World Championships, which overlaps with the Stanley Cup playoffs.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Kitschum View Post
            Sweden chased Mason after 3 pretty easy goals yesterday so I'm not sure even he's an asset. Both teams looked pretty uninspired though apart from a few players.
            Hey I didn't say he was great-- he was a #1 though and had muddling to good numbers-- Dubnyk has some pretty awful numbers and Johnson hardly played.

            None of the three would rank in the top 15 goalies in the league on any list

            Its actually a little sad how 3rd tier the Canadian team is--- hell I would have thought a few more of the almost-Olympians might have wanted a kick at this
            You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo

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            • #66
              Czech - Canada 3:1 after two periods.
              Way to go Avangard Omsk!
              (both Jagr and Klepish who scored in the 2nd period are players of my home city team ).

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              • #67
                Originally posted by notyoueither View Post
                FIFA holds the WC once every four years, and they hold it well clear of the league schedules in Europe and most of the rest of the world.
                Bullsh!t. All national leagues have a break during the WC (no UEFA games either).

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                • #68
                  Czechs
                  Canada
                  Referees
                  My congrats to Czechs anyway.

                  If we beat Finland tonight (that will be our 25th victory in a row at WC and a new world record (USSR holds previous record of 24 wins), then welcome to the Russia-Canada 1/4th again. Ironic, isn't it?

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                  • #69
                    And yet, still no one cares.

                    Russia is the only country that even sends a 1st string team to this tournament. The wins are meaningless to anyone who understands hockey.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
                      That's how it goes. When I wrote "next round" I meant the qarters. If we end up fourth in our group, we'll meet #1 in the other group - probably canada - that I'd prefer to save for the final .
                      Who? Canada?
                      Canada has finished fourth in its group.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Asher View Post
                        And yet, still no one cares.

                        Russia is the only country that even sends a 1st string team to this tournament. The wins are meaningless to anyone who understands hockey.
                        Yup

                        I have spent the last two lunches with avid hockey fans. We discussed the two NHL series at length . The worlds did not even arise as a topic.

                        Based on the teams the respective teams sent, Russia should be embarrassed if this is anything other than a clear win for them.
                        You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo

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                        • #72
                          Russia - Finland.
                          What a start!
                          You guys are dumb, if you think no one cares. Look at the first period. It's a real warfare, despite the looser of this game will get a weaker opponent in 1/4th.

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                          • #73
                            No one cares. I don't see how you can say it any other way.

                            Look at the standings.

                            Do you honestly think the current standings correspond to how good a hockey country is?
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Asher View Post
                              Russia has a stacked roster and Canada sent a bunch of 2nd/3rd stringers and kids.
                              Originally posted by Flubber View Post
                              Based on the teams the respective teams sent, Russia should be embarrassed if this is anything other than a clear win for them.
                              That's because Russians are patriots, while Canucks are lazy, selfish and greedy bastards who don't want to play for their banner.

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Asher View Post
                                No one cares. I don't see how you can say it any other way.

                                Look at the standings.

                                Do you honestly think the current standings correspond to how good a hockey country is?
                                Look at the games, not the standings.
                                The first period of Russia-Finland, as well as Czech Rep - Canada game was a real warfare and a top class hockey. The rest is bullsh!t.

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