8-0, kinda surprised Norway did not get a single goal. They had a handful of really good chances, though for the most part they played like crap. What gives with the damn bouncy ball effect though? I've never seen a puck bounce around so much on the ice ever.
If you bothered to look at the whole picture in the IIHF via games played against who etc, and the Olympic groupings...you'd see why I say what I do. Quoting The Hockey News and showing me IIHF standings when OG groupings are how they are doesn't mean a thing. None of those teams is going anywhere, no matter how you slice it though.
P.S. Those IIHF rankings mean JACK. How do you point to rankings like that, when the players aren't even the same all the time? That's an NFL mentality of "My team has won 3 Superbowls...one in 1972..."...yeah You do realize IIHF Rankings are based on the previous World Tournaments and the last Olympics right? Those aren't exactly a regular season record like you find in the NHL...
Edit: Watching now, Crosby sure is showing his classless little baby bullshit per the norm, what a great place to do it...infront of the world. Someone needs to pop that balloon he has for a head...
The rankings may not apply to the elite teams that the majority of the players play in the NHL and the roster changes considerably from tournament to tournament.
But teams you commented on have next to no players if any in the NHL, so the rosters don't change very much from what those rankings are based on.
To say you KNOW that this team doesn't have a chance against another when you probably couldn't name three players on either team doesn't make much sense.
I'll take the IIHF and the Hockey News rankings over your rankings or mine any day. I think they know a little more about it than either of us.
And if those rankings were based soley on past Olympics and previous World Championships how is Canada ranked #2 in the field. The IIHF website even said the Top 9 teams in the Olympic tourney are determined by those rankings, if that meant nothing why would they use it to determine the field for the tournament?
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And if those rankings were based soley on past Olympics and previous World Championships how is Canada ranked #2 in the field. The IIHF website even said the Top 9 teams in the Olympic tourney are determined by those rankings, if that meant nothing why would they use it to determine the field for the tournament?
Why don't you try looking up how they get those rankings, instead of just flapping off...because that IS how the rankings are determined. What else are they going to use? Draw straws? Why is Canada #2? Let's see, Russia has more Tournament points (Last 4 IIHF WT + Last Olympics) than Canada overall.
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If only Iginla had someone to feed him the puck like that in Calgary, the Flames'd really have something.
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Once the game progressed, Canada found their legs and the coaching staff did some modification to the lines (Iginla on first, Bergeron on 4th) and you could see that Norway player were tired. (Nash passing them like they were schoolboys). I have a positive feeling about this team. Very confident, no apparent weakness. Excellent bench boss. I don’t miss Bertuzzi, Draper, Foot, McCabe, Redden, etc...
I'm not a fan of Crosby being team captain.. I believe that role should go to the most experienced, not the most popular
** I should elaborate.. what I mean is, I think experience facing off against international teams in an international style of hockey outweighs how popular or skillful one single player is.
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I'm not a fan of Crosby being team captain.. I believe that role should go to the most experienced, not the most popular
** I should elaborate.. what I mean is, I think experience facing off against international teams in an international style of hockey outweighs how popular or skillful one single player is.
I'm not a fan of Crosby being team captain.. I believe that role should go to the most experienced, not the most popular
** I should elaborate.. what I mean is, I think experience facing off against international teams in an international style of hockey outweighs how popular or skillful one single player is.
I didnt see a "C" or an "A" on the front of Crosby's shirt...
Theses guys did: Neidermayer "C" Pronger "A" Iginla "A"
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