Tonight Team Canada plays Norway in Olympic Hockey....any score predictions?

I'm guessing 19-0 for Canada

14-0

8 - 1

Although Canada is rock solid, I will say 8-1. Too many bad memories from Turino.

6-2.
You guys are smoking some good mess to think anyone but the Juniors or Womens teams, can pull off blowouts like that against any of the Hockey oriented Euro teams.
Now if they were playing Latvia or Belarus, I could see such a blowout...not Norway, they aren't THAT bad.

Quoted from ken_cinder

6-2.
You guys are smoking some good mess to think anyone but the Juniors or Womens teams, can pull off blowouts like that against any of the Hockey oriented Euro teams.
Now if they were playing Latvia or Belarus, I could see such a blowout...not Norway, they aren't THAT bad.

Yup they are...expected to finish 11th place, have 1 NHLer on the team, and haven't made it to the olympics in 16yrs...but don't worry, one of the players from that team is on this one as well (although, he's 39yrs old now )

Expected 11th? I REALLY can't see them finishing behind Latvia and Belarus, and doubtful if they finish behind Solvakia. Czech Rep and Russia will beat Slovakia, I can only see Slovakia winning their game against Latvia, and even that is a tossup...both teams are equal in the "Suck" department.
Same for Norway really, can only see them beating the Swiss...maybe.

I predict 0-3 for Latvia and Belarus, they don't stand a chance against the teams in their group. 1-2 for Norway.

The way the groups are set up, are total "Gimmes", you already know who will get their asses handed to them in each. Of course, preliminary round only sets up the QF 8...we'll have to see about that, but Latvia and Belarus might as well go home now.

Quoted from ken_cinder

Expected 11th? I REALLY can't see them finishing behind Latvia and Belarus, and doubtful if they finish behind Solvakia. Czech Rep and Russia will beat Slovakia, I can only see Slovakia winning their game against Latvia, and even that is a tossup...both teams are equal in the "Suck" department.
Same for Norway really, can only see them beating the Swiss...maybe.

I predict 0-3 for Latvia and Belarus, they don't stand a chance against the teams in their group. 1-2 for Norway.

The way the groups are set up, are total "Gimmes", you already know who will get their asses handed to them in each.

Only Austria is seen as worse then Norway according the The Hockey News....Whatever...they all suck compared to Can, Swe, Rus, and Kaz
Pretty poor showing by the USA today..only beat the Swiss 3-1, and only took about 26 shots, yikes! I expected more from them...

Quoted from ken_cinder

Expected 11th? I REALLY can't see them finishing behind Latvia and Belarus, and doubtful if they finish behind Solvakia. Czech Rep and Russia will beat Slovakia, I can only see Slovakia winning their game against Latvia, and even that is a tossup...both teams are equal in the "Suck" department.
Same for Norway really, can only see them beating the Swiss...maybe.

I predict 0-3 for Latvia and Belarus, they don't stand a chance against the teams in their group. 1-2 for Norway.

The way the groups are set up, are total "Gimmes", you already know who will get their asses handed to them in each. Of course, preliminary round only sets up the QF 8...we'll have to see about that, but Latvia and Belarus might as well go home now.

You should check the IIHF pre-tournament rankings to see how far off your logic is.

http://www.iihf.com/channels10/olympics-2010/home/men/world-ranking.html

Belarus at #8 don't stand a chance against #13 Germany?  How do you figure?

How is #11 ranked Norway better than Belarus at #8 and Lavia at #9, never mind
being better than Switzerland who is ranked at #7?

Germany is the only team with a worse ranking that Norway.

But as Hippo said there are only a few that have a chance of winning it all, the rest
are also-rans.

My prediction tonight 6-1 Canada.

Predictions? ... Pain!

Quoted from silverball

You should check the IIHF pre-tournament rankings to see how far off your logic is.

http://www.iihf.com/channels10/olympics-2010/home/men/world-ranking.html

Belarus at #8 don't stand a chance against #13 Germany?  How do you figure?

How is #11 ranked Norway better than Belarus at #8 and Lavia at #9, never mind
being better than Switzerland who is ranked at #7?

Germany is the only team with a worse ranking that Norway.

But as Hippo said there are only a few that have a chance of winning it all, the rest
are also-rans.

My prediction tonight 6-1 Canada.

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...

CAN. vs. Norway predictions?

  i predict they are going to play hockey