CANADA VS RUSSIA MENS HOCKEY

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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I think it comes down to the forecheck and playing physical in the offensive zone. Russia's D can move the puck up quickly if they have a second, but are a bit soft. Crashing the net, big bodies in front, etc, should generate some chances. For Canada to win, I think they'll need a few good ol' garbage goals.
    Agreed.
    If Canada DOES pull out a win tonight then I'll be a little more optimistic about our overall chances, but I'm not very optimistic right now ;)
    Maybe I'm just to loyal, but I'm optimistic, when in hockey, going back to the '72 series have we done things the easy way, it always seems like we take the long road. However, I am still wondering who on this team is going to fill the roll that Sakic, Messier, Gretzky or Henderson provided, someone has to step in to that roll, I'm hoping it is Sid.
    GO CANADA GO
    Could be that I'm just pessimistic. I am a Habs fan, after all.
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!
  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    I am starting to get a little tense about tonight.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    Go Russia!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Go Russia!!!!!

    please exit this thread with these type of views


    hehehe
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  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Go Russia!!!!!
    So Speedy is a Pinko........ :evil:
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    smarchee wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Go Russia!!!!!

    please exit this thread with these type of views


    hehehe
    hehehehe

    I wanna see Canada get bounced out of this......

    I dont know why....

    But I want to see you guys go home, with your hockey sticks between your legs......hehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    pfft

    I wanna see the Americans going home with their stick between their legs after Hiller steals the game this afternoon for the Switz

    just don't trash any athlete villages this time :)
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....
    Well after the riot, we'll accept it.

    Just kidding - we won't find acceptance.
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    MrMerkinball wrote:
    I am starting to get a little tense about tonight.

    Me too!!! I think we will do it though!

    This our game!!
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....

    Mourning maybe too harsh a word

    Extreme dissapointment and massive bitching and moaning on radio shows across the nation tomorrow

    Alot of frustration that we are basically repeating 2006 loss in the QF to Russia

    We'll get over it, but not for a couple of weeks will it disappear from the national conscious
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    smarchee wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....

    Mourning maybe too harsh a word

    Extreme dissapointment and massive bitching and moaning on radio shows across the nation tomorrow

    Alot of frustration that we are basically repeating 2006 loss in the QF to Russia

    We'll get over it, but not for a couple of weeks will it disappear from the national conscious
    Yeah....

    The older I get...
    The less passionate I am about sports....

    Its just a fucking game....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....
    Well over 1/2 the tv sets in Canada will be tuned into this, the bars might do better tonight than New Years Eve.
    If we lose, we'll curse and blame everybody including the Zamboni driver and critique this team and wonder what went wrong for about a week, then we'll sober up. Quite honestly if I thought we had no chance, then I would have rather lost to Germany than the States and Russia in the same year, that would really suck.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....

    Mourning maybe too harsh a word

    Extreme dissapointment and massive bitching and moaning on radio shows across the nation tomorrow

    Alot of frustration that we are basically repeating 2006 loss in the QF to Russia

    We'll get over it, but not for a couple of weeks will it disappear from the national conscious
    Yeah....

    The older I get...
    The less passionate I am about sports....

    Its just a fucking game....

    Thats just it, to us we are sooooooo passionate about hockey, very similar to Americans and football. In America baseball may be your national past time but I think football is your passion, in Canada hockey is our passion and millions play the game into old age, there are rec leagues everywhere, even if you can't skate people still play. Thats one thing that amazes me about your country, you play many sports but you don't really have this kind of rivalry with other countries in like baseball or even basketball. You have a rivalry with us in hockey to a degree, and this past year has been good to you guys in hockey, but we'll get back to kicking your ass's soon enough. but for me Canada - Russia is still bigger, mainly because Russia produce's such high quality players.
    I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin

    "Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    lukin2006 wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Just a question for you folks from Canada.....

    If you lose tonight???

    Does all of Canada go in to mourning???

    In other words....How serious is this game??

    Put it in to perspective for me.....
    Well over 1/2 the tv sets in Canada will be tuned into this, the bars might do better tonight than New Years Eve.
    If we lose, we'll curse and blame everybody including the Zamboni driver and critique this team and wonder what went wrong for about a week, then we'll sober up. Quite honestly if I thought we had no chance, then I would have rather lost to Germany than the States and Russia in the same year, that would really suck.
    Here in the states...

    They didnt even broadcast last Sunday's game on national television....

    Quite a difference.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    They didnt even broadcast last Sunday's game on national television....

    Quite a difference.....
    This blows my mind....doesn't NBC carry the Cup finals down there? You'd think they'd want to promote the game...what were they showing? I don't understand what could have possibly been a bigger draw down there than the pro's in a semi-major sport...
    I feel like a kid waiting for xmas right now...gonna be so intense!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,108
    Drowned Out wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    They didnt even broadcast last Sunday's game on national television....

    Quite a difference.....
    This blows my mind....doesn't NBC carry the Cup finals down there? You'd think they'd want to promote the game...what were they showing? I don't understand what could have possibly been a bigger draw down there than the pro's in a semi-major sport...
    I feel like a kid waiting for xmas right now...gonna be so intense!
    A bigger draw???

    Ice Dancing....

    And the network has the stats to prove it....

    As a whole....On a Sunday night in America....More people will watch Ice Dancing than Hockey.....

    And actually its not even close......

    MILLIONS more will watch Ice dancing.......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Drowned Out wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    They didnt even broadcast last Sunday's game on national television....

    Quite a difference.....
    This blows my mind....doesn't NBC carry the Cup finals down there? You'd think they'd want to promote the game...what were they showing? I don't understand what could have possibly been a bigger draw down there than the pro's in a semi-major sport...
    I feel like a kid waiting for xmas right now...gonna be so intense!
    A bigger draw???

    Ice Dancing....

    And the network has the stats to prove it....

    As a whole....On a Sunday night in America....More people will watch Ice Dancing than Hockey.....

    And actually its not even close......

    MILLIONS more will watch Ice dancing.......
    Oh, you saw us win gold in ice dancing? How was that?
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    The game is going to be fantastic. It's unbelievable to me, though, that one of those two teams isn't going to medal. Ovechkin's going to be gunning for Sid, but if he expects him to crumble like Jagr did Vech has another thing coming...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...

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