IIHF World ChampionshipDiscuss International Tournaments like the WJC, Olympics, and World Cup, as they take place, or discuss past tournaments. performances.
#1 FIN Joel Armia 6gp, 6+6 = 12p
#2 FIN Granlund 6gp, 5+7 = 12p
#3 FIN Teuvo Teräväinen 6gp, 5+6 = 11p
#4 CAN Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 5gp, 3+8 = 11p
#5 USA John Gaudreau 6gp, 7+2 = 9p
#1 FIN Joel Armia 6gp, 6+6 = 12p
#2 FIN Granlund 6gp, 5+7 = 12p
#3 FIN Teuvo Teräväinen 6gp, 5+6 = 11p
#4 CAN Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 5gp, 3+8 = 11p
#5 USA John Gaudreau 6gp, 7+2 = 9p
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Too bad that Canada still has a game left. Armia's MVP title is not in the bag yet.
Duh, no doubt. But still, they would probably have been a better match for us than Switzerland.
Well, Switzerland would probably have been a better match as well with better coaching. The Czechs, too.
We can always go on with the "What if's", but the fact remains that we should have won Czech and Swiss. End of story. We were crap, doesn't help that our players are playing now.
We can always go on with the "What if's", but the fact remains that we should have won Czech and Swiss. End of story. We were crap, doesn't help that our players are playing now.
It's no bird, it's no plane... it's Captain Obvious!
Seems to be a double standard around these boards. Armia gets ripped for putting up big numbers against lesser opponents, yet Galchenyuk appears on everyone's all-star teams. I know we need to have a scapegoat, but it seems pretty unfair on Armia. Two bad games and the entire tournament is his fault.
Seems to be a double standard around these boards. Armia gets ripped for putting up big numbers against lesser opponents, yet Galchenyuk appears on everyone's all-star teams. I know we need to have a scapegoat, but it seems pretty unfair on Armia. Two bad games and the entire tournament is his fault.
Seems to be a double standard around these boards. Armia gets ripped for putting up big numbers against lesser opponents, yet Galchenyuk appears on everyone's all-star teams. I know we need to have a scapegoat, but it seems pretty unfair on Armia. Two bad games and the entire tournament is his fault.
Seems to be a double standard around these boards. Armia gets ripped for putting up big numbers against lesser opponents, yet Galchenyuk appears on everyone's all-star teams. I know we need to have a scapegoat, but it seems pretty unfair on Armia. Two bad games and the entire tournament is his fault.
The bigger issue for me with Galchenyuk right now is that he's not even playing center.
Yes, but trying is not everything. If you go to play like you have already won before even game start, you won't get everything for your self and if you motivation is start lazy, you can't restart that in game anymore.
Do you really think that Finland play now also like 110%, no they playing like street hockey in they backyards and it's something like 20-50% waht they could play.
Based on what? Your oppinion. At some point you have to give the other team some credit for shutting you down or taking the game to your team or flat out being better. Or realizing what you think their potential is - isn't what they are capable of. In 1 game, you can say that you had a bad game. But when you have had a few, then you have to look at the other teams and give them credit for being better.
As for playing backyard hockey - that is a coaching issue on how he wants to play the game and it is truely up to him to set up the system based on his players stregnths that attacks an opponents weaknesses and give the team the best shot at winning.
The bigger issue for me with Galchenyuk right now is that he's not even playing center.
That would only bother me if he wasn't drafted last summer, but two years ago. He missed most of last year with an injury and that is a whole lot of development lost. Next year will be his year to really put on a show.
It's astonishing how completely lost self-deprecating humor is on Americans.
American humour involves making fun of others, not oneself. Also, fart jokes. To be fair, everyone makes fun of a different subset of Americans within the US, so it all evens out.
