Official 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Thread

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Oh, I know. I'm just saying, everyone on here and on TV was saying the American offence was so powerful.

The storyline changes if we pot 3 even strength goals on Canada. That being said, who knows what happens if we were in a more difficult group in the preliminaries.
 

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Ill continue to call it a travesty BUT they did play well on the def end despite some 1st period mistakes...
set your emotions aside for a second.

How can you call it a travesty when we have clearly been the better team in EVERY game they've played. including having the BEST defines in the tournament?
 

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Its still odd to me how they are in this position despite getting no offense from most of there forwards..Crosby,Toews,Perry,Nash,Marleau have done virtually nothing offensively...
if you watched the games though, they are still getting pressure and controlling the offensive zone.
it's not all about the numbers bruh :jawalrus:
 

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Now that Carey Price has gotten his country to a gold medal game, hopefully that'll further shut up some of his haters still bytching about the Habs trading Jaro Halak in 2010. :salute:
 

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if you watched the games though, they are still getting pressure and controlling the offensive zone.
it's not all about the numbers bruh :jawalrus:

You win games by scoring goals not by dominating puck possession...They give teams an opportunity to steal games when they dont bury more chances....Fact they playing for gold despite being so offensively inept so far is interesting...
 

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Now that Carey Price has gotten his country to a gold medal game, hopefully that'll further shut up some of his haters still bytching about the Habs trading Jaro Halak in 2010. :salute:
He's a native so he'll always have haters.
 

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set your emotions aside for a second.

How can you call it a travesty when we have clearly been the better team in EVERY game they've played. including having the BEST defines in the tournament?

Because hes better than 3 guys starting in front of him...
 

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You win games by scoring goals not by dominating puck possession...They give teams an opportunity to steal games when they dont bury more chances....Fact they playing for gold despite being so offensively inept so far is interesting...
if scoring goals was the only factor to winning games then the russians should be the best team in the world.
there is more to it than just scoring goals. controlling the puck and dominating possession is a big part of winning games.

I'd be more worried if we weren't getting shots, but we they have been putting up more shots than any other team we've played.

fact is, the goalies have been playing out of their minds
 

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Because hes better than 3 guys starting in front of him...
he may be a better and more talented individual, but maybe for THIS build of THIS team they wanted to have a more defensive defensemen.

up to now I can't say that the guys that were playing have been playing poorly so its hard to say.

to many ifs right now. IF the defense was playing poorly then daamn right they should make a change. but the defense has been scoring AND dominating their end.....

:manny:


Its not like Hamhuis got in the game either.

and St-louis (who led the league in points last year) didn't even get in the game either. where is the outrage for him?
shyt, dude was left off the roster originally
 

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Now that Carey Price has gotten his country to a gold medal game, hopefully that'll further shut up some of his haters still bytching about the Habs trading Jaro Halak in 2010. :salute:

The Price criticism is NHL based. We all know he can play well with an all star roster. It's can he carry squads in the playoffs? He's been up and down so a portion of the hate is warranted.
 

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Canada is dominating the states... 2002 gold medal game, 2010 gold medal game, today. Even the b team (women) keep beating them in the olympics, this year while being underdogs
 
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