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Post by spik on May 13, 2019 22:25:49 GMT
Day 4 (13/5/19)
Group A USA 3 Finland 2 (ot) Slovakia 5 Canada 6
Group B Russia 3 Czech Rep 0 Norway 1 Sweden 9
Tomorrow day 5
Great Britain v Denmark Germany v France
Italy v Latvia Switzerland v Austria
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 1:52:55 GMT
I think he may fly over for the 2nd week for when its knockout rounds. That's my guess 😆 Come on Pidge Let’s see your first choice line up for a full Canadian roster if they were all available. Well they were far from convincing against Slovakia and very lucky to get the win. It's hard to know now what the team would be if you selected all the top players as they generally use the worlds as a platform to ice the younger players. Think their average age is 25. Team U.S. is 24 Obviously McDavid would be in there but alot of their more talented players are the wrong side of 30 now . Its team U.S..who will have the brighter future with guys like the Hughes brothers (Quinn and Jack) and a 3rd brother who is yet to be drafted. Then the likes of Turcotte and Caufield at this years draft.
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Post by DonClaneone on May 14, 2019 9:00:22 GMT
I think playing under strength demeans the competition, yeah I know the Stanley Cup is still going but perhaps then, the World Championship should be scheduled after the Stanley Cup is over.
I'd have rather played Canada's very best than the kids they had.
US have Gaudreau
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 9:12:27 GMT
I think playing under strength demeans the competition, yeah I know the Stanley Cup is still going but perhaps then, the World Championship should be scheduled after the Stanley Cup is over. I'd have rather played Canada's very best than the kids they had. US have Gaudreau Depends if these players have picked up injuries over a 82 game season and in some cases the first part of the post season.
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Post by Shaggy on May 14, 2019 9:32:33 GMT
I think playing under strength demeans the competition, yeah I know the Stanley Cup is still going but perhaps then, the World Championship should be scheduled after the Stanley Cup is over. Why? Yes, the NHL is the 'best' league in the world... doesn't mean that the rest of the world should have to kowtow to a two-country club league. Yes,the IIHF can be an arrogant bunch of <censored>... but so can the NHL. As things stand, the Stanley Cup competition can go on until partway through June... schedule the Worlds after that, and you're getting close to the end of June. Internationally, most countries start their season in early September. Doesn't leave much off-season, does it? Perhaps the NHL should bring the start of their season forward to match everyone else? Who says that the rest of the world should arrange everything around North America? Perhaps it should be the other way around...
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Post by ashfieldpanther on May 14, 2019 11:41:55 GMT
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Post by Bagheera on May 14, 2019 14:36:32 GMT
Ouch! Not the start needed. It may get a lot worse too as GB look to chase the game. With this being a game identified as one to try and get something from I dont see them reverting to damage limitation any time soon.
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Post by DonClaneone on May 14, 2019 14:46:54 GMT
I personally didn't think we'd win a game anyway, not being negative but rather just being honest.
We'll always be playing catch up with these teams
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Post by Shaggy on May 14, 2019 14:53:13 GMT
That was a poor period of hockey from GB and no mistake. We know that GB can do much better... now just to hope that they will.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 14:54:48 GMT
I was the same but got called out for it as usual. I knew the level GB were entering into but even so today theres been indiscipline and turnovers galore and you cant do this at this level and expect to get away with it.. maybe you can in the eihl but not here.
Now need 3 goals just to tie which means a hell of lot of shote on net.. the decision not to take long is more baffling as the days go by!
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Post by Yotes on May 14, 2019 15:03:23 GMT
I'm not watching, but if you put yourself 5 on 3 for the better part of two minutes you're going to pay the price. Some quality players in their lineup.
Shame that the game is more or less gone in about 3 minutes.
Oops, 4-0.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 15:09:30 GMT
After 2 brainless penalties from Dowd and Swindlehurst I'd like Russell to call a timeout because this could get out of hand. We've not turned up today.
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Post by ted logan on May 14, 2019 15:11:59 GMT
5-0 down now.
More indiscipline from GB. Somehow managed to go from PP to PK in a matter of seconds. Whistle had replaced Bowns in net.
Make that 6-0.
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Post by Bagheera on May 14, 2019 15:14:49 GMT
I didn't really think we'd win a game either. Although I had some hope we could pull a result off. However as a team this would have been a game they had identified to try and get something. They certainly wern't going to go into this tourament with a beleif they would get thrashed every game.
This game is significantly different from the first two though. Quite a few obvious mistakes being made and the quality in the Denmark team id punishing GB every time. This was kind of my point. By believing this was a game they could get something from, they were more at risk of being blown apart.
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Post by wgray on May 14, 2019 15:21:42 GMT
If you are going to pull off an upset against a better team then you have got to be disciplined and focused. Giving away stupid penalties, turnovers and failing to correctly cover your defensive zone is not going to get you anything. The effort against Canada was better than we’ve seen today and had we played with the same mindset, defence first, then the score might not have been 6-0 right now.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 15:22:12 GMT
There's still a lot for us to play for in the second half of this game even if the result is already decided.
If we can somehow get a goal or two then that'll help us keep some kind of belief we can compete in the last few games.
Keep going boys!
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Post by wgray on May 14, 2019 15:23:43 GMT
Ben O’connor has really exposed himself this game.
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Post by numtyboy on May 14, 2019 15:24:32 GMT
How bad is O’Connor? Absolutely awful performance.
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Post by Bagheera on May 14, 2019 15:25:12 GMT
Ben Oconner is a great player and can carry the team at times. At other times he is a complete liability.
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Post by ojlloyd on May 14, 2019 15:26:46 GMT
I don’t think anyone is covering themselves in glory this game.
Probably the worst I’ve seen GB play in a competitive game in two years.
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Post by DonClaneone on May 14, 2019 15:28:06 GMT
7-0
Ooft
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Post by ted logan on May 14, 2019 15:28:49 GMT
O’Connor has been woeful today. Swindlehurst not far behind.
Collectively our worst performance of the tournament to date by a fair distance. Unlike the previous 2 games it’s difficult to take any positives from this one.
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Post by DonClaneone on May 14, 2019 15:32:00 GMT
8-0
This is embarrassing
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Post by wgray on May 14, 2019 15:32:31 GMT
Ben Oconner is a great player and can carry the team at times. At other times he is a complete liability. Offensively, he’s terrific in our league. But you will never get the chance to do it at this level, especially as we don’t have the players to compliment him offensively imo. His deficiencies have been exposed today. I was one of the people being optimistic before the tournament and was expecting the worse, but I can’t help but feeling disappointed in this performance. Our team defence has been atrocious.
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Post by Shaggy on May 14, 2019 15:50:57 GMT
the decision not to take long is more baffling as the days go by! Which has absolutely nothing to do with this abysmal performance... ... but the decision not to have Long in the squad is not baffling at all - he was injured. Plenty of people have argued that GB took Steve Lee (jaw injury) so they should have taken Long. No - completely different circumstance. You can play with a jaw injury in a face cage - as Lee is doing - but Long had an ankle injury. You can't skate with an ankle injury, no proper training... hell, it wipes out at least half of basic fitness training! That quite obviously ruled Long out from training camp & the warm-up games... which ruled him out for the Worlds. Unfortunate (I was looking forward to seeing him in a GB jersey as well) but that's life.
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