marcaractac

Unleash the Larkin

Agreed. So unfair all the pressure being put on him when he has only just come back from being out for weeks. Must be rough to have that much on your shoulders at his age.

These kids will learn. I mean sure, a couple of them may never learn, but for the time being they are enjoying the moment. It's a special thing representing your country on home ice. They also don't have veterans around them to tell them to keep it down like they will once they eventually go pro. Regardless of what country, I will never fault kids for being pumped up in this tournament every year. If they are scoring their 20th of the season at some point in the NHL and celebrating like mad, I'd probably roll my eyes at that point as well. But for now, they are just enjoying their moment.

In the end, they're kids. It is silly to give them s*** over celebrating. I'm 29, and if I were to score a goal in front of that many peopel going savage cheering celebrating would get the best of me as well. I'd be pumped as f***. It would be different if playing in front of 20K people all season long.

He has barely any hockey under his belt after being out a long time with an injury. He'll be fine. He has been getting better each game I thought. You said it yourself. Kids. These are teenagers playing on home ice on the biggest stage of their young careers. I think it is kind of silly to give them s*** over them being excited scoring goals in front of about 20k people cheering for them for the first tournament in their lives. If this were in the States, the American players would be doing the exact same thing. So when people say things like "act like you've done it before". The thing is, on this stage, they haven't done it before.

In the end, they are both very important parts of this team. And we'll need them both healthy and contributing if this team is gonna make a playoff run.

HELMMMMMMMM

CAPITAN!

Yay intangibles!

I not once said it was a good call. I said it was iffy at best. Whether it counted or not would not have surprised me. And I hope they do meet again. It will be good hockey if they do. At least then Canada can win without a controversial goal so you will have to find excuses elsewhere. It was a meaningless round robin game. Russia has been playing like s***. Should be an easy Quarter finals win for you guys. Edit: Also, the thing I am most excited about in this tournament is how good Larkin and Homer 2 have been.

Ahh, so the game would have played out exactly the same had the goal not counted? Please. Enough with the excuses. The better team won. If the US put up a better effort instead of being outshot 10-2 at one point in the 3rd, they wouldn't have ended up in that situation to begin with. But please, continue to blame bad calls on being completely outplayed when down 2-1.

In the end, the real story is Larkin. So glad he is a future Red Wing. He went all Eberle with the clutchness.

What I mean, is you no longer have the "goal that shouldn't have counted" being the game winner as an excuse.

There. 3 goals for USA. The "bad goal" is no longer a factor.

They've been brutal both ways for sure

I thought it could have gone either way. But in the end, USA being outshot 10-2 in a period they went in down by 1, they have nobody to blame but themselves if they lose.

This is insane. 8 minutes into the 3rd with no whistle so far.

Then suddenly, 5-4 Florida

Franzen says whaaaaat?

If the weakness is a turkey hangover, I agree with you.

Has not been afraid to take or give a hit. He does all the little things right. Not flashy, but very solid.

Thankfully they started playing a much better north/south game in the second. Hickets also been having a strong game all around.

Although Canada is up, they are playing way too cute. Won't work against the stronger teams. They need to start getting the puckto the net and stop constantly trying to make the perfect pass.

I have zero faith in Canada's goaltending. I don't even expect them to medal. Goaltending has been their kryptonite in this tournament for a few years now. This year seems worst than ever.

Kind of hard to break up that Helm-Dats-Tatar line. They've been dynamite. Plus, we need balanced scoring on all the lines. Hence why this team was rolling when we were able to throw out Miller-disney.com-Jurco as the fourth line. Can't really call that a demotion for Jurco either with all the minutes that line plays.