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So.. after group stage the standings are like this: 1. USA 2. SWE 3. RUS 4. FIN 5. CZE 6. CAN Who in the world couldve predicted this? Anyway.. A lil observation I made: USA gets a much more favourable way to the finals than Sweden. Sweden will play a stacked slovakian team and if they win, theyll face either canada or russia in the semis. Usa on the other hand will first play swiss/belarus and then fin/cze in the semis. The only difference between the 1st and 2nd seed is 2 goals and look what brackets they get. I'm not saying team USA dont deserve it or anything, because I do, I just wish that the brackets were more even. But its olympic hockey and it happens every tournament so I guess its nothing to whine about.

i overslept and missed the first 2 periods :( third period was lacking a bit of energy i think. nothing special happend. im surprised the fins played with so little energy when down 0-3 and 1 period left.

nothing interesting at all. basically: Reporter: you in good shape? Z: yeah i feel good R: you are assistant captain, how do you feel about that. any pressure? Z: yeah it feels good. gonna be fun. no pressure R: how do you handle all the expectations on you Z: yeah it feels good, im used to high expectations and rightfully so. R: are you here to win? Z: yeah, we are here to win it. we have a good enough team. if we play up to our potential we should have a good chance at gold btw, did you see backstrom in the video 30sec in? lol creepy stare..

Peter stastny? I really can't see usa win or even get to the finals. But then again anything is possible with this format. Miller is terrific and may get them a medal hmm

forsberg is a 2/time olympic gold medalist and 2/time worlds gold medalist playing for swedens national team. do anyone really think its weird that he's the flag bearer?

this OT is going to be nasty

5min no clowe 5min no ericsson naaah. but WTG big rig!

AWESOME!

Goal!!

wings padding nabokovs stats with all these weak shots

niclas wallin seems like a really good fit on this sharks team..

Lots of games this weekend.. Friday: Montreal @ Philadelphia Nashville @ New Jersey Vancouver @ Columbus NY Rangers @ Pittsburgh Toronto @ St Louis Atlanta @ Minnesota Phoenix @ Colorado Saturday: Tampa Bay @ NY Islanders San Jose @ Buffalo Philadelphia @ Montreal New Jersey @ Carolina Boston @ Florida Ottawa @ Detroit Washington @ St Louis Dallas @ Phoenix Atlanta @ Chicago X2 Anaheim @ Calgary Colorado @ Los Angeles Sunday: Tampa Bay @ NY Rangers Nashville @ Pittsburgh Vancouver @ Minnesota Ottawa @ NY Islanders Chicago @ Columbus Anaheim @ Edmonton

yeah.. it was a ridiculous statement from the announcer. how can he even say that?

the end of the 2nd was intense. hope they bring that energy to the 3rd

whoops.. my memory sucks. already forgot our players

wow after a missed wings penalty sharks announcers "there is no building in the entier nhl that gets so many breaks as joe louis arena"

you know what i was thinking? the olympic break might be really good for ericsson. im not sure what teams sweden are playing in but against teams like germany, norway etc ericsson might shine and therefore realize how good he can play and then get his confidence back and pwn in the nhl again

look at the abuse holmstrom takes in front of the net amazing

so... the sharks takes a game off vs the BJ's today only to come out in a blast against the wings tomorrow with a rested nabokov? great..

hmm i think duchene is also a very strong candidate. leads the scoring by rookies and is playing very well and consistent. Duchene: 40p in 58 games, 10p in last 10gp Tavares: 33p in 59 games, 2p in last 10gp

score 2 goals against NYR = auto win minnesota isnt exactly a capitals team either... god damnit NYR & MIN

Friday: Toronto @ New Jersey Atlanta @ Washington X2 Carolina @ Buffalo Calgary @ Florida Phoenix @ Chicago Saturday: Vancouver @ Boston Pittsburgh @ Montreal Detroit @ Los Angeles Phoenix @ Dallas Ottawa @ Toronto Carolina @ NY Islanders New Jersey @ NY Rangers Florida @ Atlanta Calgary @ Tampa Bay Buffalo @ Columbus Chicago @ St Louis San Jose @ Nashville Philadelphia @ Minnesota Edmonton @ Colorado Sunday: Pittsburgh @ Washington Boston @ Montreal

Friday: Toronto @ New Jersey Florida @ Washington x2 Boston @ Buffalo Anaheim @ Tampa Bay Nashville @ Detroit Colorado @ Dallas Saturday: NY Islanders @ Philadelphia Montreal @ Ottawa Los Angeles @ Boston Vancouver @ Toronto Chicago @ Carolina Columbus @ St Louis Atlanta @ Nashville NY Rangers @ Phoenix Edmonton @ Calgary Minnesota @ San Jose Sunday: Detroit @ Pittsburgh Tampa Bay @ Washington NY Islanders @ Florida Los Angeles @ New Jersey Phoenix @ Dallas NY Rangers @ Colorado

Damn i missed friday. Friday: Montreal @ New Jersey Nashville @ Colorado Dallas @ Edmonton Saturday: Ottawa @ Boston Carolina @ Philadelphia x2 NY Rangers @ Montreal New Jersey @ NY Islanders Phoenix @ Washington Toronto @ Florida Los Angeles @ Detroit Atlanta @ Tampa Bay Anaheim @ St Louis Columbus @ Minnesota Chicago @ Vancouver Buffalo @ San Jose Sunday: Pittsburgh @ Philadelphia Boston @ Carolina Dallas @ Colorado

what a shot by rafalski! keep it going wings..