kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Stupid penalty by Kopitar. Not what you'd expect from a clutch player and leader. Strip his captaincy. Shame. Shame. Shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Oh, Canada. You would. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 s***. These douchebags are going to win another tournament, with king douchebag coward ***** Frenchie scoring the winning goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 I think I'm going to cry, puke, or throw something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 I think I'm going to cry, puke, or throw something. Just take comfort in knowing this is all Canada has going for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 I expected Canada to win. If they'd won 4-1, I wouldn't be half as disappointed as I am now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesuffP 1,746 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Feel bad for Europe they almost played a perfect game. Gotta hand it to Price he calmly stole this game very tidily Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Babcock last time celebrating something tonight, he looks so happy. He knows it! 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DatsyukianDekes 2,428 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Just take comfort in knowing this is all Canada has going for it. Believe me, the joke is on you. I will leave it at that, I'm sure you can fill in the blanks. 2 PavelValerievichDatsyuk and krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 With this win. Toronto is great again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toby91_ca 620 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 s***. These douchebags are going to win another tournament, with king douchebag coward ***** Frenchie scoring the winning goal. Marchand? He's not French 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nyquistfan14 489 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Wow was at the game and am so impressed with Europe. They deserved that game more than Canada did Tatar looks like a new man was very impressed and Nielsen looks very good too, pumped for wings hockey 3 krsmith17, NerveDamage and roboturner reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesuffP 1,746 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Ups Tatars trade value hmmm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Wow was at the game and am so impressed with Europe. They deserved that game more than Canada did Tatar looks like a new man was very impressed and Nielsen looks very good too, pumped for wings hockey Yeah, I hope those guys play that hard and well for the Wings. Especially Tatar. He has not impressed me in the playoffs so far in his career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Yeah, I hope those guys play that hard and well for the Wings. Especially Tatar. He has not impressed me in the playoffs so far in his career. We should draft a defense-playing giraffe. He might feel at home. 1 GMRwings1983 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sibiriak 84 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 NA had more American than Canadian players That's why I said "1 1/2" as Canadians made just under half of that team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 We should draft a defense-playing giraffe. He might feel at home. I'd still take Chara on our team at his advanced age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joesuffP 1,746 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Price wasn't overly impressive until the clinching game. He stole this one and Halak on the other end was great as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,495 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Wow was at the game and am so impressed with Europe. They deserved that game more than Canada did Tatar looks like a new man was very impressed and Nielsen looks very good too, pumped for wings hockey I don't agree with this. Tatar looks exactly like he always does...good. Tatar scored at almost exactly the same rate last year as he did two years ago. The only difference was his usage. And the narrative surrounding last year's season. Dumb s*** media types like Helene St. James and Ansar Khan kept repeating over and over that he and Nyquist had "down years". And pretty soon everybody starting thinking it. But it wasn't true at all. The only thing down was their ice time. It's the exact same thing that Phil Kessel had going on this season. Look back over his career and his production fluctuates with his ice time, but his RATE OF PRODUCTION remains relatively stable. So no, Tatar isn't a "new" man, Krueger was just smart enough to recognize how good he is and give him the minutes...unlike our coach who preferred to give those minutes to Helm and Richards lol. Edited September 30, 2016 by kipwinger 1 e_prime reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e_prime 1,936 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Well, there's no Richards to give those minutes to... so it'll be Ott, Miller, and Glenny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kliq 3,755 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 As a Canadian I was not going for Canada lol. As much as I would like to go for Canada, I cant cheer for a team that I can't stand so many players on. Crosby, Towes, Thornton, Marchant, Getzlaf, Perry etc. Don't like any of them. I was going for Team Europe, especially considering how pissed I was that Slovakia wasn't even shown enough respect to get its own team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buppy 1,720 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 I don't agree with this. Tatar looks exactly like he always does...good. Tatar scored at almost exactly the same rate last year as he did two years ago. The only difference was his usage. And the narrative surrounding last year's season. Dumb s*** media types like Helene St. James and Ansar Khan kept repeating over and over that he and Nyquist had "down years". And pretty soon everybody starting thinking it. But it wasn't true at all. The only thing down was their ice time. It's the exact same thing that Phil Kessel had going on this season. Look back over his career and his production fluctuates with his ice time, but his RATE OF PRODUCTION remains relatively stable. So no, Tatar isn't a "new" man, Krueger was just smart enough to recognize how good he is and give him the minutes...unlike our coach who preferred to give those minutes to Helm and Richards lol. Well, scoring rates for both Tatar and Nyquist (and Kessel) were down as well. Of course, it's not unusual for rates to fluctuate to that degree year-to-year, but it's still fair to call it "a down year" for those guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) As a Canadian I was not going for Canada lol. As much as I would like to go for Canada, I cant cheer for a team that I can't stand so many players on. Crosby, Towes, Thornton, Marchant, Getzlaf, Perry etc. Don't like any of them. I was going for Team Europe, especially considering how pissed I was that Slovakia wasn't even shown enough respect to get its own team. I like the way you think. That's mainly the reason I dislike Team Canada. Although I hate Patrick Kane the rest of players on USA squad I actually like. Makes it easy to cheer for them. When Team Canada had Yzerman and Shanahan playing for them, I was always rooting for them. Edited September 30, 2016 by kickazz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,495 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 Well, scoring rates for both Tatar and Nyquist (and Kessel) were down as well. Of course, it's not unusual for rates to fluctuate to that degree year-to-year, but it's still fair to call it "a down year" for those guys. But if you look at Tatar, his even strength scoring rate last season was 1.69 pts/60. The year before it was 1.7 pts/60. However his powerplay production dropped from 5.43 to 3.9 pts/60, which likely had to do with our powerplay going from among the best in the league to one of the worst. Hardly an indictment of Tatar. Nyquist's even strength points/60 actually increased from two years ago to last year. 1.44 to 1.69. But again, his powerplay production plummeted from 5.73 to 3.08 pts/60. Again, likely because our powerplay went from good to awful. Their rates of production, at least at even strength, weren't worse. Their rates on the pp were much worse, but how much of that had to do with them vs. Ferschweiler's pp being ineffective? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DatsyukianDekes 2,428 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 As a Canadian I was not going for Canada lol. As much as I would like to go for Canada, I cant cheer for a team that I can't stand so many players on. Crosby, Towes, Thornton, Marchant, Getzlaf, Perry etc. Don't like any of them. I was going for Team Europe, especially considering how pissed I was that Slovakia wasn't even shown enough respect to get its own team. f*** that. Canada vs Everybody. Don't care who plays on the national team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
