Winter Olympics 2010 Thread

[Senser81]

lol @ Canadians. Worse than English soccer fans.

I've watched every Wings game...US/Canada game was a carbon copy of almost every Wings game. Plain and simple. Maybe the issue here is that you fools should watch some hockey games outside of your own team.

I am still failing to see the connection between you being a Wings fan and you have a cogent analysis of the USA-Canada game. It would be like someone disagreeing with me about Tim Tebow in the football forum, and my response being "I'm a Steelers fan, so I know what I am talking about".

I know the Wings are terrible this year and have not dominated anyone...but their games this year have looked the exact same as the US/Canada game.

When you say "have looked the exact same", do you mean both games featured two opposing teams playing hockey?

[leaffan]

LOL @ Klesheen. Man you are so clueless sometimes it makes me wonder.

Just because you've missed everyone else saying it I'll spell it out for you.

The whole Babcock style thing.

Lets see the wings have made it to the cup final two years in a row. This year they still somehow are in a playoff hunt despite more then half the team being out for the season. Also add on a goalie problem this year with Howard starting to emerge as the starter.

Now your telling me a system that worked for two straight years and even is still working this year with a team full of callups is the reason why Canada failed against the US...

Wake the fuck up you idiot. Hell I have Babock in the running for coach of the year for this season with the wings.

[dave]

Man ... I wish I could call in sick today, but it's too obvious.
I suspect every Canadian is plotting the same thing.

[killgod]

Man ... I wish I could call in sick today, but it's too obvious.
I suspect every Canadian is plotting the same thing.

the hell, don't you have a day job?

[Senser81]

And? I get it. I get all of it. No problem.

The point is that it is Babcock's system. Everyone is saying Canada dominated the entire game because of shots on goal, time on attack, hits, the amount of puck possession they had, etc...Babcock's system. It's not "dominating the game" when the same things are true of terrible teams who lose all the time (i.e., the Wings this year), because it is expected of that system.

Meanwhile, nobody gives credit (I can only assume because it is the US who won, and not some other country) to the US for dominating via their "system"...blocked shots, interceptions, not allowing too many open shots. They dominated just as much in the "system" they were executing as Canada did in their "system."

Ergo - it is ridiculous to say Canada dominated the entire game, when both teams just simply executed each of their gameplans correctly, one with probably a little more luck than the other.

So, in sum, Babcock's/Canada's system is to dominate the game. The US system is to lie down on the ice and block shots. Both teams ran their systems, but the US won because as we all know lying on the ice to block shots always trumps dominating the game when it comes to "system play".

Again, I don't know which game you were watching, but the US had about zero interceptions and allowed quite a few open shots. Their 'lying down to block shots' was more out of desperation than design. You make it seem as if the US defense had the Canadians completely befuddled...that couldn't be further from the truth.

[killgod]

Every single one of you mother fuckers that harrass me cause the Sharks lost in round one last season?

Meet Jonas Fucking Hiller.

[Senser81]

Every single one of you mother fuckers that harrass me cause the Sharks lost in round one last season?

Meet Jonas Fucking Hiller.

Not to take anything away from Hiller stopping all those shots, but its really just the system that the US is running.

[leaffan]

I honestly have no idea what game Kle was watching.

The us was running all over the place and the canadians for the most part had control of the whole game. If Brodeur is playing like a goalie and not a baseball player we'd be having a different conversation.

[Senser81]

I'd make an actual response to this, but I know you understand what I said, and are just being "senser" about it.

OK...if a US player falls to the ground and smothers a Canadian shot, does that count as a shot on goal? I didn't think it did, and the Canadians still managed to get 45 shots on goal despite the "smothering" defense of the US.

[killgod]

that was a fucked up sequence if i've ever seen one

[killgod]

I'd make an actual response to this, but I know you understand what I said, and are just being "senser" about it.

And you're just being "kle" about it.

Good for you.

[Senser81]

Now you're just being an idiot. Par for the course though, I guess.

Awesome...I assumed when you initially said I was just being "senser" about it, THAT meant I was being an idiot. Glad to see that "senser" trumps "idiot", much like "lying down" trumps "Babcock".

[killgod]

hats off that swiss team, they were no pushover for anyone.

[nesper]

hats off that swiss team, they were no pushover for anyone.

yah they are an amazing team, i thought the US played like shit in the 3-1 win over the swiss but it appears it was more swiss than the US playing like shit.

[leaffan]

USA to the gold medal game? What a story that would be.