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This year I managed to catch quite a lot of hockey in a bunch of different settings and what I found and heard was this:
- A lot of people found the Canada/USA game boring. I being a hockey guy thought it was anything but that but I watched the game in a room of 20 to 25 people most of whom were your typical bandwagon fans and they weren't getting the forechecking at all. The comments I heard were mostly about the game being boring. I guess Canada's defensive setup was too much for people not sure.
- Sidney Crosby was hands down the best player on the ice at all times. He only scored 1 goal the entire tourney but the solid amount of work he was doing was god dam impressive. Toews was easily second.
- Finland is the most under rated hockey country in the world. I really get a sense that people don't get it. They've now had medals in the last 3 Olympics (2 bronze 1 silver) and they beat Russia and USA with while being decimated down the middle thanks to injuries. Oh and Teemu forever!
- USA looked lifeless in the bronze medal game. Really poor showing for a team that was easily a gold medal contender at the start of the tourney. A lot of people are going to question why Yandle, Jack Johnson and Bobby Ryan weren't on this team. Burke's time as the GM of the team is probably done.
- Russian hockey is likely going to change over the next few years. An embarrassing showing not only for its country but for the KHL. Defense and two way play is what won medals this year. Lack of defensive depth and frankly terrible coaching really caught up with Russia fast.
- Kessel being dominate in the beginning and people acting surprised was laughable. Wake up people and take your maple leaf blinders off.
- Oliver Ekman Larsson only avg. 10mins of ice time for Sweden a game. That's just stupid for probably one of the top 5 dmen in the world.
- A lot of people found the Canada/USA game boring. I being a hockey guy thought it was anything but that but I watched the game in a room of 20 to 25 people most of whom were your typical bandwagon fans and they weren't getting the forechecking at all. The comments I heard were mostly about the game being boring. I guess Canada's defensive setup was too much for people not sure.
- Sidney Crosby was hands down the best player on the ice at all times. He only scored 1 goal the entire tourney but the solid amount of work he was doing was god dam impressive. Toews was easily second.
- Finland is the most under rated hockey country in the world. I really get a sense that people don't get it. They've now had medals in the last 3 Olympics (2 bronze 1 silver) and they beat Russia and USA with while being decimated down the middle thanks to injuries. Oh and Teemu forever!
- USA looked lifeless in the bronze medal game. Really poor showing for a team that was easily a gold medal contender at the start of the tourney. A lot of people are going to question why Yandle, Jack Johnson and Bobby Ryan weren't on this team. Burke's time as the GM of the team is probably done.
- Russian hockey is likely going to change over the next few years. An embarrassing showing not only for its country but for the KHL. Defense and two way play is what won medals this year. Lack of defensive depth and frankly terrible coaching really caught up with Russia fast.
- Kessel being dominate in the beginning and people acting surprised was laughable. Wake up people and take your maple leaf blinders off.
- Oliver Ekman Larsson only avg. 10mins of ice time for Sweden a game. That's just stupid for probably one of the top 5 dmen in the world.
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