2010 Winter Olympics thread...

[JenBKR]

Wow - that hockey game was just amazing. Talk about exciting!

USA 5-3 over Canada. Insane...


What a game. Miller was freaking incredible. Brodeur.... Ehhhh, what was with the silly stick work?

I agree with you about the goalies - Miller just Wow. Brodeur was a disappointment...don't know if he was just trying to get too fancy or what but it wasn't working for him. And what was with the 'USA' on the end of his stick? Did they figure that one out, does anyone know?

[Puckstop31]

Wow - that hockey game was just amazing. Talk about exciting!



I agree with you about the goalies - Miller just Wow. Brodeur was a disappointment...don't know if he was just trying to get too fancy or what but it wasn't working for him. And what was with the 'USA' on the end of his stick? Did they figure that one out, does anyone know?

Yeah, that baseball bat swing at the puck right before the 2nd US goal was nuts. What the heck was he thinking? The only place it could go was back in the slot, which was crowded with people at the time. Little good can come from that. Actually, both goalies took a lot of silly chances with the poke check... 2 of the US goals were a result of a bad poke check attempt.

So says the armchair goalie... LOL Seeing that puck handling is by far the weakest part of my personal game, I guess that was easy for me to say.

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The commentators mentioned something about the USA on his stick. Something to do with the sticks being keepsakes someday or something... He wanted to know what stick was used in what game. OR, it could be he might have been thinking about taking a shot on goal if the US had to pull their goalie late. With the (silly, IMO) trapezoid gone, he was free to roam and he IS one of the best puck handling goalies in the game.

That said... I bet it was burned last night. LOL

[Lady's Human]

Great comment from Del Bosco:

" I don't know, third is alright for some people. But I wanted to give 100 percent...I left it all out there, I mean, that's what I came to do... I think I would've been pretty upset with second."


All or nothing, kid skied his heart out and left it all on the course.

[RICHARD]

All or nothing, kid skied his heart out and left it all on the course.

I hope no one ran it over in the end...

[JenBKR]

I'm not really sure what's going on with Crosby, he looked pretty good in the first game, ok in the second, but in the last game, not so good except for his redirect. Maybe the pressure's getting to him? He is expected to deliver the gold medal on a platter for Canada, might be a bit much for a 22 year old. Hopefully he can pick it up in the next game. I seriously doubt that not having Malkin there has anything to do with it...they are rarely on the same line, and when Malkin was out with an injury earlier this season Crosby excelled. Geno has also had some pretty bad slumps ('08 playoffs anyone?) and Crosby has done extremely well.

Speaking of which, Malkin has been amazing in the Olympics so far. Can't wait to see where that goes - up until the last month or two he was having a bad season (well, a bad season for him...) but it seemed like all of a sudden he was back. I don't know what team to cheer for - would be nice if all of my favorites could win!

[Queen of Poop]

Wanted to show off my Olympic nails. Themed for Canada, of course. Also wanted to note that the Canadian Women's hockey team is leading Finland 4-0 with 14 minutes left in the third.


Toes


Fingers

[RICHARD]

Wanted to show off my Olympic nails. Themed for Canada, of course. Also wanted to note that the Canadian Women's hockey team is leading Finland 4-0 with 14 minutes left in the third.


Toes


Fingers

LOL,

Have you had your toes "curl"?

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The "Crosby Effect"?


I have noticed that the game of hockey has always lent itself to more 'pairing' than any other sport.

Seems like all the great ones have another player that they depend on while there on the ice.

[Puckstop31]

Speaking of which, Malkin has been amazing in the Olympics so far.

When they have played to his strength, totally. He is a big dude. Its not "normal" for European teams to play a dump/chase/crash kind of game. Granted, most of the "European" teams are mostly NHL players....

Malkin on the wing with Ovechkin and.... Fedorov.... That has not happened yet. (I think) But THAT would be a line. That line gets 3 goals and Fedorov gets 3 helpers.

[Grace]

Yeah, that baseball bat swing at the puck right before the 2nd US goal was nuts. What the heck was he thinking? The only place it could go was back in the slot, which was crowded with people at the time. Little good can come from that. Actually, both goalies took a lot of silly chances with the poke check... 2 of the US goals were a result of a bad poke check attempt.

Regarding that swing of the bat - from the NY Times - keeping in mind that Rafalski once played for the Devils.

Team Canada goalie Martin Brodeur was heavily faulted for mistakes against the Americans. Brodeur stopped only 18 of 22 shots Sunday. On the Americans’ second goal, he tried to clear the puck up the middle of the ice, gifting Brian Rafalski an opportunity he converted.

“I’ve seen Marty do that before where he bats it out of mid air and he wanted to try to go up the middle so I just jumped there early,” said Rafalski after the game. Brodeur was also partly to blame on the Americans’ third goal.