olympics hockey

I think Sweden or Canada will win. USA can't win a final unless it is against Soviet Russia.

It was a very exciting win! Here's to a great finish to the olympic run!

Jagr, meet Ovechkin.

Sweden looked real good against Finland..

i give jagr credit he got right back up and didnt miss a shift and played well after getting a scoring chance
tough day for him though since 1st goal he was in the box and then this led to a goal

Sweden is the best 'team' there was never a doubt in my mind

anyways Nolan I think they can meet up again in semis if USA wins vs Swiss/Belarus and Canada beats Germany and Russia?
Since US was top seed and Canada would be lowest of teams making semis if everyone wins their games

Is that right?

I think USA would lose to Sweden and have it real tough vs Finland (i think they would lose) and Czech would be tough (could squeek out a win) and somehow beat Russia since Russia always shits the bag vs USA for some reason. USA is physical (except vs Canada obv..only guy was Orpik who should have 90 pims of clutch and grab cuz he cant skate) and Russia doesnt liek that (aka Malkin is a giant human zamboni)

But we shall wait and see....either way even a US fan has to be excited to potentially see Russia vs Canada just for the names that will be on the ice. Nothing can compare

On February 22 2010 12:11 iop wrote: Sweden looked real good against Finland..

yes i bet 4-0 / 5-0 for sweden , what s wrong in the last period no goal..what a sick hold..odds was good
but in europe it s hard to drink beer and enjoy ice hockey, it was 7 am..
ggame so far

lol american hockey

U S A
U S A

LOL you canadian... we just whooped you hard at your own game. I have played hockey forever and cannot believe that our young guns, who shouldnt match up at all beat the canadian team. Miller stood on his head for that entire game. Anyways i agree we can beat russia if miller plays that way for sure. Sweden will be a tough game for sure. We can beat Czechs and the Canadians if we play that well again

On February 22 2010 12:37 basementkid wrote: LOL you canadian... we just whooped you hard at your own game. I have played hockey forever and cannot believe that our young guns, who shouldnt match up at all beat the canadian team. Miller stood on his head for that entire game. Anyways i agree we can beat russia if miller plays that way for sure. Sweden will be a tough game for sure. We can beat Czechs and the Canadians if we play that well again

whooped us hard! not sure what game u watch but ok u won. And check our roster Canada is not exactly super old.

I was wrong Nolan Canada plays Sweden if they beat Russia

GOLD MEDAL GAME HERE WE GO

On February 22 2010 12:55 nolan wrote: GOLD MEDAL GAME HERE WE GO

lol yeah you guys got the easy path now... would be so awesome if canada somehow makes it through russia nd sweden to play usa again

rofl usa only won because of brodeur's letting in two retarded goals, we freakin dominated you guys the whole game, sigh.

canada raped you guys, Miller was just perfect.

Miller 1
USA 0
Canada 0.5

Fluke

Jagr is such a relic but its fun to watch him still play

CZE FTW !!!!

all you canadians wanna claim you "raped" and got unlucky when you lose , but when you win it's status quo cause you're team is sooo great.

y'all need to learn how to take a loss like gentleman.

shots don't win games, goals do.

On February 22 2010 12:37 basementkid wrote: LOL you canadian... we just whooped you hard at your own game. I have played hockey forever and cannot believe that our young guns, who shouldnt match up at all beat the canadian team. Miller stood on his head for that entire game. Anyways i agree we can beat russia if miller plays that way for sure. Sweden will be a tough game for sure. We can beat Czechs and the Canadians if we play that well again

Yes you whooped us. I didn't know that playing 70% of the game inside your own blueline being beat into the boards, out-shot 45-21, and out-chanced 23-11 was a whooping. It was men vs. children out there. Canada dominated the game and came up short. In large part because Brodeur played very badly (and also apparently thought he was playing baseball wtf) and Miller was excellent. Full credit for winning but at least be realistic. If you were to run a simulation with those above statistics 10 times Canada would probably win 7 or 8 times out of 10. The Americans were lucky to win in a game where they were badly outplayed, end of story. That's why in one game eliminations anyone can win. Sometimes the worse team sucks out and wins the game.

My predictions for each teams chance at winning Gold:
1. Sweden 40%
2. Canada 35%
3. Russia 30%
4. USA 20%

Sweden has an easy draw and should make it to the finals unless they embarrass themselves. Canada's performance last night makes me feel very good about their chances and Luongo starting from here on out makes me feel even better. Russia will be very difficult and I'm sure they're pissed to have to play us before the Gold medal game because it significantly reduces their chances of getting there. USA will likely struggle in their quarterfinal and struggle to even win a medal, but they do have at least a 1/5 shot of going all the way. They aren't a bad team, but they certainly aren't better than any of the top 3 mentioned.

On February 22 2010 13:13 Jamie217 wrote: Show nested quote + On February 22 2010 12:55 nolan wrote: GOLD MEDAL GAME HERE WE GO lol yeah you guys got the easy path now... would be so awesome if canada somehow makes it through russia nd sweden to play usa again

Canada would play USA in the Semi-Final I think. Sweden is the team with the easy draw.