and exactly how do you award bronze then?
- Dozzer

Russian roulette ...

Big, mobile defense, solid goaltending and a team full of guys all willing to check their egos and commit to the system.

They were just hitting their stride by the time they played Sweden.
- Aetherial

Add to this some of the best centers in the game ,and you could see that we owned the middle of the ice .The overall lack of scoring ,is probably due to so/so collection of wingers

Imagine if they had the chance to play together on a regular basis... WOW.
- bixll

wonder what the cap hit would be...

Add to this some of the best centers in the game ,and you could see that we owned the middle of the ice .The overall lack of scoring ,is probably due to so/so collection of wingers

- top shelf 15

World cup team, with Tavares, Stamkoks, and Giroux added?

Yes please.

Yeah they looked real deflated.

There is really no way you could picture them being motivated after losing to Canada. I would expect Canada would have been exactly the same if they were playing for the bronze.
- Aetherial

I do't think so, too much pride.

Add to this some of the best centers in the game ,and you could see that we owned the middle of the ice .The overall lack of scoring ,is probably due to so/so collection of wingers

- top shelf 15

The defensive pairings and the centres owned the defensive zone. For me that was the key to their total on-ice domination.

Edit: and factor in a defensive system coached by Julienne, Hitchc'ock and Babc'ock.

if i took the same approach i did at home i would just back off all the time and nobody would ever be banned



kidding... kinda lol
- Dozzer

Where the two differ, is that you dont get certain pleasures from HB....unless you do...then Im not sure what to say lol

wonder what the cap hit would be...
- Feeling Glucky?

I thought I heard 157 per.

Yep if there was a weakness it would have been exposed/stood out...It didn't because it was the perfect team to accomplish what they went over for..
Absolutely the best team to ever represent this country as it was a no competition tourney for Canada..
- Fruitcakenipple

i agree. may not of havad the offense everyone was hoping for but when it came to playing as a team and paying attention to detail.. especially in their own end.. great team.

just no other way of putting it.

You keep Kulie and Raymond for the playoffs, IMO.

Those 2nd or 3rd round picks won't do jack for years...

Why mess with what's working, plus having Bolland and Smith back helps.

Do we really think we won't see another injury before the playoffs??

Don't care.
- Aetherial

some countries that arent gold medal favorites do.

thats where cherry's arrogance pisses me off.

You keep Kulie and Raymond for the playoffs, IMO.

Those 2nd or 3rd round picks won't do jack for years...

Why mess with what's working, plus having Bolland and Smith back helps.

Do we really think we won't see another injury before the playoffs??
- Byfuglien Ate Me

you call 7th place "working"?

Where the two differ, is that you dont get certain pleasures from HB....unless you do...then Im not sure what to say lol
- Colin Dambrauskas

i also can just close HB

you call 7th place "working"?
- Dozzer

Curious, by what metric are they 7th?

League-wide they're 10th.
5th in the conference
1st in the wildcard
4th in the division

Russian roulette ...
- The Law

and in canada its done by roll up the rim

Curious, by what metric are they 7th?

League-wide they're 10th.
5th in the conference
1st in the wildcard
4th in the division
- Feeling Glucky?

playoff rankings.. that makes them 7th

they would be playing the second best division leader

i also can just close HB


- Dozzer

Prove it

you call 7th place "working"?
- Dozzer

Really?

Nevermind.

playoff rankings.. that makes them 7th

they would be playing the second best division leader
- Dozzer

1 Pittsburgh
2 Boston
3 Tampa Bay
4 Montreal
5 Toronto
6 NY Rangers
7 Philadelphia
8 Detroit

ALL AGAINST KESSEL AND JVR!

...


Oh.... right... these days are over.

Go Price!

1 Pittsburgh
2 Boston
3 Tampa Bay
4 Montreal
5 Toronto
6 NY Rangers
7 Philadelphia
8 Detroit
- Colin Dambrauskas

TSN has them 7...Top 3 teams in each conference and Leafs 7th/Det 8th...U are ignoring the top 3 in each and it doesn't work like that...

season ended now leafs would be playing the #2 place bruins..

playoff rankings.. that makes them 7th

they would be playing the second best division leader
- Dozzer

You're combining new and old rankings


Side note: I've decided I don't like the new standing system.
Why can't we just have the top-8 teams from each conference make it, division leaders be damned?

TSN has them 7...Top 3 teams in each conference and Leafs 7th/Det 8th...U are ignoring the top 3 in each and it doesn't work like that...
- Fruitcakenipple

Damn these new divisions preventing a Leafs/Habs first round matchup.

I'm not very impressed by the quality of the comments this morning, I find it very prosaic, bromidic and interminable.

That is all.

1 Pittsburgh
2 Boston
3 Tampa Bay
4 Montreal
5 Toronto
6 NY Rangers
7 Philadelphia
8 Detroit
- Colin Dambrauskas

not how it works

of the two division leaders the highest ranked one plays the second wild card.. the second of the two plays the 1st wild card

the 2nd and 3rd place team of each division play each other

therefore.. if the playoffs were to start today the matchups would look like this:

Penguins vs Red Wings
Bruins vs Maple Leafs
Lightning vs Canadiens
Rangers vs Flyers