Game Thread: Border Wars
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 1:00 PM CST
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PrintThree incredible games on the slate for today. Currently, the United States, Finland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic are holding onto the bye spots but that is all up for grabs today with such a tight race at the top.
Game One: Russia vs. Czech Republic, 3:00 p.m. ET
This is the first of epic games today and it shouldn't disappoint. Pavel Datsyuk and the Russians take on Jaromir Jagr and the Czech Republic in a very important game. Russia, with a regulation win, could vault Slovakia (finished with group play yesterday) and tie the Czech Republic.for first in Group B. With a Russia win, the goal differential would end up in favor of Russia no matter the final score since both teams are at +5. This is a big game for the Russians and a very tough team stands in their way.
Game Two: United States vs. Canada, 7:30 p.m. ET
What a game this is shaping up to be. I strongly encourage all those in Seattle to build roadblocks to stop a Canadian invasion if the US takes this game in Vancouver. Canada started red-hot but then ran into a brilliant performance by Jonas Hiller. Things won't get much easier for the Canadians with Ryan Miller in net for Team USA. Who do the Americans have to face at the other end of the ice? Oh, just the best goaltender in the modern era and the holder of nearly every record in that department, Martin Brodeur. Canada is loaded from top to bottom with talent and should be able to dominate this game. However, the US has been impressive in the two games played thus far and could "shock" the hockey world. The whole of North America will be tuning in for this game and they shouldn't be disappointed.
Red Wings involved:
USA: Brian Rafalski
CAN: Mike Babcock and Steve Yzerman
Game three: Finland vs. Sweden, 12:00 a.m. ET
Nothing like this age-old rivalry between the Finns and Swedes. The Finns might have the edge this year though as the Swedes are struggling against the same teams that Finland is blowing out. It's a shame that a game this good comes on so late (in the Detroit timezone at least) and consider it involves 5 of the Red Wings sent to the Olympics, it's a good game to watch all the Detroit stars. Nevertheless, the game goes on regardless of timezone and should be one heck of a game.
Red Wings involved:
SWE: Nicklas Lidstrom (C), Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen
FIN: Valtteri Filppula
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These Olympic games are messing up my biological clock
It’s 2:30pm EST and I’m already tired. Maybe it’s telling me to take a pre-game nap so I can watch USA-Canada AND Sweden-Finland. I have to say, as important as the Russia-Czech game is, I don’t think I can handle three straight games and if I had to give up one, it’d be that.
I know
So much hockey, so little time. I’m debating Russia or Sweden myself.
Maybe I’ll see how the first ten minutes or so go, and that will determine if I need a pre-game nap or not. :)
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What?
How the hell can you nap with all this great hockey on? This only happens once every four years for the record. Going to be one helluva a hockey day!! Maybe the first and last time you see Jagr play against Ovechkin… Take it all in while you can. Only hard thing is, who to go for?
All the Wings seem to be doing pretty good so far, Franzen with his first Olympic goal.
3 GREAT games…I’m ready!!
STAND TALL, FLY STRAIGHT, USA ALL THE WAY!
by DetroitALLtheWay09 on Feb 21, 2010 1:53 PM CST reply actions
because I have to go to work tomorrow!
I have to devote my time to which games are going to be most interesting.
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not exactly the best time to experiment in my opinion
also, how does Malkin make them any better? Unless, they’re looking for more from Ilya…that would make sense.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
I like it
He didn’t seem to fit that well with the Capitals.
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I don’t know if anyone is going to look that great with them. They are teammates, there’s no way to really duplicate that chemistry. A couple of times, I noticed them playing around him, I guess. Like they didn’t quite know what to do with him there.
hence why I am irritated
by every time i hear how well Heatley, Thornton, Marleau work together. Of course they do because they’re teammates! That chemistry is hard to duplicate indeed.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
So I *should* be studying for my test...
but Pavel is so much more fun to watch than my history book.
Pierre has an apoplectic fit over it
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And as usual, no love for a Wing. Pavs draws the penalty, Pavs causes some trouble in front of the net so the Mouthbreather Malkin an score, and Ovie gets the love. Ugh!
he did kind of grab onto Jagr's arm
But that’s what everyone does to try to draw a penalty. Hardly calls for histrionics.
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I think so
My inbox is a mess because I don’t delete anything in case I need it later, but I’m sure it’s there. :)
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okay just wanted to make sure it went through
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
if it didn't
I’ll let you know. Still a few weeks until the EVENT.
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speaking of history ...
I was thinking about the Miracle on Ice 30 years ago, and the interesting thing about it to me was that it made two teams immortal, not just one. If the Soviets had won, it would have been what they were supposed to do and they probably would have won the gold medal and it wasn’t as interesting. Instead, they will live in history just as long as the US team will.
Maybe not the kind of immortality they wanted, but still … not many people are ever part of history.
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The reason I started watching hockey was that game
I fell head over heels in love.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
have you read
“The Boys of Winter” by Wayne Coffey? It goes into a lot of the stories of the Soviets as well, which is pretty interesting to see them fleshed out as actual people instead of just flat robotic characters.
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No I haven't
but I will definately pick it up.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
I highly recommend it
It avoids the cloying writing of so many sports stories and is fantastic for setting the scene in history and both how the players and other characters got to that point and what happened to them afterwards.
I did not know until I read it that the US doctor, Nagobads, was nearly deported from Latvia to Siberia when the Soviet troops invaded the country in 1940. Interesting that someone with such an unpleasant history with the Russians was in charge of keeping the US shifts short so they could keep their skating up.
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I was also really sick with the flu
So I laid in bed watching the olympics. I was a Friday if I remember correctly.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
I was concerned early
When Datsyuk had a great feed from Kovalchuk and couldn’t control the puck, then gave away the puck later in the shift. But how about drawing the second penalty and getting the puck to Malkin for the goal?
Ha! I was at the bar watching a game the other night with a friend who does not watch hockey. JR was on screen but there was no volume. My friend said, “Who is that? He looks like a douche.”
I muted
Who did he defend? Getzlaf or Perry?
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praise for Pavel
I’m such a dork. I hate it when people say bad things about him. :D
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F you Roenick
“I will say personally, personally, to everybody who calls us spoiled – you guys are just jealous… We’re trying to get this thing back on the ice and make it better for the fans. If you don’t realize that, then don’t come. We don’t want you in the rink, we don’t want you in the stadium, we don’t want you to watch hockey.”
I keep thinking number 5
is Lidstrom instead of whoever he is. The red throws me off.
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Question for debate
Since the NHL is still unsure whether or not they’ll take part in the Olympics in 2014, would you watch the games if there are no NHL players playing in them?
I would, definately.
It’s about love of the game.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
true
and half of the NHL will probably be in the KHL by that time anyway.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
time permitting I would
But I probably shouldn’t even say “time permitting” because I don’t ever watch soccer – I mean ever – but I got up early to watch some World Cup games a few world cups ago (maybe 12 years or so?) because I could tell how intense and important the games were even in a sport I don’t follow.
I like finding out about other players I have never seen before, like Aleksandrs Nizivijs for Latvia. The NHL players I already know, and they are shown off to better effect in their normal team system with their regular linemates. I’d rather see players that I don’t know.
For example, Pavel. His talent is obvious, but it doesn’t show as well without his regular hockey environment. To see him at his best, see him on the Wings, not with some kind of all-star setting.
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excellent points
it is interesting to learn about some of the players on the other teams and surely some players have actually earned NHL contracts out of their play in the Olympics.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
I think that was what was special about 1980
Amateurs over Pros.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
what else might be interesting
Would be playing the juniors teams in the Olympics every four years instead of having their regular tournament. I gather that no one but Canadians really pays attention and buys tickets for the World Juniors, so playing the teams in the Olympics every four years might lead to a lot more exposure for the youngsters and even more attention in the years when there aren’t an Olympics going on.
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the one time I saw them on television
Was during the lockout year, and I saw O’Sullivan score the winning goal (credited with it, anyway – bounced off hte goaltender and in) for the US, and it was fun to see the youngsters play.
Since then there isn’t room on US television for it (at least not with a more expensive cable package than I can afford) and I haven’t seen it. Maybe the exposure every four years would get the names and the idea in the mind of the American public as well as other countries, and then the kids would get more attention no matter where they played.
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I think it's the jersey colors
But the Czechs look a lot bigger than the Russian players.
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I'll probably jinx it
but I don’t think he’s made a Blackhawks are awesome comment yet.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
wait until the next game
Toews! Kane! Seabrook! Keith! (I think)
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Emerick (sp) isn't bothering me as much as he does sometimes
I wish he would stop making up different meanings for odd words, and he looks like a giant alien bug, but his pacing is very good and his pronunciation of the names is excellent.
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Roman Polak the Czech
I lol every time. :D
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If I didn't have to work tomorrow
I would drink every time Princess Cindy was referred to as the greatest thing since anything during the USA/Canada game. What’s Eddie O and Pierre going to do with Princess Cindy and Patti cakes Kane playing in the same game. Someones head is going to explode.
They will fight the way they did the other day over Team USA’s defense. I actually found it pretty damned amusing.
Pierre was losing his mind over the D pinching and moving in on offense and how Team Canada was going to pick them apart and Edzo was defending the D and blaming the forwards for not backing them up. It just went back and forth all game. Pierre couldn’t let it go.
Pierre's insane
Olczyk at least truly knows what he’s talking about. He’s just annoying.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 3:29 PM CST up reply actions
"not as lively as Joe Louis Arena but..."
And I thought the Markov covering the puck would be compared to Zetterberg in the SCFinals.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
It is quite irritating
The high pitch doesn’t carry the same way a deep “booooooooooo” does either.
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how sad
A Canadian figure skater lost her mom last night. :(
With the death of the young luger I wonder if the Olympics are cursed or something.
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seriously?!?
That’s awesome! I remember what an arrogant idiot he was the last time, and I was shocked at how much more relaxed and mature he was this time and how much he was enjoying the competition.
Good for him. :)
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He was a huge douche
in 2006, and was humbled, I think.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
that he was
Good to see that he learned from being down. Some people never do.
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That "Own the Podium" campaign
Struck me as a bit self-consciously prideful. It’s one thing to invest more money in supporting athletes who normally don’t get as much support as hockey or curling, but you don’t get medals by throwing money at athletes unless you spend the money on drugs like the East Germans did. Just because they are supported doesn’t mean that someone won’t slip on a tough part of a course and lose that few hundredths of a second that separate the medalists from the other competitors.
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A fun game I've been playing during
studying for my test tomorrow is to read the notes in the voice of James Hetfield of Metallica. It sounds utterly ridiculous.
Ovechkin and Malkin have some chemistry
They work very well together.
And Datsyuk has been reliable as ever on the PK. :)
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Some....
I dated a Russian for about 2 years 10 years ago.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
I've always wanted to take Russian
but have never been able to fit it into my schedule and graduating next fall pretty much puts it out of the question.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
The problem is that its a
totally different alphabet, but once you get it down, it’s managable.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 4:06 PM CST up reply actions
ah okay
yeah, I ordered a Konstantinov jersey and it was supposed to be Константинов but they wouldn’t freaking make it, even though I paid for it.
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
I'd love to learn it sometime
I know how to say hello and please and thank you, and that’s about it.
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ah okay, our snow is FINALLY melting
oh my, that’s what grass looks like?
by Casey Richey on Feb 21, 2010 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
It's almost 40 and sunny here
The icicles are falling of the house. I don’t want anymore snow.
Its 45ish here
but going to turn ugly soon.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
okay, I'm north and east of you
It’s in the mid-30s now in the Midland – Bay City area. We’re supposed to get 3-5 inches too.
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stupid icing Afinogenov
Pavel wouldn’t have done that.
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Yeah Pavs!
Two nice face off wins and an empty netter!
DATSYUKKK GOALLL
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That was a tricky goal, too.
Had to just get it by the leg of the Czech defender and hit the top shelf.
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dinner and a pre-game nap
I can’t skate, but I can nap like a professional hockey player.
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I am wearing the ugliest, most obnoxious shirt I own
It’s an American Legion softball league shirt. It has red, white, and blue striped sleeves. It’s something that a psychotic clown would wear. So with that: USA! USA! USA!
lucky shirts are often ugly
The nice looking shirts have no luck at all. Strange.
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my own shirt is kind of ugly
But very comfy. I like comfy clothes when I’m nervous.
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Comforable is good
especially when you’re nauseous.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 6:19 PM CST up reply actions
I have the feeling that Canada will win easily
But go USA! USA! USA! USA! anyway. One game, no telling what will happen.
Except of course I will gag over the sickening over-coverage of Sid.
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I'm already sick, so I guess that won't affect me that much
And besides, as I mentioned on BYB somewhere, I’ll actually be rooting for the Canucks tonight.
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booooo!!!! :)
You can’t root for a team with Pronger on it – he is a soulless elbow-flinging maniac!
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or a team with
Corey Perry
Dany Heatly
Scott Niedermeyer
Ryan Getzlaf
and especially Princess Cindy!!!!
(I’m sure I forgot someone)
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 6:22 PM CST up reply actions
marlaeu thorton heatley hah
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:23 PM CST up reply actions
iginla!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:27 PM CST up reply actions
He and Rick Nash aren't really
dirty douchebags.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
not dirty
i just don’t like him much especially after they beat us that one year in the playoffs lol
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
fair enough
I have issues with Nash just because he’s scored so many hat tricks.
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yea he always seems to step it up to a higher level
against us
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:31 PM CST up reply actions
he's not too bad
I think he gets a lot of overhype, but he seems a decent sort.
I do hope he has one of the worst games he’s ever had tonight though.
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the Staal family is just funny looking
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and Duncan Keith
But Toews I like a lot – good choice for captain for Chicago.
Hoping he’ll have a poor game tonight, too.
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I can't say that about Duncan
He’s a fellow Spartan.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 6:36 PM CST up reply actions
I know, that is weird
He had an assist against Norway, and there was a moment of, “whoa, I just celebrated something Pronger did,” there, which hasn’t happened since he came back from Mironov’s heart shot. But he was a kid then, not the douche he grew up to be.
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GO USA!
CHOKE CANADA
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he started the year very slowly
And had injury problems, too, I think. He still has that turn of speed when he wants to, though.
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about the first game
I love the fact that Datsyuk was in a purely defensive role. He’s really the only defensive forward that team has and no one else is equipped to shut down Jagr like that. He’s such an incredible penalty killer.
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yes his defense has been sick
in these olympics so far…such a great OVERALL player…love it
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
he was even out when Russia was killing a 5-on-3
Not many forwards can do that.
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for this one game, Uncle Mike
I hope your team plays like crap. Sorry – nothing personal. :)
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hope I can make it through this game
Wanna go back to bed, and it hasn’t even started…
And then there’s all that stuff for work that I wanted to accomplish this weekend…can we just extend the weekend by like three days?
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I would like that
the weekends are too short to run errands and do chores and try to get some fun stuff in, too.
Or I could stop talking on the internet … but then I would just be rocking back and forth nervously and yelling at the computer by myself. :D
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somebody put Crosby on his arse!
preferably Rafa haha
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but hey, maybe you got it after all
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(translation: devil worshipper)
that was one of those comments where you throw it out, and then realize that no one else is likely to pick up your train of thought
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I got it
If you had capitalized it (Satanist) I would have said I don’t want Miro because he’s old and injured.
(I only use Satan for the hockey player and satan for the prince of darkness – sorry, evilness!) :)
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don't know
But it’s disorienting. Probably the Babcock effect – they need to play up Canada and Crosby, I suppose.
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maybe they wore out their Ovechkin love earlier
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See, I always think NBC are horrible frontrunners
When the Red Wings were kings, we got all the love. And then we lost the crown, and so the Pens, and now the Hawks get the drool lavished on them.
I’m always amused when Red Wings fans are surprised by NBC hyping our team, as if that wasn’t the norm just a couple of years ago.
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because it's surprising NOW when they do it
Since they are such frontrunners.
I think they have problems with too many Europeans, too.
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for once haha
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
Nothing is more exciting than
sudden death curling.
by Wings3_26_97 on Feb 21, 2010 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
Devfils players putting pressure on Devils goalie
14 seconds in
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GOAL USAAA
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Raflaski with the shot
who deflected it?
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deflected in
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haha over Crybsy
even better
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off*
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Feb 21, 2010 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
he's good enough to make up for it with a goal for Canada
Douche, but extremely talented.
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good start for USA
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I don't know
I have it low so I didn’t catch it either.
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haha getzlaf missed the net
on the rebound and got a penalty haha
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I hope as he gets older
He stops being such a punk. I want to like him – he’s got a great backstory.
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I really like the white USA jerseys
Sharp.
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pavelski stoned cold
after stealing the puck
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pavelski high stick
PP Canada
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highsticking Getzlaf should be medal-worthy
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Miller stones Heatley!
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I know the Norway coach
Said that the US was faster and Canada was more physical, but the speed on the PK was very impressive.
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staal deflects one in
tie game
TULO = 2010 MVP!
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USA answers back quick!
TULO = 2010 MVP!
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Rafa!
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okay, Brian
Where the fuck have you been hiding all this offense this year?!?
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maybe this will propel Rafa and the Wings
to a great last 21 games?!?!
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Rafalski you bastard
We all know you’ve been “saving up” for the Olympics. That’s okay, we forgive you, but when you come back you’d damn better play your best!
Rafalski having himself a game, eh?
Can we agree not to call him “Rafa”, or has that ship already sailed?
Seems like that nickname ought to be reserved for Rafael Nadal.
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That, or "Raffy" the way Wings3_26_97 does it?
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Much more NHL style game than some of the others
Russians-Czech, what little I saw of it, had a different feel
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Wonder how much of it is that these two teams being super hyped to play each other
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probably a lot
Also, the US team was chosen to be young and fast – speed worked well for their junior team, too.
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you know what would have been MORE epic?
A delay for overtime curling!
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Do we get curly fries if Raffy gets a hattrick in this game?
I think it’s a valid question. (I’m looking at you Arby’s)
I think we should
If enough people raise a fuss then maybe it will be easier to give us fries to make us go away.
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why is BW3
the abbreviation for Buffalo Wild Wings?
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thats what people used to called it
they changed their namet. i still call it b dubs. or bw3. i was young when i first used to go and i dont remember what it was called
draft micah johnson
Wonder where Drew Miller is?
You think he’s at Canada Hockey Place?
Did GM quit sponsoring the place, or is it just changed for the Olympics? I’ve been wondering that all week.
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