dudacek Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm jumping on the team Europe bandwagon now :p Now? Come on man, that's your team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Rooting for Sweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) Anyone But Canada Nothing against our neighbors to the north, but I wanna see somebody else win every once in a while. Edited September 23, 2016 by sodbuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Anyone But Canada Nothing against our neighbors to the north, but I wanna see somebody else win every once in a while. Yup. Hockey Canada is the hockey version of the Patriots for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Between team NA just missing out and Team USA be so god awful they shouldn't have even been there, how much does ESPN regret picking the World Cup up? The ratings in the US can't be good now right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Between team NA just missing out and Team USA be so god awful they shouldn't have even been there, how much does ESPN regret picking the World Cup up? The ratings in the US can't be good now right? I doubt the ratings were that great anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Yup. Hockey Canada is the hockey version of the Patriots for me. That may be the most hurtful thing you've ever said to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Yup. Hockey Canada is the hockey version of the Patriots for me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude_Verret Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 :D Love the FU avatar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Love the FU avatar. Not gonna lie, it's nice being on that side of the coin once in awhile...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the North. America Under 23 Team might be one and done and not participate in future WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Pierre LeBrun is reporting that the North. America Under 23 Team might be one and done and not participate in future WC.Not surprised. Next time around that team wouldn't be nearly as good anyways I wonder if Team Europe will still be a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Actually based on current criteria Matthews, Eichel and McDavid should still be eligible given that none of them turn 24 until after October 1, 2020. That being said, McDavid did say he would like to play for Team Canada next time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Keeping 23 year olds McDavid, Eichel, and Matthews off of their national teams would and should be considered treason by both nations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 They did say the reason for the gimmick teams was the lack of a qualification process. I thought that was utter BS, but maybe they will set something along those lines up for the next one. I'd like to see them break Canada into five regional teams and the U.S. into three. Add the top eight European nations and have a real World Cup where half the teams would have a fair chance of beating Ontario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Ya, I am definitely in the camp that would like it to return to the regular format going forward, with no Team NA. If you give exemptions to top players, or give players a choice, Team NA will drastically suffer. If you force all the guys 23 and under to play for NA, you'll get cases like McDavid where they are playing on a team they don't want to be on. As exciting as it was to see them play, it was a little too gimmicky for me. While a Canada/NA final would have been intriguing, there heart of these tournaments is always the national pride that arises from the competition, the real rivalries there, like Canada v USA. What is Team NA really playing for? Canada v NA would lack that raw competitive emotion, I bet. Canada playing themselves (and USA). Your proposal is interesting, dudacek, but I dislike it for the same reasons. It's supposed to be a world tournament, if Canada is playing against Canada, what is at stake? It's just a collection of pro players playing against each other - representing just a region of Canada (or the States) doesn't seem like enough to me for this type of tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Can't speak for every sub-region but I know the BC boys would love to smack Ontario. I don't think my proposal is realistic, or good marketing. I just think it would make for an interesting, up-for grabs tourney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Can't speak for every sub-region but I know the BC boys would love to smack Ontario. I don't think my proposal is realistic, or good marketing. I just think it would make for an interesting, up-for grabs tourney. True on all counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmus_ Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 I was done watching after Russia got the final draw. So, congrats Canada. Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 I was done watching after Russia got the final draw. So, congrats Canada. Meh.Don't count Sweden out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Don't count Sweden out Or Russia. Bobrovsky looks good. To beat Canada you need a goalie to stand on their head in spectacular fashion. I guarantee Canada was more worried about Bobrovsky's ability to do this than Gibson's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagBoy Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 So they played this tourney on an NHL sized rink, with NHL rules and NHL refs, NHL etcetera. Seems to me like they forgot about the NHL rules for tie-breakers concerning moving on to the playoffs. In the spirit of the NHL qualifying process for playoffs, they should have gone strictly by points. Give the pod winners a spot, and then figure out the other 2 teams regardless of pod. In the NHL you can have 3 teams from one division and 5 from the other, if total points dictates that. It should be that Team NA made it instead of Team Europe. Team NA had the same number of points, a better goal differential and more goals. They should be playing Canada, and Russia and Sweden should go at it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 That may be the most hurtful thing you've ever said to me. If it helps, I don't think you're a bunch of sleezy liars and cheaters :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) I was wondering what team USA could have done differently? I think the solution started on the bench. Torts should never return as a Team USA national team. We need a modern coach who coaches modern hockey like DD or Jon Cooper. The next change needs to be made in management and their player selection philosophy. There should be a bias toward youth and away from guys simply because of experience if the younger player is better. This would have put Leddy and Krug on the team over the Johnson boys. It also would have sent Backes, Kesler, Dubinsky and Abdelkadar packing and put Okposo, Kessel, and probably Galchenyuk, Atkinson or Tyler Johnson on the team. These changes probably wouldn't have created a championship this time, but it would have put a competitive team on the ice. The good news is the next big tourney will be anchored by Eichel, Mathews, Johnny Hockey, Larkin and Saad who sadly anchored TNA and not team USA. Edited September 24, 2016 by GASabresIUFAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Beauty of a goal by Crosby early. 1-cod baby ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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