Men's Olympic hockey

[2badknees]

Didn't Kunitz play with Getzlaf/Perry prior to trade?

 

[Redleaf]

A truly great hockey game, but the game being decided by Oshie and Kovalchuk taking shot after shot was a little much. Exciting, yes. A great way to decide an Olympic hockey game? Not so much.

EDIT: TJ Oshie is now an instant America hero...

https://mobile.twitter.com/RivalryWear/status/434759967233437698/photos

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Didn't Kunitz play with Getzlaf/Perry prior to trade?

Yep, at least as far as I know.

 

[Bonsixx]

Sharp is another one I'm unsure of.

In defence of Sharp, Yzerman has gone on the record in the past as stating his versatility is a huge plus. He can play all three forward positions, man the point on the power play, and is one of the more dangerous penalty killers in the league.

I imagine the fact he's lighting it up this season was the deal-clincher.

 

[Kin]

Um, nope. I'm pretty sure he was chosen because they thought he had built-in chemistry with the most important player on the team.

So why didn't they take one of Crosby's linemates in '10? Why'd they take Kunitz and not Pascal Dupuis? More to the point if the belief is that building chemistry with Crosby is as easy as is implied then why weren't the best hockey minds in Canada unable to see that?

There's a difference between an assertion and an argument. Just repeating that you think that Yzerman ignored that Kunitz has been one of the top scoring wingers in the league the last two years doesn't make it so.

 

[Bonsixx]

Um, nope. I'm pretty sure he was chosen because they thought he had built-in chemistry with the most important player on the team.

So why didn't they take one of Crosby's linemates in '10? Why'd they take Kunitz and not Pascal Dupuis? More to the point if the belief is that building chemistry with Crosby is as easy as is implied then why weren't the best hockey minds in Canada unable to see that?

There's a difference between an assertion and an argument. Just repeating that you think that Yzerman ignored that Kunitz has been one of the top scoring wingers in the league the last two years doesn't make it so.

They didn't in 2010, and the popular belief seems to be they had trouble finding Crosby linemates that could help get him going. And yes, Kunitz has been a top-scoring winger, since he started playing with Crosby. Hence that whole "chemistry" thing.

Clearly there was more to some of the decisions than just points, or Martin St. Louis wouldn't have been an injury replacement.

 

[Kin]

And yes, Kunitz has been a top-scoring winger, since he started playing with Crosby. Hence that whole "chemistry" thing

But nobody is saying that his chemistry with Crosby was irrelevant to his selection, just saying that that it wasn't, as you claimed, the only reason he was chosen.

 

[dappleganger]

Kessel with two goals less than 5 minutes into game against Slovenia. The first one was of the highlight variety.

Sidney who?  8)

 

[drummond]

Kessel with two goals less than 5 minutes into game against Slovenia. The first one was of the highlight variety.

Sidney who?  8)

Kessel may easily win scoring title at the Olympics, he is red hot over there. Hopefully he stays that once he returns to Toronto

 

[Redleaf]

Kessel with two goals less than 5 minutes into game against Slovenia. The first one was of the highlight variety.

Sidney who?  8)

Kessel has really risen to new heights in the past year or so. His outstanding play so far at these Olympic Games really just confirms that. He and JVR should be the go-to guys for the Leafs for years and years to come. You really can't ask for a better duo to lead the way.

 

[Redleaf]

Canada's line-up for today's game versus Finland:.....

FORWARD
Jamie Benn - Sidney Crosby -  Patrice Bergeron
Patrick Marleau - Jonathan Toews - Jeff Carter
Matt Duchene - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Chris Kunitz - John Tavares - Rick Nash
Patrick Sharp

DEFENCE
Shea Weber - Duncan Keith
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Drew Doughty
Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo
Dan Hamhuis

EXTRAS
Martin St. Louis, P.K. Subban

PP1
Tavares - Crosby - Carter
Weber - Doughty

PP2
Kunitz - Getzlaf - Perry
Keith - Sharp

PK1
Marleau/Benn - Bergeron
Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo

PK2
Toews - Nash
Vlasic - Doughty

 

[drummond]

Kessel with two goals less than 5 minutes into game against Slovenia. The first one was of the highlight variety.

Sidney who?  8)

Kessel has really risen to new heights in the past year or so. His outstanding play so far at these Olympic Games really just confirms that. He and JVR should be the go-to guys for the Leafs for years and years to come. You really can't ask for a better duo to lead the way.

Glad the Leafs have signed him for "only" 8M. I believe he may get even a little bit better.

 

[dappleganger]

Kessel with 3 against Slovenia.

 

[Redleaf]

A natural hat trick for Phil!

 

[Deebo]

Price is starting for Canada.

 

[losveratos]

Kessel with two goals less than 5 minutes into game against Slovenia. The first one was of the highlight variety.

Sidney who?  8)

Kessel has really risen to new heights in the past year or so. His outstanding play so far at these Olympic Games really just confirms that. He and JVR should be the go-to guys for the Leafs for years and years to come. You really can't ask for a better duo to lead the way.

Glad the Leafs have signed him for "only" 8M. I believe he may get even a little bit better.

You can't ask... but I'd trade them straight up for Malkin and Crosby ^_^

 

[barney_rebel]

Kessel rules man...

 

[drummond]

Good job Slovaks, Russia will have to play qualifying round. Both Canada and Finland advance into QF directly regardless of the game result

 

[Kin]

Ok, so, what'll it take to get Pavelski from SJ?

 

[bakeapples]

Does Kessel and JVR have any points? Hard to find live in game stats :/

http://sochi2014.iihf.com/

has been the best site I`ve found for scores, stats, etc