The Wanderer
Kid A
no Scott Stevens or Jason Arnott on the Olympic team???
no wonder you haven't won the gold medal since 1952
no wonder you haven't won the gold medal since 1952
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
no Scott Stevens or Jason Arnott on the Olympic team???
no wonder you haven't won the gold medal since 1952
Originally posted by Michael Griffiths:
As for this year's team, at least Bobby Clark isn't in charge...(yeah, let's not give the league's all-time great the "C" just so my own NHL team might benefit from giving it to Lindros. The word insult springs to mind). Hopefully this year they'll actually know who to put in a shootout situation (yeah, let's not make the same mistake again of putting a defensman out there who never gets breakaways, and keeping the all-time goal scorer on the bench. Disgraceful...). Again, I apologize, hehe.
Originally posted by Michael Griffiths:
Yes, Hasek did stop all 5 shooters. That's my point. If Canada had actually thought about who they wanted to shoot *beforehand*, they might have actaully gotten somewhere. By putting Bourque out on a breakaway shootout, and keeping Gretzky on the bench, they really did themselves no favours.
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
yeah, my point exactly
Originally posted by speedracer:
Ooh, now you're dissing Boston and the Edge's favorite hockey player. Not cool.
And didn't Wayne Gretzky have a reputation for being a, well, less than stellar penalty shooter?
Originally posted by kobayashi:
gretzky did have such a reputation yes and the coach's decision was based on who his goalies told him were the best threats on a penalty shot. but i would be very surprised if ray bourque was considered within the top 5 on the team for penalty shots.
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
I have heard all of this before
I hope Canada does win (if the USA doesn't) and I think Canada will win, I just wanted to start shit, and I'm glad Stevens and Arnott arent playing in the Olympics because they need the rest
Originally posted by speedracer:
And didn't Wayne Gretzky have a reputation for being a, well, less than stellar penalty shooter?
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
how is Mogilny playing? the Devils sure miss him, his abscence has made Scott Gomez virtually ineffective (since he's a playmaker and has no one to set-up anymore)
So, if you're talking hockey, you can see why I thought you were talking about Canadian hockey teams (you did, afterall, bring up the Toronto Maple Leafs). I thought you were saying Toronto chokes just like all Canadian teams do. Anyway...as for world war I and II being useless, I meant that war as a concept is useless, and I can't go back and rewrite history, so I must accept that history as a part of reality. Was it useless as a concept? Yes.well Toronto is like the rest of Canada, useless when it counts (think Game 6 in 2000 and 7 in 2001 against the Devils; also WWI & WWII), so Comrade Mogilny fits right in!
Originally posted by Michael Griffiths:
As for Canada, the Stanley Cup has been won by more Canadian teams than American, I believe. Can anyone verify this?