Anyone know what the pools like next year?
I know USA, Canada are forced together in one pool for New Year's Eve game.
So Russia and Sweden should headline other pool. I'm guessing 5th place is Denmark as the highest seed quarterfinal joins them. Slovakia goes in with US and Canada. Switzerland goes to Russia/Sweden pool and Czech goes with US Canada. Finland to Sweden group and Belarus to US?
Leaving us USA, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belarus
Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Denmark and Finland.
I think?
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I got to hold one of the player awarded medals for USA yesterday. I was so thrilled my hands were shaking!
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Originally posted by E.J. Smith View Post...
... [I]f you’ve played 80 minutes of hockey or 120 minutes of soccer, you’ve had ample time to have a definitive winner identified. Any goal beyond that, while dramatic, is hardly a clear indication of the better team. It’s basically random azz chance at that point.
Not to mention the chance of injury going up as the players get tired, lose focus, are less able to protect themselves.
It’s one thing to ask grown men being paid millions of dollars to play 90 or more minutes of high intensity hockey, it’s entirely another thing to ask unpaid kids to do it.
As talented as the players are in the WJC, they’re still kids, who for the most part still aren’t playing hockey for a living, quite yet.
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Originally posted by chickod View Post...I was a high school basketball referee for 17 years. It is VERY political and just getting to a playoff game is a tremendous accomplishment. At least they rate you on merit now and you have a shot. Back in the day you had no chance unless you "knew" enough people....
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Replay starts at 2pm on NHL net
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Originally posted by E.J. Smith View PostThis not just in: FlagDUDE reads at a 5th grade level.
The logic, which you've mangled, of course, is that college shouldn't play an unlimited number of overtime periods.
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Originally posted by E.J. Smith View PostI’m trying to figure out what axe it is that you’re overreaching so desperately to grind. Is it just straight up Europhobia, or is it more than that? PKs and shoot out are hardly a European conspiracy against world sports. In England, in the FA Cup, if a match is tied they replay the entire match at a later date. Endurance sports are far more popular in Europe than they are here – x country skiing, cycling – Tour de France? 5 or 6 hour stages? Ring any bells? Haven’t even mentioned cricket where they can take days to play matches.
Along those lines, have you heard of this thing called television? (I’m fairly certain you’d howl if the Euros claimed that as their invention.) You don’t think TV, and its money, have anything to do with this?
Beyond that, if you’ve played 80 minutes of hockey or 120 minutes of soccer, you’ve had ample time to have a definitive winner identified. Any goal beyond that, while dramatic, is hardly a clear indication of the better team. It’s basically random azz chance at that point.
Not to mention the chance of injury going up as the players get tired, lose focus, are less able to protect themselves. It’s one thing to ask grown men being paid millions of dollars to play 90 or more minutes of high intensity hockey, it’s entirely another thing to ask unpaid kids to do it. As talented as the players are in the WJC, they’re still kids, who for the most part still aren’t playing hockey for a living, quite yet.
The point being the IIHF, being Eurocentric, has no trouble with GWS. USA Hockey and Hockey Canada want a playing conclusion and will play until it happens.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostGang
North Americans have no objection to games lasting forever. None of the sports that started and are played here have a skills competition to end it. We like it and revel in marathon games.
Euros don't subscribe to our way of thinking and it shows in their championships are designed to fit in a set time slot.
Soccer champions are decided on PKs, too.
Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment. It's an international tournament, and they're handling this the same way the Olympics does and the largest international sports org in the world does, FIFA, along with almost all - if not all - soccer leagues do. People need to just get over it. It's not how I'd like for a tournament winner to be declared, it's not how most people in the US and Canada want a game to end, but the sport doesn't revolve around what one or two nations want.
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Originally posted by Split-N View Post...So a game leading to a world championship is decided by a circus sideshow instead of by skating, shooting, stickhandling, passing, bodychecking, and all the other skills that comprise the game of hockey. I hope and pray the NCAA never stoops to this kind of nonsense to decide hockey championships.
I'd go on to rant against the FIFA wannabes that run the IIHF but they're in a hurry to get back to the good life in Switzerland.Last edited by Split-N; 01-06-2017, 09:42 AM.
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Originally posted by FlagDUDE08 View PostThis just in: College players should be paid because they use playoff overtime rules.
The logic, which you've mangled, of course, is that college shouldn't play an unlimited number of overtime periods.
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Originally posted by E.J. Smith View Postit’s entirely another thing to ask unpaid kids to do it.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostGang
North Americans have no objection to games lasting forever. None of the sports that started and are played here have a skills competition to end it. We like it and revel in marathon games.
Euros don't subscribe to our way of thinking and it shows in their championships are designed to fit in a set time slot.
Soccer champions are decided on PKs, too.
Along those lines, have you heard of this thing called television? (I’m fairly certain you’d howl if the Euros claimed that as their invention.) You don’t think TV, and its money, have anything to do with this?
Beyond that, if you’ve played 80 minutes of hockey or 120 minutes of soccer, you’ve had ample time to have a definitive winner identified. Any goal beyond that, while dramatic, is hardly a clear indication of the better team. It’s basically random azz chance at that point.
Not to mention the chance of injury going up as the players get tired, lose focus, are less able to protect themselves. It’s one thing to ask grown men being paid millions of dollars to play 90 or more minutes of high intensity hockey, it’s entirely another thing to ask unpaid kids to do it. As talented as the players are in the WJC, they’re still kids, who for the most part still aren’t playing hockey for a living, quite yet.
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Originally posted by joecct View PostSoccer champions are decided on PKs, too.
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Gang
North Americans have no objection to games lasting forever. None of the sports that started and are played here have a skills competition to end it. We like it and revel in marathon games.
Euros don't subscribe to our way of thinking and it shows in their championships are designed to fit in a set time slot.
Soccer champions are decided on PKs, too.
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