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NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

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Whatever Blash is doing isn't working. It felt like the Wings missed more attempted shots than they got on net. Too much perimeter play and one-man efforts looking for sniper goals. And then Larkin kicks off his new captaincy by taking a bad penalty down only a goal with 5 mins to play.

I hope Greiss wanted to see a lot of rubber, because he's not going to be bored at this rate.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Whatever Blash is doing isn't working. It felt like the Wings missed more attempted shots than they got on net. Too much perimeter play and one-man efforts looking for sniper goals. And then Larkin kicks off his new captaincy by taking a bad penalty down only a goal with 5 mins to play.

I hope Greiss wanted to see a lot of rubber, because he's not going to be bored at this rate.
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Back up a step- the passing is atrocious. From all places on the ice, the passing is just the worst I've seen, and I've seen some really bad college teams over the past almost 30 years.

Can't break out when you are passing to your teammate's skates. Can't even circle the puck behind the net when you can't get the puck behind the net.

And during the PP, some very clear one time shots were positioned perfectly. But the pass was feet off of being even close to being shot. And you could see Carolina's response- the had zero respect for the PP what so ever- instead of trying to block passes and shots, they pressured the puck holder. To let them go from a relatively passive defensive position to an aggressive one like that just shows how bad these guys are.

These guys are supposed to be professionals. Passing should be second nature. This is beyond pathetic.
 
The IIHF finally came to it’s senses and has pulled the 2021 World Championship from Belarus. New host TBD.
 
The Politico article also leaves out that the president of Belarus' hockey federation was banned from entering Latvia due to sanctions and he's currently under investigation by the IIHF for the involvement in the killing of a protester. And not as in he ordered it. As in he my have committed the actual murder.

It's probably best to host everything in one location anyway given Covid.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
The Politico article also leaves out that the president of Belarus' hockey federation was banned from entering Latvia due to sanctions and he's currently under investigation by the IIHF for the involvement in the killing of a protester. And not as in he ordered it. As in he my have committed the actual murder.

It's probably best to host everything in one location anyway given Covid.
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Yeah this is probably the biggest thing that contributed to the sponsors threatening to pull out. Skoda (aka VW) was likely the biggest threat, they've been a lead IIHF sponsor for decades.
 
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