Re: US Olympic Hockey - Let's Stick It To The Canucks Again!
You could argue that defense is FAR from our issue. THey have some turnovers, but we are undefeated at the Olympics, so clearly we've defended well in front of our net, despite giving up the turnovers. With a young team, they are going to make mistakes, but it's all about how you respond to them. The team defense has been awesome at blocking shots in front of our net to ease some of the load off of Ryan Miller. (Almost 30 blocked shots against the Swiss? Are you kidding me? That's awesome)I think we just need to finish better on our chances. The boys are working hard. We don't have as much skill as Canada, but the boys are battlling and competing hard, and that's what I like to see.
of all things, defense ought not to be an issue. it had better be ironed out come tomorrow with our game against finland. they've had our number these past few years.
i was also wondering, i saw on nhl.com that backes was getting into it with some of the cats on the canadian national team, i am presuming this was intentional? moreover, i wonder if it worked/had some effect on them!?
You could argue that defense is FAR from our issue. THey have some turnovers, but we are undefeated at the Olympics, so clearly we've defended well in front of our net, despite giving up the turnovers. With a young team, they are going to make mistakes, but it's all about how you respond to them. The team defense has been awesome at blocking shots in front of our net to ease some of the load off of Ryan Miller. (Almost 30 blocked shots against the Swiss? Are you kidding me? That's awesome)I think we just need to finish better on our chances. The boys are working hard. We don't have as much skill as Canada, but the boys are battlling and competing hard, and that's what I like to see.
