[Heretic]

And that's it for me watching hockey till october...

[Acid08]

Why couldn't Zeus do a bit more of that for the Sharks? Sigh.

[Red_Man]

And that's it for me watching hockey till october...

Countdown till draft day!

[Heretic]

Countdown till draft day!

Ducks pick 6th! We're getting a good pick either way. I'm hoping for Dumba. Our D was practically invisible because Lubomir went down. Poor Cam Fowler had to play top line minutes in his sophomore year and he wasn't completely ready. It hurt even more because Lydman who is our shutdown defender sucked major ass too...

[Rabbitweed]

Thank you Team Finland, what an ending!

[Red_Man]

I'd like to see the Czechs pull this put seeing as Pleks is captaining the team

[Socreges]

God damnit Getzlaf

It was always going to be a lack of discipline.

Weird seeing Nedved out there for the Czechs... even weirder thinking he once played for Canada like 20 years ago.

[AAequal]

C'mon Sweden! Pull it together, we need to see Finland and Sweden go at it once more.

[Spwn]

Swedes are not known for being good losers. This will be interesting. They're known to have incredible luck, though. (1-5 --> 6-5)

[ToLateToLove]

Terrible defence by Sweden wtf. They're standing still...

[John Dunbar]

Czechs give Sweden 30 seconds to equalize, Finland gave USA only 9 seconds. How generous.

edit: Finland-Sweden Dream Final dead. =(

[ToLateToLove]

First time in 12 years Sweden miss semi-finals. 3rd time since quarter-finals started 21 years ago.. or something like that. Ugh, time to get drunk.

GO SLOVAKIA!!!

[RoadHazard]

First time in 12 years Sweden miss semi-finals

...and that with one of the (theoretically) best teams in many years. Shows that a team full of NHL stars is no guarantee for anything, I guess.

Really down about this right now.

[Socreges]

Sweden really was the closest to having its best possible team. Makes me feel better about Canada.

[KillerMan91]

Damn I was on edge of my seat whole Finland -USA game and then 8 seconds to go and goal.... Damn the athmosphere in Hartwal Arena was infernal even trough the tv. I can only imagine what is was like if you were actually there. Even during Finland - Kazakstan the noise and ahtmopshere was great (I got cheap tickets). In the other hand. Wtf Swedish audience? It felt like funeral for whole game and Arena was not even soldout even though it was quarterfinal for Team Sweden! Also the swedish play felt little soulless so with better audience you could have won the game!

[calder]

Thaaaaaaaaaank god I missed the game live, I was actually home while it was on but didn't realize it was today. I don't think I could take actually watching another quarter finals loss

Henceforth, as always cheering for Finland as a backup.

[Parch]

The Worlds are becoming more and more irrelevent. They really should move it up to a late May or June start to get more NHL involvement. Right now it requires begging to get North Americans to go because very few actually give a crap about the Worlds. The tournament had to start allowing NA hosts just to maintain any NA interest.
I know it's a big deal for the Euro fans, but something has to change for the tournament to become more significant.

[Rad-]

The Worlds are becoming more and more irrelevent. They really should move it up to a late May or June start to get more NHL involvement. Right now it requires begging to get North Americans to go because very few actually give a crap about the Worlds. The tournament had to start allowing NA hosts just to maintain any NA interest. I know it's a big deal for the Euro fans, but something has to change for the tournament to become more significant.

Even more players would reject an early summer WC because everyone is on vacation by then. I could see late May but definitely not June.

[KillerMan91]

The Worlds are becoming more and more irrelevent. They really should move it up to a late May or June start to get more NHL involvement. Right now it requires begging to get North Americans to go because very few actually give a crap about the Worlds. The tournament had to start allowing NA hosts just to maintain any NA interest. I know it's a big deal for the Euro fans, but something has to change for the tournament to become more significant.

Why not before NHL starts? Like world cup was played.

[Socreges]

Why not before NHL starts? Like world cup was played.

Injuries just before the season are much more of a problem than injuries just after the season has ended.

Early May is about the only time that works. Personally I'd rather they did it every second year after the Winter Olympics. 2012, 2016, 2020, etc. That way you'd likely get more of Canada's 'A' team (Crosby, Stamkos, Giroux, Weber, etc.) and less of their 'B/C' team since guys would see it as being more special.

[Heretic]

Injuries just before the season are much more of a problem than injuries just after the season has ended. Early May is about the only time that works. Personally I'd rather they did it every second year after the Winter Olympics. 2012, 2016, 2020, etc. That way you'd likely get more of Canada's 'A' team (Crosby, Stamkos, Giroux, Weber, etc.) and less of their 'B/C' team since guys would see it as being more special.

USA's B/C team > Canada's A team!

[Socreges]

Also, the IIHF ranking is pretty silly seeing as how they give the WHC results as much weight as the Olympics.

USA's B/C team > Canada's A team!

USA's 'C' team would be pieced together with scraps from the SPHL, brother.

[DrM]

Finland - Russia
1 - 2

After 1st period

[Rad-]

Bad refereeing. That finn hardly touched Malkin, Malkin fell on his own.

[RoadHazard]

Russia crushed Finland, probably gonna be Russia - Czech Republic in the final. Damn, if Sweden had just gotten that last goal in instead of the Czechs, it would most likely have been us in the final instead (I'm pretty confident we would have beaten Slovakia).

[DrM]

So, we will see Russia vs Slovakia for gold and Finland-Czech for bronze

[ToLateToLove]

Russia crushed Finland, probably gonna be Russia - Czech Republic in the final. Damn, if Sweden had just gotten that last goal in instead of the Czechs, it would most likely have been us in the final instead (I'm pretty confident we would have beaten Slovakia).

Landeskog hit the post with what, 5mins left of the game? Gah, depressing.

[RoadHazard]

Landeskog hit the post with what, 5mins left of the game? Gah, depressing.

Yeah, that was horrible. So close, yet so far.

[Rad-]

This finn keeper is having one of those days.

[Quick]

One of the medal holders...dat cleavage.

Classy move by Chara wearing Demitra's jersey, too.