Anybody watching/paying attention? I'm more interested in this than I am in NHL playoffs now that the Jets and Pens are out.

 

Canada is pretty stacked.

Canada taking on power house Belarus right now in the quarter finals... 4-0 after one... this would be fun to watch if I wasn't at work...

Canada taking on power house Belarus right now in the quarter finals... 4-0 after one... this would be fun to watch if I wasn't at work...

It's really not, it's just a one sided game and those are quite boring. 

9-0 final.  Wow.

Pavelec won a playoff game. Can not believe I lived to see it.

Ken Wiebe @WiebeSunSports

It will be Canada vs Russia for gold and USA vs Czech Republic for bronze at 2015 men's worlds. Pavelec vs Hellebuyck in goal? #NHLJets

Pavelec won a playoff game. Can not believe I lived to see it.

 

Pav was actually one of the best goalies at the tournament. His numbers were very good. What this tourney shows tho is goalies can't win games on their own. Pav was outstanding against Canada but Czech team couldn't score. Helle was good against Russia but the USA couldn't score.

Hellebuyck out duels Pavs with the shut out to win bronze. Training camp preview. Good job both goalies.

Hellebuyck sure looks good. Pretty calm for a guy his age in these games

Helle had the best numbers in the tourney. He is ready now. Canada wins huge. Dominating performance really

Helle had the best numbers in the tourney. He is ready now. Canada wins huge. Dominating performance really

Why did Ovie bother coming over for two games? He looked totally bagged today.

 

Helle had the best numbers in the tourney. He is ready now. Canada wins huge. Dominating performance really

Why did Ovie bother coming over for two games? He looked totally bagged today.

 

 

Selfish players have hurt them for years.

 

Its hurt us at times also.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be punished b/c the team left the ice before the Canadian anthem. Full credit to Ovechkin, who was apparently trying to make his teammates stay.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be punished b/c the team left the ice before the Canadian anthem. Full credit to Ovechkin, who was apparently trying to make his teammates stay.

 

Thats crazy i never seen that.

 

I agree...  good on Ovie.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be punished b/c the team left the ice before the Canadian anthem. Full credit to Ovechkin, who was apparently trying to make his teammates stay.

Slava Malamud

‏@SlavaMalamud The video of Russian players leaving the ice. Man at the door waving others in is, by witness accounts, Kovalchuk.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/05/18/russian-hockey-team-leaves-ice-before-o-canada-at-world-championships/

 

I was watching it live yesterday and saw a lot of the Russians leaving after they got their medals, and I was thinking...hmmm...is that normal? And then I remembered no, it's not normal. It's a total **** move by sore losers.  I can't imagine how embarrassed I would be if Canada had done something like that.  Apparently Kovalchuk was the one waving everyone off the ice, though a few Russians did stay. Kovalchuk can rot with Burmi in Siberia for the rest of his career, for all I care. I don't want any Russians on the Jets, ever.

 

EDIT:

Among the Russian players, who remained on the ice and did not walk away were Alexander Ovechkin, Yevgeny Malkin, Viktor Tikhonov and Dmitry Kulikov.

Fasel said he saw how Ovechkin and Malkin tried to stop the rest of the players rushing to the locker rooms and that is why the blame cannot be put on the players.

 

OVI isn't a selfish player at all, That's crazy, the guy is all class. The rest of that russian team outside of ovi,malkin,tikhonov and kulikov tho are all pieces of garbage. 

 

Why did he go over? because he's a proud russian who enjoys representing his country, I'd do it too every chance i could if i was a hockey player of any nationality. 

 

Anyone here ever have the chance to wear the maple leaf for example on your jersey? I haven't but... damn that would be one hell of a moment for sure. Representing your country is huge, Every athlete that can do it should do it as much as they can.

 

Why did he go over? Because like it or not, he's one of the best hockey players in the world. People can debate that all they want but reality truly is, he's one of if not the best Russian hockey player in history. 

 

 

Why did he go over? Because like it or not, he's one of the best hockey players in the world. People can debate that all they want but reality truly is, he's one of if not the best Russian hockey player in history. 

 

I am not saying that he's not good.  I am saying that he was incredibly tired and didn't appear to really be in the game.  Playing a full NHL season, and then two 7 game rounds of playoffs, and then flying half way across the world to jump on the ice with Russia was probably too much for him.  Anyway, just asked the question.  I wouldn't have taken Crosby in that condition.

 

 

 

Why did he go over? Because like it or not, he's one of the best hockey players in the world. People can debate that all they want but reality truly is, he's one of if not the best Russian hockey player in history. 

 

I am not saying that he's not good.  I am saying that he was incredibly tired and didn't appear to really be in the game.  Playing a full NHL season, and then two 7 game rounds of playoffs, and then flying half way across the world to jump on the ice with Russia was probably too much for him.  Anyway, just asked the question.  I wouldn't have taken Crosby in that condition.

 

Maybe he goes to Russia for summer.

 

 

Why did he go over? Because like it or not, he's one of the best hockey players in the world. People can debate that all they want but reality truly is, he's one of if not the best Russian hockey player in history.

 

I am not saying that he's not good.  I am saying that he was incredibly tired and didn't appear to really be in the game.  Playing a full NHL season, and then two 7 game rounds of playoffs, and then flying half way across the world to jump on the ice with Russia was probably too much for him.  Anyway, just asked the question.  I wouldn't have taken Crosby in that condition.

 

Maybe he goes to Russia for summer.

 

Where-ever he goes, I want to go there too!

 

 

OVI isn't a selfish player at all, That's crazy, the guy is all class. The rest of that russian team outside of ovi,malkin,tikhonov and kulikov tho are all pieces of garbage. 

 

Why did he go over? because he's a proud russian who enjoys representing his country, I'd do it too every chance i could if i was a hockey player of any nationality. 

 

Anyone here ever have the chance to wear the maple leaf for example on your jersey? I haven't but... damn that would be one hell of a moment for sure. Representing your country is huge, Every athlete that can do it should do it as much as they can.

 

Why did he go over? Because like it or not, he's one of the best hockey players in the world. People can debate that all they want but reality truly is, he's one of if not the best Russian hockey player in history. 

 

I have no real issue with Ovi at all.  Just think that sometimes players in this situation dont really need to rush over and take a spot on a team that was doing pretty well without him. Even the comintaters were sayin the PP got all screwed up because they had 3 guys all trying to get to the same place.

 

Might have been better if he just flew over to support the team rather then tiring to maybe be the hero.

 

Im sure all these guys love their countrys and want to play for them any time they can but that being said sometimes they might help more by not playing.

 

I know Ovie loves playing for Russia and i respect that. Just think it was the wrong situation this time.

 

Pretty sure it was Ovie that once said that even if the NHL wouldnt let the players play for their countrys in the Olympics hed go anyway.  

It was 6-1 and total Canadian domination. Ovi or no Ovi, Canada still wins big because they are just better. NHL players are superior to a bunch of Khl players which Russia pretty much was.

I'm not an Ovi fan. But he went because it's what you do. He's a proud Russian and went to serve his nation. Him

And Malkin get it and good on them staying out for the national anthem.