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I love ice hockey, but unfortunately I don't think we have any TV channels with these games. Norway is mostly hooked on other winter sports now.
Still, some interesting results so far, I bet there are some tough games. And I see the Canada and USA teams are scoring lots of goals!
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Over the years, TSN in Canada has really promoted the tournament so it is huge here. Always gets good ratings and in other years, most games are sold out.
As a Blackhawks fan, I was pissed off when Team Canada captain Kirby Dach suffered a fractured wrist and will now miss 5 months with the Hawks. On top of that, saw news today that Hawks captain Jonathan Toews has been ill for a while and won't be joining the team for training camp. Wonder if it's covid related?
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DGA35
Over the years, TSN in Canada has really promoted the tournament so it is huge here. Always gets good ratings and in other years, most games are sold out.
As a Blackhawks fan, I was pissed off when Team Canada captain Kirby Dach suffered a fractured wrist and will now miss 5 months with the Hawks. On top of that, saw news today that Hawks captain Jonathan Toews has been ill for a while and won't be joining the team for training camp. Wonder if it's covid related?
Yeah, the wrist picture looked nasty. I wonder if players ever come back & be the players they were (before that specific injury). I mean, I'm sure he'll still have an NHL career, but I've been watching hockey for 45+ years & I think this is one of those types of injuries. Maybe he won't be dominant/projected to be the dominant 1C after this? Possibly a good 2C, or worse case scenario bottom 6'er/3C. Your thoughts?
Also Alex Nylander is out for a while.
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Over the years, TSN in Canada has really promoted the tournament so it is huge here. Always gets good ratings and in other years, most games are sold out.
As a Blackhawks fan, I was pissed off when Team Canada captain Kirby Dach suffered a fractured wrist and will now miss 5 months with the Hawks. On top of that, saw news today that Hawks captain Jonathan Toews has been ill for a while and won't be joining the team for training camp. Wonder if it's covid related?
Yeah, the wrist picture looked nasty. I wonder if players ever come back & be the players they were (before that specific injury). I mean, I'm sure he'll still have an NHL career, but I've been watching hockey for 45+ years & I think this is one of those types of injuries. Maybe he won't be dominant/projected to be the dominant 1C after this? Possibly a good 2C, or worse case scenario bottom 6'er/3C. Your thoughts?
Also Alex Nylander is out for a while.
Bad luck comes in 3s! When I saw the play happen, it didn't look bad at all. I don't think there will be any long term effects from this injury, just one of those freak occurances. I'm more worried about Toews situation. If he goes onto long term injury reserve that could free up some cap space for the Hawks so maybe they can pick up a couple free agents or trade for a player from one of the teams that are over the cap right now, like the Lightning! Ironic that the last 10 years the Hawks have been in cap space hell, having to trade away good young players for next to nothing since their entry level contracts are coming due and are in line for a big raise.
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I am, but I root for Canada in international hockey. Yes, even when they play against Finland.
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KevinM, actually, Canada is the defending champion. They beat Russia in the final last year in the Czech Republic.
Finland won two years ago in Vancouver, beating USA.
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One problem Canada has always had is that often we'll go through the round robin undefeated so everyone has high expectations but then in the single knockout playoffs, we'll lose!
As KevinM mentioned above, playing in Edmonton is an advantage to the North American players who are used to playing on the standard 200x85 surface, although there are a number of European players who play junior over here. The reverse is true when the tournament is held in Europe or playing the World Championships or even the Spengler Cup.
There has been talk over the years to make current NHL size rinks larger since players are bigger than ever. One problem for owners would be losing a number of prime seats and also in some rinks the second or third tiers might not be able to see the full ice surface depending on the slope of the tiers
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Congrats to Finland. Sweden stopped playing after the first period (2-0). Idiot tactics by the coaches. 3-2 to Finland. A well deserved win. Russian nerves? They almost lost to Germany earlier today. They managed to win with 2-1 in the end. Much talk about Swedish stars and number one NHL drafts before the tournament. In the end half of the team was completely anonymous. And those who played well weren't the ones supposed to do so. I must mention Elmer Söderblom though. 2 meter tall and and a very good hockey player.