Comments on: Canadian Lines, Getzlaf, and Ovy on Jagr

By: Jim L.

Jim L. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:14:43 +0000

Jonathan Toews looks lost? What games have you been watching? Last time I checked he is leading the tournament in plus/minus and can be argued to be one of the best players so far.

By: Kerstin from Germany

Kerstin from Germany — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:28:22 +0000

Here is “the other side”…..

Is “no comment” about Germany against Canada also a comment?
Felt asleep before game startet (01:40 am).
Watched the two games before (Finland/WRussia) and could not convince me to sacrifice more hours of sleep…

No offense (how true…) against my Home Team. Guess they just can’t do any better.
US/Canadian complains about league(s) organisation, lobbying, sponsorships etc are a joke against the possibilities in Germany….

Not sure what the world championship in the Home Country will bring :I
I won’t spend money on a game Team Germany is involved.

By: SDC

SDC — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:19:09 +0000

I’d love to see Heatley get some time on the “revolving door” that is Crosby’s line. Heats has been playing as well as anyone else, Toews too. Hmm… Crosby-Heatley-Toews? Not sure how that’d scramble everything else, but i’d like that line.

Also, I loved that Jagr’s visor was hanging off the hinges in that interview; more proof as to how bad Ovie blew him up. Maybe that move works in the KHL…

By: Char

Char — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:54:15 +0000

Milan Lucic is not a meathead.

By: crushasaurus

crushasaurus — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:47:40 +0000

I know it’s great having conversations about lines and all the little intricate details, but for me, I think that there is absolutely no excuse for a lack of production if you put any of those guys on a line with each other. The problem that I see is that players don’t know what their role is on this team. Jonathan Toews looks a bit lost to me.

By: Jbrown

Jbrown — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:15:04 +0000

Man I wish Neil wasn’t in Hawaii.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:40:39 +0000

Crox, I was SUCH a Niederhater pre-Olympics, and seriously, I think drinking/bar-Bourne must’ve missed a few gaffs on his part. I’ll pay attention TOMORROW specifically.

By: Kevin Croxton

Kevin Croxton — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:37:13 +0000

Bourne:

I enjoy reading your blog and for the most part I think you have some good points but when I read yesterday that you thought Scott Niedermayer had a good game I almost threw up all over my Compaq and I even contemplated attacking you personally. I don’t have time right now to back up my argument but hopefully I will at a later date. Also the Canadian team still values experience over youth and skill and that’s just sad. If you want to have a checking line that plays 3 minutes a game why not have Jordan Tootoo, Milan Lucic and some other meathead that will actually just run around and kill everyone that touches the puck once a period instead of Richards, Toews, Morrow? That’s all for today but please watch Niedermayer closely tonight and tell me he isn’t a liability out there. (I just chirped him into the game of his life tonight…..but he still sucks)

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:14:28 +0000

RewskiUVA: i was referring to the caple stuff. you’re posts are damn funny, and only fail to mention that you’re truck has a set of those plastic testicles hanging from the hitch! (please tell me someone else has seen those!)

By: zyllyx

zyllyx — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:03:31 +0000

I’m fairly new to hockey in general, I live in Phoenix, and I’m passionate against headshots. That’s three strikes against me in most Toronto area pubs.

But the Ovy/Jagr hit was a thing of absolute beauty. You can’t get more textbook on a bodycheck than that. The bodycheck as a method to separate the puck carrier from the puck dates to the beginning of the sport and has been on the decline lately in favor of less effective, more “showy” SportsCenter-style hits.

The thing that bugs me most about hockey and hockey fans is that people think that if you take out the Richards/Booth headshots that the Ovy/Jagr shots will go as well. Which is simply retar– oops, sorry, ridiculous. Guys at this level should have the skill to be able to choose whether to do one or the other.

I’m just glad I got to watch that Ovechkin hit live. As soon as it happened I knew the Russians would score. THAT is the kind of tough, gritty hockey that made me a fan in the first place.