Brutal. Just plain Brutal.I may have not agreed with some of the choices on the Roster, but I never expected to be eliminated the first chance the opposition got.
The boys looked slow, out of place and desperate. The looked like the Swiss in slow Motion. Bertuzzi lumbered around accomplishing very little except penalty minutes. Smyth was muted, St. Louis was better than I expected, Nash was dissapointing, Thornton was out of place, Lecavalier did zero. Brodeur was phenominal, Luongo exceeded my expectations.
This team (and its coaching) was picked by heart rather than head. Coach Quinn is doing nothing good with his home club (Leafs Suck!). St. Louis is suffering from the hangover of all hangovers after last year's impressive season. Sakic is a leader, McCabe gets the puck in the net and is very fast. I get the feeling people were chosen by history of merit rather than recent play that proves beyond a single doubt that they are at the top of their game.
Ovechkin and Malkin dominated, and it was obvious that these kids were for real and deserved to be there. Staal rode on the taxi squad. Crosby was never a thought. Of the top 25 NHL point leaders, 3 of them were on Team Canada. Snubbed in the same top 25 were players Staal, Savard, Tanguay, Crosby, Marleau (Saskatchewan boy), Richards, Spezza and Kariya.
How do you leave the 8 top point getters out of potentially and usually the best hockey team on earth? Sentimentality, plain and simple. They were chosen by the motto This may be their last chance (remeber that Lemieux and Yzerman were offered spots). "But those are all point scorers, we need workhorses", sure throw in a Smyth, and Lecavalier (Thornton was already there). Bertuzzi? Draper? I would have taken Staal over any of them in a heart beat.
But all is said and done, as we hinge our hopes on the women's curling team to bring in a bronze at least. Maybe a medal in the woman's 5000 metre speed skating. Never know, the men's curling might get a gold too! We're guaranteed at least silver. Sad thing is... I had cleared my Sunday morning schedule 2 weeks ago to watch the Gold medal game. Guess I'll bathe instead.
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Richards was there.
It looked to me like they were all waiting for someone else to take the bull by the horns.
The end of the pinnacle of Sakic's career was reached at World Cup in 2004, but his leadership was not enough.
To me, Iginla was the biggest sorest disappointment of them all. Much in the same way that he is a disappointment in Calgary, only worse, because his experience and his spark would have made the difference. The rest are dilletantes or goofs at the best of times.
F 4 T.
They all had other things on there mind and the gold wasn't one of them. They treated the games like a rec game back on the pond at home you know let the lil guy get a couple in the net then try a little. But they forgot to try a little. Staal, Crosby, even Good ol' Tie Domi shows more heart and would of in Italy if choosen. SAD, At least a Leaf player will show Canada the G-medal. Let' hear it for Mats. Super effort and super heart, let's hope he keeps it up till June and TO will have the cup again.
Tbow
Ok, T.O. will not be drinking from the cup this year.
Hear me wheels... NEVER!!!!
Bone, do you have Iggy in your pool or something? Bi-tter
St. Louis was the biggest dissapointment in my eyes, but he is in my pool. Lil bastard.
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