UMFan83
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Bring back Kiprusoff, at least he made a save!
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OMG!!!! LOL This is embarrassing!
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Another goal that doesnt count for Kaner!!!!
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Making the giant assumption that the US holds on (still obviously tons of time, can't jinx it) and Canada wins their game, I am not going to be able to eat or sleep until the gold medal game.
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Yeah sorry he's having a horrible Olympics. The only goals that count are goalsl in the third period of a game that is within 2 goals. Everything else is just showboating.
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KANE!!!!!!!! Finally! Nice move!
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Geez. 3-0! I hate to draw everything back to the Blackhawks since not everyone is a Hawks fan, but this reminds me of the SJ game we had on that road trip last month, where they went out and got 3 real quick goals the first 10 minutes of the 1st period. Let's hope the comparisons stop there.
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I gotta say, I've really fallen in love with this USA team. They are underdogs, but they are so young that they collectively play much better than people gave them credit for before the tournament.
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Wow....2-0! I didn't think the first period would go this well so far.
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AWESOME GOAL! Kiprusoff went too far out.
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So the Hawks are still practicing during this break? I really hadn't found much to read about them over the last 2 weeks. I thought they all went off and had a vacation, or maybe had a week off and are not practicing to stay sharp for next Tuesday (only 5 more days until Blackhawks hockey!)
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equally hilarious are the second wave of posters who come in and begin their typical "HAHAHA you guys are sooo pathetic. Look how worked up you got. Ohhhh mannnn you should have seen your faces!" shtick; after good news is reported, of course. Most of you guys are, the sky is not falling because a pitchers shoulder is sore. And after good news is reported? Come on now, i dont live here like some of you guys so i dont know the latest breaking news about the cubs every single minute of the day. The funniest thing about this is that I didn't see anyone panic over this.
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Jumping on the hawks bandwagon now wouldn't be like wanting to be a bulls fan in 1992, they had already won a title by then. Also, it's not like Chicago has a Jordan on the roster and you are just waiting for the inevitable title. It is not a foregone conclusion by any means that they win. I think they are a perfectly acceptable bandwagon to join, especially if you are just getting into it. Jersey has the plus of being a team that will beat the NY and Philly teams, but other than that, they are fairly boring. This is true. I'll take it under advisement. Plus you don't live in Chicago so you won't be branded as someone who gave up on the team during the last 15 years and is now coming back when the times are good again.
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Doesn't really upset me. Angel has been in the Cubs org for almost 10 years and he's never been able to be counted on. If he pitches great but don't plan your season around him being your setup man.
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Let's beat Finland and get to the championship game! (and lose 10-2 to Canada)
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Delay rules make sense. The helmet rule doesn't. i'm okay with the delay rule when a player lifts the net off the moorings, but if he accidentally plays the puck up over the glass? there's no need for that to be a penalty, especially when they stop calling everything else late in games. seen that stupid rule decide too many games, defenseman swats at a rolling puck and it goes up over the glass, trying to make an outlet pass to a streaking teammate down the board and puts it a little too high, etc. just make it a defensive zone faceoff with no change for the team in their own zone, similar to an icing. or give the refs some discretion into the player's intention. I don't like the "puck goes over the glass penalty" either but I understand why it's there, so that you can't clear the puck into the crowd and get a stop. Plus if it's deflected into the crowd at all it's not a penalty. However, I've seen too many penalties called when the player has no intention and no need to put the puck in the crowd and does accidentaly.
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Looks like it might be Finland. After a long 0-0 draw for the first 2 2/3 periods, that goal let up by the Czech goalie was awful. Right between the pipes.
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Atlanta to be a power in the NL this year?!!
UMFan83 replied to Magdal's topic in General Baseball Talk
I don't know. They had a decent team last year, and some people thought they underachieved. Don't know if they are better after their offseason moves. Lost: Ryan Church Mike Gonzalez Kelly Johnson Adam LaRoche Javier Vazquez Rafael Soriano Gained: Melky Cabrera Jesse Chavez Troy Glaus Erik Hinske Scott Proctor Takashi Saito Joe Thurston Billy Wagner Not sure what their minor league situation is like, maybe someone can fill me in, but those offseason moves don't overwhelm me. -
Yeah no doubt any team left in this tourney can beat the US and possibly should. This is the stage where things get tricky. I'm hoping like you said our speed and youth can be an x-factor in our favor as their tournament continues. Most of these players have played 2/3 of an NHL season and have been playing every other day or every day for the last 10 days in pressure packed games which has gotta take it's toll eventually.
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This discussion on Kane is barely on topic, let's stick to the Olympics. Finland and Czech Republic are on now. Winner plays the USA on Friday. Who should we be cheering for? I'm guessing Finland but they have looked pretty good in this tournament. The question is, which one is a worse matchup against the USA. I'll admit to not knowing too much about either teams strengths and weaknesses.
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i think they're playing way better than they did against USA. they look unbelievable right now My point was that Canada didn't play poorly against the US. They were on the attack most of the game. I guess you could say that they must be playing better because everyone considered Russia a better team than the US going into this tournament and they are getting manhandled by them while the US won.
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Wow this goalie is hanging on by a thread, don't even wait until the start of the 2nd to put him in, they could score 2 more goals on him by the time the last 30 seconds pass.
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Canada is not really playing really better than they did against the US...Russia just doesn't have a goalie that stops everything. Miller was barraged with shots and not just shots, good shots on nice feeds and nice setups. And with that said 4-1. Time for Nabi to go drown his sorrows with vodka.
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This Dayton-Temple game has set basketball back 50 years. It's 39-29 Temple with under 5 minutes left in the game. The halftime score was 19-13. Dayton is shooting 11-47 (23.4%) and Temple 16-48 (33.3%)
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A much much much needed goal by Russia. 3-1
