Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[heywoodu 15,174]

Wow, Germany 

 

First Norway with their first quarter finals since 46 years, now a German stunt and their first semi finals since 42 years, overtime here, overtime there, awesome matches...I like this tournament 

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

After the US and Canada, Sweden likely suffered the most due to the lack of NHL players. Typically almost their entire squad comes from the NHL and while they have a good domestic league they still lost a lot of talent. Meanwhile a team like Germany only lost a handful of players.

[Finnator123 292]

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

They are missing all their best players. Would any of the guys who played today even make their best roster?

Like i said before the start of the tournament: This event is senseless and has no meaning, results would be completely different if every nation would play with its best players.

Yeah so? Sweden had a somewhat better roster than Germany, so this is a bloody sensation. The level in this tournament is poor, but still.

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vor 4 Minuten schrieb thepharoah:

there's no comparison between Germany and Sweden history in the sport + also comparing Swedish roster to German , there's a huge gap for Sweden 

Normally yes, but Sweden is missing all its best players, they even have a kid on their roster ...

I doubt that any of the guys here are among the 30 or 40 best swedish players.

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

Just now, OlympicsFan said:

Normally yes, but Sweden is missing all its best players, they even have a kid on their roster ...

I doubt that any of the guys here are among the 30 or 40 best swedish players.

 

Still on paper a Sweden C team is better than a German A-/B+ team.

 

But that's why you play the game

[OlympicsFan 859]

vor 4 Minuten schrieb JoshMartini007:

 

Still on paper a Sweden C team is better than a German A-/B+ team.

 

But that's why you play the game

They might be a better team than Germany without its 7 best players, but not by a mile. Its a surprise for sure, but not a miracle.

[thepharoah 2,405]

3 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Normally yes, but Sweden is missing all its best players, they even have a kid on their roster ...

I doubt that any of the guys here are among the 30 or 40 best swedish players.

this kid is a potential no.2 draft pick in NHL , so ofc he's a very talented guy 

[Finnator123 292]

1 minute ago, JoshMartini007 said:

After the US and Canada, Sweden likely suffered the most due to the lack of NHL players. Typically almost their entire squad comes from the NHL and while they have a good domestic league they still lost a lot of talent. Meanwhile a team like Germany only lost a handful of players.

 For Germany, i think it's only  Kühnhackl , Reider ,Draisaitl & Seidenberg being the biggest NHL names

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Just now, thepharoah said:

this kid is a potential no.2 draft pick in NHL , so ofc he's a very talented guy 

Number 1 overall morelike

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2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Wow, Germany 

 

First Norway with their first quarter finals since 46 years, now a German stunt and their first semi finals since 42 years, overtime here, overtime there, awesome matches...I like this tournament 

 

i feel the fact of the 6000 doses in all that