Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

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6 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

WE WON EVERY SINGLE GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT! ONLY ALLOWING 1 GOAL ON 5v5!!   THIS TEAM WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY!

Congrats!  Are people out celebrating in the streets?

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Just now, Triplecast said:

Congrats!  Are people out celebrating in the streets?

Always  

The statue of Havis Amanda!

https://www.is.fi/olympialaiset/art-2000008628269.html

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6 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Wait, is Dvorsky supposed to be as good as Bedard and Michkov?

My bad, sorry was a typo, I thought I wrote top 3 and it was 2 lol

 

https://thehockeynews.com/news/remember-dalibor-dvorskys-name-for-the-2023-nhl-draft

 

Yes, he is ranked just behind them, however His biggest advantage should be his hockey IQ, this kid is amazing at his age. I saw him playing by my on eyes and this was unbelievable how he read the game

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AWARDS

 

MVP

Juraj Slafkovsky

 

https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/32248/slafkovsky_voted_mvp

 

 

ALL-STAR TEAM

Goaltender:
Patrik Rybar

Defenders:
Mikko Lehtonen
Yegor Yakovlev

Forwards:
Juraj Slafkovsky
Sakari Manninen
Lucas Wallmark

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20 hours ago, hckošice said:

Hvala pčelico

You are welcome

I rarely watch hockey but Slovakia winning i had to see

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4 minutes ago, DaniSRB said:

You are welcome

I rarely watch hockey but Slovakia winning i had to see

So happy and proud to read that our guys entertained you

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6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

So ideally you'd want to be like the 10th pick or something, to avoid being picked by a shitty team?  It seems a little cruel to be this huge amazing talent, so much that you are choice number one, and because you're so good, you have to play for the worst team  

 

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I do suppose you get like a one year contract or something and after that can actually make a choice as to where you go (or stay)? I'm no expert obviously, I only know the draft exists in these sports, but I'm wondering at which point in the entire process a player gets to the point where he can actually make a choice instead of just being picked and sold and traded without any say in it like a cheap pair of shoes  

 

no, the entry level contract is 3 years long (and gives you a lower salary than the average, of course...it's all written in the rules of the collective bargaining agreement)...

 

of course a player can refuse to play for a team that drafted him, but he has to play in another league for the whole 3 years of his original entry level contract...after that, he becomes free agent and can search for a deal with any team he wants...

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Congrats for that gold and enjoy the moment @Finnator123 

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1 hour ago, rybak said:

Congrats for that gold and enjoy the moment @Finnator123 

We will enjoy this forever 

Historic gold! Now we(finally) have more medals than Great Britain 

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I'm still in disbelief lmao

We actually won Gold & we did so by being the most dominant team in the entire tournament 

Next winter olympics. Finland, the DEFENDING Olympic champion. Holy shit lol