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4 Nations Thread

HurryCanes said:
Not sure what was going on but early, slavo and “Cindy” were having some animated encounters. Loved it.
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Crosby has some sort of arm/shoulder thing and I'm pretty sure Slavin got a piece of whatever's bothering him in the first when Crosby was digging for gold under Hellebuyck's glove. Crosby being Crosby, he still thinks no one should be allowed to touch him and he got chippy with Slavin, which is of course stupid. Slavin just stood there and grinned like he always does. The solution is simple. Don't dig under the goalie's glove for 15 seconds after the whistle and no one will forcibly remove you from the crease. By then it was so chippy that that kind of stuff was inevitable.
 
Habsy said:
Can you imagine a 7 game series? Oof.
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After a couple of games to get the gonzo out of their systems, that might be truly fun to watch. I feel like the Finns and Swedes would go the other direction, getting increasingly petulant until somebody loses a vital body part.

And you're right about Boston. They'll boo O Canada with all the Masshole they can muster.
 
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Slavin is just doing Slavin things. He is an offense eraser out there.

We get spoiled watching him every game. He makes wrecking rushes and taking away elite players' abilities to do much of anything look easy. Even more frustrating, after he dominates you, you can't even be chippy with him.

If there was an award for best defensive Dman, Slavin would need a separate room for his trophies. We are lucky as Canes fans to witness to his greatness, we really are.
 
It's been interesting seeing Slavin paired with a guy like Brock Faber and mostly tasked with disrupting the other team's attack. Normally he has to drag around the ancient bones of Burns or cover some defense-deficient "offensive defenseman," so it's been cool to see him just dig into a simpler brief and let his defensive freak flag fly playing with a partner that can hold down the other side of the D zone. It's freed him up to get a little more disruptive to break up rushes and to join in board battles higher up the ice. He gave poor Aho fits right inside the blueline in Game 1. In Carolina's setup he'd have to shade back and play the passing lanes to make sure Burnsie doesn't get cooked. Maybe if Carolina actually asked him to play a proper shutdown role, then he might get something more like his due.
 
jeffbear said:
After a couple of games to get the gonzo out of their systems, that might be truly fun to watch. I feel like the Finns and Swedes would go the other direction, getting increasingly petulant until somebody loses a vital body part.

And you're right about Boston. They'll boo O Canada with all the Masshole they can muster.
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And if any Canadians boo our anthem, Millbury is going to magically appear in the stands and beat them with their shoe.

Slavin could legitimately have been the 2nd or 3rd star.
 
andyt said:
And if any Canadians boo our anthem, Millbury is going to magically appear in the stands and beat them with their shoe.

Slavin could legitimately have been the 2nd or 3rd star.
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Millbury will start at one end of the rink and Neely at the other. Seriously, it could get stupid in the stands tomorrow.
 
I deleted a couple of posts for general civility reasons.

Reminder ... we don't do politics on this board. If you want to veer into the "why" territory with regard to anthem booing, you can do that literally hundreds of other places ... including other boards on this site. Just not this one. This has always been the case, so if you take issue with that ... again, there are literally hundreds of other places on the internet where you can discuss politics.
 
Joel Armia draws back in for Finland, Teravainen is the healthy extra.

Matthew Tkachuk didn’t skate for the US, so presumably Chris Kreider draws in. With both Slavin and Faber playing heavy minutes on Saturday, I wonder if Sullivan has given any thought to going with 11F, 7D. But the next game isn’t until Thursday, so they’d have a few days to recover, as long as there is a “normal” workload.
 
I think the US can just manage loads more evenly if they want. Honestly though, there's some danger in that since the Swedes can really push the pace if you let them get in a groove. The US can play their 3rd and 4th forward lines a bit more though. Those guys are capable enough. Sullivan is enough of a pragmatist to figure out the balance, probably. You want to push the physicality enough to keep Sweden out of their comfort zone but not so much as to wear down your top 6.

And no shock to see Turbo sit for Finland. He's just not been convincing thus far, and at least Armia will go get physical on the forecheck for them. And Finland REALLY needs to get on the forecheck in this matchup. If Canada's short on any one thing it's D that can stretch it out of their zone aside from Doughty. If Makar isn't playing then I expect to see Finland really work on getting it deep and digging in on the walls to get Canada out of their shape and look for turnovers. If that one turns into a free flowing game, the Finns are toast because they just don't have the D to settle down Canada's forwards. They'll have to bring the forwards down and zone it up which will take away any chance they have of generating real possession. Honestly, shy of some hero play from their top forwards, I don't like this matchup for Finland at all.
 
Honestly, they need Jarvis' speed and defense. I'd sit Marchand in this one, but I really doubt they'd do that. He just hasn't popped and has looked really slow.
 
This one is over, 3-0 Canada with just under 7 minutes to go in the first. Canada/US rematch for the trophy on Thursday.
 
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