pourmeanother

US hockey is all about Miller Time. It was nice to see them poke some past Hiller- who is a good goalie in his own right- but we were really sloppy. If we played like that against a powerhouse, we would get slaughtered... So let's just hope it was first game jitters.

One gripe- why is so much stuff on tape delay on the West Coast?! I am in the same damn time zone as Vancouver, but I'm getting stuff on a delay- while the East Coast gets it live. Every event is being spoiled by sports sites, Yahoo!, or facebook status updates. Hockey is one exception so far- but all of the skiing, skating, etc has been spoiled.klefjsklfds

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lucifer_sam

I'd say the U.S. has the strongest goaltending of any national team right now. I know Luongo posted a shutout yesterday but Ryan Miller is absolutely on fire, making all the right saves despite a lackluster defense. I'd be happy seeing them take bronze; unless Kane and Kessel step up they'll be lucky to put in more than one against Canada or Sweden.

Russia's offense is easily the most potent, but they don't have the depth in defense or goaltending to carry them through the medal rounds. Both Canada and Sweden pose significant threats to derail their power play and actually have that necessary depth. The two goals that LATVIA put in should be a wake-up call to Russia -- Nabokov isn't what he once was and has a predilection for choking in big games.

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pourmeanother

Well, what's interesting is that this season in the NHL (notably the past 4 months) Nabokov has been the most consistently good in net that he's been in his entire career- a month ago he had 6 straight starts where he gave up only 1 goal; streak of 11 straight road wins; the other night he set a career high in saves with 50-... Yet, the standard questions are arising. Can he elevate himself in big games? History says no, and he doesn't have the D to bail him out in these games. I haven't heard much talk about Sweden as I would have expected, but, as you pointed out, they are as legitimate a threat as anyone else there.

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pourmeanother

Julia Mancuso wins a gold medal in babe-ness. Swiss netminder looked good too- hard to tell behind that mask, though.

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Vancouver

living here..I can't explain how awesome this is. Beer tents on every corner...

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Vancouver

Better goaltending than Canada? Ryan Miller? Put the pipe down.

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pourmeanother

That's interesting... I don't remember ever saying better goaltending than Canad- Oh, that's right, I didn't.

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Vancouver

misread..my bad, sorry.

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Laces Out Dan!

Toooo close for comfort tonight. We played a baaad game, couldnt keep the puck in our zone. The Swiss are a reaaally well coached team, everyone knows their role and they do all the small things. They could have easily stole that win from us tonight. We gotta tighten up big time and I hope Bab**** fuckin rips into the boys tonight.

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Burning Down

Canada's win was really a lucky break imo.