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gratts99 Wrote:How many times did bob and harry mess up? Harry called robert lang , robert long all game and bob called the wrong names all game long.
Not to mention the breakdown of the replays was just terrible.

I've been listening to these guys all my life and love them, but i think it might be time to give the gondola to someone else

Well, in Bob's defense "Lang" did go by "Long" earlier in his career. But yeah, he gets players' names wrong way too often to be considered competent anymore.

bob's been crap for years now..he's finally bringing harry down with him..

on another topic, did anybody see that aussie ski jumper who blew her knee out when she landed?? her shrieks of pain were really sad...

I agree its definitely time for Bob to pass the mic down to someone else. He was great announcer for years and Ill miss his voice, but lately his errors are becoming bothersome..now if we can just get Neale to go with him.


Also, it was nice to see Canada win a game and score some goals again, ugly as it was a win is a win. I hope they really crank it up for the medal rounds or were sunk, the defence is looking shaky as hell, especially McCabe that guy can't cope with the big ice and fast skaters at all. The Finns made him look foolish, that's probably why he got booted out of Sweden during the lockout.

but if harry goes, does that mean millen is the number one colour guy?? i hope not..i'd rather listen to ashley simpson than him

opiated Wrote:but if harry goes, does that mean millen is the number one colour guy?? i hope not..i'd rather listen to ashley simpson than him

Oh man, I never thought of that scenario. LONG LIVE HARRY! LONG LIVE HARRY! LONG LIVE HARRY!

ok, mccabe did take 2 bad penalties, but c,mon, did you see him save that goal when the puck was behind brodeur?

farmerdan69 Wrote:ok, mccabe did take 2 bad penalties, but c,mon, did you see him save that goal when the puck was behind brodeur?

Yup , it was a great save.

And sweden did infact lose today, the media will be all over that

I'm not going to defend McCabe, but it seems to me that the problem with Canada this tourney has been the offense, not the defense.

cferneyh Wrote:

tommygunn Wrote:

MountainHip Wrote:Just heard that it's to Sweden's advantage to lose on purpose, so they play the Suiss, instead of Canada

That's interesting, considering the Swiss blanked Canada 2-0.
hock:

Not only that, but Sweden seems to have a short memory given what the "easy" matchup against Belarus did for them in '02.

Good points, guys. Could be a classic example of "Be careful what you wish for... 'cause you just might get it!"

opiated Wrote:on another topic, did anybody see that aussie ski jumper who blew her knee out when she landed?? her shrieks of pain were really sad...

Yeah, that was pretty awful to see and hear. I feel sorry for her.

cferneyh Wrote:I'm not going to defend McCabe, but it seems to me that the problem with Canada this tourney has been the offense, not the defense.

I think the coaches are misusing McCabe. Everyone knows his specialty is the powerplay, but he's lucky if he gets on the second unit for the last 30 seconds or whatever of every given powerplay chance. Strange that his own club coach, Quinn, isn't taking full advantage of his team's best point man on the PP.

One of the other main problems is related to the offense, with the forwards. They were a little better today, but it still seems too often they are positioning themselves too far up the ice. This leaves the defensemen with few options but to try long passes, and the European teams with their trapping style gobble these up and turn them into offensive chances against us.

These issues need to be fixed tomorrow... because it's quarter-final time, go big or go home.

And guess who they play? Russia. Whoa. hock:

j-monster Wrote:

cferneyh Wrote:I'm not going to defend McCabe, but it seems to me that the problem with Canada this tourney has been the offense, not the defense.

I think the coaches are misusing McCabe. Everyone knows his specialty is the powerplay, but he's lucky if he gets on the second unit for the last 30 seconds or whatever of every given powerplay chance. Strange that his own club coach, Quinn, isn't taking full advantage of his team's best point man on the PP.

One of the other main problems is related to the offense, with the forwards. They were a little better today, but it still seems too often they are positioning themselves too far up the ice. This leaves the defensemen with few options but to try long passes, and the European teams with their trapping style gobble these up and turn them into offensive chances against us.

These issues need to be fixed tomorrow... because it's quarter-final time, go big or go home.

And guess who they play? Russia. Whoa. hock:

Yeah. Canada/Russia in a quarter final matchup. hock: A great team is going to go home without any chance of a medal. What a wide open tournament. Finland, Russia, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Rep, Sweden all have a legitmate chance of gold and ...oh yeah that Swiss team has shown that it can beat anyone on any given day.

j-monster Wrote:

cferneyh Wrote:I'm not going to defend McCabe, but it seems to me that the problem with Canada this tourney has been the offense, not the defense.

I think the coaches are misusing McCabe. Everyone knows his specialty is the powerplay, but he's lucky if he gets on the second unit for the last 30 seconds or whatever of every given powerplay chance. Strange that his own club coach, Quinn, isn't taking full advantage of his team's best point man on the PP.

One of the other main problems is related to the offense, with the forwards. They were a little better today, but it still seems too often they are positioning themselves too far up the ice. This leaves the defensemen with few options but to try long passes, and the European teams with their trapping style gobble these up and turn them into offensive chances against us.

These issues need to be fixed tomorrow... because it's quarter-final time, go big or go home.

And guess who they play? Russia. Whoa. hock:

I just don't like the penalties McCabe taking. In this tournament every team can put one hell of a first power play unit on the ice. Russia is definetley included in this.

I figured McCabe would be getting the majority of his ice time during the PP too. thats his strength.

We just got two more medals in women's speed skating (1000 metre): Cindy Klassen with the gold, and Kristina Groves with silver. Amazing!

fucken A, klassen is kicking ass!