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Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:25 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
sutterfamily wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:19 am Not from behind enough for my tastes
You can’t drive your elbow into someone’s face from behind

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
sutterfamily wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:24 am One of Canada's biggest problems I've seen so far in this tournament is that there will be some chance and it's like MacKinnon/McDavid/Celebrini on with Travis Sanheim or Colton Parayko and the space that's open from everyone else ends up going to Sanheim/Parayko and they just aren't up to speed offensively in this tournament. USA doesn't have those offensive black holes on their blueline.
Morrissey being out is a bigger deal than people have made it

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
They are not going to call any penalties today

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:28 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Matthews looks a lot more engaged today than he has when I’ve seen the Leaves this year

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:31 am
by practice
Grand Moff Larkin wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am
sutterfamily wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:24 am One of Canada's biggest problems I've seen so far in this tournament is that there will be some chance and it's like MacKinnon/McDavid/Celebrini on with Travis Sanheim or Colton Parayko and the space that's open from everyone else ends up going to Sanheim/Parayko and they just aren't up to speed offensively in this tournament. USA doesn't have those offensive black holes on their blueline.
Morrissey being out is a bigger deal than people have made it
They left so many puck mover types at home

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:34 am
by nick
Grand Moff Larkin wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am
sutterfamily wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:24 am One of Canada's biggest problems I've seen so far in this tournament is that there will be some chance and it's like MacKinnon/McDavid/Celebrini on with Travis Sanheim or Colton Parayko and the space that's open from everyone else ends up going to Sanheim/Parayko and they just aren't up to speed offensively in this tournament. USA doesn't have those offensive black holes on their blueline.
Morrissey being out is a bigger deal than people have made it
Yeah, it really hasn’t been a talking point I’ve seen much at all but they could’ve definitely used him in the knockout stage. Feel gutted for him, having missed the 4 Nations Final too.

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:34 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Who made that brutal turnover to a Canadian in the slot?

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:35 am
by nick
Brady

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:36 am
by sutterfamily
Grand Moff Larkin wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am Morrissey being out is a bigger deal than people have made it
Save this great kind of insight for episode two of our podcast.

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:42 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Surprised they called that to be honest, even if it’s the definition of a hook

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:45 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
US players need to just shoot it, guys are way too deferential in this tournament

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:46 am
by sutterfamily
Depending on which ref called it:

Clearly the US ref called that as favouritism/The Canadian ref is some kind of Alberta separatist

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:46 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
sutterfamily wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:36 am
Grand Moff Larkin wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:27 am Morrissey being out is a bigger deal than people have made it
Save this great kind of insight for episode two of our podcast.
Segment 2: it’s a real passing of the torch to McDavid from Crosby

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:51 am
by sutterfamily
Kevin Bieksa has a passing resemblance to Nick Kroll who, in my estimation, would be a much better hockey commentator.

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:05 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
My prediction for the second is that the Wilson Bennett Marchand line carves out a cave in Hellebuyck’s chest. He had a clear line of sight on everything in the first.

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:08 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
A lot of the Miller Nelson Trocheck line, especially against the McDavid line, and not much of Larkin’s line.

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:19 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Huge save on that breakaway

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:23 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Larkin big game PKer

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:25 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
Grand Moff Larkin wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:05 am My prediction for the second is that the Wilson Bennett Marchand line carves out a cave in Hellebuyck’s chest. He had a clear line of sight on everything in the first.
Hellebuyck got taken out near the end of that PK

Re: Olympic hockey thread

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 9:26 am
by Grand Moff Larkin
For all of the “No Robertson, no Caufield” whining, the US PK with Trocheck and Miller has been awesome