Hal Johnson Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 This should be a 4 team tournament. It is a darling of the Canadian media and overhyped.Yup. And it's back in Canada next year too, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 This should be a 4 team tournament. It is a darling of the Canadian media and overhyped. Overhyped, really? What's more exciting than seeing a national team compete in our country's favourite sport? These kids have so much desire, heart and drive. I couldn't be more proud of them for what they accomplished after being together for a relatively short period of time. It is a great barometer to get a feel for how the hockey 'system' in Canada is developing players. These last 5 years have seen some amazing teams emerge from Canada's youth. Canada's last 3 games were all wayyy more exciting and entertaining than ANY NHL game that's been on this season so far. You'll never get a full NHL squad to play like that. They're already jaded to a degree. Only 4 teams? Why? You don't think there's enough talent from USA, Russia, Czechs, Slovaks, Sweden, Finland??? Add Canada and that's at least 7 viable countries. I do not think that it should be in Canada every year like was suggested at that press conference. If I had ca$h i think it would be a blast to travel to Europe for one of these tournaments and party like crazy GO CANADA GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 blah blah blah... quit watching TSN. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Are you suggesting I was brainwashed by TSN into enjoying those last three Canada games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Are you suggesting I was brainwashed by TSN into enjoying those last three Canada games? Ahhh man, don't get involved Ollie. You are a Sens fan... you obviously know nothing about hockey Just kidding... I am not saying the games can't be enjoyable I am just saying the tournament is over-hyped. Just my opinion boys. Wave the flag all you want this tournament is just there to soothe the Canadian ego for hockey... enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 To me something that is overhyped is a hyped event that doesn't deliver. This tournament definitely delivered. I think I know what your saying but c'mon! You're sounding like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hey Brad, do you find March Madness over-hyped? It is, but it never fails to deliver the goods either. The World Juniors has a similar feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Got any good blueberry vodka recipes Brad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Wave the flag all you want this tournament is just there to soothe the Canadian ego for hockey.Badams has never been more right about anything in his life. Way to go buddy! Look at the other countries in this tourney and how it draws outside of Canada. No one cares and well they shouldnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 thank goodness all those other national hockey organizations keep sending teams for canada to beat. it's nice that they think of the poor canadian hockey ego for once. very selfless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Got any good blueberry vodka recipes Brad? I like it with Lemonade myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Badams has never been more right about anything in his life. Way to go buddy! Look at the other countries in this tourney and how it draws outside of Canada. No one cares and well they shouldnt.Go back to HFBoards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Canada's home-ice edge slowly killing tournamentComment on this story By Damien CoxSports Columnist Published On Wed Dec 23 Comments (20) It was just a month ago that so-called "Green People" took over Calgary during the Grey Cup, celebrating non-stop as the figurative 13th man for the Saskatchewan Roughriders until the final seconds of the championship game when the Green Riders themselves were literally caught with a 13th man.Oops.Starting this weekend, the eyes of the nation will again be trained on prairie folks, this time as Saskatoon hosts the 2010 world junior hockey championship. There is symmetry to this as this event has, over the past 15 years, become the equal of the Grey Cup as a national event, and in so doing eclipsed the Stanley Cup final in the imagination of Canadian hockey fans.Part of the attraction for Canadians is that Canada more often than not wins the junior competition. In fact, with head coach Willie Desjardins of Climax, Sask., guiding the way, Canada is going for a sixth straight title at this event.It's the perfect sports property, really. Canada either wins, or a group of plucky and hard-working Canadian lads are unabashedly portrayed as skating their gosh-golly hearts out for their country but just falling short.An easy sell either way.This year marks the first time the world juniors have been played in Canada two straight years. Next year's competition will be in Buffalo, which will likely attract Canadian fans in overwhelming numbers, as did the 2005 event in Grand Forks, N.D., and then it's back to Alberta for the 2012 tournament.If you're starting to notice a pattern here, you should. The last time the world junior tourney was held in Europe was 2008, and it won't be until 2013 that the event goes overseas again. By then, it will have been in North America – which really means the Canadian market – for six of the previous eight years.This is not good, at least not for the event.While it calls itself the world junior championship, it's slowly morphing into the Junior Canada Cup, an event generally held in Canada and often won by Canada.If the aim of the world juniors is to be considered a truly global competition, holding the event in one country, and thus giving that country home-ice advantage most of the time, undermines that goal.At some point, even Canadians will stop cheering, or at least the smart ones will recognize the event for what it has become, a Hockey Canada invitational.The reason why this is happening is clear. Canadians support this event like no other country by buying tickets and watching on television, which means corporate sponsorships follow. Canada has many cities with NHL-sized arenas willing to host the event, which means bigger dollars.Quite simply, big money is warping this event, taking away its heritage as a competition shared at least equally between North America and Europe.Hockey Canada – eager to sell nine different jerseys every year – is happy to play host, and the IIHF is remarkably willing to go along. But if there is an annoying lack of interest in the event in other parts of the globe, stationing the event in Canada and the U.S. on a semi-permanent basis won't help generate interest in European cities.The more this tournament stays in North America, and the more Canada wins it, the less prestige it will hold. You can imagine what Canadians would say if the tournament was held in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Minsk in consecutive years and won by the Russians each time.If this is to continue to be seen as a legitimate world tournament, the world has to include places other than Canadian cities and American towns near the Canadian border.It may seem that the world juniors are getting bigger. But outside of North America, it may be getting smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 at least the smart ones will recognize the event for what it has become I guess this means Ollie is an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I love watching this tournament. That being said, my facking stomach turned the other day when I heard an add spot saying, and I quote "The Canadian Jr. team holds the hopes and dreams of a nation in their hands." Turned me off, BIGTIME.Bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I love watching this tournament.Me too. End of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I heard you like having your things in the hands of young boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Not before its in the mouth.Self'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 If this keeps up, the world won’t have Latvia to kick around at the World Junior Championship next year. Latvia will almost certainly be relegated for 2011 in Buffalo and replaced by the likes of Chad or Papua New Guinea.Having 10 teams in this tournament is about four too many, but don’t dare tell that to the International Ice Hockey Federation, who knows a cash cow when it sees one. By holding the tournament in Canada or a Canadian border city just about every other year and fabricating a bunch of meaningless games to sell ticket packages is what this is all about.That’s how you get outrageous scores such as the 16-0 pasting Canada put on Latvia in the first game Saturday afternoon. How proud Gabriel Bourque must be knowing that he tied the Canadian record of seven points in a game playing against Jr. B competition.You’re going to have lopsided scores and ridiculous scoring records as long as there are at least eight teams in this tournament. But for my money, the WJC was much more compelling when it was strictly a round-robin format with the team that finished first in the standings winning the gold medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 A round-up of Habs prospects playing in the tournament:FIN- Petteri Simila, G (2009 Draft, Drafted 7th round, 211th overall.)FIN- Joonas Nattinen, RW (2009 Draft, Drafted 3rd round, 65th overall.)RUS- Maxim Trunev, LW (2008 Draft, Drafted 5th round 138th overall.)USA- Danny Kristo, RW (2008 Draft, Drafted 2nd round 56th overall.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 How about that Louis Leblancbluetrouge, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 How about that Louis Leblancbluetrouge, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Feisty game by the Swiss, but clearly outclassed by the Canadians. Good second period so far. More interesting than the Latvian massacre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I LOVE this tournament.GO CANADA! 4-0 and what a hit on Hall just now by the Slovak D man. Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 HO LEE FUCK !! That was a blast of a game last night. We got robbed on that goal being called back, but f 'em ... we still came back and won it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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