Tompa wroteI missed the game but as always, Canadian depth is incredible - especially at junior. It's gonna be nice to see Sweden with another good team this year, generally our junior teams are really weak but we've got a pretty nice selection of juniors this time. But winning against Canada at home on NA sized rinks will be challenging to say the least.Oh well, if Canada wins I can sleep well knowing Hickey and Teubert both are Kings property 😉
It was a good game that's for sure. The Swedes really tried to keep up with the Canadians in the physical department, which was surprising but made for enjoyable hockey. We will probably meet in the finals, which should be good.
Who would of thought that the Leafs would beat Pittsburgh and score 7 goals at the same time. Wow. Toskala played alright, good enough seeing as how for several minutes at a time throughout the game he didn't face any shots. And of course Jeremy Williams scored again, almost had his first career 2 goal game but a post and a blocked shot thwarted those plans.
Anyway, we need to stop winning. We should not be a .500 hockey team. We should be like 5 games below, over-achieving is fun but as soon as the holiday roster freeze is over watch Burkie blow this team up.
Oh, and seeing Ottawa cheer with their win over Dallas was funny. They were cheering like they won the stanley cup. I guess when you were in the finals 2 years ago and are now one of the worst teams in the league, you need something to be happy about about.