IIHF: Canada vs Latvia - 10:15am EST - Thu. May 7th, 2009

Lombardi scores for Canada!

Canada up 4-2.

Lombardi scores a FANTASTIC goal.

wow the quick scoring continues, lock it down though canada

Im not saying it is, doesnt mean that Canada is the team to beat in this tournament. Again, Canada better step it up or they wont even be in the finals.

Neely4Life wrote:Like Cash said, the team is lead by Heatley and Spezza... with 19 year olds following their lead... IF they win this tournament is will be based simply on the fact the PP was the best in the tournament which I give all the credit to Weber there as well.

That's just...annoying. Call it what you want, but Spezza and Heatley have dominated on the PP. Can someone else step up 5 on 5, or should they do it all? Where's the rest of the team? Do they get a free pass, or does Zajac, Horcoff, Fisher, Doan etc., do they just all suck? Cause it's pretty obvious this is the Heatley/St.Louis/Stamkos/Spezza show. No one else is doing a Diddle thing.

Bah.

This team is a shadow of what the team will look like in 2010...

Lambardi just did step up 5 on 5.

'Bout bloody time someone other than those 4 did something. Seriously.

Phillips to the sin-bin....

4-on-3 for a bit here...

shabbs wrote:This team is a shadow of what the team will look like in 2010...

For sure it is. This is a good tournament for Doughty, Schenn, and Stamkos. Give them some international expierence with guys that have been there before kinda think like Heatley, St Louis, Fisher, Weber, and Phillips.

This is a joke of a tournament for the most part anyways and no matter who wins, it should be taken with a huge grain of salt. That being said there should be no excuses why Canada doesnt win.

Means way more to the Europeans than anything else though.

504Heater wrote:'Bout bloody time someone other than those 4 did something. Seriously.

Ummm Weber, Hamuis? Weber is the teams leading scorer dude.

That whole PP is based on Weber.

Neely4Life wrote:
Ummm Weber, Hamuis? Weber is the teams leading scorer dude.

That's D, we seem to be constantly talking about Spezza and Heatley. Where are the rest of these guys?

Doesn't matter anyway, this team isn't going to Vancouver. Maybe 4 of them if they're lucky.

Neely4Life wrote:That whole PP is based on Weber.

Well, no it's not obviously. Weber and Heatley continuously move guys around by passing back and forth, spreading out the D. Then you have an option beside the net in Spezza and a guy planted in the slot. Not to mention Hamhuis.

Im not "constantly" talking about those 2. I simply commented on Cash's comment by saying they have been awful 5 on 5 and are on for the entire PP padding stats against the weaker teams. What about that isnt true?

504Heater wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:That whole PP is based on Weber.

Well, no it's not obviously. Weber and Heatley continuously move guys around by passing back and forth, spreading out the D. Then you have an option beside the net in Spezza and a guy planted in the slot. Not to mention Hamhuis.

Take Weber off that PP and I would be willing to bet that their PP% goes down by almost 1/2.

I think people under estimate just what a HUGE shot like Weber's from the point brings to a PP. I dont think this was Weber's coming out party because people should know the name by now, but he has been this teams MVP, best D man, and best offensive weapon.

Neely4Life wrote:Im not "constantly" talking about those 2. I simply commented on Cash's comment by saying they have been awful 5 on 5 and are on for the entire PP padding stats against the weaker teams. What about that isnt true?

Your smarter than that. You know without Heatley and Spezza on the PP Canada would be out by now. Give credit where it's due.

Weber's the QB of the PP, but Spezza - and more specifically Heatley make teams fear taking penalties. If those three can't do it 5 on 5, it's the job of the team to give them a bit of a hand.