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Phaneuf may have signed an extension.

shabbs wrote:Slovakia up 3-0 in the 1st over Germany.

How impressive is that 7-2 win over Germany now that Slovakia smoked them 9-2?

Dupuis might miss the rest of the season...

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/bylsma-dupuis-could-miss-rest-of-the-season/

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:Slovakia up 3-0 in the 1st over Germany.

How impressive is that 7-2 win over Germany now that Slovakia smoked them 9-2?

Not very, which is what I think a lot of people have been saying. We shall see...

tim1_2 wrote:Phaneuf may have signed an extension.

And Leaf Nation struggles with whether they are happy or sad...

#drama

shabbs wrote:Or "EK or Subban"....

EK or PK. FTW!

shabbs wrote:

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:Slovakia up 3-0 in the 1st over Germany.

How impressive is that 7-2 win over Germany now that Slovakia smoked them 9-2?

Not very, which is what I think a lot of people have been saying. We shall see...

This is what *I* said, and the response was "They won 7-2 why are you complaining?"

Looks like Pooneuf's deal will be a 7x7. As per The Dreger:

"Aside from a couple of details, Phaneuf and the Leafs are very close on a 7 year, $7 mil per contract extension. Term was key."

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/416918294512148480

Canada / Czech today at 11:30am ET.

http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=439865

Paterson goes for Canada.

shabbs wrote:Canada / Czech today at 11:30am ET.

http://www.tsn.ca/world_jrs/story/?id=439865

Paterson goes for Canada.

I thought the game is at 11. At least that's when coverage starts.

Big test for Canada. Not that I expect this to be a tough game, but they need to play well and win in a convincing fashion.

Coverage starts at 11am. Puck drops at 11:30am.

I am very happy to see Dion Phenough staying in Toronto for 7 more years at $7M per. It's just too bad the cap will go up a lot, meaning Toronto won't be punished enough for signing another bad contract.

Good deal for the leafs with the cap going up so much.

apparently steen is out with a concussion that started out with a hit from Z Smith.

Plutnar. Oh my. Lost his mind.

McDavid. Troll supreme.

I'd be surprised if the Canadian Jrs get a medal at this point. Here's some thoughts after watching the game today...starting with the positive:

- Lazar's pretty great. He's playing on the 3rd line for the Juniors, and not getting any PP time. That said, I watched him throw 4 hits in one shift, and then backcheck hard the next, breaking up a scoring opportunity. Then he was instrumental in the 3rd goal for Canada, which was short-handed. Lazar gets a lot of PK time. Sutter started using Lazar more in the 3rd and OT as he realized that Lazar was one of the few Canadian players going at 100%.

- Sutter's a dummy. After McDavid took a couple bad penalties, Sutter benched him for most of the 3rd and OT. Then he picks McDavid in the shootout after the kid hadn't played in close to an hour.

- Our goaltending sucks. Paterson was pretty terrible. For this reason alone, I see us having a tough time getting a medal.

- Sutter was dumb again. Hey, this Dumba kid has the flu and is obviously dead tired...let's play him a ton!

They looked sloppy, weak on the puck. Tough loss but not surprising. We knew this wold be a tough tourney due to their youth.

Why didn't lazar or horvat shoot?