World Cup of hockey

**jjgold** · 09-18-16, 10:26 AM

Thanks Sasha

Where can I watch this??

Typical hockey stations??

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by Spetsnaz15

Russia should win over Sweden if their defense doesn't crap out, Sweden's offense has been severely downgraded because of injuries.

I totally agree...Russian D is pretty weak on this tourney. Bobrovsky must bring his A-game today against these Swedes.

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

Thanks Sasha

Where can I watch this??

Typical hockey stations??

ESPN, SN, TVA Sports

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 10:44 AM

Projected lineups

Sweden

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Daniel Sedin	Henrik Sedin	Loui Eriksson
Filip Forsberg	Nicklas Backstrom	Patric Hornqvist
Jakob Silfverberg	Marcus Kruger	Carl Hagelin
Gabriel Landeskog	Carl Soderberg	Rickard Rakell

Left Defense	Right Defense
Victor Hedman	Erik Karlsson
Niklas Hjalmarsson	Anton Stralman
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Mattias Ekholm

Goaltenders

Henrik Lundqvist

Jhonas Enroth

Scratched: Mikael Backlund, Hampus Lindholm, Jacob Markstrom

Russia

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Nikita Kucherov	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Alex Ovechkin
Vladimir Tarasenko	Evgeni Malkin	Pavel Datsyuk
Evgenii Dadonov	Vadim Shipachyov	Artemi Panarin
Vladislav Namestnikov	Artem Anisimov	Ivan Telegin

Left Defense	Right Defense
Nikita Zaitsev	Dmitry Orlov
Alexei Emelin	Andrei Markov
Alexey Marchenko	Dmitry Kulikov

Goaltenders

Semyon Varlamov

Sergei Bobrovsky

Scratched: Nikolay Kulemin, Nikita Nesterov, Andrei Vasilevskiy

**jjgold** · 09-18-16, 10:50 AM

Going with Russia

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 10:52 AM

One thing bothers me how the f did telegin get in there, same goes for datsyuk tbh he is too old to play at the very top level. Radulov should have gotten a place instead of them.

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Spetsnaz15

One thing bothers me how the f did telegin get in there, same goes for datsyuk tbh he is too old to play at the very top level. Radulov should have gotten a place instead of them.

I think it's more of a farewell tourney for Datsuyk...agree about Telegin. As for Radulov, I think the last thing we need on this tourney is someone who cannot control his emotions - every penalty could be very costly.

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by Russian Rocket

I think it's more of a farewell tourney for Datsuyk...agree about Telegin. As for Radulov, I think the last thing we need on this tourney is someone who cannot control his emotions - every penalty could be very costly.

Yeah i know Radulov looses his tempers at times, but i just love his style as a player just pure skill. Still remember him playing with the green gloves lmao. Would have liked to se Kovalchuk get in there as well but fear his days of playing for Russia are over.

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by Spetsnaz15

Yeah i know Radulov looses his tempers at times, but i just love his style as a player just pure skill. Still remember him playing with the green gloves lmao. Would have liked to se Kovalchuk get in there as well but fear his days of playing for Russia are over.

Yeah Kovie is done with the national team. The good thing is we have plenty of offensive talent to replace him.

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 01:14 PM

Datsyuk takes Kuznetsov place in the line up, tragic. Datsuyk should be in the 4th line with telegin smh

**Snowball** · 09-18-16, 01:25 PM

Я просто пари, Россия . Удачи нам

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 03:59 PM

Russia is playing like US played against EU. So many skilled players but no effort, Bob is the only player trying for team Russia sadly.

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 04:01 PM

yeah...Sweden is no Team Europe though - lots of high class players. Still need a better effort from the Russians in the 3rd frame.

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by Russian Rocket

yeah...Sweden is no Team Europe though - lots of high class players. Still need a better effort from the Russians in the 3rd frame.

No their not but they should do it much better in the 3rd hopefully. Every time we have a good team and you get a bit hyped and they just fail again and again. Like in sochi... in other words pazorniki

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by Spetsnaz15

No their not but they should do it much better in the 3rd hopefully. Every time we have a good team and you get a bit hyped and they just fail again and again. Like in sochi... in other words pazorniki

v Sochi esli ti pomnish Amerikantsev spaslo tolko to shto nam ne zaschitali gol kogda ih vratar sdvinul vorota spetsialno spinoi

**trytrytry** · 09-18-16, 04:36 PM

was hoping to see a much better game (skipping most NFL watching today to see this but Russia is just been ugly)

**trytrytry** · 09-18-16, 04:45 PM

ok that got good!

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 04:48 PM

Close but no cigar...Russia has a lot of work to do after this game

**Smoothieopath** · 09-18-16, 04:50 PM

Damn, took Russia to score 1 in the third, sweated buckets. Thank you Ovie for the fluke goal

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by Smoothieopath

Damn, took Russia to score 1 in the third, sweated buckets. Thank you Ovie for the fluke goal

nice hit...he almost had that 2nd one too

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by Russian Rocket

nice hit...he almost had that 2nd one too

Now we basically need to win the next too games or its over right?

**Russian Rocket** · 09-18-16, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by Spetsnaz15

Now we basically need to win the next too games or its over right?

pretty much....the top 2 teams move on to next round

**CanuckG** · 09-18-16, 05:31 PM

Gotta like North America tonight..

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by CanuckG

Gotta like North America tonight..

Feel the same way should be able to beat Finland. The amount of future stars in their team is unreal.

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 06:39 PM

Going with North America ml @1.79

**Snowball** · 09-18-16, 06:50 PM

North America (-133)

go.

**Smoothieopath** · 09-18-16, 06:59 PM

Gonna place small bet on North America to win.

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 08:32 PM

Damn NA are impressive, Russia and Sweden will both have a tough time winning against them.

**Smoothieopath** · 09-18-16, 08:39 PM

Team Canada will have a hard time winning against them too, look at the speed and skill, pretty impressive.

**Thrilla** · 09-18-16, 09:09 PM

Early lines are out for North America vs Russia and Sweden which one has the most value......or both?

**Spetsnaz15** · 09-18-16, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by Thrilla

Early lines are out for North America vs Russia and Sweden which one has the most value......or both?

Worth a shot in both games. They play a very fast game and have a SC winning goalie so why not.

**Snowball** · 09-19-16, 09:05 AM

Russia tonight, the price is right... over the North America U23 team.
They delivered for us last night but Russia is not Finland.

btw I've noticed in these games we are better off taking the team
to win in regulation at higher odds, then cover it with a separate
draw bet, than to take them full OT price. It's around 20% better,
the only sacrifice is that if it goes to OT and your team wins,
you don't win; of course this also means you don't lose if they lose
in OT.

**Smoothieopath** · 09-19-16, 09:21 AM

Russia played worse in their first game than Finns did. The only way I see Russia win tonight is if their forwards outperform NA's forwards. Zero hopes on Russia's defense. So might be a highnscoring game.

**Snowball** · 09-19-16, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by Smoothieopath

Russia played worse in their first game than Finns did. The only way I see Russia win tonight is if their forwards outperform NA's forwards. Zero hopes on Russia's defense. So might be a highnscoring game.

The Swedish team played fantastic defense, they have the bodies and smarts to do that.
Russia could have been given that goal at the end. It hit a stick.

North America Age 23 and Under players are fast, but they are hodgepodge unit, not a real team..
sure, we won with them last night against Finland, but Finland is not Russia !
The Russian team is more mature, I'll take the fully developed guys in their prime over
the youngsters, especially on the defensive side. The challenges Russia faced against
Sweden offensively will not exist tonight. Russia can win by more than 1 goal, I'm on
a bite of that also

**Russian Rocket** · 09-19-16, 09:31 AM

It's do or die for Russia today...I like this bet Snowballer