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Must be your Phil Housley-colored glasses that make you think that. I'm just not ready to proclaim him a good coach and to be so sure of it that I want to hit people over the head with it, like you.

What pot shots? I've been taking pot shots at you, if anyone. Jeez, I'm sorry I ever questioned any decision made by The Infallible One. Please forgive me.

Nice post. All I was doing was pointing out that we are doing what people always do which is to give too much credit or blame to the coach. It's up to the players to play well and develop chemistry and make saves and score goals. You're the one that came to rub it in people's faces and make idiotic jokes about dead dogs because Team USA is playing well, now. Real nice.

No it was more a success for Phil Housley. That guy's such a genius, man. Next Scotty Bowman. you heard it here first.

His players are making him look very smart, indeed. They were making him look dumb after we lost two games in pool play and our top line was invisible for the first 3 games of the tournament. If we lose tomorrow, maybe we will change our opinion of him again.

Remember when Canadians freaked out because Seth Jones dared to say that we were the team to beat?

Goal Canada. but why did the whistle blow before the goal? There goes that whole "intent to blow the whistle" rule.

Rocco's been better since he got off that line, as well. Chemistry is a funny thing. I think the whole team has gotten better as this tournament has progressed.

Canada has come back from more goals than this. "Play your game" - Herb Brooks

OMG 4-0 USA Jim Vesey Subban out.

Schieffle's a diver

Gadreau! At the end of a long shift. He just about came off right before he scored that one.

There were a lot of Eurpoean fans saying how it's actually kind of a fun tradition for them to get up early for this tournament when it's in North America. Because a lot of Canadians were complaining about the early start times, this year. I have to say, I agree with the Swedes and Finns.

Rocco with a boneheaded pass. Led to a good chance for Canada at the end of the period.

McCabe from Grimaldi 2-0 USA

1-0 USA. McCabe edit: Biggs just took a shot when Grimaldi was wide open about three feet away. Looked like it woulda been a tap in goal for sure for Rocco.

Welp, here goes nothin'. I hope Housley has them prepared for this one.

Yeah. And I think he only had 3 or 4 shifts in the first half of the game.

Grimaldi looked really good today. He got more and more ice time as the game went on. He was flying out there and he made some nice passes and took care of the puck. Everybody looked good today. Same time tomorrow we play Canada for a ticket to the gold medal game. Final was 7-0 USA, Gadreau was the PotG with a hat trick.

Blais also won a gold medal on Canadian soil a couple years back. That's probably not relevant to the point you were trying to make.......

Most passes are predictable. If Malcolm Subban can predict what the other team is about to do, he will almost always be able to stop them. Shots and rebounds are less predictable and they force the other team to react (and hopefully overreact). I just feel like, in my years of watching hockey, the vast majority of goals aren't pretty goals. They are deflections, screens, and rebounds, mainly. There are a lot of pretty odd-man rush goals, but that's totally different than setting up in the offensive zone and looking for the perfect shot for 5 minutes, while the other team stands there and watches.

Yeah, you know me so well, friend. Tell me more about what I would do in that situation. I'm curious. Actually, I would want one of my most dynamic players to get their game going, whether it's Rocco Grimaldi this year or Kyle Rau last year, and this game was a perfect opportunity for that.

Get him back to Grand Forks if Phil doesn't know how to use him.

He didn't look that great when that Russian walked around him and scored the game-winning goal the other day. I said I think he will be a great player, but you can't deny that he has had defensive lapses at really bad times. And I can't fault a UND fan for thinking that he would've been better served coming here. UND is known for producing defensively responsible pros. Just my take.