Comments on: Thoughts from snowed in Roselle Park: USA vs Finland, Olympic Semi-Finals! http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/ We're just a bunch of knuckleheads dishing the dirt about our favorite team. With rants and musings galore, get ready for in-your-face writing with a hint of sarcasm and a healthy dose of humor. Add two gallons Kool-Aid and enjoy! PS: We're totally awesome. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Mackie http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30879 Scott Mackie Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:56:17 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30879 Yay, people agree with me on the Raf-theory! And I do agree with Mike here... I thought that game was gonna be a bitch, but when Kipper had that oopsie (and by the way if you look at it again, WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT FINN DEFENSEMAN DOING on that play??).... the Finns packed their tents in and QUIT right there... hell they almost did again in the Bronze game, but I was happy to see them come back and win, more so if it really is Selanne's last Olympic appearance, then I'm glad he left with some hardware too.... all that aside, bring on the main event at 3 today, and hopefully a madhouse at he Sun Tavern!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30879','Scott Mackie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30879','Scott Mackie','Yay, people agree with me on the Raf-theory!\r\n\r\nAnd I do agree with Mike here... I thought that game was gonna be a bitch, but when Kipper had that oopsie (and by the way if you look at it again, WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT FINN DEFENSEMAN DOING on that play??).... the Finns packed their tents in and QUIT right there...\r\n\r\nhell they almost did again in the Bronze game, but I was happy to see them come back and win, more so if it really is Selanne\'s last Olympic appearance, then I\'m glad he left with some hardware too....\r\n\r\nall that aside, bring on the main event at 3 today, and hopefully a madhouse at he Sun Tavern!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yay, people agree with me on the Raf-theory!

And I do agree with Mike here… I thought that game was gonna be a bitch, but when Kipper had that oopsie (and by the way if you look at it again, WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT FINN DEFENSEMAN DOING on that play??)…. the Finns packed their tents in and QUIT right there…

hell they almost did again in the Bronze game, but I was happy to see them come back and win, more so if it really is Selanne’s last Olympic appearance, then I’m glad he left with some hardware too….

all that aside, bring on the main event at 3 today, and hopefully a madhouse at he Sun Tavern!

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]]> By: East Coast Mike http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30878 East Coast Mike Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:17:46 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30878 I thought we would win, but also thought it would be a difficult match. Instead, we ended it in the first period, and all the drunk idiots could do in Vancouver was chant "THOOOOOOOOOOMASSSSSSSSSSSSS" after he let up that one goal. Ah well, I'd rather have Ryan Miller healthy, and goal differential doesn't mean squat now, so no big loss. Funny thing is, after Canada won last night, I said on a website I moderate that the USA and Canada would "face each other as God intended". (You should know where that comes from Scott) And now EVERYONE is running with it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30878','East Coast Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30878','East Coast Mike','I thought we would win, but also thought it would be a difficult match. Instead, we ended it in the first period, and all the drunk idiots could do in Vancouver was chant \"THOOOOOOOOOOMASSSSSSSSSSSSS\" after he let up that one goal. Ah well, I\'d rather have Ryan Miller healthy, and goal differential doesn\'t mean squat now, so no big loss.\r\n\r\nFunny thing is, after Canada won last night, I said on a website I moderate that the USA and Canada would \"face each other as God intended\". (You should know where that comes from Scott) And now EVERYONE is running with it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I thought we would win, but also thought it would be a difficult match. Instead, we ended it in the first period, and all the drunk idiots could do in Vancouver was chant “THOOOOOOOOOOMASSSSSSSSSSSSS” after he let up that one goal. Ah well, I’d rather have Ryan Miller healthy, and goal differential doesn’t mean squat now, so no big loss.

Funny thing is, after Canada won last night, I said on a website I moderate that the USA and Canada would “face each other as God intended”. (You should know where that comes from Scott) And now EVERYONE is running with it.

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]]> By: mouse http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30873 mouse Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:07:46 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30873 On Rafa -- he's more of a specialist. One of the best scoring d-men in the game, but flawed as a pure stopper, and right now, the Devils problem is stopping other teams from getting quality chances. I know he's not really necessary, and I know it'll never happen, but I'd love to see Kessel play with the Devils. Him and Zach together? The energy they could bring would be insane.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30873','mouse'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30873','mouse','On Rafa -- he\'s more of a specialist. One of the best scoring d-men in the game, but flawed as a pure stopper, and right now, the Devils problem is stopping other teams from getting quality chances.\r\n\r\nI know he\'s not really necessary, and I know it\'ll never happen, but I\'d love to see Kessel play with the Devils. Him and Zach together? The energy they could bring would be insane.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> On Rafa — he’s more of a specialist. One of the best scoring d-men in the game, but flawed as a pure stopper, and right now, the Devils problem is stopping other teams from getting quality chances.

I know he’s not really necessary, and I know it’ll never happen, but I’d love to see Kessel play with the Devils. Him and Zach together? The energy they could bring would be insane.

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]]> By: Aaron http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30872 Aaron Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:12:37 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30872 He seems to have much better vision of the ice and has exactly what the Devils are missing - the ability to get the puck to the net from the point. His deflectable wrist shot is nothing to shrug at either. Maybe the return of Martin (he's still alive, right?) or a fire under Andy Greene's butt will bring that back to the team.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30872','Aaron'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30872','Aaron','He seems to have much better vision of the ice and has exactly what the Devils are missing - the ability to get the puck to the net from the point. His deflectable wrist shot is nothing to shrug at either. Maybe the return of Martin (he\'s still alive, right?) or a fire under Andy Greene\'s butt will bring that back to the team.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> He seems to have much better vision of the ice and has exactly what the Devils are missing – the ability to get the puck to the net from the point. His deflectable wrist shot is nothing to shrug at either. Maybe the return of Martin (he’s still alive, right?) or a fire under Andy Greene’s butt will bring that back to the team.
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]]> By: Scott Mackie http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30871 Scott Mackie Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:11:37 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30871 Here's the thing with Rafalski.. he's a GREAT number 2, and he's played number two to Stevens and Lidstrom... they're kinda good :p But when you put him in the number one spot his flaws and weaknesses get exposed big time... this type of short tourney doesn't provide that kinda exposing either... I'm kinda dreaming with Stastny with Parise now :p<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30871','Scott Mackie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30871','Scott Mackie','Here\'s the thing with Rafalski.. he\'s a GREAT number 2, and he\'s played number two to Stevens and Lidstrom... they\'re kinda good :p\r\n\r\nBut when you put him in the number one spot his flaws and weaknesses get exposed big time... this type of short tourney doesn\'t provide that kinda exposing either... I\'m kinda dreaming with Stastny with Parise now :p'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Here’s the thing with Rafalski.. he’s a GREAT number 2, and he’s played number two to Stevens and Lidstrom… they’re kinda good :p

But when you put him in the number one spot his flaws and weaknesses get exposed big time… this type of short tourney doesn’t provide that kinda exposing either… I’m kinda dreaming with Stastny with Parise now :p

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]]> By: Aaron http://www.2manadvantage.com/2010/02/26/thoughts-from-snowed-in-roselle-park-usa-vs-finland-olympic-semi-finals/comment-page-1/#comment-30870 Aaron Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:05:42 +0000 http://www.2manadvantage.com/?p=2841#comment-30870 I have an unhealthy relationship with Brian Rafalski. When he's around, I want him gone. When he's with someone else, I say I don't care, but I do. And when he tentatively comes back, I want him to stay forever. Here's hoping for a trade with Detroit.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('30870','Aaron'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('30870','Aaron','I have an unhealthy relationship with Brian Rafalski. When he\'s around, I want him gone. When he\'s with someone else, I say I don\'t care, but I do. And when he tentatively comes back, I want him to stay forever. Here\'s hoping for a trade with Detroit.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have an unhealthy relationship with Brian Rafalski. When he’s around, I want him gone. When he’s with someone else, I say I don’t care, but I do. And when he tentatively comes back, I want him to stay forever. Here’s hoping for a trade with Detroit.
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