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I’m not, that’s what has me placing the goal as high as I am tbh, as manufactured as a lot of that controversy was. I think I just ranked it 5th - not bad for a tournament that was a non entity almost no matter who you asked, 2 weeks ago

You are focusing too much on USA specifically. Canada was coming off a loss in 2006 in Turin, we had to re-prove against everyone. Canada won the most recent best on best headed into 4 nations look, if this was the biggest goal ever for you - all power to you. It was great, the tournament was really fun. Me thinks we are starting to conflate the 4 nations coming in well ahead of expectations with being the Olympics. Maybe the 4 nations becomes the premiere tournament one day, but it has a long ways to go. It may never be played again. Again, it was only 4 teams. That alone gives the Olympics a level of prestige let’s see in 15 years if it’s still being talked about as the biggest ever

You can call it bigger than Hendersons if you want, too: you’d still be wrong. You are in the vast, VAST minority. Crosby’s is considered bigger, but you don’t agree personally. That’s ok! you literally can’t find polling online that doesn’t have the Sid goal vastly ahead

It’s not. Sorry Big goal though!

No not really tbh Ya that Hasek one was agonizing. Best player in the world at that time

3 most legendary goals in Canadian international hockey history are, in no particular order: Henderson Lemieux Crosby imo the Golden Goal has somehow incredibly found a way to eclipse the Mario goal in standing…also imo Henderson goal can’t be topped, I and most would have that 1 I’d say …I don’t think this is too heavily biased. I mean I lived through Salt Lake too as a kid and it was huge and felt huge but there was no moment as defining as Sid’s goal. World Cup 2004.. I think there’s another couple world cups.. Eberle has a pretty big WJC goal. McDavid is somewhere mixed in here. I’d have Sakic’s goal a bit ahead though I think. Just the nature of it being the Olympics. It’ll be way more memorable than anything else though I bet due to it being McDavid Sid has become associated with Canada on the national stage probably now more than anyone else

Ahhh I see what you are saying. Ya he’s incredible, the very uncommon case of a player so grand in stature he literally does elevate the play of everyone on the team to a man

I am Canadian, dude. We don’t think it’s as big Almost no one does. You totally can - but you have to have some awareness for the conversation. Just go read - it’s not being counted as akin to 2010 It still feels big! But people literally do put the Golden Goal up there with Henderson

It’s not that he isn’t bad if you want to win the cup. It’s that we have proof he’s good enough to be your best player when you win the cup “I’m so sad we had to settle for a guy capable of leading the Stanley cup playoffs in points while playing a dominant 2 way game”

Great win, doesn’t sniff 2010 You are thinking of Iginla

An awesome player? lol McDavid scored because Eichel, who shut him down all game, was replaced with Matthews what a sad takeaway. probably what our organization thought too, right? Haha - - - Binnington was incredible yesterday. What an awesome performance, game was incredibly fun. I’d have given him player of the game. And Sid player of the tournament. Their heartbeat. Championship belt is still ours. Absolutely

lmfao. I’m sorry, Baker feeling a bit seen? Dude is full value for every bit of grief I give him. Incapable of even *seeing* flaw in a sabres prospect. A disingenuous company salesman

Oftentimes defensive talent gets developed and rounded out at the nhl level: these guys are generally the offensive superstars in junior etc so there’s always been merit to that idea that these guys would see their defensive acumen develop on the big club the reason why it’s functional for a player to learn on the job in this way is because a team will generally carefully integrate young players to a stable, veteran environment another course of action a team may take is to instead simply flood and overwhelm the roster with these types of players, every year, and claim they are all learning to play defence at once. This strategy works well because it perpetuates it’s own reality moving forward allowing for maximum job security Pros/cons Exactly

Been harping on this for ages whenever someone says “we are loaded on talent, what’s missing?”

Dude you know I sail this ship with you but you need to pick the right guys. Some are interchangeable and some aren’t: Dahlin is in the Eichel Reinhart mold of very capably being one of THE guys on a perennial cup winner