I think he'll be suspended, but probably not for the entire tournament. Probably two or three games.
Still. Fucking idiot, imho. This was a freaking friendly!

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I see that Nugent-Hopkins is playing, but Ottawa wouldn't let us have Zibanejad.Topper wrote:Other than late, I didn't see much dirty about the hit. I agree though, he should be gone. Not getting a suspension for the Maata hit last year but one game for the spear against the Russian will not work in his favour.
Canada will miss him as he was their most effective forward in the initial two pre tourney games.
As a whole, the Canadians have looked pretty stinky so far. They appear to believe they are a bunch of lockout hold overs who don't need to work for it.
Well they started it...they invaded Poland...Topper wrote: (don't mention the war)
Must be a shell shocked German dressing room...Per wrote:The US beat Germany 8-0!![]()
Should Canada be concerned?
It is definitely a difficult tournament to predict, although I haven't seen any of the B pool games other than highlights.Per wrote:^this^