[911nut]

Originally Posted by cmccuist

The worst take I've heard about this match and tournament - and it's been repeated by many - is that the US would've been blown out without Miller. Please. And the Oilers would've sucked w/o Gretzky back in the day. And the Bulls would'nt have made the playoffs without Jordan and Nicklaus wouldn't have won all those tournaments if he wasn't Jack freekin' Nicklaus.


But the gold medal game was a power play goal away from causing a soverign, hockey-loving nation to commit collective suicide!!! Great win Canada! But you HAD to have it. The US didn't back down and were your equals until that gimmicky 4 on 4 overtime.

Great tournament. I really enjoyed almost all of it!

+1
As I recall, Miller didn't score any goals. He needed the rest of the team for that.
If the O.T. was 5 on 5 there might have been a different outcome.
As for Crosby, well there isn't anything he can do to rehabilitate his image in the Detroit area. I have it on good authority that he was not held in the highest regard by his peers as he came up through youth hockey. Big surprise there!
Having play the game most of my life, my feeling is that while Canada invented the game, it really belongs to all of us who have come to love it. Kind of makes us all part Canadian. I know that when I meet Canadians I immediately talk to them about hockey (for the southern Ontario Canadians the opening question is : Red Wings or Leafs? Seems to be a 50/50 split).