my retarded analysis is that it was a fastbreak, and the pass/assist was totally on the money, and the jew made a good but standard 1-on-1 shot that was 50/50. seems like the goalie didnt totally fuck up and the jew didnt totally do something amazing, an that pass was really great.

but i dont have a clue. educate me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49688927)

the Canadian, McDavid, tried a one-on-three attack toward the US goal but was dispossessed.

Makar (canadian) was in a relatively defensive position but made a fateful decision to "pinch," meaning he moved forward to cut off the americans and steal the puck back. it's a little like a cornerback going for a pick when the receiver runs a down and out. it's high-risk and high-reward. if the pinch works your team gets another shot in the offensive zone and the opponent is bottled up once again. if it doesn't then potentially the opponents are off and flying. maybe he assumed that if he failed his team mate MacKinnon could play defense.

Makar's pinch failed. [edit: as a poaster noted below, Hughes not only kept possession but also cleverly avoided Makar's attempt at a forecheck that would have taken Hughes out of the play.] all three americans (Werenski, Larkin, and Hughes) and only one canadian defender (MacKinnon) were involved for the next few seconds.

Hughes saw his two team mates on the right side of the ice so he drifted over to the open ice on the left and waited.

the canadian defender, MacKinnon, has been faulted for moving over to play Werenski positionally (cutting off the line to the goal) when MacKinnon should have "played the puck" to break up the play. that strikes me as second guessing to some degree. it's a tough spot to be in -- although admittedly MacKinnon appears to have had a chance to just nudge or slap the puck to disrupt the play and end the threat.

Werenski muscled MacKinnon off the play, pulled back, and fired a pass to Hughes who was positioned and ready. Larkin, the american team mate, initially moved to take the puck from Werenski but then backed off so Werenski could pass.

and notice how the other two Canadians (McDavid and Makar) are rushing back but are too late. Makar is the last to arrive. he must have felt like a cornerback who took a risk and now has to sprint back while watching the opponent score a TD. [edit: pumo below made a good point i hadn't appreciated: Makar was inexcusably slow in getting back. maybe he was hoping that canada would regain the puck and he (Makar) could cherry pick a golden goal, given that all three Americans had committed to the offensive end?]

Hughes' shot is in the 5-hole, meaning between the goalie's knees. when the goalie comes out of the goal to cut down the shooter's angle it's nearly impossible to keep the five hole closed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49688967)

This all started with McDavid trying to be a hero by taking it into the off zone by himself against the 3 Americans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49688980)

look at this view, which proves your point. what the fuck was Makar thinking?

https://x.com/DavidCBets/status/2025782851887575074

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49689063)

https://x.com/DuaneS39/status/2026082804178485568

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49691041)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Goalie-holes.png/500px-Goalie-holes.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49689412)

As for why Canada lost the coach burned out the top line. Way too many minutes. You're supposed to trust your guys. Plenty of depth and talent on Canada, but Cooper just wanted the golden goal to go to one of their most famous players. They were exhausted out there. They probably win if they give a few more shifts to Marner and Suzuki.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690074)

how much is one hockey star responsible for a championship? in baseball, it's hard to fault a star for not winning. in basketball, it's easy to fault a star.

and wtf canada has a guy named suzuki?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690144)

You can definitely argue that McDavid doesn't have a ton of support around him, and he twice ran into a buzzsaw. The Oilers are a bum franchise who were in last place for like 20 years before McDavid showed up. He does have a little help in Draisaitl who is probably a Hall of Famer if for no other reason than that he's the greatest German hockey player of all time. But they've had shitty goaltending. Also the taxes are absurdly high in Canada and the provinces they're all taking above 50 cents on the dollar. Tough in the salary cap era to get free agents to go up there when you can keep 10% more of your salary each year. (Teams from Florida and Nevada have won like 5 out of the last 7 Cups or so)

I think if McDavid played for any American franchise that spends to the cap and cares about winning (sorry Flyers fans) he would have won 2 already imo. He's carrying a load up there. I say this all as a goofy extremist McDavid apologist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690175)

That and peak Orr was at least as dominant as Gretzky, and maybe Lemieux too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690275)

This is a hot take but I think Orr was overrated. I don't even think he was the best player on that team. People vastly overrate the skilled offensive defensemen. Niggaz should get back and defend. Obviously I wasn't alive during the 70s and I know oldmos think he was a genius or whatever. But he lost a lot of Cup finals too for such a "dominant" guy.

Agree Lemieux was unimpeachable as a 1-A to Gretzky but his career was cut short yadda yadda so we'll never know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690282)

Hockey's WAR-equivalent has him with 5 of the top 9 most valuable seasons by a skater by point shares (3 Gretzky seasons and 1 Lemieux making up the rest)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690344)

I guess his defense sucked so he faced 8 billion shots and had a 93 percent save percentage.

I guess the baseball equivalent would be a pitcher with a terrible defense who has an abnormally high BABIP so fangraphs decides it’s not ur fault!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690734)

Also Luongo was a huge douche who never won a Cup. He had a massive ego for a guy who was never really a key factor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690740)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8c47m212Mkk&pp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49689080)

Really though 3v3 is nowhere like actual 5v5 hockey and they shouldn't go to OT in that format.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49689085)

The level of hockey MFEness ITT is a really strong blow against historical claims that xo is 80% non-white.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837533&forum_id=2#49690392)