Robert Cleave

Shame Helle won't have a chance for an NHL playoff redemption any time soon.

I'm so used to Helle gacking it up in a big spot that I'm legit surprised. I'm kinda glad for him in that way.

And good for Helle. He was his normal self in this tournament.

Ah well.

The Sam Bennett moron effect is never far from the surface.

You're gonna live, Laura.

Not much clean in the slot. If you can't get the puck into the top half of the net Helle is hard to beat.

No, the overall average is fine. I'm a Manitoba lifer and I have no issue seeing this place for what it is in all senses. I'm 100% with you on Ottawa, btw. I've spent just enough time there for work to know I could do without it.

Tier 4 feels right. Tier 2 in summer, barely inhabitable Tier 6 Hoth-scape in winter.

It's just so hard to quit forcing the action and then have to turn it back on. I'm just glad Finland hasn't learned that lesson as of yet, because they had Canada in a ditch and let them out.

That's very close.

Also, as always, prevent defence often prevents you from winning. I know the Finns are sound, but parking the bus doesn't seem to work as well as it did 20 years ago.

That was a good play by Marchand to get out the crease after he was shoved in. If that was an NHL game we all know he would have lingered instead of doing a barrel roll to escape tout de suite.

Hey, sometimes you paint a Rembrandt, sometimes you paint the barn. Reinhart didn't know much about that one, and it doesn't matter at this point.

That's helpful.

I'm getting 2006 vibes.

We might end up looking at this team like we do 2006. That team was pretty slow on the backend and famously left Sid at home. Bedard and Schaefer might have some risk in their game, but they wouldn't look as shot as some of these guys.

Binnington playing is wrong on many levels, but he doesn't have much to do with this deficit. The entire team looks flat.

The best way for the US to win an OT with Helle in net was to not allow a shot. Done.

I always have the same thought when I watch McD: the only people that have ever really stopped him have been in the Oilers' front office.

Nino couldn't finish a great chance? Quelle surprise.

I think we're just old, John.

Tony Eason is having a rough night for the Pats.

The one thing to be noted here beyond the event itself is that it's always worth remembering initial police statements are not necessarily accurate and should be regarded with a degree of caution by the public and media.

Well, it's a good thing Chip and Chevy spent a pile of money to get Toews' leadership in the room. The value of it is on display every night.

Lol. Not sure anything could sum up the Jets' season anymore than the last 5 minutes.

There's no world where an open game favours the slower, less skilled team. Galley must be staying near a good dispensary.

Hellebuyck has the lateral movement of a recycling bin.

Rantanen is a great player, but beating Schenn is playing on easy mode.

He's an insult to anyone who can tie their own shoes.