Between this and nathan missing an open goal. Canada should lose and hellabuck should be given a national medal

>we can't call him >hellasuck anymore

>>153669738
Hellebuyck's problem has always been getting overplayed. His best playoff year was 2021 when he only had to deal with a 56 game schedule. Having a tournament in the middle of the season is the best possible thing for him

>>153669678
It kind of is

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>>153669930

1993
2014
kek

>>153669678
turns out shounen sports animus are real wtf

no they are not

Divegrass could never

>>153671087
Are you calling me a liar?

>>153669715
boy do i have good news for you

>>153669678
It's almost at the level of Salos in 94

>>153669678
it takes a miracle for usa's men to win

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>>153674699
We needed a hero, not a miracle

>>153676700
did any of the other goalies get to play in the olympic games at all? bro hogged the entire medal match!

>>153669678
was it gamechanging in that it greatly affected the match results? yes
but like bro was just flailing? I've seen the clip and feel like anyone would've done the same thing and it being blocked was just how the dice turned out

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>>153674699
and yet mcdavid wins mvp in the face of a miracleworker curious

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>>153678141
iunno I was never a hockey goalie, but players should generally keep their eye on the ball (puck)
if it was intentional then yeah that's sick, but the puck literally glances off below the stick so it going so far laterally seems more likely to be luck (imo it being intentional at that speed and distance would be like intentionally bunting a 100mph fastball to a called location on the infield; inhuman precision, but more likely a fluke)

>>153678283
He is trained to put down the stick to try and deflect. Whether he blocked by luck or by skill isn't worth discussion, because he instinctively knew to put the stick down and it worked.

And hockey players do know pucks get deflected in such ways for the record. You will often see opposing players sitting in front of the enemies net with their stick down, they create a ramp with with hockey stick for the puck to launch over.

With all that being said, FRICK hallybeyruek, he met the orange man, he can't be a hero with no morals

>>153678323
yeah that much better expresses my feeling, the puck being blocked seemed lucky but checking Toews stick that was positioned being the intent
I probably kneejerked from all the "godlike career-defining save that will be his only legacy" sentiment out there when he was just trying his best at what he was drilled to do and it worked out

>>153678369
good lad

>>153673776
leave the memories alone

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>>153669678
god this has been the best week ever

>>153678369
>he was just trying his best at what he was drilled to do and it worked out
you could say this for literally any historic sports moment. Idk why you’re so intent on diminishing the significance of it. It was an amazing save in probably the biggest game of his life. Why is that hard to comprehend lol?

>>153678283
>iunno
Why do anons post this?

>>153681956
Low IQ niggerculture brainwashing or is in fact a nigger himself

>>153681705
nah, not diminishing the significance of the event, but determining whether to attribute said significance to the player or circumstance, which >>153678323
helped clarify
"why?"
well perhaps if it was truly totally intentional I might follow his career with great interest. If not, then "yay we won", next match. This is a sport forum, no?
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>>153681993
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=iunno
hello internet newfriends, hopefully typing in URLs wasn't too challenging to learn how to do

>>153683296
>perhaps if it was truly totally intentional
>implying he just put his stick behind him in an unnatural position circumstantially
Are you retarded?

>>153683350
You ever been killed irl before?

>>153683350
ah, I see what's going on. This entire discussion when I refer to the act being "intentional", I mean the RESULT of the block being intentional
he put his stick behind him to ATTEMPT a block via stick contact, hence "him doing his best" (and it worked out)
it's the difference in perception of a guy calling a homerun then walking up to plate and actually doing it, yet internet sentiment is making it seem as if that was what he did

>>153683435
If you “intend” to do something and then it happens what would you call that? Did he just put the stick there for fun? He’s a fucking goalie ofc he was “intending” to block the shot. This is some high level autism I’m dealing with even for this site.

>>153685414
say in a scuffle on a sidewalk someone kicks the other's leg as to have him lose balance. He falls to the ground, and his phone is loosed from his backpocket and is crushed in the road by a passing car. Did party one intend to have the phone destroyed?
he intended to check the stick, but was the puck not scoring an event totally under his control as implied in posts like >>153678141? This is the crux of my question.
the distinction seems like autism to you (it is), but the answer makes a difference.
my point is, then from now on, I can expect him to make more similarly impressive saves? Because the internet is saying so

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The most kino kind of save for sure. The moment does a lot but watch leafs say it was lucky until the end of time.

>>153685597
this was a fun series despite only going 5

>>153678130
>>153678141
can someone post the clip I didn't watch this

>>153695002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhg-wKVSBs

>>153695043
Kek shitters

>>153695103
>video not available in your country

Retarded proxyfag

>>153697797
lol

>>153697797
I had to switch to US to see it
>he thinks I pay for a pass

>>153669678
could anyone see it on TV though?

>>153710397
they replay epic shots in slow mo usually right after it happens

>>153669678
Somebody needs to make an anime of this moment

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>>153697797
https://youtube.com/shorts/YiXTTBxknnM?si=53KPXLDtf-480Bb-

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GOAT