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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FDP Mike" data-source="post: 65446" data-attributes="member: 325">Hey, tryin' to stir the pot!?!?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Nobody is giving Canada the game -- least of all, I suspect, the guys Team Canada.Finland did beat Russia in the round robin.Hurme's an excellent young goalie, and Selanne appears to have found his stride in the tournament.Finland always plays Canada extremely tough.Whatever the case, I imagine that both teams will really go for it precisely because Belarus appears to have opened something of a door to the gold medal game.  Should be an exciting game!I will say this, though: Canada has yet to play its best game, and the team has been steadily improving and gelling -- and the mood among the players seems to have solidified into one of determination and common purpose.  Also, Brodeur is, um, not Salo -- couple of Stanley Cups will do that fer ya!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Say, "d20 Hockey" anyone?  I can see it now: Sense Motive and Bluff become key skills; a whole new set of feats, though perhaps Power Attack definitely stays; different sorts of armor for the goalies and players; critical hits could cause injuries ("Oh, sorry, you're out for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle!").  Only, how would one work penalties?  Hmm . . . .</blockquote>

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