Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:24 PM | 8 comments |
 

Clarke confident about Team Canada
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Former Flyers general manager Bob Clarke talked about Team Canada's chances in Olympic hockey on Wednesdasy morning at the Flyers' training facility in Voorhees, N.J.

Q: Can you talk about Canada’s loss to USA?

“The loss to the U.S. just caused Canada to play one extra game against a better opponent. I think when you are in a one-loss knockout there shouldn’t be a favorite anyway, even though the Canadians were considered the favorite. There are five or six teams who could easily win it.”

Q: Do you think Canada’s loss to USA hurt their confidence?

“I don’t think the loss bothers them a bit. I think they kind of blamed their goalie. They took Brodeur out and are going to play Luongo now. That took the heat off the rest of the team.”

Q: How do you think Canada will finish this tournament?

“I think they still have a good as chance as anybody else to get a gold medal. It never was a sure thing. But I think they are a terrific team and I think they will get a medal, for sure and I hope the gold.”
 
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:24 PM, 02/24/2010
    he's been hit in his coconut too much...
    — mightyonk
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:36 PM, 02/24/2010
    One thing is for sure Bob, nothing is for sure. Canada vs Russia is going to be amazing, and he's right, there are 5 or 6 teams that could win this just as easily as any other. Pronger needs to knock the rest of Ovechkin's teeth out, at least then he'll be contributing something !
    — TheGriz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:40 PM, 02/24/2010
    Germany is better than the US. What? I always love the foreigners that stay loyal to the country they we born in. I would have to say he has spent more time in the USA over his entire life. Go home Clarke. Ops that is in the USA.
    — FlyersFan64
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:56 PM, 02/24/2010
    Poor Clarkie, This is a prime example of what chronic wacky weed use will do to your judgment. Q
    — quigly46
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:27 PM, 02/24/2010
    hes right, the US shouldn't of won that game. it was marty's fault. and i do think the US and Canada will win a medal. I think US and can play again before the gold round. count it.
    — azguz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:44 PM, 02/24/2010
    Watch out Canada is coming......hear the footsteps.....vengeance is always sweet.
    — St.Patrick33
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:35 AM, 02/25/2010
    You people who get on Clarkie's case forget who you're talking about. Bobby Clarke was the GREATEST player ever to wear a Flyer uniform. That isn't saying he was the most skilled because he wasn't but he still was the GREATEST!! Did he make some mistakes as a GM? Yes he did but so did alot of other GMs who where thought to be great. As a GM the worse thing that happened to him was Eric Lindros. He never recovered from the way the player he drafted developed or the way his career in Philadelphia played out. But he made the big move and did what he thought was the right thing at the time. He had no reason to think that when he drafted Eric his mother and father came along in the package. If his parents had left him alone he would have developed into a much greater Flyer.
    — Doubtful
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:03 AM, 02/26/2010
    Right on the money, Clarkie. Team Canada is starting to gel. The Russians never knew what hit 'em. Bobby Clarke was one of the greatest Canadian hockey captains and leaders for over 10 years. Gretzky says he learned to set up office behind the net from watching #16. That's pretty high praise. Bring on the gold - GO CANADA GO!!!
    — jmanship16


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SAM DONNELLON's career began in Biddeford, Me., in 1981, and has included stops in Wilkes-Barre, Norfolk, and New York, where he worked as a national writer for the short-lived but highly acclaimed National Sports Daily. He has received state and national awards at each stop and since joining the Daily News in 1992 has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors, the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Associated Press Managing Editors of Pennsylvania and the Keystone Awards. He and his wife have raised three fine children, none of whom are even the least bit impressed with the above. Sam is veteran of Olympics coverage for the Daily News, including the Games in Sydney and Turin, among others.

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