Mikael Granlund: Great goal or greatest goal?

[Lee]

http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip466646#clip466646[/youtube]

[Lee]

My attempts to trick the system into youtube embedding a TSN video did not work, so http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip466646#clip466646.

[Nick]

Intense to say the least. Most highlight-worthy goal I've seen since B.Ryan danced about.

[Shep]

Wow.. I should not have traded him!

[shooker]

The day I was going to try to get him back this happens lol. Scratch that I am not paying for one goal lol no matter how much I like granlund.

Love that granlund did this to the russians though. goo finland!

[Nick]

Bryan isn't sharing a myth, telling a tale or spinning a story; he really was thinking of an offer for Granlund the past 2 days. Then this happened.

[MSP4LYFE]

That is retarded...

[214_Stars]

he's painting a target on his back pulling flash...but he will become the King of YouTube with goals doing it.

[shooker]

he's painting a target on his back pulling flash...but he will become the King of YouTube with goals doing it.

granlund usually isnt the showboat type, he just has the skill to do it. I actually have zero issues with this goal and dont feel its showboating. It was a 0-0 game, if this was a 5-0 game then it would be extreme. 0-0 anything goes imo

[Nick]

Still painting a target on your back when you pull non-traditional-hockey moves like that

[kyuss]

he's painting a target on his back pulling flash...but he will become the King of YouTube with goals doing it.

granlund usually isnt the showboat type, he just has the skill to do it. I actually have zero issues with this goal and dont feel its showboating. It was a 0-0 game, if this was a 5-0 game then it would be extreme. 0-0 anything goes imo

agree 100%.

[Robin Hood]

holy fuck. the only reason i'd say its not goal of the year is the lack of tight checking in these games compared to the nhl. but holy fuck it takes talent, creativity and execution at the right time to pull that off.

[anton]

not better than eberle or ryan but really slick to watch

[Monk]

greatest goal? definitely no

great goal? sure

although he had impeccable timing and he pulled off that move on the go with almost no time, i dont think it's quite enough to be the greatest

[KapG]

such a filthy goal. Certainly a jaw dropper.

[Chuck Norris]

Its been done before...nothing new. Nice goal but old move.

[Shep]

Its been done before...nothing new. Nice goal but old move.

I hate when people say this. It really hasn't been done before. Both Crosby and Legg had time to stop and set this goal up. Granlund did it mid-stride, without stopping or skipping a beat. That's why this goal is better than the other two.


MIKAEL GRANLUND

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlF6UvGEUKQ[/youtube]


SIDNEY CROSBY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bak11shk2is[/youtube]


MIKE LEGG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzsOkwHYBno[/youtube]

[Nick]

Although I agree with you entirely, your missing 1 Shep... it was done nearly identical to Granlund's. Once. Iirc it was in the NCAA as well.


And not anywhere near the competition present at the WCs.


I believe it's incorrect to call this goal "played out", when will to be done in the SHOW? What about calling a high-stick if the point of contact with the puck rises above the cross-bar versus the high stick above the shoulder allowed in non-goal plays. What if the player has the puck between the cross-bar and his shoulder, but lowers it to 'throw' it into the net to below cross bar heights, is this les git?

[Shep]

this one? I still feel he had more time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvoZEFEdZ-g[/youtube]

[Shep]

Although I agree with you entirely, your missing 1 Shep... it was done nearly identical to Granlund's. Once. Iirc it was in the NCAA as well.


And not anywhere near the competition present at the WCs.


I believe it's incorrect to call this goal "played out", when will to be done in the SHOW? What about calling a high-stick if the point of contact with the puck rises above the cross-bar versus the high stick above the shoulder allowed in non-goal plays. What if the player has the puck between the cross-bar and his shoulder, but lowers it to 'throw' it into the net to below cross bar heights, is this les git?

If he's got the puck on his stick above the crossbar, play gets blown down for a high stick.