Winter Olympics: Men's Hockey

[hateraid]

i'm happy for kimmo to win bronze at least one flyer won something, can't wait til the nhl season starts back up.

At least right?
I thought Giroux should have made team Canada.

[S13M]

Also, congrats to Teemu Selanne, along with 2 goals, the oldest person to win Olympics ice hockey medal ever!

43 points for the 43-year old in six Olympics.

[BoogieWoogieMan]

At least right?
I thought Giroux should have made team Canada.

He should have been instead of freakin Kunitz.

[Styles p]

At least right?
I thought Giroux should have made team Canada.

agreed but i'm glad he didn't he gets to rest up and finish the season out strong and i hope he's out to prove he should have made the team.

[brwnman]

Why is it so important for Canadians to see US fail at hockey? It's feels like us not medaling is as important as winning gold.

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[Gabi]

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[JtotheIzzo]

The hockey program in nothern europe is a lot stronger.

China has over a billion people and fields basketball team. Why can't they beat us?

That excuse holds zero water, the US has the best college system in the world and shares the best junior system with Canada. Also, US prep schools are second to none (a large percentage of Canadian pros once played prep in the US).

The US has amazing hockey infrastructure, the second most amount of NHLers after Canada, and the most NHL teams.

Americans won't see it this way though, they are into hockey till they lose, then its like 'yeah, well they care more, we'd beat em at basketball or football.'

That shit is weak sauce

So it was fun having the American media spotlight on hockey for a few days, it was fun watching their talking heads discuss how great their team is this time around, it was fun watching them say 1980 was the most important hockey moment (cough cough 1972), but its over, they stopped caring.

So now you can all go back to discussing gay player distractions and measuring Johnny Football's penls girth.

[Nick Young]

That excuse holds zero water, the US has the best college system in the world and shares the best junior system with Canada. Also, US prep schools are second to none (a large percentage of Canadian pros once played prep in the US).

The US has amazing hockey infrastructure, the second most amount of NHLers after Canada, and the most NHL teams.

Americans won't see it this way though, they are into hockey till they lose, then its like 'yeah, well they care more, we'd beat em at basketball or football.'

That shit is weak sauce

So it was fun having the American media spotlight on hockey for a few days, it was fun watching their talking heads discuss how great their team is this time around, it was fun watching them say 1980 was the most important hockey moment (cough cough 1972), but its over, they stopped caring.

So now you can all go back to discussing gay player distractions and measuring Johnny Football's penls girth.

Damn Canadians calm the phuck down. Keep telling yourself what helps you feel good but the fact is hockey is a niche sport in the USA and apart from people in Minnesota, Michigan and Vermont, no one gives a shit about it. It's like the 8th most popular American sport AT BEST.

[MMM]

[MMM]

Damn Canadians calm the phuck down. Keep telling yourself what helps you feel good but the fact is hockey is a niche sport in the USA and apart from people in Minnesota, Michigan and Vermont, no one gives a shit about it. It's like the 8th most popular American sport AT BEST.

pretty sure the NHL out draws the NBA in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philly, Washington,

[Gabi]

If we lose I am blaminh it on the fact that there is four Canadian referees. How could they let that happen?

[kNIOKAS]

Liking Sweden more, they are good too watch.

[kamil]

pretty sure the NHL out draws the NBA in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philly, Washington,

Chicago? I doubt it.

[MMM]

Chicago? I doubt it.

United seems more like a maddhouse for the blackhawk than the Bulls

[kamil]

United seems more like a maddhouse for the blackhawk than the Bulls

Lately, yes, due to the Bulls being relatively mediocre and the Blackhawks being a championship team, but outside of that....MJ did way too much for Chicago with basketball for hockey to counter it.