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USA! USA! USA!

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by EmilyB on Feb 28, 2010 1:38 PM EST reply actions 8 recs
America F*ck Yeah!

Русская машина никогда не ломается!
by cobracg on Feb 28, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Cluster bait?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Go Canada Go!

stolen from http://www.stlouisgametime.com/2010/2/28/1330351/theyre-practically-born-with
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
by Bman21212 on Feb 28, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 14 recs
Corey Perry’s doing a facepalm.
“Aw man, did this really just happen?!”
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Feb 28, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
If not for The Hit
This would have been my favorite highlight from the Olympics so far…
Let's go Caps!
When that happened I couldn’t stop laughing. I replayed it over and over.
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions

I’m heading out to DC peace out peeps.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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by Ovechwin on Feb 28, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
titles!
this place is gonna get swamped!
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"God forbid Canadians try and feel any pride at all for any of our accomplishments without some American telling us we aren’t quite as good as they are. All things are relative, and relatively speaking, we freaking rule." Pamplemousse
GO CANUCKS GO!
by missy on Feb 28, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i’m not.
just noticing how all the NHL SBNation blogs are going to be swamped today, and i’ll be multithreading as always, so i don’t want lagging.
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"God forbid Canadians try and feel any pride at all for any of our accomplishments without some American telling us we aren’t quite as good as they are. All things are relative, and relatively speaking, we freaking rule." Pamplemousse
GO CANUCKS GO!
Especially PPP…every time I go there my computer threatens to go on strike.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Feb 28, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
This one too!

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by Ovechwin on Feb 28, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 14 recs
AMERICAN HERO
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Feb 28, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
So true that he continues to sport red, white, and blue, except in Hershey.
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 28, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Your inspiration for today’s game, courtesy of a True American Hero (skip to 8:15). One of my favorite lines in modern hockey commentary: “They didn’t quiet a building—they quieted a whole nation.”
"My face is my mask."
For Brendan and Brian, for yourselves, for your country.
"I guarantee that we'll beat the Canadians." Ryan Kesler, 8/7/09
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 1:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yes, Iet’s each pour a little out for Brendan Burke. Rest well, Brendan.
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GO CANADA GO!
yeah, i’m in enemy territory, but i don’t care.
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GO CANUCKS GO!
I can see it now… game-winning goal by Ryan Kesler.
"My face is my mask."
by Jake Shapiro on Feb 28, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
I can understand wanting Canada to win; after all, hockey is really the only cultural export of any significance that Canada can claim as its own, particularly when it comes to athletics. In football, baseball, Christ, even soccer Americans always have superior talent. It truly would be a crushing blow if the U.S. took that from Canada as well. There would be nothing of relevance left that Canda could call it’s own, except for maybe Alanis Morissette or mullets. Sad, very sad indeed.
Go U.S.A.
yeah. well, i’m canadian, so yeah….
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GO CANUCKS GO!
It’s like he was trying to validate your sig line… as if it needed any more validation.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
hockey is really the only cultural export of any significance that Canada can claim as its own
Yeah, stupid lazy John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Warner, Neil Young, Geddy Lee, Frank Gehry, Todd McFarlane, Alexander Graham Bell, James Naismith, Doug Henning, Douglas Coupland, bunch of lazy good for nothings!
"I guarantee that we'll beat the Canadians." Ryan Kesler, 8/7/09
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
I love Alexander’s Graham Bell’s remake of Lionel Richie’s “Hello”. The disco remix by Daft Punk is even better.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
by Rather Bengt on Feb 28, 2010 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
Daft Punk makes everything better
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Movies, music, video games, food, sex…
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Canadian Smake?
Co-worker firend of mine is Canadian, and a life long Leafs fan. He’s so confident of a CAN gold medal win over USA, he sends me a smake-talking email this morning with the following wager: If CAN wins, he will buy me lunch, and vice versa if USA wins. So, pay for the win, conosole with a lunch.
What does this say about Canadians?
ah-VEECH-kin
just means he’s a doubter that’s overly influenced by damien cox’s pathetic writing about how Canada will fail with Luongo in net.
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GO CANUCKS GO!
To my fellow American friends and Rink Rats and Rabbits
Here’s hoping to a great, exciting game, that the best team wins and that the game isn’t decided on a disputed and/or missed call.
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At least we get a 20 minute OT period for the gold medal game. It’s better than a 5 or 10.
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10 I think
but correct me if I’m wrong. I think I read that on ESPN, so you never know
Ovechkin = Green Backs
by red army line on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Totally agreed. And then we can go forward being nice to each other for the rest of the season.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
i just hope that orpick doesnt score the game winning goal…i’ll be happy about the USA winning but be a bit dissapointed having to like him for even just one day. kind of like winning the power ball but having to share the winnings with some ahole in accounting who kicked in $1.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
Looks like you were the first guy to mention that name…
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Projecting!
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
orpick
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
by Steck It Out on Feb 28, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Go USA!
But allow 50 shots on goal and win 7-6 in OT. And make sure Ryan Miller gets completely run down, and that Brooks Orpik and Sidney Crosby get into hard collision that causes a minor injury that affects their game for the rest of the NHL season and post-season….
Heh heh heh… yes, I have evil motives.
Let's go Caps!
why not a career ending diving injury for Cindy?
Хотя я гуляю через долину тени страха смерти i никакое зло.
by OvechKING on Feb 28, 2010 2:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Now now...
…minor injuries… It’s not about blood lust (well, ok it is if it’s Pronger, Avery and Martin Gelinas…)
Let's go Caps!
Come on.
"I guarantee that we'll beat the Canadians." Ryan Kesler, 8/7/09
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
dchesnokov
Alex Ovechkin will participate in the closing ceremony tonight. He will be one of the Russians accepting the Olympic flag for Sochi 2014.
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GO CANUCKS GO!
Here’s hoping he doesn’t suffer an “upper body injury” while doing so
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 28, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
wow, ovechkin is truely the selfish ahole all the reporters say he is. hogging the spotlight and all. probably will assault the guy giving him the flag. wonder how the english press will critique his flag carrying skills?
go flyerz
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Hershey update
Bears tied with the Baby Pens 1-1 at the 2nd intermission. Varly in net, Kyle Wilson with the goal.
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game needs to start, I’m tried of waiting!
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
agreed
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GO CANUCKS GO!
game needs to start, I’m tried ofwaitingwatching cross country skiing!
fixed. haha
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If I have to hear about a bad ski change again, I might shoot myself.
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If I want to watch bad pitstops...
…I’ll watch NASCAR…which is on Ch. 5. The race will be finishing up after the USA hockey wins the Gold.
Let's go Caps!
The announcer for cross-country skiing/Biathlon was ok, but the color guy was awful. He always sounded condescending, and was always just bitching about conditions or how shocked he was. He provided NO insight.
Deutschland - das ist alles.
Trautwig. HATE him.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I love cross country (I used to work the Berkie race!), that was a nuts race. Unfortunately, Al Trautwig ruined the coverage for me.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
the cross country is actually quite interesting. i think i prefer biathlon though, the shooting adds an extra element.
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GO CANUCKS GO!
Hell yeah. Ski hunting is the best. Adds an element of survival skills to the competition.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Just Remember
Al Trautwig = MSG Network’s Al Koken (minus the circle-on-his-butt ad)… He’s worthless….
Let's go Caps!
Some gold from DGB:
Little Goes Brown’s pre-game prediction: USA 10, Canada 5. In related news, her teddy bear now lives inside the furnace.
Everyone wants to kill the king. But the prince, he just sails along telling all the ladies, "One day I'm gonna be king."
Oh for crying out loud, there’s no hockey until Milbury and Roenik talk.
“This is the biggest game in hockey history here tonight” — really JR?
[mute]
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
LETS DO THIS
USA, hell yeah.
Show them that work ethic and heart is way cooler than all that skill they’ve got…
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JR says this is the biggest game in hockey history? Don’t think so…
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:02 PM EST reply actions
yeah, probably not
But for argument’s sake: what is?
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sure, take the short cuts.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Great minds think alike.
By the way, I gotta put the summit series above the miracle on ice, but it’s an interesting question
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
It’s bigger than before as the US has a win over them in the week previous.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Why? I don’t have a firm position but I think an upset of those proportions is above two equally matched teams.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
and that’s the thing. You can’t judge the game before it’s played. If either team woofs the biscuit and gives up 5 goals in the 1st period, no way is this even a top 20 all time game.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Right. RUS v. CAN was supposed to be one for the ages. Oops.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
I think the fact that they played poorly enough to end up meeting in the quarterfinals should have been our clue that it wouldn’t turn out that way.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Good point. Though RUS did win their group and CAN didn’t exactly play poorly, they just lost the one game to USA. In retrospect it should have been easy to see that RUS meltdown coming. I just thought playing CAN would wake them up and fire them up.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
If the USA wins today, I do think it’ll be 1A alongside the Miracle, simply because it’s over Canada in the TV era of hockey.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
It’ll be huge, but different. I can’t wait to see the ratings for this game.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t even know if there was one. But if I’m picking I put Miracle on Ice and the Game 8 of the Summit Series above that.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, that wasn’t too bad. And the skunk joke he tried wasn’t too bad. Or perhaps I’m attributing over-excitement for the game to that.
USA!
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
And after following up Mike Milbury the original looks so much better.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Experience matters. Being an excellent blowhard isn’t something you stumble upon. It takes hard work, dedication, and above all, years of practice.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
It helps to have at least a little bit of a clue.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
I was on the phone with my Dad, who is watching the game back home in NY, when Cherry came on. I heard my Dad’s unreasonably young and attractive GF say “that guy looks like Santa Claus” in the background.
Funny because its true.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Good for your dad.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Coldplay = NOT hype music.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
Coldplay = NOThypemusic.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I take it you’re not a fan.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
Man, you’ve got your elbows sharpened today.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
What no hot chicks with pig tails for you to enjoy today?
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Gold metal game for the team we root for, in the sport we love, and you’re in a bad mood?
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
I’m having a beer in your honor, friend.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
sounds wike sumbunny-wumbunny needs a dose of the happies to turn that frown upside down
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Let’s hope that Kesler has briefed team USA on Luongo like Parise and Langenbrunner did for Brodeur.
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oh yeah, most likely.
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Why would they need to be prepped?
“Guys: HIT THE NET. Let’s get ’em!”
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
’Grats, is that
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
a live hockey game? ON NBC?
/post fail
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
why ovie?
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My question as well.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
who cares! it’s hot.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
If you’re 30, you were too young to remember the Miracle.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:11 PM EST reply actions
But if you’ve watched any USA hockey in the last 30 years you probably have an idea…
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Just because I wasn’t born then doesn’t mean it’s meaningless to me, though.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Seriously. I played in the 1980 arena at Lake Placid a few times playing youth hockey and high school hockey as a kid. In 1980 I wasn’t even born, but I still got chills stepping on that ice.
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
I was responding to Doc Emrick saying that every American 30 and older remembers where they were when it happened.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
And as I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, most of them remember where they were when it was brought to them on tape delay. The USA didn’t see the game live.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And if you’re older than that but live more than 50 miles from the Canadian border, you didn’t watch it live.
My wife’s family is from Lake Placid. They all watched the game on CBC.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Kane better play like he did last game. That better not have been a tease.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:15 PM EST reply actions
Because no one else has linked to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BN1jSpiyIM&feature=response_watch
"We have a Malkin and an Ovechkin, so it's hard not to talk about 'The Show,' but I agree with you, I like to think our team is here to do a job and play well and play in harmony and find that fine balance among ourselves and within our lineup."
-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
Its all about "hate"
Who hates who most.
Who hates seeing the other team win gold most.
Who hates who more in the crease.
Who hates who more along the boards.
Who hates who more the PP’ers or the PK’ers.
Who hates who more will dictate the winner.
I know Kesler and Backes hates Canada.
I hate Canada today and probably tomorrow.
I hate Don “I look like the Wicked Wizard of Oz” Cherry.
I hate LeBrun, Burnside and Crosby.
I hate liver and onions.
I hate Milbury even though he’s a counterfeit American.
HATE.
by JSchon on Feb 28, 2010 3:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Is anyone else’s Twitter not refreshing?
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FAIL WHALE
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
- Dallas Stars Forum
mine is fine... for now....
i wouldn’t be surprised if it crashes later on though….
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GO CANUCKS GO!
normally
The Tweets come in and it says you have x amount of unread, now it doesn’t
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
mine is still doing that
but i remember Twitter crashing during the superbowl….. can we match that?
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GO CANUCKS GO!
this is better than the Super Bowl
I haven’t had any new tweets since last night
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Marek sums it up:
Thought: If you’re ordering pizza, Chinese food whatever, give the guy/gal an extra tip. they’re missing the game.
"I guarantee that we'll beat the Canadians." Ryan Kesler, 8/7/09
The guys that deliver to me don’t seem like the hockey fan demographic.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
newsflash
This game transcends hockey, who gives a damn if you’re a hockey fan or not. Just cheer your ass off for USA.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
…the guys that deliver to me probably don’t root for USA either.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not like that philosophy can’t be used come June for the World Cup.
"I guarantee that we'll beat the Canadians." Ryan Kesler, 8/7/09
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
It’s far more applicable with the WC among my delivery guys.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
Are you referring to Pizza or do you all of the sudden own a courier company?
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Pizza, Chinese, whatever.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
Chinese takeout would be awesome right now.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
I was cursing my phone when it rang; it was my son letting me know his skiing trip had crossed the border into Michigan on the way back to school. I reminded him about the game and he said they were all disappointed they weren’t home yet.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:20 PM EST reply actions
This is the most watched NHL All-Star game in history, no?
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by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 3:20 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Nice.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
This time it COUNTS
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So far, the USA is doing their thing. They’re definitely moving their feet.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
I expect them to do their thing all night. I just hope it’s enough.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
And Canada ain’t playing disciplined hockey. Several hits so far I thought could be penalized. Nothing terrible, but they’re opening the door to be shorthanded.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
canadians are just leveling guys out there
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Did I hear correctly that this is the last Olympic event?
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:23 PM EST reply actions
Yup! Awesome scheduling, no?
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I wonder how much of a sway the host nation has in the scheduling? Could this be intentional, with Canada expecting to win?
That’s been the case before in other Olympics.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
yep.
all that’s left is the closing ceremony tonight.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
I should have had :relieved: in my comment.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Damn…USA is here to play
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions
they came to win, no damn silver wanted!
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
At least hit the damn net USA!
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions
USA wins with every minute in the Canada zone, even if the puck is behind the net or in a corner and they never get a shot off. They’re wearing the Canadians down. It’s beautiful to watch.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
this is the hardest working team in hockey
Burke’s a genius
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A drink every time
A shot is “off the glass”
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holy alcohol poisoning batman!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I mean, it happens all the time
but, Doc is the only one who seems to care about it
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every one is a bruise. Adds up for the 3rd period.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
I can't believe
ABC has the balls to show the NBA right now
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Like paid programming or somethin
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Would you pay for that slot?
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Definitely not. I doubt that NBA game is getting any ratings.
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
Honestly, I think most of the people not watching this game probably just don’t watch sports. The Olympics are a huge draw, regardless of the event.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Seems to me there’s too much shooting from distance. Neither team is going to score that way.
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Knuble’s ass?
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
And as long as that continues, advantage USA
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
First goal will be huge. I really worry that Canada gets a goal, and then USA gets off their game. USA hasn’t been behind all Olympics yet.
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i dont get the pirates reference. but orpik!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:32 PM EST reply actions
Obviously, they’re expecting the majority of the people watching to not be hockey fans.
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true, but i’m a baseball blogger and i still don’t get the reference!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
I’m too nervous to watch yet but am following the thread. Did Orpik score?
No Alex, no ratings. Know Alex, know ratings.
no, hit heatley into the USA bench
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
No goals yet. orpik broke a stick, led to a Canada scoring chance
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Got that replay you wanted, and it showed the whistle blew at exactly the right time
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
effffffffffff
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:35 PM EST reply actions
Kesler’s so greasy.
I can’t wait ‘til he’s wearing our colours again.
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British English.
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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zed = z
But all irrelevant.
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I learned that in the opening ceremony.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
I kind of took that as a little shot at Americans, who I think are the only country who says z as “zee”
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Not at all. I learnt it zee.
The Philippines teaches American English.
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I would imagine that Japan learns American English, too.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
America was our last colonizer.
All business transactions are done in English. So’s school.
Basically all schools there are English immersion.
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Man, I liked the ceremony. I got so much flack for for it from my American homies.
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USA needs to re-dial up the pressure
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions
TAZER!
FIRST AND THE MOST IMPORTANT!
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I meant, his first goal in the ’lympics.
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I meant the first isn’t always the most important goal.
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Canada's MVP right there
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
STLGT probably just exploded
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
ouch
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:43 PM EST reply actions
yup
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yeah good call, stupid penalty
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
eff
Gotta kill this—can Drury and Callahan play the whole 2M?
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Im totally digging the lack of TV timeouts. For some reason it makes the game feel as fast on TV as it does live.
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And increases the intensity. Racks my nerves so much more!
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
canada deserves to lose for playing “let it rock” during a stoppage of play
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Attempt at Curling humor I suppose, a sport they still ‘own’.
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Oh dear.
It was hard, with those NOR pants as a means of distraction.
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it was probably hard for NOR with those horns as distractions
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. That wasn’t cool, whoever blew that horn right before the Norwegian played his rock.
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Yeah. It was super cool when the crowd boo’ed the horn blower though!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
How much more offsides can you get? Christ.
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Good chance there for Canada
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:45 PM EST reply actions
Shockingly enough, Pierre McGuire has restrained his Sidney boasting.
It’s refreshing.
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knock on wood
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
US legs have stopped moving. They need this intermission. I hope the period ends 1-0
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I feel dirty
I’m liking Orpik in this game.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
yup, so people could watch the ’lympics
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Moved up so folks could see this.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Perreault had the shootout winner, right?
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fuck you corey perry
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:52 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Don’t suppose they’d give a penalty on that cheap shot to open the second.
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please, gold medal game in Canada? the Canadians are going to get the benefit of the doubt at every turn.
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Boyle taught him how to
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
so many leaders on the team.
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Interesting that in the rotation of said A, they didn’t time it to have Crosby have it for the gold medal game.
and probably several alternates too.
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Sure, not denying that. But the way Canada seems to be treating Crosby like he’s the second coming, I’m just a little surprised.
some of canada, but not all of us.
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Babcock sure had that going on early.
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Damn, our youngest NHL captain’s 20-freaking-1.
/silly observation.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
I count 9 C’s and 7 A’s on Canada
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that’s most of the team.
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Johnson wiped out Pronger at the whistle; can’t say I blame Perry that much.
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After the whistle…like 5 seconds after.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 3:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’m OK with this. USA did some damage. They’re clearly under the skin of Perry and Getzlaf. They laid some big hits, forced Canada to block a bunch of shots, and generally took a physical toll.
1-0 is not a bad place to be at the intermission.
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If the game can go for Team USA as it did for Hershey today. Note: Hershey was down 1-0 after the first period, tied it up in Period 2 and went on to win in a shootout.
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Agreed. I would think that deep down, team Canada may feel a little let down that they are only up 1-0. they had a good amount of chances. The USA squad should feel that they will get their chances and wear them down.
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It almost worked for Slovakia. Question is can USA maintain the pace for two more periods, they looked to fade a bit at the end of the first.
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Eric Johnson had Getzlaf so angry at the end of the period, I can only imagine the word Rogaine was used.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:55 PM EST reply actions
Bahah
Mother Nature, 1
Getzlaf, 0
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
I’d really like Roenick to stick around as an NBC analyst. I find a huge percentage of his analysis insightful and informative
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I’ve always liked him. Might be the fact that he is generally surrounded by buffoons, but I think he’s solid.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
Would’ve liked him more if he’d called out Boyle v. Semin. Was intimidated into joining the asshat parade.
totally agreed with you there. i’d say i like him about 75% of the time.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
I love Freeman’s voice in these Visa commercials.
It’s so commanding of one’s attention, but not scary and intimidating.
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Well, the Olympic site is showing no penalties for the end of the period. Johnson should consider himself lucky.
now
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
game on.
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holy crap. if you’re gonna turn the puck over, DON’T DO IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FRIGGIN NET!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:09 PM EST reply actions
meh
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:11 PM EST reply actions
interesting criteria they have there for calling penalties
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I
cannot effing believe we have two Canadians reffing this
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes,apparantly two hands and a stick to the chin are grounds for a minor in the olympics…
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 4:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
my issue is the inconsistency. Canada got away with a few trips in the first.
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totally agreed
My comment wasn’t directed at that call.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
another avoidable penalty. check yo’self before you wreck yo’self
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Weber’s shot scares me.
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as it should
hope like hell he doesn’t hit Suter with one of thise
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
PP time!!
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damn it staal.
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staal to the box=happiness
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:14 PM EST reply actions
brutal PP
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
this is like watching the Caps bad PP.
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Perray!
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Didn’t even look like Canada was down a man. Great PK
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andddddddddddd fuck
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GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fuck...
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
and Canada
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
they need a Knuble.
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Statsny tried to do way too much there. Rather than disrupt the pass he tried to clear it on his backhand. Brutal.
On the goal? That was Whitney.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
Ryan Whitney fucking blows. What a total sucker.
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no kidding
I still think Bouillon would’ve been better ;)
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
I know Ballard would have been.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Wishing for Poti?
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
Wishing for Ballard.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Doubtful with that contract. Can’t commit 4+ for 4 more years.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve seen enough of him already. Improvement of many of the current D, but I’d rather have Hamhuis.
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I like Ballard, he’s just not going to be part of our core so there’s no need to commit that much to him.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
MUST.CONVERT.THIS.POWER.PLAY.
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they’re trying to do too much. just settle down and control the puck
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:21 PM EST reply actions
The Olympics are the closest he ever gets to Championships.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Hey now, he gets a chance at a World Championship every year.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
To him, the SC might as well not exist.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
It’s a myth, something that only exists in picture books.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
If you’re aiming for Triple Gold it does. Plus, it’s all AO ever won…
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. And you should have caught that snark from a mile away.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
USA is feeling the pressure. They need to abandon that — start playing like they have nothing left to lose, so they might as well leave it all out there.
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Wow, USA power play sucks.
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36 seconds left. do SOMETHING
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:22 PM EST reply actions
Fehr and Balanced, if you’re still around, please CYE
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
I’m not sure he’s feeling much enthusiasm that needs to be curbed, and the game ain’t bad enough that he needs to close his eyes yet…
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I thought that was “check your email.”
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
Just foolin’
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
OT, but speaking of, has the 2nd pick-up date been rescheduled, yet?
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
It has. I just haven’t put the FanPost up. March 27.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Done and done.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
USA passes have been either late or too slow. need to get up to game speed IMO
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:25 PM EST reply actions
where is john carlson when you need him? besides at the top of this thread, of course…
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:27 PM EST reply actions
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:27 PM EST reply actions
HELL YES!
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
KAAAAAAAAANE!
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didn’t need a pretty goal, just needed a goal!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:28 PM EST reply actions
although every goal is pretty to me :)
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
This isn’t a pretty team.
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by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I think the rabbits would beg to differ.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
whoooooooooooo
Hockey place gotta feel good about Kesler scoring on Luongo, LOL
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Yeah, but I thought the puck started touching the line, then his skate came up.
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I don’t believe the blue line is the same rule as the goal line.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
No, if anything is on the line you get the benefit of the doubt. So to gain the zone you just touch the blue, to leave the zone it has to fully clear it out.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
IIHF Rule book:
b) The determining factors in deciding an offside are:
1. The players’ skates position – player is offside when both skates are completely
over the blue line in his attacking zone before the puck completely crosses
the line,
2. The puck position – the puck shall have completely crossed the blue line into
the attacking zone.
Weird. That’s different from every other level of hockey I’ve ever played or watched. Offensive team always gets the benefit.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
These are still NHL refs, too. Probably just forgot.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Well by IIHF rules that’s probably off-sides. I don’t really care though because CAN has gotten their fare share of calls so far.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
good D of the potential 3 on 1 there
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:30 PM EST reply actions
Rafalski should enter the “Real American Hero” club
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I think that’s gotta be reserved for whoever gets the gold winner.
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Raf is THE reason US won the first game against Canada. that’s good enough reason for me to put him in there.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
seriously. shouldn’t have been missed
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
its one thing for a ref to let it go when it just redirects the puck a bit through the neutral zone, but when it gains them the offensive zone? WTF.
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Really? People across the country are watching Ryan Miller and saying “no thanks?” Screw you, Emerick! He’s an exceptional athlete at the top of his game. Across the country, hundreds of people want to be him.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
i mean, did Al Michaels talk about how nobody wanted to be Jim Craig?
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
Al Michaels > Doc Emrick
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
I’d rather have Cherry and Milbury.
At least we can laugh at Chery’s suits
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my 4 year old saw the Cherry interview before the game and said “what is that, are his clothes on fire?”
by Beakers Lab on Feb 28, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cherry > Milbury. Cherry is ignorant and entertaining. Milbury’s just ignorant.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well, looking at Milbury’s trade history is entertaining!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
In his defense, I’d love to be an NHL star, but you’d have to 90% out of your mind to want to be an goalie in the NHL (or the olympics for that matter).
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
ohhhhhhhhhhhh what a chance
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:35 PM EST reply actions
holy crap what a shitty situation for miller….glad he kept it out!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:36 PM EST reply actions
milllllllllllllller!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:37 PM EST reply actions
that's what she said
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
The loo chant even when he just covers the puck. Kind of low threshold if you ask me.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
canadians don’t know hockey, you know
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
canadwagon banadians
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
oh ffs….
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GO CANUCKS GO!
actually there are bandwagon ones
There is a Canadian on my floor, and he knows that Canada is best, and sorta kinda roots for the Montreal Canadiens, but not much else.
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Stamkos buries that.
Brad Richards buries it.
Hell, Matt Bradley buries it.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
fine with me
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Bradley, breakaway hero!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
WE CAN DO IT!

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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
hilarious irony: our women couldn’t do it this year…
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We have the younger team, and we’ve played fewer games… the third period should be our chance to use the superior legs against some of the older players on Team Canada.
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll drink to that. Although at this point, I’ll drink to anything.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Amen. They just need to keep digging and the opportunities will come. I’ve also been pretty impressed with our backchecking. When we’ve allowed an odd man rush, we’ve done a good job of using our legs to get back into the play and help neutralize the threat.
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
Luongo looks real shaky. He’s going to keep us in the game. We just need to bench Whitney and Gleason and ride Suter/Rafalski/Orpik/EJ. I’m still waiting for Orpik to take himself out of the play throwing a big hit, but hopefully he waits a few days. And if anyone at CC wants to pump up Gleason, just ask if they watched the Olympics. He’s been brutal against the competition. Apparently he only plays well against AO.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:47 PM EST reply actions
Hey, Gleason’s been better than Whitney.
Yeah, Luongo has not been their savior. Cash in on a couple of those big rebounds…really need someone like Backes or Kesler to park their ass in front the entire third period.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
Both have been disappointing. Orpik looks like he’s more confident in his passes than those two and that should never happen.
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Well I always though Orpik was better than Gleason, but I thought Gleason would at least be able to handle this competition. He can’t.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
I always thought he was better and certainly was a better passer. He’s an offensive d-man after all.
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Nah, Gleason is a physical stay at home guy. He’s the poor man’s Komisarek. Orpik is a much better skater so that allows him to do more.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, because he didn’t Tee up a goal in the slot. But both have been terrible.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Luongo makes a save: “LOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!” Luongo drinks from his water bottle: “LOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!” Luongo farts: “LOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!”
ENOUGH ALREADY!
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Feb 28, 2010 4:49 PM EST reply actions
That latter one wasn’t actually the crowd. they have a microphone in the goal, and that’s just what it sounds like when he farts.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Just popping in to wish you Americans the best of luck. One period to go, one goal away. Great game so far. Hopefully we’ll see American gold by the end and a stunned Canadian crowd.
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Finally we agree!
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
All they need to do is remember Finland last night. Let’s go USA!!!
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get after luongo early and often
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:55 PM EST reply actions
PPP must be happy that Kessel has been so invisible for USA. They’re probably not so happy that they spent two firsts for him.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:56 PM EST reply actions
yeah
That was quite the price, eh? Glad Poile backed out at that price.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah especially when TOR is looking at the lotto right now.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
When he’s on, though, he’s a game changer. Incredible wheels
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
But he hasn’t ever shown me anything in a big game.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously. Emerick is terrible today. “Nothing much at stake here” wasn’t funny — just lame.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
I’m really not a fan of his in general. I know he’s in the HoF and is a big name but I just don’t like him.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
I think he’s fine at calling the game, bu his attempts to add color seem pretty lame most of the time
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
virtually by 2, really?
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 4:58 PM EST reply actions
They got no legs. Need smelling salts.
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
these guys are really good at setting picks
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:06 PM EST reply actions
MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:09 PM EST reply actions
Arturs Irbe approves
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by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
i’ll drink a miller to that save
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:10 PM EST reply actions
USA did a much better job getting to 50/50 pucks on that shift. need more of that for the rest of the period
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:11 PM EST reply actions
miller needs to make a better pass than that
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:12 PM EST reply actions
Rafalski certainly hasn’t had a good game.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:13 PM EST reply actions
maybe he’s saving it for last second heroics? yeah, we’ll go with that…
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
watching Canada trap makes me cry
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
At least Crysby has been pretty much a non-factor in these Olympics.
You had me at no problem.
by capsfaninculpeper on Feb 28, 2010 5:15 PM EST reply actions
Cold Stone ice cream. Damn.
You had me at no problem.
by capsfaninculpeper on Feb 28, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
Norm!

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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
SHUT UP WITH THE LOU!!!!
Gah, on routine saves…
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
The way Canada is playing, I fear that an empty net get filled up pretty easily.
And it looks like it gets to that. /depressed.
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we have been so bad at puck possession, too
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
jeeeeeeeeeeeez
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:22 PM EST reply actions
he eventually did
Rock the Red! Rock the White! Rock the Blue! Rock the Pens!
by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 28, 2010 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
If the US does pull this out, an awful lot of Canadians are going to have a tough night.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
(8) I predict a riot.
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i think they will be, win or lose
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
honestly, between this game, and the way the junior games went, Canada should be very worried that the US is a legit threat to win every single time out.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Haha, we know you’re good. Don’t worry.
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Admittedly, I didn’t expect us to be as good as we’ve been.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
crosby’s missing the k in “reebok” on his helmet
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:23 PM EST reply actions
That shift where he had the shot then the toe drag wide.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
Thank God for timeouts. The lack of TV timeouts had me holding it for a loooong time.
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VT/UMD fans probably felt worse yesterday
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST reply actions
FUCK YES!
They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
PARISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST reply actions
Holy Crap!!
You had me at no problem.
by capsfaninculpeper on Feb 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST reply actions
AJ;KLAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:28 PM EST reply actions
luuuuu? :)
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
Overly celebrating on Parise’s part.
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i did the same thing into my closet door
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
That’s a joke right?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, shit, snark. Right. Probably not a good time for this right now, BP :-).
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
When in doubt, my friend.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
I’m sorry. I’m just rattled right now.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
No worries; last time I saw so many Canadiens get quiet after a late ENG, I really had fun.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, guys, let’s go get that extra point!
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:30 PM EST reply actions
I scared the crap out of my cats. They booked it to the next room. Mrs. F&B had to use treats to lure them out.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ha. Did the same thing; it’s their dinner.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
Baxter the greyhound, usually pretty sensitive to sound, was unperturbed by my maniacal laughter.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
My heart hates me.
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i hope so! won’t have to go to the gym today!
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
alive alive alive!
man, Weber did a late cross check on Langenbrunner.
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Yeah he did. That was no love tap.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
if an American did that to a Canadian, you know the Canadian hockey media would call for a 10 game suspension!
;-)
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Yeah. And I’m sure we won’t hear them defend Bobby Ryan’s slew foot either.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO blows!
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOse morals!
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
I’m sure NJD fans are chanting Louuuuuuuuuuuuu.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
Canadians, your game is through…cuz now you’ll have to answer to…..AMERICA!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:33 PM EST reply actions
I vote we photoshop Miller, Kesler, Parisie, and a couple others on there
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I vote in about an hour I’ll hate those bastards again.
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by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yupppppppp
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
i’m not gonna lie, i’ve listened to this song on repeat for the whole time since the 3rd ended
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
O_O
Ive been watching in the dorms. . .got like 60 people watching the game.
THIS IS INTENSE
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Nobody in my dorms like hockey. I am sure that people in the hall are giving my room weird looks with the way i yelled on that goal.
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
Keep your door open, my friend. American hockey, loud and proud.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions
It just goes along with their image me of, considering I spent 2 hours standing outside of Kettler the morning of the night that big snow storm, to get Mike Green to sign my t-shirt. I think I am that “Crazy hockey fan who is in love with Mike Green”
by RockinRed4Life on Feb 28, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
GUYS, OMG CAN YOU BELIEBE IT, AVRIL LAVIGNE YOU GUYS
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:34 PM EST reply actions
Hilarious first line already up on Parise’s Wiki:
Zachary Andrew Parise (born July 28, 1984) is an God Damn American Hero1 and the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Parise
Still, a win would be nice.
I like the Washington Capitals.
by bigeugene on Feb 28, 2010 5:35 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
not a credible source my ass!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
If you rewind to about 20 seconds before the goal, Pavelski sent a routine wrister at Luongo that easily should have been gloved down. Instead, it bounced off Lou’s glove and right back to the US allowing them to maintain possession.
JR, I love you. Please, please, NBC, keep him.
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He’s getting emotional lol, i love it
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hell yeah
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Game isn’t over, yet. No jinxies, please.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
lol at JR…he’s more excited than the players! well, almost.
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:37 PM EST reply actions
I'm slightly emotional myself
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Four on four? Or five on five OT?
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For 20 minutes?
Boo
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yeah, plays to Canada’s advantage, I think.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
And in a manner
not like the first 60. For a Gold. Ridiculous.
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Yeah it is, but so was 5 on 5. They have had more skill all day and the prior game. Of course, the empty space takes away from our game plan. We need a quick strike and Kane and Parise need to step up big.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
yep
Those guys with speed and fresher legs have got to step up. A Suter/Rafalski/Parise/Kane unit will be big
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
I’d rather lose in OT than a shootout.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
On Crosby's 5th attempt?
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ughh. Canada is going to have some fierce 4v4 units, especially with clean ice
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we have
RYAN EFFING MILLER!
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
Crosby-Nash
Staal-Iginla
Getzlaf-Perry
Marleau-Heatley
Rosterbating this has so many possibilities. But that damn Miller. Him and his beard.
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the original epic beard man
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Devil's advocate
“I thought if a guy went in the crease in international hockey the whistle was supposed to go? Parise was in the crease before he got the puck and scored. Blown call.”
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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FLAGGED
;)
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
@cmasisak22
There is a hockey player sitting in a dressing room in Vancouver who will never buy a drink the rest of his life – who is it going to be?
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:44 PM EST reply actions
yep it can
and honestly if we win in the SO, I don’t care!
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:50 PM EST up reply actions
USA looking a lot better with the puck in OT
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:49 PM EST reply actions
get it out fuckholes
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:50 PM EST reply actions
orpik sucks
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:50 PM EST reply actions
ackkk
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:52 PM EST reply actions
I could very well kill over at the final horn.
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
oh fuck me in the asshole
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 5:53 PM EST reply actions
CROSSSSBYYYYYYYYYYYYY
"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"
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No reason for it in the Gold Medal game.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
CROSBY!!!!!!!!!
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GO CANUCKS GO!
go away
;)
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
oh right, forgot for a second. i hate crosby, but i’m canadian.
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Nicely done boys. Great effort, congrats to Canada.
Now, someone’s off to change their sig…
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why Crosby?
Why, why, why?!?!!!!!!!!
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by Chris Burton on Feb 28, 2010 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
...

Русская машина никогда не ломается!
by cobracg on Feb 28, 2010 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Shit, he did nothing the whole tournament. Until now.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
“And thats what good players do, they wait, and they deliver when i counts” What an incredible, complete player.
Crosby just delivers when he is needed
This is the canadian media in 3,2,1
That’s not entirely true. I think he had a good tournament, really. The points weren’t there the past few games but he contributed in many other ways. His passing plays especially were as sound as ever. I don’t particularly like the guy, but I’ll admit that he played well in what games I saw.
That said, he didn’t have a great game today until that goal.
"In the depths of winter, I learned there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus
he only carried the team the entire tournament, save finland
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Irrelevant. He’s a Buffalo Sabre. The Olympics are over.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Meh, I’ll give it a day. Once the season starts up again. . .
I hope he goes porous
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all that big talk of “Oh, Canada, we’re so fucking awesome, we could beat ANYONE with out B team!” Yeah, you’re B team would have been slaughtered by the US team. I at least have that minor satisfaction.
I also have the small satisfaction on knowing, had Canada taken Green, it would not have taken them that fucking long to score in OT.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
all that big talk of "Oh, Canada, we’re so fucking awesome, we could beat ANYONE with out B team!" Yeah, you’re B team would have been slaughtered by the US team. I at least have that minor satisfaction.
Plus, you know, home ice. And the Americans are younger.
I’m already looking forward to Sochi.
bring on Sochi!
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
He already had one. Now you get to read about how Crosby has gold and a Cup and AO has nothing and is a dick. Awesome.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
Canada should be ashamed they couldn’t beat the US in regulation, and had to break out the fucking trap.
2014, Johnny Carlson’s coming for you.
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MVP. Hands down.
I hope he goes far in playoffs.
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Here’s hoping he loses in the Eastern Conference Finals. hint hint
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yup!
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
You know what was awesome?
The War of 1812.

Have fun having a queen you hosers.
by Kerry Fraser's Hairspray on Feb 28, 2010 5:59 PM EST reply actions 16 recs
well done, sir
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by what Juneau about that? on Feb 28, 2010 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
okay, we’ll keep our queen. just remember that the war of 1812 ended by us burning down the white house./….
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Er, no it didn’t.
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yeah, it did.
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The Battle of Baltimore? The Battle of New Orleans?
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
New Orleans happened after the treaty was signed. News hadn’t gotten to the British invaders….much to their dismay.
Let's go Caps!
And gave us that wonderful friend to Negroes and Indians Andrew Jackson as a result of his success in the battle.
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Hey! Andrew Jackson’s inauguration party was f’ing epic.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
stubborn with the National Bank and on the steep end of the racist scale to boot. No thank you.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
yeah, there was quite a bit of war left after that! Like, the whole “America wins” part of the war.
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It ended with the Battle of Baltimore. The Battle of New Orleans happened after the treaty of Ghent was signed,
Let's go Caps!
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by cobracg on Feb 28, 2010 6:01 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
I thought heroes WON something?
/ducks
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
He won my heart!!
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by kingzman264 on Feb 28, 2010 6:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So the Caps fan in me wishes Parise had never scored, but the hockey connoisseur recognizes a great moment when he sees it. Painful as it was, that was something special.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 6:03 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely. That was one hell of a game.
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I disagree. That game was completely boring except for the Parise goal.
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Period 1 was boring, Period 2 and 3 were good. OT was awesome
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All of it was pretty boring before the Parise goal. Canada went up 2-1 and just started trapping.
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shameful. trapping in the fucking olympic gold medal game. Though, to be expected with Lemaire, Ruff, and Hitchcock as assistant.
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I don’t mind it. Trapping is a strategy, and I don’t care if any team traps, if it gives you the best chance to win. Hockey’s still worth watching, trap or not, to me.
I’m just saying it was boring.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Damn dude, sorry you had to suffer through such a boring game.
by Kolzilla on Feb 28, 2010 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
OT blew. 4 on 4 does not make for entertaining hockey except in short intervals.
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Unbelievable that the rules of the game change for OT in a medal game. Unbelievable.
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by RedBirdie on Feb 28, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It can get filed with my other “small consolations”
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That’s what he said?
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d rather have been spared the dagger. Wish Parise hadn’t even cashed in there. Then I could just blame Whitney for being so fucking terrible and not have to hear about a Crosby gold medal winning goal.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe. I have no idea how they’ll react to that.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
Mike Green soooo would have buried it in OT. but, noooooooooooooo. There were a couple times Doughty had it and missed. I hope Green watched it and had the same thought I did and comes out and just buries shots right until mid-June.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I’d rather Green for Conn Smythe.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
But not in the Ryan Miller MVP way
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
More like the Brian Leetch in ’94 kinda way.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Just wish the Canadian players would have given up a little earlier.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
Quick.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:08 PM EST up reply actions
here is mike milbury: “Crosby is just such a complete player. he plays for his team, not for himself. and that kinda play gets him the cup and the gold medal. Unlike mr ovechkin.”
i guarentee he will say something along those lines the next caps pens game on nbc
rock the red!
You won’t have to worry about that.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
Let him say what he wants, until Ovechkin wins a cup, he’s technically right. It’s up to Ovechkin and the Caps to prove him wrong.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
right. and lets hope they get right on that in the post season.
rock the red!
by x0allygrace0x on Feb 28, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions
sorry? what does a cup and a medal have to do with proving that he plays for his team and not himself? moreover, how does not having a cup imply that ovechkin does not play for his team, but only for himself?
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by renstar on Feb 28, 2010 6:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Exactly. It’s a ridiculous and ignorant argument.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
It’s a dumb argument, but it’s also not going to go away.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
So why did you say he’s right?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
His play has gotten him a gold and a cup. That’s about it. The “unlike Mr. Ovechkin” shot isn’t, but other than that, he’s got a point.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Well the “unlike Mr. Ovechkin” part was pretty important to that sentence. Nobody gets upset when they simply say “Crosby has a Cup and a Gold” it’s the conclusions that follow about individual players. You know that, so I’m not really sure why you’d agree with the comment.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
as unhealthy as Milbury’s fixation of crosby is, his burning hatred of Ovie is disturbing. Carrying around that much hate in your hate cannot be healthy.
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by RedBirdie on Feb 28, 2010 6:19 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Rec’d for that last line across both Team Ovie and Team Sid camps.
"First Lady, I'm sorry I pimp slapped you into that china cabinet."
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:21 PM EST up reply actions
I try to remind myself of that, but am not always successful. And right now, failing miserably. I HATE YOU, CANADA! I HATE YOU, SIDNEY! ARUGH!
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hey ovie gets to hear this stuff until he wins. but hockey is a team game. GMGM you are on the clock to make the move that puts us over the top.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
Do we need a move to put us over the top? Or do we need a move to remove any doubts?
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
There will always be doubts, and we aren’t over the top yet.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
8 wins in the remaining 20 games guarantees us a top 3 seed in the East… we have a 13 point lead in the east, and we’re first overall in the NHL… what is over the top?
I am a hockey fan first, and a Caps fan second.
by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
a big silver thingy
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Feb 28, 2010 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly. Plenty of teams have run through the regular season before. Plus, we’re not just talking about the EC, we’re looking at whoever comes out of the west as well.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
Definitel,y beating the Sabres or Devils will be tough.
Beating the Hawks or SHarks? that could be tough
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
Hawks? Not so much. Between Huet and Hossa I’m not afraid. And if SJS finally exorcises their playoff demons and gets to the SCF they will be tough. But I’m not counting out some of the other teams. VAN is good (did you hear their goalie won a Gold Medal!).
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
I am rly glad their goalies situations is not so good; however, they are still a good team and could be troublesome in a finals game.
SJS has so many players with PO demons. ..which i am hoping they dont exorcise. . .Either they go to the finals or lose in the second round i think.
VAN is rly good. . .but idk if they will be at the top of their game after getting through the western ladder
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
Or Fleury.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
I don’t mind giving the 3rd stringer a medal.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
Oh fuck off and give him the medal already.
by Kolzilla on Feb 28, 2010 6:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I turned it off. Office Space is on Com Central. “Ain’t Nothin’ but a Gangsta….”
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Ha. I did the same thing. Now I’m on Animal Planet though.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
Well Canada wins the one thing they are good at.
Its all they got.
Well done team Canada.
LETS GO CAPS
That’s fine with us. Time to eat.
Thanks for being gracious hosts.
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In overall, yes, but I think Canada leads in golds.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:17 PM EST up reply actions
If a home country doesn’t take home a ton of medals, there’s something seriously wrong with that country. The team size alone is an enormous advantage.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
I agree. The USA took more athletes, though, so it makes since we finished with the most medals, no?
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
The USA took more athletes than anyone. It was one of TSN’s big stats when they were talking about the Opening Ceremonies. Canada was number 2.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
Oh word. I’ve just never seen the total atheletes taken stat. I was wondering how many we took at Beijing, and could never find it.
Any idea how many more we took?
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Ah ok, thanx man.
Not a huge discrepency, but a discrepency nonetheless
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
I thought the home country always had the most athletes. Maybe the US had more. Honestly, I didn’t bother to check the numbers. shame on me.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
certain sports, like hockey, gets an automatic berth for the host country. but many do not, so the host still has to qualify through the ordinary qualification process.
The US typically has one of the largest contingents in the olympics, because they manage to qualify in everything from the glamor sports to the really small niche things like Nordic Combined.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Well yes, it does make sense, but if you’re arguing/implying that that somehow makes it less impressive (not sure if you are but I’ve definitely seen others try) then you’re ignoring the fact that we have all of those U.S. athletes because more U.S. athletes were good enough to qualify at their sport than any other country’s athletes.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
did you infer that?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
that and having the chance to practice at the venues, while locking others out. you better perform well if you are gonna game the system like that
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and when the government pours in millions upon millions of dollars through a super secret program to boost the medal tally.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Super secret? “Own the podium” was not very subtle.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
Nightmare:
The NHL doesn’t go to Sochi. Ovechkin does. Team Russia steamrolls every single team.
“Well he got a gold medal, but he couldn’t beat Crosby and Canada…” -every journalist.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
Really to me it’s about what NBC and the TV partners want. NHL has no leverage and status quo seems bad for NHL financially. What do you tell owners who are drowning in red ink? NBC or TV has the leverage to say to IOC here’s what we’ll pay if we get NHLers like we did in Vancouver here’s what we’ll pay without. You guys go make it happen.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
Not if he can’t. If the NHL doesn’t allow the players to go, then the IIHF will make any team forfeit if they play with NHL players. Then AO can’t play. There’d be no point.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
If that were to happen, and enough players went, then Norway would win the gold by default
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Only if other countries sent NHL players. Canada would just send their AHL and CHL guys and still medal.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
would NHL teams let their property in the AHL really go?
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I assume so. Why wouldn’t they? They do it for the WJC and there were guys like Sbisa who are NHL property but not in the NHL that played in these Olympics.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
he’s said that he would take time off and go anyway I believe.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
Like I said...
It’s a nightmare scenario and not all nightmares are strictly realistic or even possible. It’s just that thing I’m convinced I’ll have a dream about this week.
"That's hockey. You never know what's going to happen. It's a tough sport. No tooth, a broken nose, but I'm looking good [laughs]." - #8
Eh, say what you will, that medal means so much more collectively to the entire nation of Canada than it would to Americans. Aside from US hockey fans, it would be forgotten within days by most americans, whereas in Canada, this will last a long time.
So as a hockey fan, I’m can be happy for a country who cares so much about the sport.
I just wish ANYONE else would have scored that goal.
The flip side of that is the entitlement and disrespect Canada has shown in sharing their game with others.
erskine has scored...now i can die in peace
THIS is why I was so against them winning. So smug.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not saying the US isn’t elsewhere, but with hockey? Good lord. I find smugness obnoxious regardless of who I’m rooting for, smug Americans probably piss me off even more.
Every time Nicky scores a goal, an angel gets its wings.
by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
This. Smugness in general is my least favorite quality.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I share those sentiments
"In the depths of winter, I learned there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus
maybe that smugness will come down a notch after the past couple of weeks. No more talk of Canada’s C team being able to beat every other national country, not after the way the US played Canada’s A team. Not after Switzerland (who I hope can keep this up! What a delightful surprise in the tournament) forced them to a shoot out. Not after Slovakia almost surprised them.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Yeah, I muted it before Canada got their medals and as soon as I saw Richards and Staal I just changed the channel.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
So whose ready for the next few days of trades and a return to the NHL?
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
I want to vomit. Is it wrong that I’m more upset about this as a Caps fan than a USA fan?
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Canada is still America’s hat, so there’s that consolation.
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I mean, I’m looking on the bright side. At least Heatley didn’t score it.
German by birth, American by heritage. Go USA
I’d prefer Heatly scoring it to Crosby. This is going to be another lump at the Ovie vs Sid debate.
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-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
You are so wrong.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
The real injustice?
With the win, Eric Staal becomes the 23rd member of the Triple Gold Club (Stanley Cup, World Champ, Olympic gold)
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I’ll be flinging myself off a tall building now…………
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
the Staals, all of them, are great players. I would hate to be one of Eric’s bros though haha
"We have a Malkin and an Ovechkin, so it's hard not to talk about 'The Show,' but I agree with you, I like to think our team is here to do a job and play well and play in harmony and find that fine balance among ourselves and within our lineup."
-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
You mean over-rated, right?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I think Eric is a great player. . .Marc and Jordan are overrated cause their bro is so good imo
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Eric is also over-rated.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
Like I said above….
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Gotcha. At least we can agree on something today.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
I think Marc is the least overrated.
by DrinkingPartner on Feb 28, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
I agree. But he’s still not elite.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
they’re all also very goofy looking.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
And for guys that are STRONG AS BEARS!!!!!!1 they sure go down easily.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
Meh, he has had such a positive impact on Carolina as a captain since his inception. . .i beg to differ
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
Feel free to be wrong. He’s one of the most inconsistent players in the league and he’s routinely put in the same class as players that out-perform him on an annual basis. I’m not sure how you credit him as Captain when there is so much other stuff going on (like, um, getting a starting goalie back), but that’s your call.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
He may be inconsistent in some stretches, this year he has been; however, year to year he puts up great numbers.
He isnt amazing, not on the same level or even close as Ovechkin, Backstrom, Crosby at all. But he is a great player.
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
He’s inconsistent every year. He’ll have months where he blows everyone away and looks like one of the best guys in the league, and then go a month where he doesn’t do anything. Maybe you have a different definition of great but if you aren’t consistently reliable and aren’t even top 10 in your position I’m not calling you great.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Well then i think that is where the problem is.
I am thinking great is between 20-30.
10-29 are awesome
3-9 amazing
1 and 2, prolific
or something like that lol
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Maybe 20-30 of all NHL players is great. Then you have some F, D, and G in there. But he’s not even top 10 C. Maybe not top 15. Thats real good, but not great. When we look back on this era I don’t see any of the Staals being one of the guys that historically stands out. They’ll be remembered as good players, but that’s all.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
Eric Staal not a top 10 C? Interesting. I’d disagree considering every guy you’d likely put up on a board ahead of him is playing between, and in front of significantly better players.
Just because the Canes suck doesn’t make Staal good.
Crosby, Malkin, Datsyuk, Backstrom, Getzlaf, Richards, Carter, Toews, Thornton, Sedin, Zetterberg, Stamkos, Kopitar. When Marleau plays C I think he’s a better all around player. Lecavalier may have fallen a bit but he’s no worse than Staal. I think you can make the case for Franzen over Staal. Brad Richards is right there. I personally like M. Koivu more than Staal as well but he doesn’t have the name recognition yet.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
I think a Staal is a great center.
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So which of those guys would you trade away straight up to get Staal?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
Read what I wrote again.
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Sorry, I’m out of it. Don’t see what you’re getting at.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
Oh man. Totally overlooked the “a Staal.” Yeah, he’s a great 3C.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
ugh
You’re STILL riding the Staal Hate Train? Get over it, man!
No, you get over it. You don’t have to wade through a 1400 comment open thread if you have a problem with it. And if you are going to be coming around regularly you’d really better get over it. If this is STILL riding the Staal Hate Train I don’t know what you’d think if you’d been around here for the last 8 months.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
Thought it was a bit much the Canadian stuff while USA was being given their silver medals…poor form.
but silver is still a real accomplishment for a team no one was betting on. I mean if i was on the ice I would of been like “yea yea give my my damn medal so I can leave” but they should be proud of what they did. They played a very hard game against a team that should of easily won. Great hockey all around and I will commend the fans at the stadium for their ovation for Miller.
I don’t know who I’m more disappointed with though in the Olympics, the Swedes or Russians. Russia got blown out but they also played Canada. Where as sweden played finland.
"We have a Malkin and an Ovechkin, so it's hard not to talk about 'The Show,' but I agree with you, I like to think our team is here to do a job and play well and play in harmony and find that fine balance among ourselves and within our lineup."
-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
Everyone behaving themselves?
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He’s just grumpy. Nothing over the line.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
Got your Nikes on? The kool aid’s over here…
"First Lady, I'm sorry I pimp slapped you into that china cabinet."
by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
no its hysteria! people are rioting in the streets, flipping cars and setting fires!
"We have a Malkin and an Ovechkin, so it's hard not to talk about 'The Show,' but I agree with you, I like to think our team is here to do a job and play well and play in harmony and find that fine balance among ourselves and within our lineup."
-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
oh sorry im writing from Paris…
nah im in md..
"We have a Malkin and an Ovechkin, so it's hard not to talk about 'The Show,' but I agree with you, I like to think our team is here to do a job and play well and play in harmony and find that fine balance among ourselves and within our lineup."
-- Russia center Sergei Fedorov
And that’s just Montreal…
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
You mean it’s College Park after a Duke game?
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No he didn’t, but it’s a team game and Canada won. There are a few guys on Canada that I’d say went along for a Gold Medal ride, but it’s irrelevant now.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
Nieds was for sure. The guys that I’d say were non-factors/easily replaced were Boyle, Seabrook, Bergeron, Staal. I’d say everyone else on that team was pretty damn good. Toews was a beast. Richards didn’t do a ton but he did his job very well. Morrow, once he finally got more than 6 minutes of ice, was awesome. I can give Seabrook some credit; he wasn’t bad, but considering he was supposed to be a shutdown guy that had chemistry with Keith I never remember thinking “that was a great call bringing Seabrook.” I think there are a handful of other guys that could have done what he did and probably added more.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, though I thought Boyle was pretty solid today, but yeah his play was too inconsistent throughout the tournament to call that decision a success.
I didn’t even think he was that good today. He didn’t create much O and he basically just about held his own on D. The fact that he ended up not even getting the top PP unit time says a lot to me too.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
Seabrook wasn’t even sweaty when the game ended, he didn’t see much ice.
Nieds was inconsistent, I thought. There were points where he was all over the ice making plays and others where I was thinking “You know, maybe he’d be a bad influence on Mike Green.” He’s perhaps as fast as he ever was in a straight line, but he doesn’t change directions as well anymore. He’s been vulnerable in 1-on-1 situations through the entire tournament, but was pretty good with the breakouts and neutral zone passing plays.
Keith was invisible in this game, less a turnover at the blueline that I thought might cost CAN a goal, but got bailed out by something.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
A Nieds turnover was the best chance for USA in OT (the Pavelski shot).
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
Didn’t even see that was Nieds, I was too busy getting ready to jump out of my seat. That makes two bad turnovers in his own zone tonight that nearly cost CAN.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t think of a single instance in which any of the Canadian defensemen stood out in a bad way tonight. They all moved the puck extremely quickly, won puck battles and were generally the difference in terms of which team was more dominant.
Well they sure didn’t have Ryan Whitney teeing up pucks in the slot.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
Like Poti would be next on the list. There are a few guys that would need to get hurt before they even discuss Poti.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Well there are politics, but I don’t know if they impact Poti. Ballard is a better player and he didn’t even get a look (not even an invite to summer camp). That’s the top guy I’d look at but then guys like Liles and Leopold are right there with Poti.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
True, Ballard is better. Paul Martin’s absence did not help today by the way. Also, thank GOD Komisarek was kept out of this tournament. I say it was Divine Intervention.
Komisarek would have been better than Gleason or Whitney.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
You didn’t like his “wait… nobody sharpened my skates?” impression in the corner?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
He seems like a good enough top-4 for most NHL teams – not for an olympic squad facing a team of superstars.
Yeah. Watching him play AO I thought he was much better. He looked terrible in the Olympics.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
Generally, they were pretty damn good. If they hadn’t been quite so stout, especially at tying up sticks near the goal, that game could have been a rout. Luongo was shaky and his D bailed him out.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Luongo was bad and we didn’t do enough to exploit it.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh, this just occurred to me — dominant blueline bails out goalie who’s supposed to be elite, but looks shaky in a clutch situation, playing behind a neutral zone trap. Fuck my life.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
Well Luongo had the best ever to study that game plan from sitting as his backup.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
Do you think there will be any trade announcements at midnight or will the teams just wait until tomorrow?
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Likely tomorrow, as I doubt the league approves a trade at midnight.
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Maybe not approved, but the news breaks as soon as the paperwork is submitted. So you’ll see McKenzie et. al. blowing up Twitters with the news of stuff that’s already arranged.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
That also depends on whether GMs are actually afraid of having their guys snaked, or if they just want to take care of it in the morning. I also don’t remember many (any) instances where the paperwork was submitted but the league vetoed so whatever you hear tonight will probably go through.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
Tampa had a trade vetoed by the league a couple weeks back because only one of the owners signed the paperwork…
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
Ha. Leave it to those guys…
Do you remember the trade?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t remember off hand, but I think Vinny or St. Louis were being moved.
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely not Vinny and I highly doubt St. Louis. Vinny has a NMC and his contract is way too big to move in-season. If he moves it’ll be over the summer.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
I can’t find the article I read… maybe I imagined it…
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 7:04 PM EST up reply actions
here’s a mention of it…
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Lecavalier+catch+thought/2511479/story.html
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
I’d bet there are a couple at or around midnight. Any of the deals that are already agreed on will want to make it official right away. No need to leave an opening for some other GM to snake their guy.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
Corey has the best tweets
What would be the most crazy epic way to end these Winter Olympics? Crosby hands the torch to Ovechkin. Someone make it happen.
Ha – @tarikelbashir me asked the same Q RT @masnNATS: @cmasisak22 Could we trust those 2 with a flaming object — particularly Ovechkin?
2 minutes ago via
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
I was thinking Gretzky to Crosby to Ovechkin personally…
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by iwearstripes on Feb 28, 2010 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
I for one can’t wait for another 6 weeks of the media blowing Crosby in every NHL promo
now excuse me while I go find rusty forks to stick in me eyes.
I’ll take it if it makes more hockey fans. Too many times the NHL has blown these type of opportunities. I think Versus adding a bunch of games was a great move. Hope NBC hypes the Hawks vs Wings game a bit more during the closing ceremonies.
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Short of Neil Young mentioning it while on stage, I doubt it.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
not a great move for everyone with DirecTv. I now get to miss more caps games because two greedy corporations can’t come to an agreement and I’m looking at no playoffs.
Plus you do you know how annoying he would become? good lord the horrors
I thought they said that any of the added games would only be shown out of market; that the local broadcast would still go.
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I’m gonna see if I can develop a kidney stone so I can pass it.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
At least when I road trip to the Panthers game next month, I can stop at Guantanamo afterwards.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
Ahhh crap. I just looked at the Capitals schedule. Our first game after the break is against MILLER! Son of a fi647(*#$##$!
Miller’s first game back (on Tuesday) is against … the Pittsburgh Penguins. He will have to play that game. So I think we’ll see Lalime on Wednesday.
Now helping to keep an eye on all things Gr8 at Alex Ovetjkin.
I feel dirty rooting for the Sabres in that, but man I’d love to see Miller shove it back into Crosby’s face.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Winning a regular season NHL game is sure payback for Gold!
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
OK I knew someone would bring that up as soon as I posted it. But you know what I mean. OBVIOUSLY it’s not the same.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
Whew.
But isn’t that Iron. Miller’s first game back is against Crosby?
Oh the Buffalo fans will be crashing the bars across the border if they win that night.
no, i think Lalime will play against Pitt Tues and we’ll see Miller on Wed. I’m thinking Buff will want to give Miller some rest.
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by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 28, 2010 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
check the sig, your’s isn’t the only pain.
I work with 7 penguins fans and this is really getting old....
Well if they are Americans and they are cheering for Sid then you work with 7 douche bags.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
worst case
Now I have to defend Crosby to casual fans
not happy
never let the truth get in the way of a good story
TO carry on a topic from the other day – I just saw Wysh’s tweet with photo of the media scrum around Crosby. Memo to the IOC – This is ridiculous. Ever heard of a dais. Get some mics, a riser, tables, and some chairs at every venue. It’s not that hard to do.
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Ha, saw that and was thinking the same thing. You’d think they’d have a post-game room or something for all that.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
The Media All-Star Team, selected by members of the accredited media at Canada Hockey Place, was announced at the end of the Men’s Ice Hockey Gold medal game on Sunday.
All-Star Team
Goaltender: Ryan MILLER (USA)
Defenceman: Brian RAFALSKI (USA)
Defenceman: Shea WEBER (CAN)
Forward: Pavol DEMITRA (SVK)
Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)
Forward: Zach PARISE (USA)
Most valuable player: Ryan MILLER (USA)
Tournament Directorate Best Player Awards
Goaltender: Ryan MILLER (USA)
Defenceman: Brian RAFALSKI (USA)
Forward: Jonathan TOEWS (CAN)
(h/t Kukla’s)
This is a good list. Nice to see Toews get the recognition he deserves, he was quietly CAN’s most consistent and impactful player.
Toews was a monster all tournament. If he shows up like this in the playoffs, he’s cheap on the K he’ll have next season.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah great job picking them. It would have been so easy to go with Crosby and some of the other names. Weber was definitely the best Canadian D to my eyes as well. Very thoughtful selection.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
I really like that Demitra got some love. Well-earned, but that guy tends to drift under the radar
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
And off the crossbar.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, he really stepped up for SLO. You’d expect it to be Gaborik or Hossa but Demitra was their offensive spark when they really needed it.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
Hossa didn’t do too badly either, I thought. Though I agree with the choice of Demitra. In my eyes, it was largely him and Demitra who carried the team. I was disappointed with Gaborik, however.
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I feel for Gaborik, you know he was gutting it out just because it’s the Olympics. It’s a shame because the world missed a great player on a great stage. It’ll be interesting to see if he misses time with NYR. If only Demitra had one more goal…
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Glad to see Miller get the MVP - much earned and deserved!
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by RedskinFan4Life on Feb 28, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
I’m so much less disappointed than I thought I was going to be. That was a hell of a great hockey game. I’m proud of this US team and what they accomplished. I’m still in awe of Ryan Miller.
You know what? Hockey indubitably is Canada’s game. Partly because I’m a hockey fan, and they’re such good neighbors, I like Canada and am pleased they pulled off such a good Games.
And maybe Sidney Crosby actually is the best player current playing. Does it matter?
I was a Washington Capitals fan back when they were among the worst of the worst. I was a fan when they’d never made it to the Stanley Cup Finals and that year when the best they could do was get swept in SCF. I am a fan now that they have the most entertaining, exhilerating, fun-to-watch player in the world.
I’m lucky to get to watch this Washington Capitals team. What fans and journalists say about Crosby doesn’t matter. What fans and journalists say about Ovechkin doesn’t matter. Our team plays great hockey right now. As devoted fans, that it the thing that matters. (That, and maybe getting further than ever before in June.)
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 28, 2010 7:07 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
And maybe Sidney Crosby actually is the best player current playing.
naaaaaaaah
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Feb 28, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
agreed. def not. He wasn’t the best player in the Olympics, and he’s not the best player over the course of the NHL season.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I agree. He’s damn good, one of the best, and has a really annoying habit of making huge clutch plays, but not the best.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Today was the first time I think he’s really been clutch playing actual hockey. He’s almost automatic in the SO, but he wasn’t clutch in the SCF, and he wasn’t clutch in the ECF, and he wasn’t the reason they beat us last year. Obviously, he doesn’t have to defend himself to me, and a gold medal goal is pretty damn clutch, but I don’t see a pattern yet.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
I will never argue that he is. But I won’t bother trying to argue that he isn’t, either.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 28, 2010 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you CC, well said.
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by Rather Bengt on Feb 28, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
On the bright side, this may make it less likely that Crosby will resign with the Penguins. All the Canadian teams are going to be making him absurd offers.
Even atheists believe in Matt Wieters
That’s a pipe dream. He’s going nowhere. If anything it makes it more likely Malkin gets priced out.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hmm. Thats an interesting though.
I don’t think Malkin is gonna leave pittsburgh for awhile though
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I didn’t think so either but recently I heard something about him wanting to make as much or more than Crosby. I have no idea what the source was so maybe it’s garbage. But if it’s true then they’ll both have to take hometown “discounts” to be together (which is entirely possible).
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
A part of me wonders if Malkin might get tired of playing second fiddle to Crosby. Think that might play into him wanting equal money? Or perhaps a team where he’d be the unquestionable star (esp now that he has a SC under his belt)?
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
Oh definitely, at some point they will have to take hometown discounts to stay on the team together. The Pens are gooing to prolly try to build up the team around them a bit more, and make it tougher to keep them both.
I could definitely see him wanting as much as Crosby, but i’d say he is worth a little bit less.
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
but last year, I would have said Crosby is worth less than Malkin
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Yeah, just for that year, counting the playoffs, i wouldve given Malkin more
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Somewhat OT but does anyone know what Backstrom’s face-off win percentage was during the tournament? I kept hearing the announcers say "another face off won by Backstrom". I wonder how much he worked on his face offs skills during these games.
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68.97% (!)
He lead every player in the Olympics. here is the faceoff page, and here is the stats page, where you can find olympic leaders, and stats by team
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
That definitely brought a smile to my face.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
hey guess what
THE TRADE FREEZE LIFTS IN FOUR HOURS! Commence rosterbating and NHL Christmas!
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I hope we have something good. I’m in a pretty crappy mood.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
Jeez, they had two weeks to erect the fourth torch, and it’s still not there.
tehe, erect.
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I thought I saw it… oops haha
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Well, shit. How are you feeling? Gut punched? Broken? Just wanting to go to sleep and never wake up? Embrace it. It’s a wonderful thing.
Just a brutal loss for the United States. The team that dramatically ties it up with 25 seconds left is supposed to have all the momentum. It’s not supposed to end this way, you say. But it was.
It was always supposed to end like this. Canada were the favorites going in, and, despite hiccups against the US and Switzerland, were clearly the best team in every game they played.
Let go of your patriotism for a second. This is the perfect way to close Vancouver 2010. The home nation, topping off its most successful games ever with a gold medal in the biggest sport at at Olympics — and it happens to be their national sport, to boot. The fact that their golden boy scored the winning goal, against their biggest rivals? It’s a storybook ending.
To be such a dramatic win, it had to be a heartbreaking loss for someone. And boy, it hurts right now. But you’re not alone.
And that’s the beauty of it. There are millions of Americans walking around like zombies right now. You’re all going to be depressed for a while, and you’ll spend the rest of your life thinking about what might have been.
It hurts because you care. And maybe you’re already a huge hockey fan, and you understood every nuance of the game. But there are a ton of people out there who are only hurt because they supported their country by tuning in. They just happened to see one of the most exciting hockey games ever. Before Vancouver, maybe they never saw a hockey game. Now, hockey made them care.
Someone made the decision to watch their NHL team’s next game. Some kid just made the choice to play hockey. Someone just learned the names Crosby, Miller, Luongo for the first time. Hockey has some new fans.
People are going to be talking about hockey tomorrow. So while Canada takes home the gold medal — and all due congratulations to them — it’s hockey as a whole that wins.
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by Bald Pollack on Feb 28, 2010 8:23 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
Damn you for putting it all in perspective. Just let me be miserable for a little while longer.
That being said, thanks for posting. Rec-a-roni.
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by SeattleCapsFan on Feb 28, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
You got a rec with the title, but the substance deserved it as well. If only they would have shown the hockey is for everyone commercials…
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
Congrats to canada
On their second gold medal in mens hockey in the last fifty years. Took em thirty years to tie the us in that category. Still only 1-1 at home while the us is 2-1. National sport and all.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 8:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Except for after tonight WE’LL be the country that has only won once in the last fifty years.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Technicality. How about in the last 14 winter games?
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 8:49 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Oh cool, so we pick an arbitrary number that puts us on equal footing with our rivals even though they’ve won gold in the last two of three Olympics and our two golds came fifty and thirty years ago?
Seriously, there’s no point in being a sore loser. No offense.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, didn’t know this blog was closed to a bit of snark are fun poking. Lighten up, please.
Just trying to capture the spirit of the thing...
by dcsportsfan1 on Feb 28, 2010 8:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Let people be angry.
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We’re elitist and don’t do dumb thinks like say “Cindy Crosby” etc.
(that said, both of you feel free to let out all your anger at me, because I’m not replying to this thread anymore)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
(other than to say that I’m an idiot and of course meant “things” and not “thinks”)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Swoon.
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by CapitalCentre on Feb 28, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
congratulations to canada in a thrilling game.
the united states got the most medals but canada set a new record for gold medals at 14. i think the u.s.a. finished with 37 medals. both countries did well.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 28, 2010 8:55 PM EST reply actions
Rematch in 2014?
US developmental showed great strides in these Games, as they did in juniors. I am so proud of the US team, and very happy for Brian Burke. Before the Olympics started, I was watching Hodge Stove Report with BB as guest, and he had me convinced the US was going to win gold. No doubt in his mind, per my read and he did a heck of a job picking the team. Chris Drury is a perfect example of a sage pick beyond the imaginations of the masses.
Hats off to Brian Burke.
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USA may go into 2014 as favorites. (and they’d be extra smart to try and snatch up BB for the coaching staff)
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I’ve been thinking during the tournament that BB’s style would be awesome for an olympic team/tournament. Especially on international sized rinks.
I think we’re talking about different BB’s now.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, yeah. I didn’t sleep last night at ALL. And to be fair “BB” is almost always Bruce Boudreau around here :)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
well, that’s the context I was using BB in!
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Right, but I’m almost positive bigonetimer meant the other one (ps: can you imagine if Bruce Boudreau ACTUALLY coached for the US team?)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
wait, i think we’re all still talking different things. I meant Bruce. (who is the other BB?) I just don’t see Canada taking such an aggressively offensive-minded coach, but Brian Burke is the sort of guy who would take that gamble.
and as Dave Lewis said, coaching in the Olympics is not an opportunity you pass on, no matter what country asks you to coach.
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On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
The US is not close to being favorites over Canada, but we won’t sneak up on anyone next time. There will be even more intense competition for spots, and we’ll have more high end skill, but Canada is still far and away the deepest pond in international hockey. It’ll be nice to go in with some respect, we’ve come a long way.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
I think it looks good but when you look at the names it’s by no means a lock he makes that team. But Team USA has been known to reward past stand out performances in international tournaments.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, nothing’s guaranteed, it’s just a nice thought that there could be a Cap playing for USA (of course that’s also assuming he’ll be a Cap in four years as well).
I’ll be extremely disappointed if he’s not a Cap in 4 years. We better get back a killing if he leaves.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve been told Vokes to the Caps for Carlson, Theo and a first would be a steal. I disagree.
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It would be a steal. Just not for us.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
They also seemed to think Carlson and Neuvy for Vokes would be fair.
Leafs fans… shakes head
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Oh, Leafs fans. So they were just bitter and their talent evaluation meter has been broken by years of watching the Leafs.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
He might night be a Cap in a few hours..
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Gotta love the stream of talent coming out of the USNTDP. E. Johnson was starting to show flashes, kid could get scary-good by Sochi. Hopefully Carlson is ready to go by that point and J. Johnson starts to fulfill all that potential. Cam Fowler could be better than all of them.
The forwards coming up are pretty friggin’ sweet, too. I’m excited for the direction that USA hockey is headed.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
We have speed. Tons of it at all levels. I love it.
EJ really looked like he’ll be a stud. We relied heavily on him and for the most part he did great. When you look forward though, how many open spots are there going to be? You figure that except for Rafalsk, Whitney, and Gleason they all return. You still have 4 incumbents, Martin, Komisarek, Bogosian then you start talking about Carlson and Fowler. For the first time we may be leaving excellent defensemen off our international roster.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
That’s a problem I’m so ready to have.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure if Drury will make the team in 4 years. He’s already over 30 and he’ll be over 35 by the time the next Olympics shows around.
Rocking the Red since 1975
We still have to think about the forwards who will (and will not) be available as well.
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(but not if we’re wondering if defenseman John Carlson will make the team in 2014, which is what we’re doing here)
by sixsevenfiftysix on Feb 28, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
It’s also much more likely that a forward we’ve never heard of makes the 2014 team than a D because of the nature of their development. But I can start taking guesses at Fs as well, I’d rather just enjoy the Silver for a little bit before we start getting geared up for Sochi.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 1:49 AM EST up reply actions
I wanted to share an incredibly gracious note I received from a Canadian gymnastics fan I spar frequently with over, well, everything.
Hey – I know you LOVE hockey. And hate Canada in hockey and Crosby in particular. And I hate that – because I am such a proud Canadian and proud Nova Scotian. But I just wanted to say that I hope don’t you feel too badly, because the USA did amazing. They rose to the occasion in an unbelievable way. Americans have a way of rising to victory and going above and beyond in a way that Canada just…doesn’t. 33 million people willed that goal by Crosby and we were lucky and we realize that! So kudos to your team and I hope you can celebrate their accomplishments and also celebrate Canada’s Games overall.
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
by RedBirdie on Feb 28, 2010 9:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I feel cheated. But at least he looks like he’s having fun.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 28, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Tough loss. Now I don’t know if I should drop $130 on a USA jersey. If we won, it would be no question but now I’m not sure.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Feb 28, 2010 9:50 PM EST reply actions
I’m not sure I’m a fan of that attitude, but I will say it can’t be a bad purchase because you’ll never regret wearing it and you’ll always manage to find occasions for it.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, the US definitely played their hearts out. I think they played quite similarly to Finland back in ‘06 in that it was an all team effort throughout (even if I’ll admit I was not impressed by Kessel). It was heart, grit and determination and a great representation of the Olympic ideals, I think. If I was American, I would certainly wear that jersey with pride.
"In the depths of winter, I learned there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus
I also was not impressed by Kessel. He was the weak link in the Maple Leafs on Team USA. I can definitely buy that comparison with the FIN team.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Feb 28, 2010 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
$130 is $130 regardless of attitude. Hockey jerseys are expensive and I have kids to feed.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Feb 28, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
Imaginary kids with your imaginary girlfriend? I’m just saying there’s never going to be a time where you aren’t rooting USA, right?
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions
I gotcha. And I was just saying that I made a deal with myself that if USA won, I would get a jersey no questions asked. Now that they lost, I have to think on it. And full disclosure: I currently do not own any kids, but I may invest in a couple someday when the market plays out.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 1, 2010 7:58 AM EST up reply actions
So who were you thinking of getting on the jersey? If Parise wasn’t a Devil I would get him hands down. But since he is I’d probably go with Suter. What a beast he was.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking of just getting a blank one. I really like Parise too, but I don’t want to even risk being mistaken as a Devils fan. Miller would be nice too, but the same thing applies about being mistaken for a Sabres fan.
"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Mar 1, 2010 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
via Corey
RT @JeffMarek: How cool would it be if Jacques Rogge said “I have a trade to announce”
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
respect to Mr. Crosby
I can’t even say “begrudging” respect. I dislike him as the best player on a rival team, but I honestly can’t muster up the hate any more. He is clutch, he is humble, and he is a good representative of the sport. So Mr. Crosby: congrats.
Woah woah woah, don’t get too far ahead of yourself!
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by Ovechwin on Feb 28, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Giant beavers in the closing ceremony… Do they air this in the US?
"In the depths of winter, I learned there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus
Jens Lindemann got about two seconds of air time, and I thought that was awesome.
I should have saved my old signature. Oh well!
by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
I love it.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Feb 28, 2010 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
Canadians are goofy ....
The “always fun and Giant Inflatable Beavers followed by the Giant Inflatable Moose”… gotta have both …
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 10:26 PM EST reply actions
strangely, you know what made me feel better? Watching the inches speech from “Any Given Sunday.” Because damn in the US didn’t claw for every damn inch. And doing the hand motions always makes me giggle. “On this team, we claw with our fingernails for that inch!”
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
I think that’s what ultimately what won us all over so quickly. They played their hearts out from game one, and it’s hard not to root for that.
It is. It doesn’t hurt to have a player like Dustin Brown. I’d only ever read and heard about him. I never actually had the chance to watch him play. I have to say, I loved what i saw. Good thing he’s in the WC, so I don’t feel bad for occasionally rooting for the Kings.
"In the depths of winter, I learned there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus
I hate that LA’s in the thick for a playoff spot, cause I wanted that bastard.
I should have saved my old signature. Oh well!
by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
I love Dustin Brown. Absolutely a great player to watch and I’d love to have him on the Caps. LAK isn’t letting him go anywhere though.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 1:51 AM EST up reply actions
Zach Parise......
Is there anyway we can get him on the Caps …. it was scary good in the Olympics…. I know it would never happen … but he is AWESOME
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 10:38 PM EST reply actions
I wish. I’ll be shocked if Jersey lets him get away.
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by Knee high to a duck on Feb 28, 2010 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
bet he’d be happier in DC……“You’re free now, Zach. Skate fast! Skate forward! And score as many goals as you wish!”
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
Parise would lead the league in goals with the Caps. And he’s a good boy to boot.
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I just saw him do all the little things right … he was there 100% every second of every game … no falling asleep …. it would be kinda nice to have that …
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
of course not ….. i just got the biggest man crush on him during the games….. he just did everything right … no way I’d give up Ovie…
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Parise reminds me of a girl from our town who was absolutely perfect. The Straight A student who skipped a grade and was the best swimmer in town to boot. (She was actually only two weeks older than him.)
No, I wasn’t lucky enough to have a kid like Parise. My kid was more like Alex Semin.
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Heh. He’d actually still be second on the Caps in goals.
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by Fehr and Balanced on Mar 1, 2010 1:51 AM EST up reply actions
especially the hot swiss curling women …
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
No pigtails, no interest
I should have saved my old signature. Oh well!
by Whiter Mage on Feb 28, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
the tongue ring doesn’t do it for you?
by TheFuryUnleashed on Feb 28, 2010 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
Trade Topic Thread until JP makes an official one
http://www.japersrink.com/2010/2/28/1331070/the-olympic-un-freeze-63-hours-to
Bah-Ram-Ewe, Ovechkin will wreck you. Fear the Furious Fleece!
in other positive takeaways from today, I have an inbox full of messages from gymnastics fans along the lines of “OMG, I’m totally into hockey now! Where can I go see some in person?!”
Kung-fu Rink Rabbit
On Draper having to wear a USA jersey at practice: "well at least the Wings can settle bets without involving gold plated desert eagles!"
That’s the best news of the past 24 hours…
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
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