GregCentauro
Banned
Canadians! They can't even drive a Zamboni! Grrrrr! 
Fly in Ben and Jerry to help you out, mooses!
Fly in Ben and Jerry to help you out, mooses!
2010 Olympics in Vancouver thread
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Disappointed with Nate Holland and Graham Watanabe. So much for my SBD X prediction of Holland-Vaultier-Watanabe.
Shorty V
We will all be free once.
Gällivare?
Guess her gold makes up for the unfortunate absence of another Gällivare Girl: Lina Andersson
, which was especially a 'drain' for the Team Sprint.
Shorty V
We will all be free once.
Canadians! They can't even drive a Zamboni! Grrrrr!
Benjamin and Jerry Horne from Up North US of A?
Not such a good idea: I'm afraid that their Zamboni will turn out to be the hiding place of another dead (female) athlete, wrapped in plastic.
And then Dale Cooper will have to cancel the entire Olympics, after uttering his disgust of Canadian Coffee.
Shorty V
We will all be free once.
The sport itself isn't a joke, I think.
But the international competition level is definitely NOT sufficient to be of genuine Olympic Level.
Here in Europe it's the same with Korfball: looks a bit like basketball, played with mixed genders (YES!), but every international tournament is only a battle between Belgium and the Netherlands. Therefore not to be taken in consideration to become an Olympic Sport. But I guess that hockey has got a more powerful lobby: US of A & Canada, compared to the Lower Countries!
Patrick_S
persona non grata
Lina Andersson wouldn´t be a part of the team sprint even if she were in great shape. The team sprint is in freestyle this year and Lina is much better in the classical style. The Swedish team will be Charlotte Kalla and Hanna Falk (if she´s injury free). If Falk can´t start it will be Anna Haag, Anna Olsson or Ida Ingemarsdotter who takes the last stage. A Lina Andersson in her best shape would have been one of the favourites in the individual sprint though.Guess her gold makes up for the unfortunate absence of another Gällivare Girl: Lina Andersson
Probably a nice turn in the winter weather ....:tongue:
Gällivare?
Guess her gold makes up for the unfortunate absence of another Gällivare Girl: Lina Andersson
She is from Tärendö in the neighbouring municipality,but she and Lina are working out together.
US did'nt look particularly great in the first period agains those amateurs from Suisse. I think two days (or was it one?) is not enough time for a team to gel. Oh well, all the teams are under the same rules. Canada will do everything in their power to take the gold. The country has said it's the one medal they would like to take gold in in all the events. They will be hard to defeat.
Plus the roster for the US doesn't look like the one I had seen before. Where are Okposo and Martin?
Plus the roster for the US doesn't look like the one I had seen before. Where are Okposo and Martin?
LezFemmez
Banned
Huh???
They're a bunch of amatuers. I think only a couple guys play in the NHL.
That's more like it. They're lookin' better now.
GregCentauro
Banned
There's professional hockey in Europe. During the 2004 lockout... wikipedia said:
Switzerland's league is pro, too.
LezFemmez
Banned
Switzerland's league is pro, too.
Thank you! That's what I meant...
Switzerland's league is pro, too.
I'm well aware of that. But nothing compares to the NHL. Not even the KHL can mess with the NHL. As far as I'm concerned anyone playing in anything less than the KHL or NHL is a cut below.
LezFemmez
Banned
Noone said that, right? But the Suisse league is a professional sports league...but okay, Canadians think they stand above all when it comes to hockey. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...you gonna watch the "tre kronor" take the gold...:nanner:
Anyhow, our second medal, silver, Biathlon pursuit...yeah!!! And Sweden's got their second gold, Björn Ferry.
My cous' plays in the AHL and he could be on that Suisse team. In fact he'd probably captain that team. He was captain on a DI team for three years.
The Yanks' played poorly in the first game. Too many first timers. We needed at least a Modano or a Guerin or somebody to anchor that team. No, they didn't look too good.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Another gold medal for Canada! Booyah!
I thought the Americans played a decent game against the Swiss. Third period was bad, but it seemed to me that, no matter where the Swiss had the puck, an American was always right there.
I thought the Americans played a decent game against the Swiss. Third period was bad, but it seemed to me that, no matter where the Swiss had the puck, an American was always right there.
