We got our first gold medal today with Jennifer Heil (moguls).

and our women hockey team pounded team Italy 16-0 while outshooting them 66-5. hehe.

i watched some of the hockey game, trying to figure out how my rec league intramural team would do against the Italian women....

I think we'd probably lose, but mostly because only a couple of us learned how to play hockey properly, ie on ice tactics and whatnot... mostly we learned by playing shinny, which doesn't translate so well into team play with rules and lines and whatnot.

My team does have a couple of players though who are pretty good, one guy who played Junior B in goal and the other as a defenseman. The goalie plays forward for us, but the other guy is still a little too good for the league...


Didja see the size of the Italian goalie though? when she was crouched over, her head was barely above the crossbar..... she took of her mask though at one point and she was pretty hot though.

they could barely touch the puck even when playing on the powerplay.

they had a pair of D's that were both 15 ! one of them is about 5'1" and 100 pounds or so.

Was it just me or did that moguls event feature an unusual amount of attractive women?

Was it just me or did that moguls event feature an unusual amount of attractive women?


The one who got silver was really hot! Kara Traa or something like that? Kara something, anyway, very hot.

It was like an aerial catwalk out there or something

The one who got silver was really hot! Kara Traa or something like that? Kara something, anyway, very hot.

Kari Traa :
<img src="http://www.ba.no/multimedia/archive/00341/traamote1_341097e.jpg">

I actually think Heil is hotter.

i watched both events live today. i couldnt sleep and actually watched the mogul qualifying and medal round to see our girl win. pretty cool.

my first reaction to seeing the italian goalie was exactly the same, i said to my fiance here that i couldnt believe how tiny she was, and she was gonna get lit up.


italy got 0 shots in the 3rd period.

I'm changing this thread title to encompass the entire Olympics.

I'm changing this thread title to encompass the entire Olympics.

"XX Olympics Game thread"?

US won its first of many golds today when Chad Hedrick won in the men's 5,000-meter speedskating race.

you commy!

we're not allowed to have our own thread about this now? :nooooo:

fuck the us. start your own thread. we hear enough about how the USA is doing in every event. the us results are already crammed down our throat, and now you take the thread canadians made away from us? fuck off.

you commy!
No, but it's fucking retarded to have a single thread for every goddamn country represented in the Olympics.

"XX Olympics Game thread"?
Yeah, that does look dumb.

No, but it's fucking retarded to have a single thread for every goddamn country represented in the Olympics.

But why change it to a thread about the videogame? Apparently it's not even very good!

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/torino2006/review.html

yeah I watched about 10 minutes of the Canada-Italy women's game today. my first reaction was that I would easily have been the best player on the Italian team. good god. some of them could barely skate. I'm pretty sure I'm as good as some of the Canadians too. point is...women's hockey sucks. everyone looks like they're trying so hard to skate, like it isn't natural. second thought was that Italy probably should have found a goalie that was as tall as the net. third thought was that women's hockey sucks. I think I already had that thought, but it's so true.

once time when i was in bantam my house hockey team played the girls rep team from the entire aea, not just the city.

we fucking slaughtered them something like 14-2. they stopped putting our goals on the board after 9 and we went to running time. we really tried to stop scoring, but they just sucked. after maybe the 4th goal, we stopped celebratin and just went to take the faceoff.

We got our first gold medal today with Jennifer Heil (moguls).

and our women hockey team pounded team Italy 16-0 while outshooting them 66-5. hehe.
that that was some pretty great sportsmanship right there.

Go Canada!

that that was some pretty great sportsmanship right there.

it actually was, team Italy couldn't touch the puck, an unsportsmanship conduct would have involved team Canada not shooting at all. There's just so many passes you can make until you reach the goaltender, the respectful thing to do is take a shot once you're there.

They said on TV that Canada was forced to whup them by such a great margin because of a crappy rule about home ice advantage. Someone else could explain it better than me.

fuck the us. start your own thread. we hear enough about how the USA is doing in every event. the us results are already crammed down our throat, and now you take the thread canadians made away from us? fuck off.
I agree. What a tool!

They said on TV that Canada was forced to whup them by such a great margin because of a crappy rule about home ice advantage. Someone else could explain it better than me.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it has to do with the final game, the team with the best goals for vs. goals against ratio will have home ice advantage, which would allow that team to get the last line changes.

Yeah. They're expecting it to be important once US goes against Canada so they want the most goals possible. One female player was saying it's a shitty rule and they should just use a coin toss like in every other sport.

No, but it's fucking retarded to have a single thread for every goddamn country represented in the Olympics.


That's ok, I'll just post enough in here about Canada that this thread might as well still be titled Canada Olympic Games thread.


Besides, it's not like this thread is gonna be the only one on the topic of the olympics.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it has to do with the final game, the team with the best goals for vs. goals against ratio will have home ice advantage, which would allow that team to get the last line changes.

Pretty much, yeah.

It's too bad, but..... oh well. The Italians goal was to keep it within 20 goals, so, it's a moral victory i suppose.

yeah I watched about 10 minutes of the Canada-Italy women's game today. my first reaction was that I would easily have been the best player on the Italian team. good god. some of them could barely skate. I'm pretty sure I'm as good as some of the Canadians too. point is...women's hockey sucks. everyone looks like they're trying so hard to skate, like it isn't natural. second thought was that Italy probably should have found a goalie that was as tall as the net. third thought was that women's hockey sucks. I think I already had that thought, but it's so true.


I remember back in 2002 I made some comment about how womens hockey wasn't really that high calibre, and that a Junior A or Junior B team could probably beat them. I took alot of shit from some females who heard that, but I've read some stuff recently where both the USA and Canadian womens teams generally play games against Midget AAA teams, which means 15-16 year old boys who are generally the best in their region. So it's safe to say that 17-20 year old boys at a higher level could probably beat the Canadian national womens team. I wish I'd know that then.


Anyway, the womens games are good to watch when it's Canada v. USA, otherwise.... they generally have all the competition of a man clubbing a hamster with a baseball bat.

the crowd was chanting and cheering for their team in the dying seconds of the game. that was a great crowd that knew their team was in for a world of pain.

its ridiculous though, when you consider the margin that Finland beat russia by earlier in the day.

if we're going for dumb patriotism then GO AUSTRIA!

i cheered for some austrians while watching the skeleton today

its ridiculous though, when you consider the margin that Finland beat russia by earlier in the day.

Finland played against Germany...

i meant sweden, sorry.

Olympics Game?

Olympic Games?

should be Olympic Games, but don't blame me

Shockingly, the U.S. finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the halfpipe, furthering their absolute dominance in the event which should not be an Olympic sport in the first place.

Shockingly, the U.S. finished No. 1 and No. 2 in the halfpipe, furthering their absolute dominance in the event which should not be an Olympic sport in the first place.

that'll happen when the sport is relatively new and originated here, no?

Yeah, I guess baseball, once it gets some headway, will become an Olympic sport!!!

bronze for Canada at women 3,000 metres speed-skating.

and team Canada beats Russia 12-0 at women's hockey. they're now 28-0 in two games, not bad. thankfully they'll have some competition in the next game against Sweden.

bronze for Canada at women 3,000 metres speek-skating.

and team Canada beats Russia 12-0 at women's hockey. they're now 28-0 in two games, not bad. thankfully they'll have some competition in the next game against Sweden.
quoted for hilarity

Hey, Kwan dropped out - good. That bitch didn't deserve a spot in the first place.

i would have liked to see her win :(

lol

Russia was a hell of a lot better than Italy at least. They said only 250 women are playing hockey in Russia compared to over 60,000 in Canada. I got the idea Agosta might be hot, I'm gonna try to look her up online.

Oh no she isn't that hot, lame.

Yeah, I guess baseball, once it gets some headway, will become an Olympic sport!!!


Didn't baseball just get kicked out of the olympics? or was that softball?

the first Canadian mens game is at 7am on wednesday morning. Thankfuly, the TV is only 5 steps out the door of my room.


I'm glad Chris Pronger is going, inspite of his injured foot. Our d-men are dropping out, and he's the undisputed #1 now. I just hope he doesn't play 28 minutes a night, or he'll get burned out pretty quick.

i would have liked to see her win :(

Me too. I've always liked her since the 98 Olympics. :( She's also from So. Cal so as far as locals go I'm down to Sasha Cohen and Shaun White :erm

Didn't baseball just get kicked out of the olympics? or was that softball?
i think it was both

Canada's women hockey team let in a goal.

But they're still ahead 7-1 after two periods.

We won 8-1. We also got a silver in some other kind of skiing event.

We won 8-1. We also got a silver in some other kind of skiing event.

that would be the Women's team sprint cross country. one of our skier broke a pole in the middle of her lap and some norwegian official handed her another pole... the norwegian team finished out of the medals in 4th place... I bet a lot of people in Norway will be pissed at this guy.

In the women's game there was a part where the goalie lost her stick, and one of the players gave her her stick and continued playing with no stick. That was really weird.

I'm nervous that the men's hockey games won't be on tv here. I wanted to watch whatever olympic stuff was on USA this morning, and it's a fucking dog show instead.

In the women's game there was a part where the goalie lost her stick, and one of the players gave her her stick and continued playing with no stick. That was really weird.

This is not that uncommon.

I'm nervous that the men's hockey games won't be on tv here. I wanted to watch whatever olympic stuff was on USA this morning, and it's a fucking dog show instead.

Yeah, i was suprised NBC wasn't showing any live coverage at all, at least, not the NBC I get...

But doesn't it have a few spinoff channels, like CNBC and MSNBC that are showing the game? I remember reading an article somewhere that said that the hockey games were completely covered by NBC, even if it was on the specialty channels, if i can find it again, i'll post it.

Yeah I have the schedule, and MSNBC had a game this morning, and now USA is showing US vs. Finland, so that makes me feel better. It just sucked switching the channel, hoping to see curling or anything, and it was a damn Dalmation.

This is not that uncommon.
I don't watch hockey.

The NBC I get only plays olympics in primetime.

yeah, wtf is up with that? they dont show any events live? great coverage, guys. cbc is tops for olympic coverage. how many times does nbc not show, for example, the south korean guy dive because they are focusing on their golden-boy american doing his warm-ups. come on, show the events, not just fucking americans.

the usa at olympic time always really pisses me off.

The NBC commentary of the pairs skating was really annoying. If I'm remembering correctly, could have been CBC.

what was HILARIOUS the other day is in the background the nbc coverage of the women's moguls was on, and we just heard the announcer going off, completely apeshit over how great of a run some girl was having, jump, of the day, etc. we didn't see who the competitor was, but i said to my bro-in-law "$5 says that was the american skier." sure enough, it was, and the "spectacular" jump was good enough to put her in tenth position. yeah, must have been astounding. :rolleyes:


hilarious.

the USA and FINLAND are tied 3-3 in women's hockey right now. that would be so great if they choked.

Nice bloody goal Darwitz.

5-3 U.S... Probably better to save the best for last. Canada would play them in the semi's if they lost.

So Voice Implodes, what are you gonna do with your shiny new $5?

he didn't take the bet, the way the guy was going off, he agreed with me. oh well.

I'm watching the US vs. Japan women's curling and I can't stop laughing at the Japanese girls yelling.

it's hot, isn't it ?

it's sure something.

I hope they replay it on the CBC primetime cause I'm taping that from 6-11.

Did you guys get a load of this Johnny Weir kid?

http://www.kataniye.com/johnny_weir/Johnny%20Home%20Page.jpg

Total fag + belligerent American ass. Go USA!

Did you guys get a load of this Johnny Weir kid?

http://www.kataniye.com/johnny_weir/Johnny%20Home%20Page.jpg

Total fag + belligerent American ass. Go USA!

Sweet, now I have more of a reason to watch tonight.

He already skated tonight.

Well, I mean unless you're in a different time zone, dur! Sorry.

I edited spoilers out of my last post because I'm so goddamn considerate.

Yeah I'm a west-coaster. Just don't tell me what happens!!


And thank you for the edit. :D

I guess I should edit out this whole post due to spoilers even tho I didn't watch it yet.

Holy shit the mens hockey game tomorrow is at 7am? Son of a bitch.

Aw sweet, CBC is re-airing it at 12am.

Yeah I'll be enjoying a good 10 or so hours of hockey starting ridiculously early in the morning. I think the Canada game starts at 4? Sweet.

Every one of my roommates laughed at me when I said I was getting up at 7 to watch the game, i'm known for generally staying up till 4 am and sleeping in till 11 every day. I think they're betting on if I'll actually do it.


It's too bad I have an essay to finish and then class tomorrow, or I'd be watching hockey all day too.

How many games are there tomorrow? I think I saw one other game listed but it didn't really interest me.

Kazakhstan vs. Sweden, 11:30 a.m.
Italy vs. Canada, 1 p.m.
Switzerland vs. Finland, 3:30 p.m.
Germany vs. Czech Republic, 5 p.m.
Russia vs. Slovakia, 8 p.m.
Latvia vs. United States, 9 p.m.

All Torino time

Holy shit that's a lot of games. I think I'll stick to the Canada one. I'll watch the rerun at 12am tomorrow night. 7am is too early!

Yeah, good thing I don't work tomorrow!

Enjoy your day. http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon14.gif

Russia - Slovakia would be a good one, too bad it's at 3am over here. maybe i'll give it a shot...

You could just tape it.

Russia - Slovakia would be a good one, too bad it's at 3am over here. maybe i'll give it a shot...


Where do you live??

Russia - Slovakia would be a good one, too bad it's at 3am over here. maybe i'll give it a shot...

8 pm Torino time = 2 pm over here...

That's what I was thinking...

jeez, i'm confused then.... math definitely isn't my strong point. I was thinking it over again and something didn't quite soudn right....


Either way, I'm in class tomorrow at that point, so..... doesn't really matter.

i'm off work sick this week, and maybe next. i get to watch a shitload of hockey. sucks being sick, but at least the timing is right.

Man, maybe it's just cause I was half asleep, but that first period of Italy-Canada felt really fast and confusing. Probably just looked fast after watching a few womens games.

Italy was really quick, and if they keep stacking 5 players in the defensive end, it'll be a long and boring game for Canada. By the third though, I think Canada will be a little more dominant. They're outshooting them only 11-8, but by my count they've been outchancing them 6-2.

Well 6-2 now, that's a little better. Brodeur looked a little shakey on those, keep your stick on the ice and use the butterfly man. If Luongo had been in net it'd be 6-0. Broduer seems even more standupish than usual.

Canada had 17 shots on net in under 9 minutes there for a while, that's pretty good. Outshot italy 28-4 I think in that period.

7-2 final. Anti-climactic third for the most part. I was struggling to stay awake by the end, so now i'm going back to bed for two hours.

Tomorrow against Germany promises to be much more boring, as the Germans actually have enough skill to hang with Canada if they just blanket them defensively

Tomorrow against Germany promises to be much more boring, as the Germans actually have enough skill to hang with Canada if they just blanket them defensively

Both Hecht and Sturm are out... that's a huge blow for them.

FUCK FUCK FUCK - i can't watch our match against Germany over Internet, because zdf.de can stream it only within Europe. Does anyone know if there's some global stream from Turin?


I mean i want to watch it, not listen to a broadcast.

Slovakia and Russia are playing a helluva game.

im watching the game now too. best one so far, by a long shot.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/oly_full.56165396bl010_ice_hockey_ru.jpg

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/oly_full.56165396bl005_ice_hockey_ru.jpg

Fuck yeah. Kings are having a great day. Demitra, Visnovsky, and Conroy have all scored.

WHO WILL BE THE HERO IN 2006?

http://ordinaryleastsquare.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/lundqvist.jpg
dude on the left.

http://ordinaryleastsquare.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/lundqvist.jpg


I put some money on them against Russia tomorrow, so that Lundqvist has better come through, especially since Forsberg should still be sitting out that game.

so what does everyone thinkg of hasek going down?

so what does everyone thinkg of hasek going down?

All I think about that is that if it's serious, the Sens are fucked, but the Czechs should still be fine.

so what does everyone thinkg of hasek going down?

I predict he'll be back next week. Luckily Vokoun is awesome as well.

I can't believe the US tied Latvia. they dominated the first and third periods, but still. that's what you get for playing John freakin Grahame (okay the first and third goals were not his fault, but the second was weak). ugh.

you gotta hand it to Irbe...stopped 38, 39 shots?

irbe stood on his head. the US didn't capitalize on their chances, Latvia did. that was the story of the game.

All I think about that is that if it's serious, the Sens are fucked, but the Czechs should still be fine. the team doctor said there's 30-40% chance he will show up again on this tournament.
I don't really think he or our team will be pushing it, especially if there's Vokoun.

Elias is injured as well, but it looks like that he should be alright - maybe not tomorrow, but on weekend against Itlay for sure.

FUCK FUCK FUCK - i can't watch our match against Germany over Internet, because zdf.de can stream it only within Europe. Does anyone know if there's some global stream from Turin?


I mean i want to watch it, not listen to a broadcast.

Hey Jan, the game was on TSN today, i'm not sure of how many other Czech games will be on TSN, you'd have to check their schedule. CBC is showing about 2 games a day from what i understand (you can get a pdf of their hockey schedule at cbc.ca, but it doesn't have the TSN games listed).

the team doctor said there's 30-40% chance he will show up again on this tournament.
I don't really think he or our team will be pushing it, especially if there's Vokoun.

Elias is injured as well, but it looks like that he should be alright - maybe not tomorrow, but on weekend against Itlay for sure.


I don't think Sens fans have much to worry about, it doesn't sound too serious right now, and I don't think he'll much much if any NHL time.

FUCK FUCK FUCK - i can't watch our match against Germany over Internet, because zdf.de can stream it only within Europe. Does anyone know if there's some global stream from Turin?


I mean i want to watch it, not listen to a broadcast.


go to the arbor room at hart house, they have a big screen they're showing the olympics on. and they're open pretty much from 9 am to 11 pm.

go to the arbor room at hart house, they have a big screen they're showing the olympics on. and they're open pretty much from 9 am to 11 pm.

I am afraid of watching hockey with Canadians - they'd beat me.
Ok, thank you - I think I will check it later on. Too bad that tomorrow we face Switzerland at like 5 am of toronto time.

BTW have you heard about this?
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Hi All

As you may know, the Arbour Room of Hart House is going to be closed in June
and the food services taken over by some outside contractor. If you think
this is a bad thing, you might want to sign the physical or on-line
petitions (http://www.PetitionOnline.com/arborrm/).



Also, I just want to make this clear, you are not expecting ME to do the thread about V. watching, right? Because if something gets posted, I thought it'd be you, since it's your place - I mean not making a thread right now, but later on...

4 Canucks had two points today (Ohlund, Sedins. Bertuzzi)!!!

Speaking of Betuzzi... Guess who decided to pick today, of all days, to file a civil suit against him for 19.5 mill. Vengence is quite the bitch huh?

I am afraid of watching hockey with Canadians - they'd beat me.
Ok, thank you - I think I will check it later on. Too bad that tomorrow we face Switzerland at like 5 am of toronto time.

BTW have you heard about this?
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Hi All

As you may know, the Arbour Room of Hart House is going to be closed in June
and the food services taken over by some outside contractor. If you think
this is a bad thing, you might want to sign the physical or on-line
petitions (http://www.PetitionOnline.com/arborrm/).



Also, I just want to make this clear, you are not expecting ME to do the thread about V. watching, right? Because if something gets posted, I thought it'd be you, since it's your place - I mean not making a thread right now, but later on...


yeah yeah yeah, i'll make a thread on friday or saturday, closer to the date.

as for the arbor room closing, that would be so so so so stupid. i saw people protesting outside last week. i hope u of t can buy it back or something.

4 Canucks had two points today (Ohlund, Sedins. Bertuzzi)!!!

Speaking of Betuzzi... Guess who decided to pick today, of all days, to file a civil suit against him for 19.5 mill. Vengence is quite the bitch huh?


sigh..... the timing is actually somewhat justified, the suit had to be filed within 2 years of a specific incident (in this case, the first conflict that started it all, naslund getting hit by moore) which was Feb 16 2004.


Really unfortunate, now the media will have a field day with this. I went on a rant about the media already to my roommate, so i don't feel like doing it again. Maybe later.

I am afraid of watching hockey with Canadians - they'd beat me.


Hey Jan, Canada plays the Czechs on the 21st I believe, in the afternoon... I'll be in Toronto then probably, we should watch it together.

This thread should be re-titled "the Official Olympic Hockey Thread".

Hey Jan, Canada plays the Czechs on the 21st I believe, in the afternoon... I'll be in Toronto then probably, we should watch it together.
you mean it like V. watching hang-over? I am okay with that, i would like to experience watching it in some pub with cheering Canadians. As long as you wouldn't be pointing onto me telling the whole pub - ' hey guys, if we lose, let's beat this fucker!!!'

you're right, Feb 21, like 10:30 am Toronto time

you mean it like V. watching hang-over? I am okay with that, i would like to experience watching it in some pub with cheering Canadians. As long as you wouldn't be pointing onto me telling the whole pub - ' hey guys, if we lose, let's beat this fucker!!!'
well, it'd be the next day, but if you're free..... and I wouldn't tell anyone that, don't worry.


My roommate in first year was American, and he watched the gold medal game in 2002 with about 50 of us in my residence at school.... he took alot of shit at first, but he was asking for it, and by half way through the third, he took off.... I don't think he really cared that much though.

I don't know how many people will be out at bars watching the game at 10:30am, but we could see.... or you could come over to where i'm staying, not that it's my place or anything.....

I don't know how many people will be out at bars watching the game at 10:30am, but we could see.... or you could come over to where i'm staying, not that it's my place or anything..... well if it's cool with you and whoever owns that place, why not. I don't have TV. Otherwise there's always Arbour Room.

nah, I am not asking for anything, I just enjoy how the game flows - maybe I just wouldn't resist some half-loud 'goal!' shout when it comes to it.
Let's work out details on Monday, then.

well if it's cool with you and whoever owns that place, why not. I don't have TV. Otherwise there's always Arbour Room.

nah, I am not asking for anything, I just enjoy how the game flows - maybe I just wouldn't resist some half-loud 'goal!' shout when it comes to it.
Let's work out details on Monday, then.


hah, alright, monday it is.

Tuesday I was gonna go play hockey at one of the outdoor rinks in TO after the game, but I there are hockey games I wanna see all day, on both monday and tuesday... i guess i might have to stay in TO till wednesday, if I'm not working back in Waterloo.

4 Canucks had two points today (Ohlund, Sedins. Bertuzzi)!!!

Speaking of Betuzzi... Guess who decided to pick today, of all days, to file a civil suit against him for 19.5 mill. Vengence is quite the bitch huh?

every case he has filed has been thrown out.

steve moore needs to quit crying and exagerating and get on with his life.

every case he has filed has been thrown out.

steve moore needs to quit crying and exagerating and get on with his life.
I think it's a pretty bad example if a guy like this is *******d on Canada team rooster. It looks like as if Canada didn't have enough other quality players.

I think it's a pretty bad example if a guy like this is *******d on Canada team rooster. It looks like as if Canada didn't have enough other quality players.

I don't see why we couldn't try and put together the best team possible on the ice. The guy was suspended long enough, he couldn't go and play in Europe last year because of his suspension.

I don't see why we couldn't try and put together the best team possible on the ice. The guy was suspended long enough, he couldn't go and play in Europe last year because of his suspension.
I agree pretty much with every word this guy says:
http://www.maderatribune.com/sports/sportsview.asp?c=166566

I agree pretty much with every word this guy says:
http://www.maderatribune.com/sports/sportsview.asp?c=166566

I'd agree that Bertuzzi should be suspended until Moore would be healthy enough to play again (which I guess will be never) if that'd be the rule in the NHL. I don't agree that there should be a special rule just for Bertuzzi. How many guys have injured severily other players by sticking out the knee or whatever kidn of cheap shots you can think about just to get a 3 games suspension while the other guy is out injured for a couple of months ?

I'd agree that Bertuzzi should be suspended until Moore would be healthy enough to play again (which I guess will be never) if that'd be the rule in the NHL. I don't agree that there should be a special rule just for Bertuzzi. How many guys have injured severily other players by sticking out the knee or whatever kidn of cheap shots you can think about just to get a 3 games suspension while the other guy is out injured for a couple of months ?I agree with you. Yeah I know it's cheap to take Bertuzzi into mouth, but i just can't resist..... there's a bad moral aspect about the whole thing I think. I am also kind of sick of Gretzky giving him a call. I mean if I were Bertuzzi, I'd probably accept it, too, but the thing is Bertuzzi wasn't calling Gretzky 'I want to be on your team', it was the other way round. Again, it's not like Canada just needed to fill the rooster with some guy.


But hey, morality issues within Canada team onto my head...

I think it's a pretty bad example if a guy like this is *******d on Canada team rooster. It looks like as if Canada didn't have enough other quality players.

the incident happened over 2 years ago.

moore's injuries are exagerated by lawyers.

he was a mediocre player at best. he may have never played agains simply because he sucked.

and the crime should be punished, not the injury. which it was, adequately by the nhl, and the courts. it is unfortunate that he got hurt, but many people forget that this same guy gave marcus naslund a HUGE cheapshot the game before that just as easily could have ended a superstar's career.

But hey, morality issues within Canada team onto my head...

uh, morality issues? i certainly HOPE this isn't coming from an American. please, explain yourself.

the incident happened over 2 years ago.

and so what, now we all just pretend it has never happened?


he was a mediocre player at best. he may have never played agains simply because he sucked.

you can't be real. So just because he sucked it's okay to take him down?


and the crime should be punished, not the injury. which it was, adequately by the nhl, and the courts. it is unfortunate that he got hurt, but many people forget that this same guy gave marcus naslund a HUGE cheapshot the game before that just as easily could have ended a superstar's career.
you find this adequate punishment? Please enlighten me what about his punishment is adequate? Being two years later on a national team? What's the moral of this story? That we all forget?

And I am talking about Bertuzzi's presence in Team Canada. Not what Steve Moore did.

bertuzzi was suspened for over a year. it is one of the longest suspensions in NHL history. it happened 2 years ago, but SO DID THE PUNISHMENT. in fact, the punishment lasted until this year.

my point is not that it was okay to take moore down. simply that that could be a big reason he is not rushing to play. if he was Forsberg, with the same injury, i gaurantee you he would be back.

how long does somebody need to be punished? he missed the World Championships as punishement. he missed the 2004 playofs as punishment,. he lost millins in salary as punishment. his life was turned upside down as punishment.

at some point, he needs to let it go. bertuzzi punched him in the head, albeit from behind. it happens in almost everu hockey game at some point. we dont know if that knocked him out or if they 2 200lb.+ guys landed on his neck did. should Worrell be punished for falling on Moore too? he obviously didn't intend to seriously injure his teammate. and neitehr did Todd.

Moore deserved a shot. not the injury. but its sports. it happens. it sucks, but it does. if bertuzzi stated before the game or incident intent to put moore on a stretcher, like the do in the WWF, then fan or not, i would agree, he should be gone for good. there is no place for that in the game. but it was an unfortunate accident, but it was that. an accident.

Moore should be getting back to his life. and Bertuzzi should be allowed to do the same.

and Bertuzzi should be allowed to do the same.
yeah let's move on with our everyday lives -LET'S GET NOMINATED FOR WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES!
Isn't the nomination something like - a reward ? To be honoured to represent your country?

Now that even ordinary Canadians apparently don't see there's something wrong with the whole thing of having Bertuzzi on a national team, or that they don't even question it, that's pretty sad. And as I am saying, i am not questioning Bertuzzi only, it's probably more about the management team.


But hey if they allow compete athletes with positive doping tests 2 years ago, why not let a guy who almost killed another player....

I am done with this debate.

yeah let's move on with our everyday lives -LET'S GET NOMINATED FOR WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES!
Isn't the nomination something like - a reward ? To be honoured to represent your country?

Now that even ordinary Canadians apparently don't see there's something wrong with the whole thing of having Bertuzzi on a national team, or that they don't even question it, that's pretty sad. And as I am saying, i am not questioning Bertuzzi only, it's probably more about the management team.


But hey if they allow compete athletes with positive doping tests 2 years ago, why not let a guy who almost killed another player....

I am done with this debate.


i am not done with this yet, and don't think i will be.

bertuzzi never almost KILLED anybody. now you're exagerating.

are you saying you have never made a huge mistake and been punished? do you think you would NVER deserve a reward again, long after the punishment and crime are in the past? should he be branded for life because of one stupid judgement? do you believe in rehabilitation at all?

how do you feel about Mike Tyson? his acts are much more brutal. how about say, even Marth Stewart? granted it wasnt violent. but should she NEVEr be trusted with money again? shoulod the USA be proud to export her and her product to foreign countries? Dick Cheney fucking SHOT a guy. also an accident, i am sure. should he be stripped of his VP and never be allowed in a position of priveledge or near a gun again? he should be punished, yes. and i sure think he should not be the VP. but not for that.

eventually the punishm,ent should be done. if he had inteneded to injure or kill him, then yes, sure, he should never have the priveledge of wearing the leaf, or any unform. that would be dispicable. but it is done. at some point, it has to be done. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! and it is over.

PS. ii know his injuries are embellished for the sake of courts and his lawyers. i have spoken to one of the doctors whosaw moore at St. Pauls Hospital (in vancouver) who said if it was some guy coming in off the street into ER, he would have probably been there a few hours, x-rayed, put a collar on, and released.

bertuzzi was suspened for over a year. it is one of the longest suspensions in NHL history. it happened 2 years ago, but SO DID THE PUNISHMENT. in fact, the punishment lasted until this year.

my point is not that it was okay to take moore down. simply that that could be a big reason he is not rushing to play. if he was Forsberg, with the same injury, i gaurantee you he would be back.

how long does somebody need to be punished? he missed the World Championships as punishement. he missed the 2004 playofs as punishment,. he lost millins in salary as punishment. his life was turned upside down as punishment.

at some point, he needs to let it go. bertuzzi punched him in the head, albeit from behind. it happens in almost everu hockey game at some point. we dont know if that knocked him out or if they 2 200lb.+ guys landed on his neck did. should Worrell be punished for falling on Moore too? he obviously didn't intend to seriously injure his teammate. and neitehr did Todd.

Moore deserved a shot. not the injury. but its sports. it happens. it sucks, but it does. if bertuzzi stated before the game or incident intent to put moore on a stretcher, like the do in the WWF, then fan or not, i would agree, he should be gone for good. there is no place for that in the game. but it was an unfortunate accident, but it was that. an accident.

Moore should be getting back to his life. and Bertuzzi should be allowed to do the same.




I avoided this debate because it's been way over done, but here you're just embelleshing things and ignoring other things. ie, Bertuzzi didn't lose millions of dollars, he lost half a million in salary he would have earned, and that's it. You can argue he lost whatever he didn't earn by not being allowed to play in Europe last year, but you can't count it as money he lost as a fine. His suspension lasted 20 games, not two years. The IIHF chose to honour the NHL suspension, that's up to the IIHF, not the NHL. The NHL suspended him for 20 games and he lost half a million in salary, that's all he officially lost.



Anyway, the rest of your point are far too complicated to be debated here. I'd reccomend reading Lawrence Scanlan's "Grace Under Fire" for a really interesting debate on the role of violence in hockey, he spends quite a bit of time on the Brashear-McSorely incident and I really wish I could find out what he has to say now.




Regardless of who was to blame or whether he was justified in doing what he did and the rest was an accident, we'll have to see what the courts say now. Moore has the right to go there, so we'll see what they say about their jurisdiction over the rinks. Frankly, I'm sure this is one of Bettman's worst nightmares, probably worse than the gambling thing.

I avoided this debate because it's been way over done, but here you're just embelleshing things and ignoring other things. ie, Bertuzzi didn't lose millions of dollars, he lost half a million in salary he would have earned, and that's it. You can argue he lost whatever he didn't earn by not being allowed to play in Europe last year, but you can't count it as money he lost as a fine. His suspension lasted 20 games, not two years. The IIHF chose to honour the NHL suspension, that's up to the IIHF, not the NHL. The NHL suspended him for 20 games and he lost half a million in salary, that's all he officially lost.



Anyway, the rest of your point are far too complicated to be debated here. I'd reccomend reading Lawrence Scanlan's "Grace Under Fire" for a really interesting debate on the role of violence in hockey, he spends quite a bit of time on the Brashear-McSorely incident and I really wish I could find out what he has to say now.




Regardless of who was to blame or whether he was justified in doing what he did and the rest was an accident, we'll have to see what the courts say now. Moore has the right to go there, so we'll see what they say about their jurisdiction over the rinks. Frankly, I'm sure this is one of Bettman's worst nightmares, probably worse than the gambling thing.


i was allowing for euriopean games, and revenue lost because he wouldnt be getting his face put in any more gatorade ads soon again, too. but whatever, points made.

i have heard of that book, but have been unable to find a copy thus far. i'll keep my eyes open for that more now.

as much as a proponent of violence in hockey that i am, once of my favorite books i have read (on hockey) is Dryden's book. you have probaly ead that. right now i am in the middle of Jean Beliveau's autopbiography. pretty good.

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Yes Grahame...this is how the rest of us feel too.

:noway:

anyone else notice that Kiprusoff takes off his mask during every single stoppage in play? sorry, not olumpics, but that pic reminded me of that for some reason or another.

Yeah I think I've noticed that! I can actually think about what he looks like! I barely know what the Kings goalies look like.




Well actually this is false but I used to to prove a point.

Yeah I think I've noticed that! I can actually think about what he looks like! I barely know what the Kings goalies look like.




Well actually this is false but I used to to prove a point.

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oh how I wish he was still a hab, although Huet has been extremely solid.

I like Garon a lot. That guy saves our asses time and time again. More than our penalty kill can say.

so uh, when's this hockey on?

i don't want you watching hockey games i am watching. you can watch the highlights later.

Decent game but I could only watch it with one eye cause I fucked up my head falling off my skateboard. :(

Regardless of who was to blame or whether he was justified in doing what he did and the rest was an accident, we'll have to see what the courts say now. Moore has the right to go there, so we'll see what they say about their jurisdiction over the rinks.


I'd agree that Moore, being the wronged party, has every right to persue whatever legal avenues he feels necessary to be compensated by Bertuzzi. However the timing of this just seems vindictive. They could have easily filed this suit three weeks ago or ten days from now and made the 2 year statute of limitations just fine but for this to come out on the day the men's hockey team plays their first game is abhorrent. Getting at Bertuzzi is fine but to have his lawyers take this route is indirectly a shot at the whole team as well, and team Canada in general. It's bad enough to have the Gretzky thing going on but to put this out now and use the Olympics as a platform for his own agenda is selfish and in bad taste.

anyone else notice that Kiprusoff takes off his mask during every single stoppage in play? sorry, not olumpics, but that pic reminded me of that for some reason or another.


yes, i've noticed this. it reminds me of my glory days of being captain of my high school hockey team. i would take off my helmet as i skated off the ice for all the wrong reasons.

wow. Switzerland upset the czechs. who would hav thought. this and the usa's tie with latvia leads me to wonder what the hell is going on? maybe canada wil lose to germany today.

Does anyone know what channel the Slovakia-Latvia game is on this morning? The schedule says MSNBC, but Russia-Sweden just started and Slovakia is scheduled to start in about an hour....?

I think you're probably the only American here watching those games, so none of us Canadians (well... me anyway) get MSNBC or whatever, sorry....


I'm a little annoyed that CBC isn't showing Sweden-Russia, but.... i suppose it's understandable.

Apparently Russia is spanking Sweden 5-0.
Mooney, care to comment?

Damn, the Czechs were my pick to win the gold in hockey...

I guess right now Russia's the best bet.

Suuuure.


They're playing some games on TSN so you might want to check there.

Also,

*Note - CBC Television will break away for live coverage of Figure Skating - Men's Long Program for the final two groups of skaters, which includ-e Canadians Sandhu and Buttle and the top skaters after the short program. **Viewers wishing to stay with the hockey game can do so on TSN, and CBC will re-join live coverage of hockey (if possible) once the figure skating is complete.

yes, i've noticed this. it reminds me of my glory days of being captain of my high school hockey team. i would take off my helmet as i skated off the ice for all the wrong reasons.

hahah

been there, done that :erm:

god I was a loser

Damn, the Czechs were my pick to win the gold in hockey...

I guess right now Russia's the best bet.

not after slovakia knocked them off. if canada doesn't win it, I will be utterly shocked.

*Note - CBC Television will break away for live coverage of Figure Skating - Men's Long Program for the final two groups of skaters, which includ-e Canadians Sandhu and Buttle and the top skaters after the short program. **Viewers wishing to stay with the hockey game can do so on TSN, and CBC will re-join live coverage of hockey (if possible) once the figure skating is complete.

:mad:

I'm hoping SRC will be playing the game but I'm sure they too will break into figure skating coverage.

Suuuure.


They're playing some games on TSN so you might want to check there.

Also,


wow, thanks, i didn't know that....

not after slovakia knocked them off. if canada doesn't win it, I will be utterly shocked.


You can't really be shocked, it's not an exaggeration to say that there are about 5 teams with a legitimate chance at gold. Canada probably is the strongest team all around, but in a single game elimination..... If the playoffs here were best of seven or best of five, Canada would have a much better chance of winning. When it's a single game though..... there's alot of luck involved, a single bounce can change everything.

Right Tommy Salo?

:mad:

I'm hoping SRC will be playing the game but I'm sure they too will break into figure skating coverage.


SRC is the Quebec TSN, right? they'll probably show whatever TSN is showing then, no?

Quebec's TSN is RDS and they don't necessarily air the same things that TSN are airing. SRC is french CBC. (Société Radio-Canada)

no disapointments yet. it is 3-0 canada.

and how bout the canucks today? 2 silvers and 2 bronze. and one event is in dispute, which could, but wont likely, result in another canadian bronze.

finally, a good day.

Apparently Russia is spanking Sweden 5-0.
Mooney, care to comment?

yeah, i'm really surprised that lundqvist let in five goals. :erm: he's only had two less than steller games for the rangers in forty starts all year. he's second among all goalies in the nhl in save% and gaa.

why is everyone wearing the same uniform

germany lives! 3-1!

no one ruin this for me if it's on tape delay, i'm enjoying it.

if the 2nd period is still going on, it's definitely on tape delay. I suggest you not read this thread till it's over.

why is everyone wearing the same uniform


It's the new crappy ass nike uniforms, they look the same for every country. I really hope that nobody buys them and nike loses millions on it. they look like crap. I can live with the tightness i suppose, but the design is incredibly stupid.

Speed skating is so great.

i watched the men's 5000M relay yesterday. it was intense.

uh, what's with international refs calling penalties on hits that are too hard? the tkatchuk penalty that led to the only kazahkstan goal was horrible. I also happened to catch a penalty on one of the canadian players (mccabe maybe?) which was totally clean, but the german guy was shaken up, and thus a penalty was called. ugh, international referees suck.

Rawwwwwwwwwwwwwwr we got bronze in men's figure skating, alright!

We got 4 medals today, doubling our total prior to today. I don't know if any more medals are coming today or if the events are all over.

it should be all over for today, it's now 11:30pm over there...

Rawwwwwwwwwwwwwwr we got bronze in men's figure skating, alright!

We got 4 medals today, doubling our total prior to today. I don't know if any more medals are coming today or if the events are all over.


wow, i didn't see that at all. I didn't bother watching cause I figured we were out of it.



plus it's figure skating, and only Elvis Stojko was any good at that.

They said Buttle was the first Canadian man to win a medal since Stojko got silver. Sandu got 13th and the other guy got 12th. It might have been 11th and 12th, can't remember.

It's the new crappy ass nike uniforms, they look the same for every country. I really hope that nobody buys them and nike loses millions on it. they look like crap. I can live with the tightness i suppose, but the design is incredibly stupid.


Speed skating is so great.


i watched the men's 5000M relay yesterday. it was intense.


each of these posts was very accurate. it was a good day to watch olympics.

Well I taped the Slovakia game....what a scheduling fuck up that was. Right after the Russia game they started showing the Slovakia game, which at that point was 4-3 in the middle of the 2nd. What the fuck.

as soon as the olympic uniforms came out, i was amzed at how remarkably boring they were. i am nto a fan of what is basically a single-color uniform, with slight marking on the sleeve and socks. i also hope nike loses alot of money for creating those.

I want one of the black Canada jerseys. Can you buy them? They look really awesome.

I want one of the black Canada jerseys. Can you buy them? They look really awesome.

the old (2002) ones were much better

http://shopjohnsons.com/product/103/103_Canada_Natioanl_Team_Alternate_Jersey_Black_me d.jpg

I don't remember those. I like the black aspect, and the look of the leaf.

Oh now your pic shows up, same leaf. Cool.

LOLOLOL :rofl:

some stupid american bitch in the snowbaord race had it in the bag, got cocky (we've been over this...) tried to show off and do a toe-grab on the last jump, FELL ON HER FACE AND LOST THE GOLD MEDAL!!

rofling my ass off! i love it when arrogant athletes get what they deserve.

:rofl:

2-2
Sweden
USA
OT!!!

Shootout!

SWEDEN WINS!

hahaha

that's too bad, the best game of the women's hockey tournament will have been a semi-final not even involving Canada.

that was a very nice shot that sweden won it on

Yeah, that is too bad. But I guess it's worth it witnessing history and all. But who the hell knows, maybe Martin can pull a Hasek against Canada too. That was fucking awesome. And a SIXTEEN year old scores the winner. Beautiful... Just beautiful!

Kevin Lowe is rushing down to the swedish dressing room to sign Kim Martin to a contract to play for the Oilers right now.

the Americans struggled against Finland in their last game, it'd be funny to see the lose the B final

wow

gold and silver at skelleton!

and a 4th place too

talk about a bunch of headcrackers!

Kevin Lowe is rushing down to the swedish dressing room to sign Kim Martin to a contract to play for the Oilers right now.

Manon Rhéaume part 2 ?

wow

gold and silver at skelleton!

and a 4th place too

talk about a bunch of headcrackers!
For Canada? We need more golds.

Looks like Forsberg is playing for the Swedes now. Good for him, but flyers fans must be pissed.

For Canada? We need more golds.

well there's one, and USA's loss in women's hockey is opening the door WIDE open for us to get another one there.


we're now ahead of the USA in the medal count (although they have 4 more golds)

We were gonna get gold in women's hockey anyway. Awesome that we're ahead in medals, they were leading us for a while. Finland is doing pretty well against Canada in the women's game right now but I guess they're tiring out.

i have been glued to cbc since 6am. what a day so far.

sweden deserved that win. good for them. that ot was exhilerating. i was on the edge of my seat. i cheered when sweden wrapped it up. that Rooth chick has got some skill. she was the best swede on the ice the entire game, besides their goalie of course. Canada had better watch her.

Jeez, so a gold and silver in skelleton (along with a 4th place) and the US losing the semis which just about guarentees Canada gold womens hockey..... that's as good a 15 minutes as any country has ever had in the olympics.

Hey guys when's the hockey on? Because I haven't seen any of it

Hey guys when's the hockey on? Because I haven't seen any of it


What hockey are yuo looking for? Cause Finland and Canada are playing in the womens semifinals right now.....

I don't know what channels in Britain are showing hockey, you might have to find that out first.....

6-0 Victory for Canada.. This sucks, now I have to wait like 16 hours for the next hockey game.

after watching so much hockey this week, i haven't wanted to play this badly in a long time.

Stupid crappy winter ruining the outdoor rinks. At least I'll be able to play in Toronto next week.

Hey guys when's the hockey on? Because I haven't seen any of it


I don't know how long this link will be up Lee, but I'm guessing you'll know what it means to you more than I will...

http://69.61.39.163/attachment.php?attachmentid=11496

Lee, you might also be able to watch games online here :


http://cgi.nos.nl/cgi/nosrtv/channelinfo/

For those of us in North America, you get this (bablefish translated) message :


Because of the strict rules of the International Olympic Committee concerning Internet distribution of picture material of the Olympic game some streams and sites are not temporarily available by means of usual left. The rules prescribe that tv-zenders only transmit the that Olympic game these by means of the Internet show if they ensure that the concerning pictures land only in at the European Broadcasting Union connected be asked can. By means of this page it is possible, subject to you in the correct time area is themselves and has a broadband connection, the last news, the topic canal Journaal24 and the livestreams of the Olympic game to examine.



I don't know if it works for people in the UK.

If anyone knows an idiot-proof way to mask your ip address or get a fake one or something, let me know, I'd like to try and watch some of the other games on there that aren't being shown here in Canada.

I don't know how long this link will be up Lee, but I'm guessing you'll know what it means to you more than I will...

http://69.61.39.163/attachment.php?attachmentid=11496

It just throws me to a login page. But thanks for the help - I just looked here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/schedule/4557610.stm

And I guess I missed the stuff for today, I'll have a look on the interactive thing and see if they're repeating anything on there

If anyone knows an idiot-proof way to mask your ip address or get a fake one or something, let me know, I'd like to try and watch some of the other games on there that aren't being shown here in Canada.I am right there with you.

I need it to look like I am located in Europe, optimally Holland or Germany.

so what is canada's medal count up to now?

It just throws me to a login page. But thanks for the help - I just looked here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/schedule/4557610.stm

And I guess I missed the stuff for today, I'll have a look on the interactive thing and see if they're repeating anything on there


yeah, i shoulda see that, its hosted on a message board i vist..


anyway, it was just the BBC olympic schedule with their various channels, nothing you can't find elsewhere.

so what is canada's medal count up to now?

2-4-5 for a total of 11

yeah i can't find the hockey either. i've managed to see one game and it was on tape delay. fuck this.

they're just showing that dumb jacobellis bitch now.

Did we get a medal in the female downhill snowboarding? I saw where two Canadians were going to the finals but then I had to change the channel.

oh i see the hockey is on at 5 AM. fuck.

Did we get a medal in the female downhill snowboarding? I saw where two Canadians were going to the finals but then I had to change the channel.
We got bronze. :cool:

2-4-5 for a total of 11
thxx

We got bronze. :cool:

do you mean the event where the american just had to show off, which made her fall and lose the gold medal she was pretty sure to get ?

I don't know, I missed the finals. I saw two runs, one where one girl wiped out and took another girl down with her, and then a japanese girl came in second after the canadian.... and then the run right after that where another canadian came in 2nd.

us-slovakia at 2? [rpobably tape delay, don't spoil it you asssses

^ it is, the game is live at noon.

Damn we almost got bronze in that one downhill skiing event.

Rick Nash's shot so went in.

Didn't look like it to me. This game is not going well.

the puck is in the glove and the WHOLE glove is in the net! of course you can't see the puck but you KNOW it's in the glove!

what's even more frustrating is that it's a canadian player that scored both goals for Switzerland.

He's Canadian?

From most of the angles it looked like it went in, but I assume the overhead is most accurate and from that angle it looked to me like it went into his glove before it crossed the line.

He's Canadian?

From most of the angles it looked like it went in, but I assume the overhead is most accurate and from that angle it looked to me like it went into his glove before it crossed the line.

the goal should be good if he has the puck in his glove and then has his whole glove inside the line.

Well his glove sure was inside the red line.

great... now Italy beats Canada in men's curling.

Damn maybe we're paying for all the medals we got in the last 2 days.

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Eh, it's just one game, sometimes the coin flip lands the other way, no matter how heavily weighted it is.

They outplayed the Swiss, they deserved to win, and 90% of the time they will win those types of games against a team like the Swiss.

That said, they'll have to play better tomorrow and tuesday.

hi guys!



I mean it looks like now we're in this together, right?

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- <i>wtf ?</i>


That's how the rest of the world is feeling, too.

wow, what a first period between the US and Slovakia. no score, but as fast and exciting as a period of hockey can be.

hi guys!



I mean it looks like now we're in this together, right?



hah, i admit, it's a little bit easier losing to the swiss knowing that they beat you too....

wow, what a first period between the US and Slovakia. no score, but as fast and exciting as a period of hockey can be.


FUCK that's it, no more Netphoria Olympic threads until I'm certain shit can't be ruined for me anymore.

Not that it's your fault. :)

sorry!

anybody else watching the Fins play the Czechs? it's been a pretty good game too.

Oh snap, I think the Solvaks are gonna win. 2 more minutes for the US to pour it on.

well, it was a great game of hockey. not the outcome I wanted, but oh well. that hand pass call definitely sucked, but that happens. the game against sweden tomorrow should be interesting.

good news keeps on coming for the czechs. jagr just got taken out from behind by ruutu and is yet to come back.

Quick! should I cheer for the Fins or the Czechs? I'm thinking Finland, just because I like the sound of their country more.

Jagr will be back, he's just got a bad cut.

Seemed like an unlucky hit more than anything, Ruutu's a little dink, but it wasn't from behind or anything, Jagr was just bent over a little bit so he cut his forehead on the top of the boards.

woah, I saw a shot of the Torino mascots, what the fuck are those?!

<img src = "https://www.olympicstore.it/e-shop/EN/images_prodotti/VETRGPZ06210.gif">

its a snowball and an ice cube that somehow "personify the essence of winter sports" or whatever.

I miss Homer's spring.

woah, I saw a shot of the Torino mascots, what the fuck are those?!

<img src = "https://www.olympicstore.it/e-shop/EN/images_prodotti/VETRGPZ06210.gif">
I just saw them for the first time, they're pretty cool.

haha wtf is that?

I just saw them for the first time, they're pretty cool.

Pretty cool?! What the hell are you on about? They're creepy, goddamnit! Just look at 'em!

They're creepy, goddamnit! Just look at 'em!
yeah i wonder why dead likes them