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2014 Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | Salt on an international level
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RangersFan
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Because the sexy beast in my avatar.
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Also lets be real, while Americans often do cheer for Canada in events they're not in the reverse is almost never the case...
I don't think you will. This might be the last time NHL players participate. In a way, this game was for eternal braggin' rights, and we won.
theignoramus
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that deal was absurd anyway, why would Harper want American piss water? I'd say Obama stood to win the most out of that bet.
Got to see a few mins at lunch but couldn't hear anything. It looked like every "shot" we took missed the net by 6 feet or so.
Lone_Prodigy
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Would Finland have had a chance with Rask in net?
Canada vs. Sweden will be low scoring. Canada has the better depth though.
And Toews totally neutralized Kessel.
Canada vs. Sweden will be low scoring. Canada has the better depth though.
And Toews totally neutralized Kessel.
RangersFan
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I guarantee you will see NHL players in 2018. The ratings for USA Russia game shattered records for hockey. And it was on NBCSN and at 7:30 AM 4:30AM pacific. That shit never happens for Hockey in this country. And I'm sure today's game drew a lot as well.
Of course not, we're a nation of 30 million, we're an underdog when it comes to per capita.
And a reason why other countries will cheer for us too...
Seeing Norway at the top of the Medals with a pop of 5 million,
they're true underdogs and why people are happy seeing them there.
US has 300 million people... They got enough people to cheer for themselves...
speculawyer
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Love the avatars on Yahoo!'s scoreboard thingy.
five, but i was trying to highlight only the saltiest of salt
The look of the eyeless is fear.
KillerMan91
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Bronze game is always about who wants it more.
Edit. Oh. it seems you meant the semifinal. Lehtonen was fine. Could have had that second goal mut he also made some great saves.
Mighty Chin
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Eat shit Mighty Chin
I'm sorry why do I have to eat shit? My team won didn't it. At any point did I diss Price?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Unhandled Exception
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Lol, if you think what I said was salty you should definitely come visit the NHL thread.
That's pretty diluted salt. This thread has been about as salty as raw noodles, which is disappointing.
Tragicomedy
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Congrats to our northern brothers and sisters. You were by far the better team on the ice today. I'll be pulling for you in the finals.
Simon Belmont
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That's not really true in my experience. Particularly in southwestern ON there are a lot of Canadians who love the shit out of the States. Particularly Detroit for reasons I'll never quite understand.
Indrid Cold
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Good game. Got to watch most of it in chem lab lol When is the gold medal game? Sat night right?
Do they? lol, never knew this.
I do cheer for America a lot, but just not in the Olympics.
KillerMan91
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At least what I have read from finnish papers it seems that if NHL and IIHF can negotiate the deal about world cup (which would bring money to NHL and would be played in NA) then NHL would sent players also to olympics. Every two years high quality international hockey in both big ice and NHL sized rinks. Everyone would be happy. Fuck yes.
Mighty Chin
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Cheer up USA. Bronze kinda looks like Gold.
Those ratings make nothing for the NHL and only keep owners/GMs on the edge of their seats hoping that there aren't any injuries of consequence-which there have been during these Olympics. Personally, I love international hockey but totally understand why it might not make sense for the owners and businessman-side of things. I won't be surprised if the NHL declines to send players in 2018 but Im hoping for the best.
GG Canada; you guys dominated.
I'm sure if dem wasn't in his HR meeting he'd be here to tell us all how awful Canada looked and how much of a joke this squad is.
Tragicomedy
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Kuro Madoushi
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Salty tears from Americans AND Snow.
Love it.
Love it.
The bet Harper made was for a case of Canadian beer, he explicitly stated it in his tweet.
First smart thing he's done since being in office.
Lone_Prodigy
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Would be more salt if the game went to OT. A 1-0 nailbiter is a bit less suspenseful.
Also Hamhuis and St. Louis played 0:00 each.
Also Hamhuis and St. Louis played 0:00 each.
Lol seriously!
Problem is he might be talking about Molson Canadian, and that would be truly awful
We had a quiz in the computer lab during the last 5 minutes of the game. Not a single person even attempted the quiz till the game was over.
RangersFan
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They do, most of middle America see Canada as bros. Keep in mind that the Hockey loving contingent and those invested in the US Canada rivalry is such a microscopic % of our 350 + million population, we're talking about thousands of people on the internet compare to millions. Where as you have a whole 30 million + people who would love nothing more than beating their neighbors to the south.
The Internet
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It's just the way the American fans came off over round robin games and equating a nation's result over another nation an indicator of how good they are. Like when Canada "only" won 2-1 over Latvia and the Americans put 5 goals behind a stronger Czech team. That means Canada sucks, easy semi-final matchup.
Plus the whole T.J. Oshie is God thing after he had 6 penalty shots. I saw him once in todays game making a nice block, aside from that the forwards finally had to face a tough D-corps and didn't do anything.
Plus the whole T.J. Oshie is God thing after he had 6 penalty shots. I saw him once in todays game making a nice block, aside from that the forwards finally had to face a tough D-corps and didn't do anything.
This picture blew my mind. I had no idea Michigan was that far up.
Is it common that people from Detroit try to swim across the river and become Canadians? Windsor looks quite nice.
alexthekid
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But it makes sense, maybe less for 2018 because of the timezone(I will probably be bad for you again.) but 2010 did so much for Hockey in the US. If the owners can subsidize a bunch of loosing teams in southern states, they can sure as hell survive a couple of injuries.
RangersFan
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lol you can't take those "fans" seriously. those were obvious non NHL fans who only care about hockey every 4 years. you didn't notice any nhl-gaf americans posting shit like that did you?
speculawyer
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Now I'm glad that EA didn't release NHL 14 for next gen consoles. With these 1 goal wins you Canadians don't deserve it.
speculawyer
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Simon Belmont
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The jealousy is unbearable.
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