OT: Who will you support for Sochi.

[Daisy Jane]

Well -

As I am a Canadian 365 days of the year - and often give financial support to Team Canada any way I can (don't forget to buy your 2014 Olympic Gloves!!) I support team Canada in everything.

I have my favourite ATHLETES who may or may not be Canadian, but I support my Country first and foremost. I will Support little Suzie Marie Bell from The Middle of No Where, Nova Scotia as if I knew her from the ground up. Little Alexandre Desnarnies from Quebec, you better kick some beehind on this sport I have no clue about.

For me - it's never what's on the back of the Jersey - it's what's on the Front

in NHL

this is why Cory Cross and Aki Berg could come back and it wouldn't really bug me.

in World ANYTHING

Canada. Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada, Canada.

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

Team Canada all the way!!!!

2010 Gold medal game was the first full hockey game that I watched.

Team Canada ahead of Leafs.

 

[SwissLeaf]

I'm rooting for team Switzerland!

Swiss cheese!!!!! Hope they have a good goalie eh?

Congrats! You're rooting for the right team!

Switzerland, go for gold!!

 

[AustonMitchWilly]

Canada 1st, USA second.

 

[BonMorrison]

That's pretty much all we got right? I assume Kulemin and Gunnar won't make their squads.

Kulemin is likely to make the team as a bottom six checking forward. Russia lacks players like him that can kill penalties and throw the body around.

Factor that in with the fact he's in good standings with Team Russia as he's always invited to the World Championships and a few months ago was invited along with Kovy, Ovi, Malkin,and Radulov to film a weird-ass Go Team Russia music video so he must be in good standings with the superstars as well. Also best friends with Malkin helps too.

 

[Schenn]

If you are a Canadian citizen, and don't choose Canada then you are wrong.

 

[HarrisonFord]

I hope that team USA loses every game. Badly. Actually no, I hope they finish 4th. I want them to finish near the top of the group standings so that they have excitement/hope of a gold medal. I want them to make it to the quarterfinals (against Canada). I want Canada to be down 5-1 going into the third period, in which period we score 4 unanswered goals to be topped off by Crosby scoring in OT again to put them into the bronze medal game where they are swiftly and decisively dismantled by either Sweden or Russia.

 

[HarrisonFord]

If you are a Canadian citizen, and don't choose Canada then you are wrong.

I'm not a diplomat or lawyer or anything, but I'm pretty sure that scenario is grounds for deportation.

 

[Twist and Shout]

I feel similarly. The last team Canada I really routed for was 2002 team.

The whole Leafs, Habs, Bruins(the GTA ones), Sens fans etc.. sitting around the camp fire singing Kumbaya for 2 weeks doesn't appeal to me much, Especially with the grief we get during rest of the year.

It's interesting reading the opinions here. Guess I'm not as Canadian as I thought...

 

[Cor]

 

[Wendelstache]

indifferent to players on Team Canada, so I'm going with Kessel and JVR.

USA USA USA

 

[Patience]

I guess this will be a minority answer but I don't care. I'm a Leafs' fan and I'd prefer that the Leafs' entire roster rested through the Olympics.

 

[CreeksideStrangler]

Molson is American now

 

[nsleaf]

I guess my passion for the Leafs out weighs my passion for a super team assembled every 4 years. I love my country and will cheer for Canada for the Olympics as a whole. But wanting the Leafs players to succeed over players of rival teams/teams I don't support doesn't seem far fetched in my eyes.

You do not see the difference between the NHL and international olympic hockey??? The olympics are about pride and your country while the NHL is just another professional league where money rules.
Besides there is a better chance Canada wins gold than the Leafs winning the Cup.

 

[diceman934]

Canada Gold

USA last is my preference.

USA = Habs in my eyes and I hate the Habs.....

Any Canadian who is cheering for the USA needs to move, I can help you pack if you like.

 

[AvroArrow]

Canada of course. As much as i love Kessel/JVR, i still want to see our country win.

 

[Maria Sharapova]

Crazy, I understand Patriotism but the ignorance isn't necessary and adds nothing to this discussion. You can support Canada I understand your decision but to say my opinion is wrong and i'm not a true Canadian is ....

 

[achtungbaby]

Let's see now, should I support the country which guarantees my rights and freedoms where people have died defending them? Nah, cheering on Kessel is more important!

 

[charliolemieux]

I hope to be supporting my local Brewers Retail during the Sochi Olympics.

 

[achtungbaby]

Slightly off topic, but things like this is why Toronto is seen as a Leafs town rather then a hockey town.

 

[v-man]

I'll be cheering for Canada and Latvia like always (I'm a dual citizen). I couldn't care less about how any Leafs do there if they're not on either of those teams, and I wish them nothing but failure at the expense of "my" teams. International hockey has nothing to do with the NHL season. I cheer for Leafs players only when they're in Leafs uniforms.

 

[Radomon]

I always support Germany because of Holzer and former Marlie Muller.

 

[Wheels]

Crazy, I understand Patriotism but the ignorance isn't necessary and adds nothing to this discussion. You can support Canada I understand your decision but to say my opinion is wrong and i'm not a true Canadian is ....

As you are someone who bases their username on a Russian lady tennis player, I am all sorts of confused.

And yes, I think the discussion of "should I cheer for Team USA because Kessel and JVR are on it" is nuts. What did you expect people to say?

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

Canada AINEC!

C'mon man...

 

[Shimso]

part 2 hypothetically say Team Canada is built of Habs Sens and Bruins and Team USA has a great surplus of leafs do you still cheer for Canada?

If Team Canada was 100% Habs, Sens and Bruins and any other country was 100% Leafs I'd still cheer for Canada above all else.

Team Canada all the way; during the Olympics, I don't care who plays for the Leafs (unless they're playing for Team Canada).