OT: 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Thread

[WeThreeKings]

This is terrible hockey.. it's just a bunch of rejects.

However, all of these rejects would be better D than Alzner.

 

[llamateizer]

• 1928 – Finished in 9th place
• 1932 – Won bronze medal
• 1936 – Finished tied in 5th place
• 1952 – Finished in 8th place
• 1956 – Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
• 1960 – Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
• 1964 – Finished in 7th place (United Team of Germany)
• 1968 – Finished in 7th place
• 1972 – Finished in 7th place
• 1976 – Won bronze medal
• 1980 – Finished in 10th place
• 1984 – Finished in 5th place
• 1988 – Finished in 5th place
• 1992 – Finished in 6th place
• 1994 – Finished in 7th place
• 1998 – Finished in 9th place
• 2002 – Finished in 8th place
• 2006 – Finished in 10th place
• 2010 – Finished in 11th place

 

[sandviper]

Oh well. Battle for bronze now.

 

[Bloumeister]

The path to gold was doomed for Canada the minute Scrivens went down

 

[DXStriker]

Lol great look for hockey ..
Germany vs a banned Country for gold ...

Hope Bettman and the owners are happy . I know they likely do not care

 

[c3z4r]

Germany wins, although not that big of an upset imo.

Tbh I’m even surprised Canada got this far into the tournament when 37 year old Rene Bourque was their best forward.

 

[llamateizer]

Holy Rene Bourque is that old.

 

[dinodebino]

Social media is in flames because of this loss. People, people, it was a shitty tournament with shitty players. It was a sham.

 

[Le Tricolore]

The path to gold was doomed for Canada the minute Scrivens went down

I know you're joking, but Scrivens is a better goalie than Poulin, IMO.

 

[nhlfan9191]

This is terrible hockey.. it's just a bunch of rejects.

However, all of these rejects would be better D than Alzner.

Yeah. I’ve seen people trying to make this German story out to be like the Miracle on Ice. There is no team like the Red Army in this tournament and it is what you said, a bunch of teams of rejects.

 

[Habs]

Lol great look for hockey ..
Germany vs a banned Country for gold ...

Hope Bettman and the owners are happy . I know they likely do not care

Why would they care? The Olympics are an enormous money machine that get all the financial returns, the NHL puts up all the risk. I wouldn't want my players going either.

 

[donghabs98]

Curling (outside of mixed doubles) and hockey have been such a let down this year

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Curling (outside of mixed doubles) and hockey have been such a let down this year

Mostly curling. So bad...

 

[DXStriker]

Curling (outside of mixed doubles) and hockey have been such a let down this year

Homan was the biggest surprise considering she went undefeated at the worlds last year with pretty much the same field .

They just could not get anything going , good thing for them they are still young and have another 2 or 3 trys at it .

 

[Wats]

Honestly, the games are more exiting to me when Canada isn't an automatic gold winning juggernaut. That said, this roster could have been better. There are so many Canadians doing well in AHL/KHL/SHL/NCAA/junior that could have been included.

 

[optimus2861]

Lol great look for hockey ..
Germany vs a banned Country for gold ...

Hope Bettman and the owners are happy . I know they likely do not care

They likely think it's schadenfreude. And in a way it is. "Don't wanna play ball with us at all, huh, IOC? Well there's what you get for your gold medal game!"

 

[OldCraig71]

Social media is in flames because of this loss. People, people, it was a ****ty tournament with ****ty players. It was a sham.

Must be the "real fan" type of crowd, some of them are here as well.

 

[Redux91]

Honestly, the games are more exiting to me when Canada isn't an automatic gold winning juggernaut. That said, this roster could have been better. There are so many Canadians doing well in AHL/KHL/SHL/NCAA/junior that could have been included.

How in the WORLD is this more exciting than watching some of the greatest teams EVER assembled in the history of hockey play WELL and borderline dominate other super well constructed and talented teams filled with, you know, the best players in the world at their sport, lol

Boy i knew i had to soak in that 2014 Team Canada and REALLY enjoy what i watched because i cant believe it turned out the NHLers werent coming in 2018 i really didnt think it would happen, complete bummer and let down that they couldnt figure something out

 

[Rapala]

The path to gold was doomed for Canada the minute Scrivens went down

I'm fairly certain our Juniors were better than this.

Just drop the WJHC every 4 years and let the kids become Olympians Put the amateur back into the Games.

 

[Wats]

How in the WORLD is this more exciting than watching some of the greatest teams EVER assembled in the history of hockey play WELL and borderline dominate other super well constructed and talented teams filled with, you know, the best players in the world at their sport, lol

Boy i knew i had to soak in that 2014 Team Canada and REALLY enjoy what i watched because i cant believe it turned out the NHLers werent coming in 2018 i really didnt think it would happen, complete bummer and let down that they couldnt figure something out

Like I said, personal preference. When I watch a stacked Canada completely dominating and suffocating inferior opposition, it isn't very exciting. There was no real feeling that they have a shot at losing.

 

[Redux91]

Like I said, personal preference. When I watch a stacked Canada completely dominating and suffocating inferior opposition, it isn't very exciting. There was no real feeling that they have a shot at losing.

VS USA gold medal game 2010, 3-2 W (no habs)
VS USA Semi-Final game 2014, 1-0 W (1.5 habs)

i dont know if you can watch better hockey than that..

but i do understand you to a certain degree, but 8-0 wins vs latvia are expected.. even the 2018 canadian olympic team ROLLED over a couple lesser countries this year

 

[GoodKiwi]

So not a single gold out of four possible in curling and hockey.

I'm dissapoint.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

I'm fairly certain our Juniors were better than this.

Just drop the WJHC every 4 years and let the kids become Olympians Put the amateur back into the Games.

That is a great suggestion, or like it is in soccer, under 23 years old.

 

[dinodebino]

Germany is going nuts over their win against our beer league guys. It is hilarious.

Not only was the hockey of very bad quality, but the jerseys were the ugliest I've seen for every nation. I mean, even Germany was horrendous.

 

[Nedved]

I wish this Craig McMorris would be a hockey guy. he would be great in the booth for laughs. He makes snowboarding the most exciting sport in the world. he's hilarious.