OT: Beijing 2022 Olympics: Games on

[Boardish]

Nobody hated the person. He was a nice guy and had a good attitude.
His usage was Therrien and the lack of centers was the second floor (including scouts).

Nobody hated the person? Were you on these boards from 2012 to 2017? He's easily one of the most hated player on hfhabs, ever.

For no reason really. David worked his ass off to get there.

 

[Phil Parent]

Kingsbury, silver medal.

 

[tazsub3]

Kingsbury, silver medal.

i am biased but to my eyes, that was a gold run. Please anyone who knows more in judging let me know if i missed something.
Also japanese was not third best , again to my eyes at least

 

[Phil Parent]

I guess the Swede's speed was the difference.

 

[Phil Parent]

Canada loses a medal in mixed short track speed skating relay on a penalty. Shame.

 

[LeHab]

Kingsbury, silver medal.

Nice but I'm sure he wanted Gold. Looked like this after event.

 

[Phil Parent]

The US only has a 1-0 lead on Russia in Women's hockey almost halfway through the 2nd.

Russia only has 2 shots, but still. US not going for the blowout.

 

[angusyoung]

Stomping bad Olympics teams is always fun. McDavid Crosby that would have been sick

I see,got it! thought it might be for more sinister reasons. But I see now it's just for a good old fashioned ass licking then,I can respect that.

 

[Bacchus1]

I see,got it! thought it might be for more sinister reasons. But I see now it's just for a good old fashioned ass licking then,I can respect that.

A good old fashioned ass licking? I hope you mean a good old fashioned ass kicking! The former is kinda gross, and completely opposite to the intention of the OP LOL

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Not going to watch 1 minute lol. Thanks for Covid though China

Same, no interest whatsoever.

 

[peate]

That RDS women's hockey PBP announcer is a f***ing arrogant prick.

He's rooting for the same team I do and I want to throttle him.

Who is it? You mean we're not getting Claudine?

 

[peate]

Nobody hated the person? Were you on these boards from 2012 to 2017? He's easily one of the most hated player on hfhabs, ever.

For no reason really. David worked his ass off to get there.

You got it all wrong. Sure there were some haters, the usual ones, but overall, it was Therrien's obsession that irked most of us.

 

[Phil Parent]

Who is it? You mean we're not getting Claudine?

Nah some guy named Jean does PBP.

Daniele Sauvageau is on commentary.

EDIT: Jean St-Onge. I guess he's a Radio Canada guy.

 

[Phil Parent]

After watching the Moguls, I went back and watched Jean-Luc Brassard win gold in Lillehammer... just to see if my memory of it held, and it did, his performance is just THAT memorable to me...

But the sport has evolved a lot didn't it? Nowadays I'm not sure the Cossack Jump even gets you in the games.

 

[Runner77]

I see,got it! thought it might be for more sinister reasons. But I see now it's just for a good old fashioned ass licking then,I can respect that.

Ass licking? Renaud Lavoie and Sean Campbell enter the forum.

 

[dinodebino]

Nah some guy named Jean does PBP.

Daniele Sauvageau is on commentary.

EDIT: Jean St-Onge. I guess he's a Radio Canada guy.

St-Onge is bad. He was doing the Als on radio. At least send Pothier.

 

[dinodebino]

Man, those Chinese spectators have NO CLUE about hockey. They dont even react on goals!

 

[Runner77]

Man, those Chinese spectators have NO CLUE about hockey. They dont even react on goals!

Haven’t watched yet. I’m just reading in here for now.

 

[dinodebino]

Haven’t watched yet. I’m just reading in here for now.

Not a show stopper to say the least. And it’s as if they’re playing in front of no one.

 

[Per Sjoblom]

Too bad the Norwegians left us in 1905 May 17th. Imagine all the medals! Norway has more medals in the winter Olympics than the US and Russia (Soviet Union).


Which Countries Have Won the Most Winter Olympic Medals?

 

[1909]

I usually like and enjoy Olympics. Not this time.

 

[1909]

Same here. I refuse to watch one second of Olympic coverage this time. China never should have been allowed to host these games but I guess money trumps all.

I think my morale is pretty low and and feel some anxiety after two full years of Covid, an imminent War in Ukraine (backed by China), and the occupation of Downtown Ottawa, and other Canadian cities by a wild mix of people, backed up by alt-right and Trump's puppets.

 

[dinodebino]

I think my morale is pretty low and and feel some anxiety after two full years of Covid, an imminent War in Ukraine (backed by China), and the occupation of Downtown Ottawa, and other Canadian cities by a wild mix of people, backed up by alt-right and Trump's puppets.

Hey, if you wish to talk, let us know, brother. We’re here.

 

[Phil Parent]

My POV is this:

I still enjoy sports and ultimately, when amazing performances, underdog stories and shocking upsets happen, it has nothing to do with the host country, but with the athletes. It's a shame the Olympics have to be hosted anywhere, to be honest. I wish it could all exist in another plane of existance in stadiums full of fans cheering for everybody.

With that being said, I think the IOC is a corrupt organisation that gets on their high horse when it fits their current needs and ignores said horse when it doesn't, and I think China is a violator of human rights on an historical scale. But again, the corporate organiser of the games and the host country have nothing to do with the performances.

I'm there for the blood, sweat and tears of competition.

I'm there for lowly David Desharnais going for gold.

I'm there to see Kailie Humphries FAIL.

I'm there to see the Jamaicans in Bobsleigh.

I'm there to see Rachel Homan get her goddamn eyesight fixed. I'm this close to flying to Peking and toss glasses at her.

I'm there to see our ti-gars pis tites filles de chez nous beat this world.

 

[LaP]

My POV is this:

I still enjoy sports and ultimately, when amazing performances, underdog stories and shocking upsets happen, it has nothing to do with the host country, but with the athletes. It's a shame the Olympics have to be hosted anywhere, to be honest. I wish it could all exist in another plane of existance in stadiums full of fans cheering for everybody.

With that being said, I think the IOC is a corrupt organisation that gets on their high horse when it fits their current needs and ignores said horse when it doesn't, and I think China is a violator of human rights on an historical scale. But again, the corporate organiser of the games and the host country have nothing to do with the performances.

I'm there for the blood, sweat and tears of competition.

I'm there for lowly David Desharnais going for gold.

I'm there to see Kailie Humphries FAIL.

I'm there to see the Jamaicans in Bobsleigh.

I'm there to see Rachel Homan get her goddamn eyesight fixed. I'm this close to flying to Peking and toss glasses at her.

I'm there to see our ti-gars pis tites filles de chez nous beat this world.

To be fair NA gets on its high horse quite often too. I mean we ship containers of garbage to other countries without any regard to their population. We exploit china workers with awful working condition that would not meet our own standard just to let our publicly traded companies make record profit. We used torture to get information that was deemed unreliable just to bomb some terrorists but we bomb families as much as terrorists creating more terrorists. We call it a day by saying hey just come collateral damage yeah ... Our politicians are corrupted beyond belief and we do nothing about it cause hey must be pro companies you know because ... The fact companies can buy vote and we do nothing about it is ridiculous. Just look at how much time right to repair is taking while it's obvious it should have been voted day 1. I think we should focus more on what we do honestly. We should hold ourselves to higher standard but nope we often act in a "do as i say not as i do" way.