OT: PyeongChang 2018 Olympics

[Jet Walters]

Coming in 2022...mixed luge!!

Hmmmm. I'm not even sure I could get behind that, or underneath so to speak. It's just so ridiculous to stack humans.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Geesh....came to read about the Olympics, not partake in a political discussion. Perhaps there should be a separate thread for this topic? Mods ???

 

[McDrai]

Bronze in pairs skating!

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Refs went full Oiler there. That was not even close to a kick.

 

[SomeDudeOTI]

Well that was quite the game, good win.
Could've been a different story with the called back goals against us and all the posts the US hit.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Two separate issues are getting mixed here.

Conditions sound deplorable.
Not our business whether a group of people in another country eat dog.

Everything you ever wanted to know:
Dog meat consumption in South Korea - Wikipedia

Meanwhile this is a good game.

The game is good but everytime I watch the US women hockey, or soccer team I'm left with the impression what DB's they seem. Constant whining, complaining, "give us a penalty shot, give it to us NOW!!!, give us a PP, we demand it now!!!!" Anybody that remembers that Canada US Soccer match is sickened by this tactical bs the US plays where they intimidate the officials into calls.

plus that they tried to scrum the puck into the net about 4 times tonight. I missed where this was rugby. lol that they can't do that either anyway.

Moment of the night was the Canadian goalie trash talking the Us penalty shot taker. loved that, must do again.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Refs went full Oiler there. That was not even close to a kick.

I didnt know it was possible to kick, with your foot never leaving the ice, while your putting your weight on the skate you kick with to stop.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Is Sarah Nurse Darnels other sister
Edit: Nope she is her cousin though. What a hockey family

 

[Supermassive]

I didnt know it was possible to kick, with your foot never leaving the ice, while your putting your weight on the skate you kick with to stop.

Never mind the puck actually caroming off her right skate and flukily hitting her left skate and in. But if you slow it down to a few hundredths of a second and assign her some superhuman abilities...we have no goal!!

 

[SpoolCat]

The Lamieroux sisters are so dirty. If one of them had a kid with Matt Tkachuck, the kid would probably resemble Brad Marchand.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Is Sarah Nurse Darnels other sister
Edit: Nope she is her cousin though. What a hockey family

I was wondering the same but in anycase I just assumed she was good. Seen all of them (I think) now. But yeah, like a Sports royal family. Any younger Nurses around? Just draft them, bound to be good.

What a filthy snipe. That was one Nuge would be proud of. In the Womens game (no knock intended) that had to be demoralizing and fitting that it was the winner. US goalie will have nightmares about that one, not because it was a bad goal to give up, but because if a player is going to make a shot that good you're at her mercy.

 

[Cerebral]

Bloemen with the gold for Canada in the 10,000. He’s definitely my favourite story so far in the Olympics - rejected by the Dutch and double medalist for Canada.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Bloemen with the gold for Canada in the 10,000. He’s definitely my favourite story so far in the Olympics - rejected by the Dutch and double medalist for Canada.

Any backdrop to the story? I thought he had family here that sponsored his immigration. Was he not accepted on the Dutch Oly team or something?

In anycase really enjoyed seeing him in the 5K silver medal, I missed this latest event. Good for him. Really dialing it in. What an Olympics for him.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Gold, Silver and Bronze, another great day for Canada

 

[Frank the Tank]

Any backdrop to the story? I thought he had family here that sponsored his immigration. Was he not accepted on the Dutch Oly team or something?

In anycase really enjoyed seeing him in the 5K silver medal, I missed this latest event. Good for him. Really dialing it in. What an Olympics for him.

The Dutch team jerked Bloemen around for a few years with inconsistent support, coaching, and funding. With all their talent I guess they considered him a bubble guy. Bloemen's father is Canadian so he reached out to Speed Skating Canada and they provided the coaching and funding he desired. It has turned out to be a great gamble for both parties.

 

[Drivesaitl]

The Dutch team jerked Bloemen around for a few years with inconsistent support, coaching, and funding. With all their talent I guess they considered him a bubble guy. Bloemen's father is Canadian so he reached out to Speed Skating Canada and they provided the coaching and funding he desired. It has turned out to be a great gamble for both parties.

Thanks man, nice story for Canada, not so much for the Dutch, haha. Given though that they are a hotbed in skating I guess its kind of like the hockey thing reversed. Not good enough for Canada hockey player can be good enough to play for almost any other nation in Olympics.

Canada is really being efficient as well in the get to the podium program. Certainly athletes that are medal caliber are being identified. Gotten to the point where Canada is certainly a medal power at Winter Olympics.

At this point one wonders if its possible that Canada finishes in top 3 countries in medals or better. Would be an astounding accomplishment for a road Olympics.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Canadian Mens hockey 5-1W over Swiss. Not much of a test but clear that there will be more parity in the tournament. I did watch a bit of the game. Always liked Wolski, Roy, Bourque. These are good selections and consummate pros. They all factored primarily today. Scrivens looks a lot better when he isn't facing NHL caliber shots.

 

[ToeMcDrag83]

Updated Medal Standings, sole possession of 3rd overall

 

[LaGu]

Scoring race old-Oilers/Oilers familiars (I probably forgot some)

Omark 0 G 3 A
Roy 0 G 3 A
Lander 1 G 0 A
Hartikainen 0 G 1 A
Radunske 0 G 1 A
Brule 0 G 0 A
Klinkhammer 0 G 0 A
Arcobello 0 G 0 A
Horak 0 G 0 A
Plante 0 G 0 A
Thoreson 0 G 0 A
Pettersson 0 G 0 A

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Scoring race old-Oilers/Oilers familiars (I probably forgot some)

Omark 0 G 3 A
Roy 0 G 3 A
Lander 1 G 0 A
Hartikainen 0 G 1 A
Brule 0 G 0 A
Klinkhammer 0 G 0 A
Arcobello 0 G 0 A
Horak 0 G 0 A
Plante 0 G 0 A
Radunske 0 G 0 A

I thought Radunske got an assist in the game against the Czechs today.

 

[VainGretzky]

Bring on the women solo figure skating

 

[Staghorn]

Watching the reply of the Men's hockey game... I find it hard to believe there couldn't be room on the Oilers dreadful bottom 6 for guys with heart like Bourque or Lapierre...

 

[SomeDudeOTI]

Watching the reply of the Men's hockey game... I find it hard to believe there couldn't be room on the Oilers dreadful bottom 6 for guys with heart like Bourque or Lapierre...

It'll be interesting to see how many of the guys over there get offered contracts or PTO's around the league. It's a golden opportunity for them in more ways than one.

 

[Arpeggio]

I think it would be pretty short sighted to sign anyone from these Olympics based on how they play. They're playing the same competition that they were likely playing in their Euro leagues, so it shouldn't be a surprise who plays well and who doesn't. Plus there's likely going to be a lot of adrenaline flowing so some players will probably play above their heads. Not to mention chances are someone's just gonna happen to get hot over the next two weeks and put up bigger numbers than would be expected.

Point is I don't think this tournament should mean much for most of the guys in terms of NHL aspirations. But undoubtedly someone will get a contract out of it.

 

[oilers'72]

Scoring race old-Oilers/Oilers familiars (I probably forgot some)

Omark 0 G 3 A
Roy 0 G 3 A
Lander 1 G 0 A
Hartikainen 0 G 1 A
Radunske 0 G 1 A
Brule 0 G 0 A
Klinkhammer 0 G 0 A
Arcobello 0 G 0 A
Horak 0 G 0 A
Plante 0 G 0 A

Patrick Thoreson Norway 0-0-0
Freddie Pettersson (drafted-never played) Sweden 0-0-0