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So the NHL is not sending any players to the Olympics, and their restrictions also apply to a whole ton of AHL and ECHL players, which means a bunch of the best aren't going. Which means we get to see the likes of Rob Klinkhammer and Mike Testwuide (who is playing for South Korea for some reason?) with a shot at the gold medal. Realistically, though, the so-called Olympic Athletes from Russia team has the best shot, with former NHL players like Kovalchuk, Datsyuk, Grigorenko, Voynov, etc. The US's best player is probably uh... James Wisniewski, if his knees aren't completely shredded still? Or Mark Arcobello? And Canada's best is maybe Linden Vey? Or Ben Scrivens. This is not going to be the tournament it once was. Here's a full list of team rosters. And here's the schedule.
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 06:47 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 11:30 |
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This is gonna be a poo poo tourney this year tbh
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 07:59 |
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Yeah this is keeping the shitpost tag to start for sure
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 09:21 |
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only watching this to watch russia gently caress up
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 12:15 |
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corn on the cop posted:only watching this to watch russia gently caress up it's not the Olympics until Russia fucks up in hockey that being said, it would have to be a really monumental gently caress up for that to happen this time hth
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 14:42 |
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Wisconsin, where Tony Granato coaches the men's team, created a video of him, Mark Johnson (women's hockey coach, son of Bob Johnson), and Paul Chryst (football coach) talking about how the USA team came together. Good news: they'll have 5 practices together! https://twitter.com/UWBadgers/status/961390560819937281
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 14:51 |
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Quick reminder that the lack of NHL players in this tournament is entirely because of the IOC
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 15:02 |
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DJExile posted:Quick reminder that the lack of NHL players in this tournament is entirely because of the IOC I refuse to believe a scenario where Bettman isnt the bad guy
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 16:01 |
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that article uses the word "pusillanimity" lmbo Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I refuse to believe a scenario where Bettman isnt the bad guy I refuse to believe a scenario where the IOC isn't the bad guy
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 16:28 |
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They can both be bad. (They are.)
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 17:06 |
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glynnenstein posted:They can both be bad. (They are.) Looking forward to how bad the German team is gonna be under these circumstances.
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 17:14 |
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I refuse to believe a scenario where Bettman isnt the bad guy Hell, same
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 17:17 |
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glynnenstein posted:They can both be bad. (They are.) Anyone who gets in the way of athletes participating in the olympics, for any reason besides “the athletes are doping”, is a shithead and their reasons are stupid
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# ? Feb 8, 2018 17:30 |
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let’s go canada oh gently caress ya bud
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# ? Feb 9, 2018 04:32 |
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PJ Stock doing intermission commentary for literally all the games.
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# ? Feb 9, 2018 22:25 |
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yellowcar posted:PJ Stock doing intermission commentary for literally all the games. Just get don on, or Dave randorf. I will always have fond memories of the guy chugging two beers in the background of one of the 2010 intermissions.
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# ? Feb 10, 2018 00:13 |
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So is Russia going to win because they're sending the KHL all star team or w/e, or is it more complicated than that?
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 19:49 |
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is the khl all russian players or are there players from other countries? I got the impression the KHL poached a lot of scandanavians from the NHL
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 20:03 |
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OMGVBFLOL posted:is the khl all russian players or are there players from other countries? I got the impression the KHL poached a lot of scandanavians from the NHL It's predominantly Russians, with rules to make sure it is (much like how Korean and Japanese baseball works). The non-Russian teams are allowed to have more non-native players, but I think it's at most 5 or 6 for the Russian teams.
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# ? Feb 13, 2018 20:18 |
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Kazak_Hstan posted:So is Russia going to win because they're sending the KHL all star team or w/e, or is it more complicated than that? Yeah I was wondering this too.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:05 |
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Goddamn this is the flyers game from last night all over again.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:15 |
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lol USA
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:19 |
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What the gently caress USA
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:24 |
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a lot of crazy poo poo can happen when most of your team is not very good
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:25 |
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Hey Team USA: hockey games are traditionally three 20-minute periods
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:26 |
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It’s my fault guys. I started watching the game and hosed things up.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:30 |
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This is why "No Seriously Hear Me Out: The Womens Hockey Thread" is a dumb name for that thread especially if you're American. The American women are always a better follow than then men.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:31 |
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mich posted:This is why "No Seriously Hear Me Out: The Womens Hockey Thread" is a dumb name for that thread especially if you're American. The American women are always a better follow than then men. Yeah I just read the thread and I’m pissed that I didn’t watch anything yet. The NBC app wasn’t doing me any favors till I just used filter more aggressively.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 15:35 |
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Slovenia
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 16:58 |
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Slovenia sans Kopitar just overwhelming the U.S
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 20:45 |
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Russia lost to Slovakia lmao
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 21:18 |
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I watched the first 15 minutes or so and they looked pretty okay, what happened?
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 21:31 |
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This has been a great day for hockey.
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# ? Feb 14, 2018 22:04 |
Is Jagr playing for the Czech team?
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 00:51 |
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No, I think he said he wasn't in shape enough or something
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 01:45 |
Olympic men's hockey really sucks in every way this year.
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 01:49 |
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It’s always weird adjusting to how big the olympic ice is. 3-3 on that sheet is nuts.
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 01:54 |
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Is OT 3v3 in the knockout rounds as well?
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 02:42 |
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clean ayers act posted:Is OT 3v3 in the knockout rounds as well? 10 minutes of 4 on 4 (20 min in the gold medal game)
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 05:00 |
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# ? May 11, 2024 11:30 |
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Norways first period against Sweden was really really bad, but at least they've been competitive in the second and first half of the third. And there Sweden scored another.
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# ? Feb 15, 2018 10:37 |