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VC720 wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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I'm not even a hockey fan but I don't understand this logic. Who cares what other countries think, we live in Canada. Here Hockey is a big deal.

VC720 wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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I'm not even a hockey fan but I don't understand this logic. Who cares what other countries think, we live in Canada. Here Hockey is a big deal.

Double Helix wrote:

McGregFan wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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lol i mean you can **** on their appearance but hockey players are tough compared to soft ass basketball players who cry when you barely scratch them.

So are Lacrosse players. What's your point? You value toughness and blood watch UFC.

Hockey is a sport dominated by a bunch of rich kids who take skating lessons at age 3. Nobody outside of Russia or Canada even talks about it. The only reason Auston Matthews even learned of this sport is because a Canadian team (the Winnipeg Jets) randomly moved to Phoenix and he started liking it and seeing other mediocre athletes skating around on ice and thinking he could do that. Auston Matthews would be a frat boy at Arizona University this year had this bizzare sport of guys on skates not existed. The top superstars in the game wouldn't be recognized in most places outside of Russia or Canada. It's not even a transferable skill in terms of athleticism. It's entirely dependent on skating ability and is the only sport reliant on something beyond shoes.

In Canada we are raised in this culture that treats the NHL like everyone around he world cares about it. Want to know why Canada wins so often in it? It's the same reason we are so good at Curling and why the Netherlands are so good at Speed skating and the Germans so good at Bobsled. Most other countries don't care and each of these counties has brainwashed enough kids to care at a young age based on the success of others to consistently better the few other nations who do care a little bit.


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McGregFan wrote:

TheRaptor! wrote:Get this leafs crap out of the Raptors board.

Hope they get knocked out quick so the Raps are the only talk of the city.

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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Slo wrote:

Double Helix wrote:

McGregFan wrote:

lol i mean you can **** on their appearance but hockey players are tough compared to soft ass basketball players who cry when you barely scratch them.

So are Lacrosse players. What's your point? You value toughness and blood watch UFC.

Hockey is a sport dominated by a bunch of rich kids who take skating lessons at age 3. Nobody outside of Russia or Canada even talks about it. The only reason Auston Matthews even learned of this sport is because a Canadian team (the Winnipeg Jets) randomly moved to Phoenix and he started liking it and seeing other mediocre athletes skating around on ice and thinking he could do that. Auston Matthews would be a frat boy at Arizona University this year had this bizzare sport of guys on skates not existed. The top superstars in the game wouldn't be recognized in most places outside of Russia or Canada. It's not even a transferable skill in terms of athleticism. It's entirely dependent on skating ability and is the only sport reliant on something beyond shoes.

In Canada we are raised in this culture that treats the NHL like everyone around he world cares about it. Want to know why Canada wins so often in it? It's the same reason we are so good at Curling and why the Netherlands are so good at Speed skating and the Germans so good at Bobsled. Most other countries don't care and each of these counties has brainwashed enough kids to care at a young age based on the success of others to consistently better the few other nations who do care a little bit.


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Get off your **** high horse and stop pretending you know anything that goes on in the world outside of Canada. In ALOT of Europe hockey is really big. By your logic NFL and MLB are **** leagues too because i can tell you not many folks outside of USA care about it too. Certainly not as many as for Hockey.

McGregFan wrote:lesss go

Double Helix wrote:In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?

Veggamattic wrote:

McGregFan wrote:lesss go

Do you actually think it's Lesss go or Less go and not let's go or is this some kind of inside joke?

VC720 wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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I'm not even a hockey fan but I don't understand this logic. Who cares what other countries think, we live in Canada. Here Hockey is a big deal.

Raps in 4 wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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And likewise, nobody cares about basketball outside the US, except for a few tiny countries in the Baltics and Balkans, where it's still less popular than soccer. International basketball competitions are the biggest joke in sports. The US completely dominates the competition (Canada is actually legitimately challenged by a number of countries in hockey competitions). Neither sport has the right to talk **** about the other.

Inevitable wrote:

Raps in 4 wrote:

Double Helix wrote:Might as well talk about the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. Hockey is a sport dominated by upper middle class "athletes" that can afford to play it at a young age with stars that look like guys you beat in every sport you played in gym class. America laughs at the NHL as a whole. It's 4th tier and the MLS is catching up already to it. England doesn't care. Spain doesn't care. Brazil doesn't care. Portugal doesn't care. China doesn't care. Russia is the only other large population in the world who cares about hockey at all. The rest are Scandinavian countries with populations the size of the GTA, or a third of Ontario.

In what sport other than video games, curling, darts, car racing or bowling would somebody who looked like this be the top superstar athlete?



Or somebody like this one of its top 20:



Let's be real. The difference between hockey and lacrosse is slightly more publicity and marketing influencing us as kids growing up in Canada.




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And likewise, nobody cares about basketball outside the US, except for a few tiny countries in the Baltics and Balkans, where it's still less popular than soccer. International basketball competitions are the biggest joke in sports. The US completely dominates the competition (Canada is actually legitimately challenged by a number of countries in hockey competitions). Neither sport has the right to talk **** about the other.

So why does the NBA get hundreds of millions of views in Asia?

McGregFan wrote:

Veggamattic wrote:

McGregFan wrote:lesss go

Do you actually think it's Lesss go or Less go and not let's go or is this some kind of inside joke?

lessss go boi

Concernedcad wrote:Have you guys ever met a racist Raptor fan? Growing up I had to deal with a lot of "Go back to your own country" and the usual Paki epithet from Leaf fans. Think it explains why I don't root for the Leafs.

Raps in 4 wrote:

Concernedcad wrote:Have you guys ever met a racist Raptor fan? Growing up I had to deal with a lot of "Go back to your own country" and the usual Paki epithet from Leaf fans. Think it explains why I don't root for the Leafs.

That's a dumb reason to not root for a sports team.

Soccer fans are the most racist scum on earth. And yet millions of people, from every ethnic and racial background, are fans of the same soccer teams as the racists.

I grew up in a poor immigrant family. I hate rich white racists as much as anyone. But they can't claim ownership of a sports team.

Double Helix wrote:

Raps in 4 wrote:

Concernedcad wrote:Have you guys ever met a racist Raptor fan? Growing up I had to deal with a lot of "Go back to your own country" and the usual Paki epithet from Leaf fans. Think it explains why I don't root for the Leafs.

That's a dumb reason to not root for a sports team.

Soccer fans are the most racist scum on earth. And yet millions of people, from every ethnic and racial background, are fans of the same soccer teams as the racists.

I grew up in a poor immigrant family. I hate rich white racists as much as anyone. But they can't claim ownership of a sports team.

FYI: Racism goes way beyond whites and in fact a lot of white people have been leaders in progressive, inclusive multiculturalism efforts worldwide.


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