OT: Winter Olympics

trwi7 · Post #161 » by **trwi7** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:11 pm

CanadaBucks wrote:
stevescheffler06 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:
Would those be the parts further south than Milwaukee?

BC doesn't count. It's just basically like North Washington.

Point Pelee ...it's southern extremity is the same latitide as the northern border of California

I don't see what soccer has to do with anything.

CanadaBucks · Post #162 » by **CanadaBucks** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:11 pm

trwi7 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
Well we would set Parliament Hill on fire but we have no idea where Ottawa is.

Can't read a GPS? or can't spell Ottawa?

We tried a sneak attack from Gatineau but our wagon sunk when we tried to ford the river.

You must have vacationed there at some point, Gatineau? nicely played

trwi7 · Post #163 » by **trwi7** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:13 pm

CanadaBucks wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:

Can't read a GPS? or can't spell Ottawa?

We tried a sneak attack from Gatineau but our wagon sunk when we tried to ford the river.

You must have vacationed there at some point, Gatineau? nicely played

Nah, I'm somewhat of a geography savant. 8-)

jjkoestler · Post #164 » by **jjkoestler** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:15 pm

They better remove all sharp objects and small appliances from the hotel before the US Women's Hockey team arrives. Some of them are clearly a danger to themselves. What a brutal medal ceremony.

CanadaBucks · Post #165 » by **CanadaBucks** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:16 pm

trwi7 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
We tried a sneak attack from Gatineau but our wagon sunk when we tried to ford the river.

You must have vacationed there at some point, Gatineau? nicely played

Nah, I'm somewhat of a geography savant.

I'm originally from Kingston(100 miles or so from Ottawa)and my Uncle had a cottage in the Gatineau region. Two of my cousins got married in the area so I'm very familiar with it.

trwi7 · Post #166 » by **trwi7** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:16 pm

I'm going to skate to the middle of the ice so they can't get there. But wait, they'll go to the outside with speed, skate past me then cut inside while I scramble from my standing position trying to defend. Useless ****.

trwi7 · Post #167 » by **trwi7** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:17 pm

CanadaBucks wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:

You must have vacationed there at some point, Gatineau? nicely played

Nah, I'm somewhat of a geography savant.

I'm originally from Kingston(100 miles or so from Ottawa)and my Uncle had a cottage in the Gatineau region. Two of my cousins got married in the area so I'm very familiar with it.

I had a test my freshman year of high school where we had to name every country and capital of Africa and Asia. It was a bitch.

CanadaBucks · Post #168 » by **CanadaBucks** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:26 pm

trwi7 wrote:
CanadaBucks wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
Nah, I'm somewhat of a geography savant.

I'm originally from Kingston(100 miles or so from Ottawa)and my Uncle had a cottage in the Gatineau region. Two of my cousins got married in the area so I'm very familiar with it.

I had a test my freshman year of high school where we had to name every country and capital of Africa and Asia. It was a bitch.

Asia maybe not too bad but Africa? Woah

blazza18 · Post #169 » by **blazza18** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:14 pm

US womens hockey team like to choke. I see this as a good thing.

trwi7 · Post #170 » by **trwi7** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:18 pm

blazza18 wrote:US womens hockey team like to choke. I see this as a good thing.

Mags FTW · Post #171 » by **Mags FTW** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:25 pm

US looks overmatched. Even their power play was pretty weak.

trwi7 · Post #172 » by **trwi7** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:25 pm

This team takes so many dumb icings. And to Patrick Kane. Your stick handling and no look passing to no one is cute, but it doesn't really help the team. So if you could stop being an abortion like you were in the last Olympics, that would be pretty cool.

trwi7 · Post #173 » by **trwi7** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:10 pm

**** stupid icings, inability to win key faceoffs, inability to get any sustained offensive pressure and being way too passive in the defensive zone. Awful game. Good call by Olczyk saying it was going to be a high scoring game.

Mags FTW · Post #174 » by **Mags FTW** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:31 pm

I was going to say that they'll go trash their hotel rooms now, but their hotel probably already looks like trash.

buckboy · Post #175 » by **buckboy** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:35 pm

God i can't stand Kane. Frickin pansy.

Go bang a Russian hooker in in a limo and catch the clap Kaner.

trwi7 · Post #176 » by **trwi7** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:13 pm

What a disgusting game. Hopefully there are some changes coming in the next Olympics, assuming NHL players can still go.

Get rid of Martin and Orpik, who will be 35ish when it rolls around. Love our young defense. Suter, Shattenkirk, Fowler and McDonagh already on the team and then we have guys like Trouba, Jones, Yandle (who should've made this team), Bogosian, DeKeyser, Gardiner and Faulk. Really hope some of our young forwards progress too because I don't want to see guys like Ryan Callahan on the roster. I'd like Byfuglien to make it just for his versatility as well.

Goaltending will be solid again.

Hopefully Poile isn't the GM, we know what kind of teams he likes to put together and it just doesn't work. Not a fan of Bylsma either. He's a great coach because he has two top 5 (arguably top 3) players on his team a glut of other good forwards around them.

El Duderino · Post #177 » by **El Duderino** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:19 pm

Wow, just got done watching the USA/Finland game, what a beat down. Hopefully Wisconsin at least finishes a sweep of Michigan St. tonight.

WEFFPIM · Post #178 » by **WEFFPIM** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:55 am

trwi7 wrote:What a disgusting game. Hopefully there are some changes coming in the next Olympics, assuming NHL players can still go.

Get rid of Martin and Orpik, who will be 35ish when it rolls around. Love our young defense. Suter, Shattenkirk, Fowler and McDonagh already on the team and then we have guys like Trouba, Jones, Yandle (who should've made this team), Bogosian, DeKeyser, Gardiner and Faulk. Really hope some of our young forwards progress too because I don't want to see guys like Ryan Callahan on the roster. I'd like Byfuglien to make it just for his versatility as well.

Goaltending will be solid again.

Hopefully Poile isn't the GM, we know what kind of teams he likes to put together and it just doesn't work. Not a fan of Bylsma either. He's a great coach because he has two top 5 (arguably top 3) players on his team a glut of other good forwards around them.

Get some ****ing puck movers on the blue line. Martin and Orpik had no business being on this team and they made more mistakes than positive impacts. But mainly, when you run into good defensive teams like Canada and Finland (Sweden would have been the same), you need to have your offense multifaceted. When the forward groups are shut down, you need offense from the d-men. Literally anyone with a hockey brain knew that would eventually hurt the US in this tournament.

The hockey team went the way of nearly every US contingent in Sochi, a lot of hype, and a bigger failure. Who were the biggest names to actually come through in these Olympics for the US, the ice dancers? Maybe Bodie Miller?

They'll finish in the top 3 of the medal count, but the hockey team, speedskating team, Shani Davis, Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, Gracie Gold...all didn't come through.

trwi7 · Post #179 » by **trwi7** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 4:28 am

Orpik is useless and Yandle should've made the team. The funny thing is Suter is known for his stretch passes, yet there were none. The defenses job in Canada was to just stay back to prevent odd man rushes and breakaways for Canada. It was a horrendous coaching effort and the best team wasn't put together, which is disappointing to say the least.

Bobby Ryan would've been helpful because after Kessel/JVR, there wasn't much offense.

Finn · Post #180 » by **Finn** » Sun Feb 23, 2014 10:30 pm

WEFFPIM wrote:They'll finish in the top 3 of the medal count, but the hockey team, speedskating team, Shani Davis, Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, Gracie Gold...all didn't come through.

Lindsey Vonn didn't compete.