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the_original_911

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Which team are you cheering for in the world cup of hockey... ro are you even going to watch  

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  1. 1. Which team are you cheering for in the world cup of hockey... ro are you even going to watch

    • Canada
      9
    • Sweden
      4
    • Finland
      8
    • Russia
      1
    • Germany
      0
    • Slovakia
      0
    • Czech Rebublic
      0
    • U.S.A
      4
    • Not going to watch
      8

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mkreku

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Sweden of course! I even have tickets to the Finland - Sweden game in Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland next weekend (September 4)! It's going to be awesome! Even though the tickets cost more than 100$ each..

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Meshugger

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Finland ofcourse, but as usual, Canada wins.

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the_original_911

the_original_911

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Sweden of course! I even have tickets to the Finland - Sweden game in Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland next weekend (September 4)! It's going to be awesome! Even though the tickets cost more than 100$ each..

 

that's so sweet... If I wasn't on the west coast I'd go see a game... if I could scrape together that kind of money :D

 

I hope Ohlund and Nazzy have a good tourney for Sweden and Ruutu and Salo for Finland

 

As long as the US doesn't win .... jk to a certain degree

Spif

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None of the above since Denmark is not on the list... I'm pretty sure we're still in the A group (although we suck compared to many of the other teams).

GhostofAnakin

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No one, I hate hockey.

 

so basically there was no point in you responding, but you chose to anyways.

 

Good job, sparky.

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'JN

'JN

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I have to laugh every time I hear a Canadian call Americans brutal, since the most interesting thing about their favorite pastime is the fights...

'JN

'JN

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so basically there was no point in you responding, but you chose to anyways.

 

Good job, sparky.

 

Don't act like the "post in a thread just to get a reaction" maneuver is anything new here. How many times on this board has someone started a thread about a game or a movie and been bombarded with one-line replies like "that game sucks!" or "worst thread ever!"? There is rarely a point to anything on the internet, and everyone needs a good flamewar from time to time.

Fionavar

Fionavar

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I'm assuming that we will in fact not have a flamewar ... Well I would not recommend one, fwiiw ;)

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EnderAndrew

EnderAndrew

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Since I can't stand the NHL these days (if it exists anymore) I'm all for World Cup Hockey. I just hope an NHL-player less national team does well, much like the NBA-filled egocentric team failed to win gold in the Olympics.

Oerwinde

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Go Canada!

 

My prediction: It will be Canada vs Sweden in the finals, and Sweden will pull it off. I'm hoping Canada takes it all the way, though.

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EnderAndrew

EnderAndrew

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I'm rooting for Canada as a fellow North American who is living with a Canadian.

 

My only objection is that the Canadians have a lot of NHL players who I despise.

the_original_911

the_original_911

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I'm rooting for Canada as a fellow North American who is living with a Canadian.

 

My only objection is that the Canadians have a lot of NHL players who I despise.

 

Yeah there are a few people on team Canada that during the regular season I hate with a passion (Robyn Regehr for example)... but fortunately Keith Tkachuk isn't on team Canada because I would hate him whereever he goes... he's just one of those players to me and I'm sure everyone has of few of those.

 

And it seems like there isn't going to be a season this year which sucks royally

EnderAndrew

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Right now I have a grief with NHL players in general. It may be that the league never gets back together, and NHL players just play in leagues like the WHL.

 

The players are objecting to a salary cap, when the salary cap has done nothing but offer parity and a chance for every club to win in leagues like the NBA and NFL.

 

NHL players salaries are on par with NFL salaries, but NHL TV revenues are 2% of NFL TV revenues. Most NHL franchises lose money each year despite the Canadian franchies being subsidised with tax payer dollars, and some franchises like Ottawa are in flat our bankruptcy and can't pay players as is.

 

Yet the players want more money?

 

Screw 'em. It's hard to side with big business most days, but I'm with the owners who shouldn't budge, but likely will. The league needs a salary cap, and the players need pay cuts.

 

If the players continue to hold out, and it ends up that the Tampa Bay Lightning won the last Stanley Cup ever, it will be a huge travesty.

the_original_911

the_original_911

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Right now I have a grief with NHL players in general.  It may be that the league never gets back together, and NHL players just play in leagues like the WHL.

 

The players are objecting to a salary cap, when the salary cap has done nothing but offer parity and a chance for every club to win in leagues like the NBA and NFL.

 

NHL players salaries are on par with NFL salaries, but NHL TV revenues are 2% of NFL TV revenues.  Most NHL franchises lose money each year despite the Canadian franchies being subsidised with tax payer dollars, and some franchises like Ottawa are in flat our bankruptcy and can't pay players as is.

 

Yet the players want more money?

 

Screw 'em.  It's hard to side with big business most days, but I'm with the owners who shouldn't budge, but likely will.  The league needs a salary cap, and the players need pay cuts.

 

If the players continue to hold out, and it ends up that the Tampa Bay Lightning won the last Stanley Cup ever, it will be a huge travesty.

 

I have never agreed with anything more in my life, right now the owners and players are pretending to be talking and just going through the motions... they say they don't want to make any announcments because it would take away from the world cup of hockey... which reminds me...

 

Canada and Sweden are both 2-0... and I don't think Finland has played 2 yet... and poor Russia... unfortunately for them they don't look that strong on paper they got Bryzgalov as their starting goalie :wub: ... how the mighty have fallen... but hey anything could happen

Oerwinde

Oerwinde

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Right now I have a grief with NHL players in general.  It may be that the league never gets back together, and NHL players just play in leagues like the WHL.

 

The players are objecting to a salary cap, when the salary cap has done nothing but offer parity and a chance for every club to win in leagues like the NBA and NFL.

 

NHL players salaries are on par with NFL salaries, but NHL TV revenues are 2% of NFL TV revenues.  Most NHL franchises lose money each year despite the Canadian franchies being subsidised with tax payer dollars, and some franchises like Ottawa are in flat our bankruptcy and can't pay players as is.

 

Yet the players want more money?

 

Screw 'em.  It's hard to side with big business most days, but I'm with the owners who shouldn't budge, but likely will.  The league needs a salary cap, and the players need pay cuts.

 

If the players continue to hold out, and it ends up that the Tampa Bay Lightning won the last Stanley Cup ever, it will be a huge travesty.

 

They won't be the last stanley cup winners. If the NHL goes down, a new league will replace it, and the stanley cup will go to the champions of that league. The cup was the prize in canadian hockey before the NHL even existed.

 

Anyway, with the whole NHL thing, I think they just need to create a new pay system in the league based on each player's +/- , goals, assists, etc. That way it will even teams out because the good players will go where they want to play, rather than where they'll get more money. Don't allow teams to include any bonuses except for maybe bonuses for winning games, or reaching milestones. Just so they can't get around the pay structure to lure players.

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Oerwinde

Oerwinde

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Holy crap, the Czechs destroyed Sweden!

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Jurgenaut

Jurgenaut

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hahaha

 

The swedish team was carp. We've seen time and again what good all our dollarstars are when playing together (or at least pretending to).

 

Beaten by belarus, says it all.

 

I prefer watching the Swedish elite series instead of world championships, olympics and world cups.

 

At least there, the teams play for the team, because they enjoy the hockey, not because it is their main way of getting money.

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EnderAndrew

EnderAndrew

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Sometimes it's all about designing a good team around the same strategy and chemistry instead of picking popular "name" stars.

 

The USA has the best basketball players in the world, and couldn't win a gold medal in basketball for that very reason.

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