The Swamp

sancarlos wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:59 pm

P.D.X. wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:47 pm Is the freebird thing just us rubbing our freedoms in the face of these commies?

That’s a new thing for this tournament, I think. Kind of fun, eh?

I think the team picked it for the goal song.

Brady is smashing guys out there.

And Neil Young's an American now. Someone should have told him.

This game is insane. It's too intense for even McDavid, who looks lost out there.

Found something.

Yeah McDavid!!

(Just for tonight)

That was fun. McDavid was struggling and the US had Slavin on him all night. So impressed Slavin, as I rarely see any Canes games.

The key to the winning goal was the sequence before where Point beat Hughes to the icing, leaving Fox and Hanifin on the ice.

The US will have to re-thinking taking Hanifin and Fox to Milan. They are not good enough skaters for a game this fast.

It also shows how mediocre the NHL product is. You look at club football and it's tactically miles ahead of International football which slogs along, negative football. In hockey, you put national teams who haven't played together in 9 years, barely practiced and these are the best games you'll see all season.

Amazing hockey.

I know I'm really invested in something when I can only listen to the audio and have to distract myself (online catan) to not go crazy.
Even euphorically blocking out the fact that the players on the ice were the only Canadians that didn't feel this as more than a hockey game (and almost certainly have pretty gross personal politics), at least for a few days.

Love that I didn't have to cheer against Kyle Connor. Love that the most obvious script is that Hellebuyck gets the better of McDavid next time they face each other in a big game (cough, western conference final).

Love that the first thing McDavid said to ESPN when asked how special this is was "Its not like its an Olympic gold medal." lol NHL.

Definitely think Olympics/World Cup every second year is the exact right amount of this stuff.

Nice, Chedda.

And, I think it’s fair to opine that no sports figure has denigrated his own legacy more in the past few months than Wayne Gretzky. For the NHL to name this Trump fan as the honorary Canadian captain was tone deaf.

I’m watching it today even though I know the result because I needed rest last night. Happy that a loss meant that those fuckheads in the MAGA hats behind Coach Sullivan went home disappointed.


Edited when I saw there were multiple MAGA fuckheads.

Didn't even watch but still got annoyed because someone I know doesn't watch hockey asked if I was watching. Trump ruins fucking everything.

Yep. Didn't watch to the end. Just so "whatever" about the entire thing given Guerin's bullshit and then that fucking asshole with his hat behind the bench.

As good as the game was, I just couldn't give a shit.

I went the other way and actively rooted for Canada. Helps that Cooper, Point, Cirelli, Hagel, and Brisebois were all involved.

I declared I was rooting for Canada but feared I'd root for Kreider if I watched.

Rough tourney for the Rangers involved, eh?

I've read Fox looked awful (but that wasn't his man on the OT winner).

mister d wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:42 pm I've read Fox looked awful (but that wasn't his man on the OT winner).

Adam Fox was partly responsible for the goal, yes. And he had a terrible tournament.

another thought to add on the goal, sometimes a team just gets beat on the play. For football fans, I likened it to losing on a touchdown when the X reciever hits on a deep crosser against cover 3. Lots of people involved in a play like that who could keep it from being a score, but sometimes the play is right and the guy just wins.

It was after an icing so that's a tired group out there. Fox going behind the net on the wrap around from the point started the chain reaction. Fox isn't there in time for Marner, so Mathews leaks out a bit to avoid giving him too much room and the other D-man is occupied by Point. McDavid doesn't move and the space just appears.

The little play that Marner makes to be able to corral that puck off the wall without turning to his backhand to pick it up, not having to turn to his backhand hand but using his stake to angle the puck to his forehand off the boards is such a little simple play that opens up the time and space. You can see why Matthews was going to the wall, because 90% of the time a player is going to turn to the boards to handle that rimmed puck.

govmentchedda wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:36 pm I went the other way and actively rooted for Canada. Helps that Cooper, Point, Cirelli, Hagel, and Brisebois were all involved.

Yeah, Canada is like the Maryland to Michigan/Hopkins for me. I root for them unless they are playing my team in any given sport. I was just so annoyed with the whole thing.

I found myself rooting for the US a bit in their first game. But after Guerin and Tkachuk started their maga shit and got Trump involved, it was easy for me to root for Canada in the final!

I might've been able to shrug it off had we not had to hear them bitch about keeping politics out of sports whenever it's something they don't agree with. I rooted my ass off for Canada last night and nearly woke up the house. Fuck those MAGA fuckers.

Yeah. After January 6th I don't give a fuck about this country considering who is in charge. Apologies to all the amateur athletes caught in my wake.

8-3 caps over Pittsburgh. And Ovi had no goals or assists.

wlu_lax6 wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:58 pm 8-3 caps over Pittsburgh. And Ovi had no goals or assists.

And the Pens at a min held their own for the first half of the game. Dammit Ned.

Announcers working real hard to clear Rempe there

Doesn’t even make his top 5.

Right, and they’re correct that it wasn’t particularly vicious, but I loved the contortions of “it’s unfortunate for Rempe that the player’s head ended up between his body and the glass”.

Hope the Caps saved some goals for the game I am going to next week.

Pens goalies have been less than average much less ideal this weekend

rass wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:51 pm Right, and they’re correct that it wasn’t particularly vicious, but I loved the contortions of “it’s unfortunate for Rempe that the player’s head ended up between his body and the glass”.

It’s the opposite of “he’s just a little guy”. Even when conceding an illegal hit, half the fanbase says it isn’t his fault he’s so tall like Tyler Myers doesn’t exist.

wlu_lax6 wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 5:58 pm Hope the Caps saved some goals for the game I am going to next week.

Ovi with the hat trick yesterday, bringing his number to 13 to take the lead.

Given how things looked last year, when we started this season I think most fans figured it would take at least another full season to get this close.

Dude is 39 years old and has 29 goals in 41 games. Missed 6 weeks to a broken leg and still peppering the goal almost every night.

With everyone hating on Gretzky right now it's fitting that he loses the record in the next few weeks.

If he can score 13 goals in the next 20 games he will beat the record in the same amount of games it took Gretzky.

I am enjoying the lesser milestones that he is breaking. In addition to the hat trick he broke Jagr game winning goals, tied Esposito in hat tricks (1 behind Hull), and added to the goalie he has scored against list. Starting to see interview with goalies about not wanting to be the guy in the goal when he breaks the record...will be seen over and over and over again for years to come.

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:37 pm I am enjoying the lesser milestones that he is breaking. In addition to the hat trick he broke Jagr game winning goals, tied Esposito in hat tricks (1 behind Hull), and added to the goalie he has scored against list. Starting to see interview with goalies about not wanting to be the guy in the goal when he breaks the record...will be seen over and over and over again for years to come.

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March 27 vs Wild. Fleury would love it. Its apparently the goalie ovi has scored the most goals against

I looked on the scoreboard and saw that the Sharks and the Jets were playing each other, and now I’m humming the songs.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/re ... -business/

Probably because of the cap finally opening up, I think we're about to see a bananas trade deadline week...

Kyrou feels like the type where, if he's traded, it'll be an infuriating trade to one of the well run teams.

mister d wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:09 am Kyrou feels like the type where, if he's traded, it'll be an infuriating trade to one of the well run teams.

I saw Kyrou’s name in the article but that’s a head-scratcher. Great production, reasonable contract, at his peak years. I’d think it should have to be quite an offer to get him.