2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Thread

[93henfan]

US with the big kill. Whew. Now Miller is earning his keep.

[93henfan]

Argh. Parise off the post.

[Rob Iola]

I can't believe we're getting this amped up about friggin' Switzerland.

And that we're (ok, I'm) about to root for Russia against our gentle neighbour to daNorth.

Alot has changed in the last 30 years...

[danefan]

I haven't watched a hockey game in probably 5 years until these olympics......are NHL games this entertaining?

[Rob Iola]

I haven't watched a hockey game in probably 5 years until these olympics......are NHL games this entertaining?

Entertaining? Yes. This entertaining? Heck no.

Same basic problem - not enough scoring. Exciting when it's win or go home. Boring as spit when it's game number 27 in an 82 game season...

[Wedgebuster]

I haven't watched a hockey game in probably 5 years until these olympics......are NHL games this entertaining?

Ya gotta have a team in the fight.

[danefan]

I haven't watched a hockey game in probably 5 years until these olympics......are NHL games this entertaining?

Ya gotta have a team in the fight.

I don't know...I was thoroughly entertained by the Czech/Latvia game last night.

Maybe I'll check out a Devils or Ranger game when the start playing again. I'm sure tickets are easy to come by. They'll probably give me free Knicks tickets with the purchase of any Ranger tickets..

[clenz]

I haven't watched a hockey game in probably 5 years until these olympics......are NHL games this entertaining?

Like Rob said there isn't enough scoring for it to be this interesting. The fact it is USA vs the world, basically makes it more entertaining too imo.

I love the NHL, and almost all of the guys in the Olympics are NHL guys. There just isn't the scoring to make it as interesting to the general public on TV. In person though, tough to beat a hockey atmosphere.

[89Hen]

So still 1-0?

[93henfan]

Refs eat the whistle and let a US trip go.

Thanks!

1:43 left - Swiss timeout

[93henfan]

So still 1-0?

yep

[93henfan]

Empty net right from the faceoff. Wow. Bold move by the Swiss.

[93henfan]

2-0! Cue up the Lee Greenwood music.

Winner of Finland/Czech Republic up next. Win that one and it's at least a silver. Lose it and play for the bronze.

[93henfan]

2-0 empty net 11.2 secs

[89Hen]

2-0! Cue up the Lee Greenwood music.

Winner of Finland/Czech Republic up next. Win that one and it's at least a silver. Lose it and play for the bronze.

Let's go SUOMI!

[Wedgebuster]

Now what am I going to do to kill the rest of the work day?

[DJH]

USA wins 2-0.

Should be a great game between Canada and Russia tonight.

[93henfan]

2-0! Cue up the Lee Greenwood music.

Winner of Finland/Czech Republic up next. Win that one and it's at least a silver. Lose it and play for the bronze.

Let's go SUOMI!

Who is looking better? I haven't watched either in these olympics.

[89Hen]

Who is looking better? I haven't watched either in these olympics.

Czech's have to be stronger.

[proasu89]

Now what am I going to do to kill the rest of the work day?

Live on the East Coast where it's 5:30. More of the ol' ECB

[BlueHen86]

Let's go SUOMI!

Who is looking better? I haven't watched either in these olympics.

Czech's looked beatable last night as they snuck by Latvia in OT, they might also be without Jagr.
Fins didn't look to good against Sweden, but most teams don't looks good against Sweden.

I think the Fins win today, mainly because the Czech's played yesterday. I like the US chances against either team.

[GannonFan]

Who is looking better? I haven't watched either in these olympics.

Czech's have to be stronger.

What makes you say that? Finland's been playing better so far and Jagr's been looking slow for the Czech's. With the extra day rest, I'd fully expect Finland to be playing the US next round.

[BlueHen86]

Czech's have to be stronger.

What makes you say that? Finland's been playing better so far and Jagr's been looking slow for the Czech's. With the extra day rest, I'd fully expect Finland to be playing the US next round.

Jagr left last nights game 50 seconds into the second period and never returned. I'm not sure he'll even play today.

[Fresno St. Alum]

thanks for the link wedge. what sucks is I had to watch that on 17" grainy vision instead of my nice ass tv. FUCK NBC show it live to everyone. Cocksuckers!

The feed was 45 sec behind, ESPN told me we made it 2-0 before I saw it.

[tribe_pride]

Who is looking better? I haven't watched either in these olympics.

Czech's looked beatable last night as they snuck by Latvia in OT, they might also be without Jagr.
Fins didn't look to good against Sweden, but most teams don't looks good against Sweden.

I think the Fins win today, mainly because the Czech's played yesterday. I like the US chances against either team.

Agreed with this. It's tough to play as strong when you have back to back days of games (less than 24 hours apart) and the other team has had 2 days of rest. Especially if Jagr is not in. As always though, a hot goalie could win it for either team.

I am rooting for a very physical, emotional OT game that goes to a shootout where both teams are almost crawling at the end of the game.