WC: 2016 Team Canada Pt. II

[JackSlater]

When does Perry arrive?

Tuesday.

 

[Malcolm]

Tuesday.

I would imagine he will not play against Czech Republic?

 

[1Gold Standard]

God Damn. still no news. my morning coffee ruined. Is it Hockey Canada's priority number 1 to piss me off. I bet it's in their mission statement and painted on the walls at the Calgary offices.

 

[Rexor]

God Damn. still no news. my morning coffee ruined. Is it Hockey Canada's priority number 1 to piss me off. I bet it's in their mission statement and painted on the walls at the Calgary offices.

For a meaningless Skoda Invitational, you seem to be pretty emotionally invested in this whole thing.

 

[jj cale]

God Damn. still no news. my morning coffee ruined. Is it Hockey Canada's priority number 1 to piss me off. I bet it's in their mission statement and painted on the walls at the Calgary offices.

They are waiting for you to say some nice things about them for once.

Scott holds grudges.

 

[Canuckistani]

Looking at the likely rosters so far it would seem that Canada, Finland and Russia are going in as the favorites.

 

[1Gold Standard]

They are waiting for you to say some nice things about them for once.

Scott holds grudges.

of course he would...bureaucrats do what bureaucrats do.

I will pay him a compliment though, he is uniquely qualified to collect and wash team jerseys after practice. or maybe arrange for the bus shuttle to and from the practice facility. How's that?

 

[jj cale]

For a meaningless Skoda Invitational, you seem to be pretty emotionally invested in this whole thing.

The skodas are rather meaningless.

But he is probably like me, he wants to win it anyway because of the never ending litany of European posters who always rant stuff like this every year:

When Canada wins: 1. Canada not play fair 2. Ref gave Canada victory3.Canada should win with amount of registered players, we just small country

When Canada loses: 1. See? Canada not so good after all 2. What is wrong with Canada depth?, why cannot win with b-c team? 3.If Canada so good, why cannot win lowly Skodas?


And on and on.

That is why he is invested.

 

[1Gold Standard]

The skodas are rather meaningless.

But he is probably like me, he wants to win it anyway because of the never ending litany of European posters who always rant stuff like this every year:

When Canada wins: 1. Canada not play fair 2. Ref gave Canada victory3.Canada should win with amount of registered players, we just small country

When Canada loses: 1. See? Canada not so good after all 2. What is wrong with Canada depth?, why cannot win with b-c team? 3.If Canada so good, why cannot win lowly Skodas?


And on and on.

That is why he is invested.

you failed to mention the most important. Some of my favorite Canadian players wearing my NT jersey and representing my country...I'd be invested if they were playing a pick-up game of street hockey in the neighborhood.

but if Hockey Canada ever decided not to send a team to the Skodas, if Olympic seeding was determined by other means, then I wouldn't be too disappointed at skipping this annual event...true, I'd have to find some other distraction to get me to my evening's fix of NHL playoff action. but that shouldn't be too difficult of a task.

 

[jj cale]

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you failed to mention the most important. Some of my favorite Canadian players wearing my NT jersey and representing my country...I'd be invested if they were playing a pick-up game of street hockey in the neighborhood.

but if Hockey Canada ever decided not to send a team to the Skodas, if Olympic seeding was determined by other means, then I wouldn't be too disappointed at skipping this annual event...true, I'd have to find some other distraction to get me to my evening's fix of NHL playoff action. but that shouldn't be too difficult of a task.

I hear ya.

 

[Yakushev72]

For a meaningless Skoda Invitational, you seem to be pretty emotionally invested in this whole thing.

Don't kid yourself - Canadians are very emotional about the Skoda Invitational! All that "we don't care" business is just in case things go South. These boards will be teeming with highly animated Canadians over the WC in the next 3 weeks.

 

[jj cale]

Yep.

We are so highly emotional about the skoda invitational tournament that when I go into a pub I usually have to ask the bartender to turn one of the t.v's on to the game if I want to watch it.

That is how rabid we are for this thing over here.

 

[JackSlater]

Don't kid yourself - Canadians are very emotional about the Skoda Invitational! All that "we don't care" business is just in case things go South. These boards will be teeming with highly animated Canadians over the WC in the next 3 weeks.

Yes, I do believe that you believe yourself. Of course a comparison of the amount of Canadian posters in this thread vs the thousands who post in the NHL forums shows that you are pretty clearly far off the mark, but I guess that cognitive dissonance is best left avoided.

 

[therealdeal]

Yes, I do believe that you believe yourself. Of course a comparison of the amount of Canadian posters in this thread vs the thousands who post in the NHL forums shows that you are pretty clearly far off the mark, but I guess that cognitive dissonance is best left avoided.

These last 2 threads have basically been like 8 of us desperately trying to find anything Hockey Canada to talk about.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Don't kid yourself - Canadians are very emotional about the Skoda Invitational! All that "we don't care" business is just in case things go South. These boards will be teeming with highly animated Canadians over the WC in the next 3 weeks.

The Canadians on this board do care about the tournament. That's why we're here because it is hockey for which to cheer, and, at the same time, it's viewed as a consolation prize. Losing the Olympics in 2006 devastated us, whereas losing the WHC is no big deal. Winning it is like finding $20 in your pocket when you switch jackets for spring.

As for the average Canadian tilling the fields in Moose Jaw, pipe-lining in Anzac, running a deli in Woodbine Beach, producing maple syrup in Baie Saint-Paul, running the bar in Halifax, and beach-combing in Gibsons... they do not really care about the IIHF Mens Championship. It gets a fraction of the attention that the Olympics receives, an event for which almost the entire nation follows.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

As for the average Canadian tilling the fields in Moose Jaw, pipe-lining in Anzac, running a deli in Woodbine Beach, producing maple syrup in Baie Saint-Paul, running the bar in Halifax, and beach-combing in Gibsons... they do not really care about the IIHF Mens Championship.

Of course not. That looks like a pretty busy day.

 

[Yakushev72]

The Canadians on this board do care about the tournament. That's why we're here because it is hockey for which to cheer, and, at the same time, it's viewed as a consolation prize. Losing the Olympics in 2006 devastated us, whereas losing the WHC is no big deal. Winning it is like finding $20 in your pocket when you switch jackets for spring.

As for the average Canadian tilling the fields in Moose Jaw, pipe-lining in Anzac, running a deli in Woodbine Beach, producing maple syrup in Baie Saint-Paul, running the bar in Halifax, and beach-combing in Gibsons... they do not really care about the IIHF Mens Championship. It gets a fraction of the attention that the Olympics receives, an event for which almost the entire nation follows.

What you say is probably correct, but why is there the great need among so many to take the time to write a post emphasizing how disinterested they are in the whole subject? If I was disinterested, I would just act disinterested and not post on the subject at all. There's a whole obligatory litany that has to be gone through - we don't have our best players, conflict with the Stanley Cup, wrong time of year, incompetent officiating - the whole thing. In the end, it doesn't appear to be disinterest.

 

[86Habs]

What you say is probably correct, but why is there the great need among so many to take the time to write a post emphasizing how disinterested they are in the whole subject? If I was disinterested, I would just act disinterested and not post on the subject at all. There's a whole obligatory litany that has to be gone through - we don't have our best players, conflict with the Stanley Cup, wrong time of year, incompetent officiating - the whole thing. In the end, it doesn't appear to be disinterest.

Why do many (presumably) Russian posters take the time to post videos of missed penalty calls in the 1987 Canada Cup, a tournament in which they were apparently...disinterested?

 

[1Gold Standard]

The Canadians on this board do care about the tournament. That's why we're here because it is hockey for which to cheer, and, at the same time, it's viewed as a consolation prize. Losing the Olympics in 2006 devastated us, whereas losing the WHC is no big deal. Winning it is like finding $20 in your pocket when you switch jackets for spring.

As for the average Canadian tilling the fields in Moose Jaw, pipe-lining in Anzac, running a deli in Woodbine Beach, producing maple syrup in Baie Saint-Paul, running the bar in Halifax, and beach-combing in Gibsons... they do not really care about the IIHF Mens Championship. It gets a fraction of the attention that the Olympics receives, an event for which almost the entire nation follows.

Beautiful. Ron MacLean has some competition.

 

[Malcolm]

Mike Mattheson named.

 

[Bear12Good]

mike mattheson named.

lol

 

[Malcolm]

lol

True story! TSN Montreal just reported it. 3 regular season games and 5 playoff games with the Florida Panthers.

 

[JackSlater]

Woof. Adding a defenceman even less experienced than the others. But I guess when you have the chance to add a bottom pairing defenceman from Florida, you have to strike while the iron's hot.

On a positive note... Matheson's at least pretty mobile and from what I heard opinions on him were complimentary from his NHL stint. I guess it's not that hard to impress when you spent the year in the AHL though. Still have to think that there are at least 60 better Canadian defencemen though.

 

[Malcolm]

Woof. Adding a defenceman even less experienced than the others. But I guess when you have the chance to add a bottom pairing defenceman from Florida, you have to strike while the iron's hot.

On a positive note... Matheson's at least pretty mobile and from what I heard opinions on him were complimentary from his NHL stint. I guess it's not that hard to impress when you spent the year in the AHL though. Still have to think that there are at least 60 better Canadian defencemen though.

Just shows me that Hockey Canada have no desire to put the effort in this year. The fact Calgary could not deliver its own guys was a definite signal that it was going to be one of those years.

 

[Bear12Good]

Treveling must never work with the Canadian national team.
He failed to work on the selection of players.
Jimmy O'Neill better formed roster last year/