OT: 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Thread

[Chili]

That TC squad would kick our ass big time.. Thats how bad we are.. I would probably rather have any of those defensemen over Alzner or Morrow..

I was especially impressed with Robinson (don`t know his first name).

It will be interesting to see if any of them earn NHL contracts for next season off these games. I would think that at least a few will get invites to next falls camps.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Worst possible camera angles to watch a game

 

[WeThreeKings]

To no ones surprise.. Patrick Chan choked in both his programs. Will not medal. His final games so he won't have a chance to disappoint again.

 

[Runner77]

Rene Bourque ooens the scoring for Canada.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Damn! The Czechs win it in a shootout again.

 

[Rapala]

I was especially impressed with Robinson (don`t know his first name).

It will be interesting to see if any of them earn NHL contracts for next season off these games. I would think that at least a few will get invites to next falls camps.

Robinson was okay but then again so was Sekac...
MB is probably scouting Noreau.

 

[le_sean]

To no ones surprise.. Patrick Chan choked in both his programs. Will not medal. His final games so he won't have a chance to disappoint again.

He’s like Adam Van Koeverden in the Summer Olympics. People go on and on about how great they are and they ultimately come up short on the biggest stage.

To be fair to Chan, no one was going to beat that Japanese kid.

 

[Redux91]

pretty sure hamelin just BLEW it

edit : wow is he lucky

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Our tourtereaux sur patins nationaux have really taken a liking to choking.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

wooo Gold for Girard

 

[WeThreeKings]

Women's curlers finally win

 

[Runner77]

Homan team finally wins one, obliterating the US.

 

[ClasslessGuy]

Homan team finally wins one, obliterating the US.

Only the top 4 will play in playoff right?

 

[JianYang]

If there is one winter Olympic sport over the years where Canada hasn't even had a legitimate sniff for a medal, I cant think of a better example than ski jumping.

 

[groovejuice]

If there is one winter Olympic sport over the years where Canada hasn't even had a legitimate sniff for a medal, I cant think of a better example than ski jumping.

We used to have a jumper named Horst Bulau who was a multiple World Cup winner. Didn't do that well at the Olympics, but he was always ranked.

 

[hotcarle]

We used to have a jumper named Horst Bulau who was a multiple World Cup winner. Didn't do that well at the Olympics, but he was always ranked.

I remember Horst Bulau at the 1992 Olympics . I was excited for our world class ski jumper, and he finished like 40th, not even a Canadian special "personal best" that we used to settle for. Then Ken Read's son Stefan read had some hype, but looking back on it, it was just hype I guess.

 

[groovejuice]

I remember Horst Bulau at the 1992 Olympics . I was excited for our world class ski jumper, and he finished like 40th, not even a Canadian special "personal best" that we used to settle for. Then Ken Read's son Stefan read had some hype, but looking back on it, it was just hype I guess.

The problem was that there was no team. Just some guys and Bulau. Having had the Olympics and a huge spurt of interest in winter sports, we should have a much stronger competitive presence in jumping.

 

[peate]

Anyone watching curling? Why did the Swiss skip forfeit his last shot?

 

[hotcarle]

Anyone watching curling? Why did the Swiss skip forfeit his last shot?

Wanted to keep things as they stood. Not screw things up. Not score a point so he could keep the hammer. It was one or all of those things. Can't remember

 

[dinodebino]

Koe blew this one. Mmm, getting tense for our curling teams. Weird.

 

[Runner77]

Quite the cliffhanger going on with Canada's women's curling team right now, as they're looking to defeat Switzerland.

 

[habdynasty]

Quite the cliffhanger going on with Canada's women's curling team right now, as they're looking to defeat Switzerland.

Canada gets the win , that was a close one.

 

[Runner77]

And the Homan team wins it in the 10th end when the Swiss overthrow their rock. I never thought there could be so much tension from bocce on ice but it was certainly dramatic. As dramatic as can get from what is mostly slo-mo action and delayed outcomes from each throw. The real tension is in the competitors' faces. Good job Canada, won this game 10-2.

 

[Runner77]

Only the top 4 will play in playoff right?

Correct:

Friday, Feb. 23

Semifinals, 6:05 a.m.
First vs. Fourth Places
Second vs. Third Places
Saturday, Feb. 24

Bronze Medal
Semifinal Losers, 6:05 a.m.
Gold Medal
Semifinal Winners, 7:05 p.m.

 

[Le Tricolore]

I just woke up. It's only 1-0 in the second?!