GDT: Championship Game: USA vs Canada, 2/20 - 8pm ET (ESPN, ESPN+) There will be no political discussion, will result in warnings and thread bans.

[93gilmour93]

My wife just texted me. She says " I picked up some whiskey for tonight so we're good to go when we watch Canada slap the Americans". That's why we're married

 

[FlyguyOX]

It’s already begun with nonsense like this:

Imagine not being able to distinguish between the round robin and the championship game.

Best Canada can be is 1-1 against USA. Facts are facts.

 

[Rob Brown]

lol who the hell is that.

That's like taking a quote from a curling competition. No one cares

Classic, a fan of the new 'greatest hockey country on the planet' doesn't know who one of the greatest female players of all time is.

 

[SI90]

 

[FlyguyOX]

lol walk away from the keyboard there, warrior. Go learn some hockey history

Oh yes very sad and embarrassed I don't know women's international hockey history.

Second greatest female hockey player of all time AND a medical doctor.

She is a national treasure. Show some respect.

I'm not sure if you're being serious or not tbh.

Does it make you mad that someone you hold in such high regard is a complete unknown to your southern border, much less the world?

Classic, a fan of the new 'greatest hockey country on the planet' doesn't know who one of the greatest female players of all time is.

That's like caring about curling players.

 

[Rob Brown]

I'm not sure if you're being serious or not tbh.

Does it make you mad that someone you hold in such high regard is a complete unknown to your southern border, much less the world?


That's like caring about curling players.

Nah, it's like caring about hockey, though.

 

[PuckG]

Best Canada can be is 1-1 against USA. Facts are facts.

The Canadians and Americans have met 19 times in best-on-best tournaments since the 1976 Canada Cup, with Canada holding a 14-4-1 advantage. All of this to suggest that irrespective of the outcome today, Canada’s dominance in this sport is clear. Facts are facts.

Now back to the Championship game.

 

[Eegs]

Got to work at 5:40am today so i can make my 1 hour drive back home at the end of the day and not miss a moment!

 

[93gilmour93]

Put big money down on USA…. Canada got no shot

 

[GirardSpinorama]

One team already won this matchup, this game is all about the other just trying to even it up at 1-1

USA lost against sweden lol.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I think this has the potential to have the highest views of a hockey game ever.

I am in several gaming discords and take shit from Americans for being a hockey fan (it's not a real sport kind of thing). They are talking about the game and their plans to watch it. I have relatives who might watch a hockey game once every 3 or 4 years if they were at an event it was on making plans for watch parties.

And to top it off, you have disgruntled NBA fans with their league and the quality of the game giving the sport a real chance. You actually have a chance to convert some fans into at least casual viewers who never thought about watching the sport.

Good job NHL

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Eh, if we played the Canadians 10 times we'd win at least 5.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

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[Zegs2sendhelp]

I think this has the potential to have the highest views of a hockey game ever.

I am in several gaming discords and take shit from Americans for being a hockey fan (it's not a real sport kind of thing). They are talking about the game and their plans to watch it. I have relatives who might watch a hockey game once every 3 or 4 years if they were at an event it was on making plans for watch parties.

And to top it off, you have disgruntled NBA fans with their league and the quality of the game giving the sport a real chance. You actually have a chance to convert some fans into at least casual viewers who never thought about watching the sport.

Good job NHL

True… this is the most hype I’ve seen for a hockey game…. Maybe in my life time

Friends that never watch hockey asking to go out and watch game…. People in gaming discord talking about it, Twitter hype.

 

[Curufinwe]

Best Canada can be is 1-1 against USA. Facts are facts.

The only result that matters is the final one, just like every tournament ever.

Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia in the 2022
World Cup.

 

[FlyguyOX]

USA lost against sweden lol.

Yep, meaningless game we shouldn't have had to play and are worse off for playing.

Great tournament format.

 

[Eegs]

Jarvis in for Konecy...Seth is clutch AF, i'm predicting he scores tonight.

 

[Rob Brown]

I think this has the potential to have the highest views of a hockey game ever.

I am in several gaming discords and take shit from Americans for being a hockey fan (it's not a real sport kind of thing). They are talking about the game and their plans to watch it. I have relatives who might watch a hockey game once every 3 or 4 years if they were at an event it was on making plans for watch parties.

And to top it off, you have disgruntled NBA fans with their league and the quality of the game giving the sport a real chance. You actually have a chance to convert some fans into at least casual viewers who never thought about watching the sport.

Good job NHL

Wasn't the # of Canadians that watched the Gold Medal game in 2010 like 28M or something? It'll be hard to top that in Canada, but yeah in the US it'll be high.

Real test for the historically non-hockey fans in the US will be if they can feign interest once this is over or if there they are just interested because of the USA USA USA nonsense.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

That's like saying Princeton is one of the best college football team of all time because of their 28 titles. Congrats on the history? Don't care about what happened when I wasn't even born.

Good luck getting to 1-1 in this tournament.

Good luck being 0-1 against Sweden.

 

[Rob Brown]

That's like saying Princeton is one of the best college football team of all time because of their 28 titles. Congrats on the history? Don't care about what happened when I wasn't even born.

Good luck getting to 1-1 in this tournament.

I would imagine you were alive in 2010 and 2014. Maybe even 2002, although your posts would make a lot more sense if you weren't alive then.

 

[Beau Knows]

Oh yes very sad and embarrassed I don't know women's international hockey history.

That's like caring about curling players.

It's okay to not know everything, but bragging about it is weird as hell.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Oh yes very sad and embarrassed I don't know women's international hockey history.


I'm not sure if you're being serious or not tbh.

Does it make you mad that someone you hold in such high regard is a complete unknown to your southern border, much less the world?


That's like caring about curling players.

I am not mad people might not know her. I am annoyed by stupid people belittling great athletes they do not know just to antagonizing other people.

 

[PuckG]

That's like saying Princeton is one of the best college football team of all time because of their 28 titles. Congrats on the history? Don't care about what happened when I wasn't even born.

Good luck getting to 1-1 in this tournament.

Like you said - facts are facts. You can’t be butt hurt just because you don’t like them.

Loser mentality to not be able to decipher between the round robin and championship game. Not sure why the coping is required before the game is even played though..

Your team is strong and competitive. Why the pre-conceived excuse/coping?

 

[Rob Brown]

It's okay to not know everything, but bragging about it is weird as hell.

It's the classic 'that player must suck because I've never heard of him' when in reality it's an indictment on the person saying it, not the player.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

My wife just texted me. She says " I picked up some whiskey for tonight so we're good to go when we watch Canada slap the Americans". That's why we're married

She doesn’t happen to have a single sister eh? Haha

What a lady! Go Canada.