MeHateHe
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Mathieukferland
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I think with them participating in Italy in 2026, it is all but assured we will see them in France and again in SLC. They will likely be playing in the home of the Utah Hockey Club. The NHL will love that.
Team Canada....on North American soil once again is going to be something else!
McDavid - 38 years old
Bedard - 29 years old
McKenna - 26 years old
Random 11 year old - 21 years old
Team Canada....on North American soil once again is going to be something else!
McDavid - 38 years old
Bedard - 29 years old
McKenna - 26 years old
Random 11 year old - 21 years old
ORRFForever
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Don't forget Celebrini - 27ish.
Having said that, put them somewhere else. Olympics are a money pit - which is the reason why no one wants them anymore.
MeHateHe
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When the Calgary Olympics were awarded in 1981, 13-year-old me vowed I would be there.
And then I was! I mean, I visited Calgary that winter, a couple of weeks before the Games. And I did participate in a hockey game there. It counts.
Fjorden
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Switzerland and Sweden have showed interest for the 2038 Winter Olympics. Both countries have huge hockey interest.
IOC sets out pathway to 2038 Winter Olympic Games
Salt Lake has been working on bringing the Olympics back before thought of NHL coming was a thing
Would be really spread out if some events would take place in Latvia and Norway, as well as across Sweden.
I was the same way when I heard Vancouver would bid for the 2010 Olympics, back in 1998. I was 10 but vowed that I would be there regardless of what happened.
12 years later I was watching the Russia-Latvia and then Czech-Slovak games.
Still have the news clipping where I first read Vancouver was approved to be Canada's bid for 2010.
I remember watching 2002 Olympic final at 1 pm on a Sunday. Piling into my buddies parents basement.....and losing our minds after we won gold. Took a drive down our main street as fans streamed out of bars to celebrate.
Fast forward to 2010. Had 2 kids by then and watched the gold medal game at my sisters and brother in laws. Made a bunch of apps, drank beers and fist pumped when Crosby scored the golden goal. 8 years between that and SLC felt like forever.
Then came 2014...7 am puck drop. Woke up and went to my neighbours. Crushed beers again. Watched the game with bacon and eggs. Celebrated by napping all afternoon.
12 years to wait for 2026 is far too long. Here's hoping that NHLers stay in Olympic hockey forever. Come 2034, it will have been 32 years since by buddies loaded in the bed of my pickup truck and we drove down main street honking and celebrating.
Time flies
Fast forward to 2010. Had 2 kids by then and watched the gold medal game at my sisters and brother in laws. Made a bunch of apps, drank beers and fist pumped when Crosby scored the golden goal. 8 years between that and SLC felt like forever.
Then came 2014...7 am puck drop. Woke up and went to my neighbours. Crushed beers again. Watched the game with bacon and eggs. Celebrated by napping all afternoon.
12 years to wait for 2026 is far too long. Here's hoping that NHLers stay in Olympic hockey forever. Come 2034, it will have been 32 years since by buddies loaded in the bed of my pickup truck and we drove down main street honking and celebrating.
Time flies
The pause was a complete disgrace and made a mockery of what should have been an international sport with compelling storylines and rivalries. International hockey, crazy enough, is more interesting than international basketball which is far easier to pick-up - even if the depth of basketball is better, it's really not that interesting when USA has a 95% chance of a Gold every real tournament.
While it was nice for the Asian nations to get a try in 2018 and 2022, we might have avoided a 12 year gap were they held in Europe or North America. Now with the next three, potentially FOUR Olympics on NHL-friendly territory if the Swiss bid in 2038 is to be believed. It's quite likely the NHL will be there for all four of them.
While it was nice for the Asian nations to get a try in 2018 and 2022, we might have avoided a 12 year gap were they held in Europe or North America. Now with the next three, potentially FOUR Olympics on NHL-friendly territory if the Swiss bid in 2038 is to be believed. It's quite likely the NHL will be there for all four of them.
Almaty, Kazakhstan was the only other bidder in 2022 so the NHL would have had to deal with it anyway.
I would prefer to not have two consecutive winter/summer games in the same continent so keeping that in mind USA 2030 and France 2034 would have been better. But I also understand that USA didn't want to have 2030 Winter Olympics instantly after summer games.
The previous time two consecutive Summer Olympics were held in the same continent was 1948/1952.
The previous time two consecutive Summer Olympics were held in the same continent was 1948/1952.
Zero Pucks Given
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Winter Games coming back to Salt Lake in about 10 years time... maybe our team then will get themselves a better ending than the last one!
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I don't like how countries try one up each other. Not sure if it's still the case (unless the pro's are playing hockey, I don't watch), but it's crazy to see countries spend themselves stupid to out do the last country who held it. Just like the World Juniors in Canada, it's gotten "too big".
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I know this is a thread abt the olympics but why does Canada host it almost every year (yes I know it's about money) but if you ask me i think it's very unfair
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the ioc want the 2026 Milan Olympics to push there bobsled events in Austria so that 2026 games do t spend money on a new track.
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They should allow each venue to get the games TWICE to help cover costs.
But that would reduce the power and influnce that the IOC recieves right?
Mind you I long ago stopped bothering to wonder how the IOC works, cities get suckered into paying big cash for the prestige of elected officials and people making money off the construction and hosting costs.
