WJC: Official Vaugely WJC Off Topic Thread

[Hughes Hefner]

Uhhh there have been 2 waves this game, grandpa.

Maybe you can't see because you're in the old folks home and they turn the tv off after jeopardy.

Not a grandpa, just a real hockey fan not some poser.

 

[MeHateHe]

FWIW in the Slovak/Sweden game Thursday, it was the rowdy Slovaks who were starting the wave. The Victoria crowd only obliged because it was the polite thing to do.

 

[snipes]

2019 is the year of the wave in the hockey world apparently.

 

[jj cale]

Looks like the USA has all the late games.
Let’s see how many does canada have?

The perks of being the home team, every hosting nation gets them.

Deal with it as best you can, you're big boys.

 

[Hughes Hefner]

Uhhh there have been 2 waves this game, grandpa.

Maybe you can't see because you're in the old folks home and they turn the tv off after jeopardy.

 

[Hughes Hefner]

Uhhh there have been 2 waves this game, grandpa.

Maybe you can't see because you're in the old folks home and they turn the tv off after jeopardy.

Fake news

 

[GoBs]

The perks of being the home team, every hosting nation gets them.

Deal with it as best you can, you're big boys.

Nothing to do with home team and more to do with tsn and the ratings.
At least be honest
TSN pays a premium to the IIHF to broadcast this tourney that only a spec of the USA care about

Wonder if they are corrupt as the rest of the international sports federations

 

[jj cale]

Nothing to do with home team and more to do with tsn and the ratings.
At least be honest
TSN pays a premium to the IIHF to broadcast this tourney that only a spec of the USA care about

Wonder if they are corrupt as the rest of the international sports federations

I am being honest, Canada is the home team and TSN is the home team channel...........of course they are catered to.

None of that will have anything to do with the U.S.A not winning a gold medal here, it will be their team play. we've had these miniscule advantages before and it didn't stop the U.S.A from winning or have you forgotten that?

making a big deal out of this small stuff is all just complaining for the sake of complaining fluff.

Game start times won't keep the U.S from winning anything, being beaten by a team that plays better will, everyone knows that if they are being honest.

I would never even give this a thought if it was Canada dealing with later start times, that's just grasping at anything for a built in excuse for falling short. I know when Canada wins or loses it is on their merits as a team, not game start times.

 

[780il]

FWIW in the Slovak/Sweden game Thursday, it was the rowdy Slovaks who were starting the wave. The Victoria crowd only obliged because it was the polite thing to do.

I bet those Slovaks didn't even say thank you after

 

[MeHateHe]

I bet those Slovaks didn't even say thank you after

They may have, but it would have been in Slovakian. It also would have been a little bit slurred, because those boys were bringing back beers by the foursome.

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

What's up with the Canadian hockey fan doing the wave during games? I thought they were a little bit more sophisticated observers of the game then that. Super talented kids playing and some actual good close games and there doing that stupid sh#*... sad..

Meanwhile in the home country of the OP in it's most popular sport you have grown men doing choreographed dances along with other even more ridiculous celebrations over things like gaining a yard or making a tackle.

At least the hockey fans can plead drunk.

 

[JackSlater]

Nothing to do with home team and more to do with tsn and the ratings.
At least be honest
TSN pays a premium to the IIHF to broadcast this tourney that only a spec of the USA care about

Wonder if they are corrupt as the rest of the international sports federations

The home team gets to pick which time it plays. If you're going to whine, at least understand what you're whining about.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

I don't know, it's cultural

If two Europeans have a disagreement, do they start whistling at each other?