Predict the Quarter Final Winners

[jj cale]

Honestly there is just no team I dislike and would actively cheer against because I want them to lose (as opposed to simply supporting the other team more, but no biggie if they don’t make it). It’s because Russia is not here.

Russia is the one team I've never cheered for in my life, it's simply not in me.

It won't be the same without you, buddy.

thanks bud.

 

[Old Man Jags]

I’ll sadly miss the game. It starts at 3:20am and I have early morning client meetings I have to show up for looking like I am being propped up by more than an industrial quantity of coffee and Adrenalin.

If I post you’ll know I woke up in the middle of the night a d could not help myself.

 

[Czechboy]

Honestly there is just no team I dislike and would actively cheer against because I want them to lose (as opposed to simply supporting the other team more, but no biggie if they don’t make it). It’s because Russia is not here.

I'm the same I like all the nations. Some quibbles at times but generally a fan.

I will say, Russian U20 teams I always found damn entertaining. They went so hard against Canada. Loved those games.

 

[Old Man Jags]

Russia is the one team I've never cheered for in my life, it's simply not in me.

I grew up cheering against them. It was the team of the occupier, as simple as that. The often incredibly arrogant and condescending behaviour of their team did not help. I grew up in what was Communist Czechoslovakia, my mother was a student when she woke up in the middle of the night in 1968 thinking there was an earthquake, but it was the Russian tanks rolling into Prague.

Hockey like all sports was used as a huge propaganda tool in the Soviet Block, so it mattered - to those asking naively so often”what does the occupation have to do with sport”. Also, in a country ruled by an occupier, international sporting occasions are the only time you can stick it to them, so beating the Russians meant so much more. People were delirious with joy when we beat them in Prague in 1985 in the medal round en route to the gold medal.

Of course, after the fall of Communism a rivalry like this becomes less intense but is still there.

 

[AmericanDream]

We are hoping the Kaberle brothers, Slegr and Hamrlik join the squad. Still negotiating.

How many spots did y'all even fill to start the damn tournament, like 8??

 

[Old Man Jags]

How many spots did y'all even fill to start the damn tournament, like 8??

I hear that Jagr is getting ready for an unexpected quarter final return.

 

[Czechboy]

How many spots did y'all even fill to start the damn tournament, like 8??

LOL

It was 3 from the start. Amazingly, we cut several NHL or semi NHL players (Vrana, Zadina, Nosek and Zohorna) for smaller Euro players that can't handle NHLers. You're Welcome!

 

[Czechboy]

I hear that Jagr is getting ready for an unexpected quarter final return.

and Plekanec as his C... Kladno 4th line.

 

[jj cale]

I grew up cheering against them. It was the team of the occupier, as simple as that. The often incredibly arrogant and condescending behaviour of their team did not help. I grew up in what was Communist Czechoslovakia, my mother was a student when she woke up in the middle of the night in 1968 thinking there was an earthquake, but it was the Russian tanks rolling into Prague.

Hockey like all sports was used as a huge propaganda tool in the Soviet Block, so it mattered - to those asking naively so often”what does the occupation have to do with sport”. Also, in a country ruled by an occupier, international sporting occasions are the only time you can stick it to them, so beating the Russians meant so much more. People were delirious with joy when we beat them in Prague in 1985 in the medal round en route to the gold medal.

Of course, after the fall of Communism a rivalry like this becomes less intense but is still there.

Yeah I'm an old timer and the rivalry between Canada and Russia had a lot of political overtones as well. For younger Canadian hockey fans i'm sure the U.S-Canada rivalry is the big one now but to our generation Canada-Russia will never be duplicated. It's less intense now after the fall of Communism but it's still there.

 

[AmericanDream]

LOL

It was 3 from the start. Amazingly, we cut several NHL or semi NHL players (Vrana, Zadina, Nosek and Zohorna) for smaller Euro players that can't handle NHLers. You're Welcome!

I'm not buying this false sense of security bullshit.. Jagr and Nedved are showing up I know it...

 

[Czechboy]

I'm not buying this false sense of security bullshit.. Jagr and Nedved are showing up I know it...

 

[jj cale]

I'm not buying this false sense of security bullshit.. Jagr and Nedved are showing up I know it...

I've heard rumours Nedved is going to play for Canada.

 

[Old Man Jags]

I've heard rumours Nedved is going to play for Canada.

Not AGAIN!!

 

[Czechboy]

 

[jj cale]

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That's our boy!! lol

 

[NyQuil]

He was pretty good for Canada too.

5 goals in 8 games.

 

[jj cale]

He was pretty good for Canada too.

5 goals in 8 games.

Yeah without him and Kariya we likely didn't have a shot to play for gold.

 

[Summer Rose]

You ask the boss

@Summer Rose

How do we change it from may 24 to may 23rd at 10am est?

Poll says it closes at 9:33 a.m. eastern time today... I don't think I can edit the close time to exactly 10:00 though.

 

[Czechboy]

Well, let's see how good everyone is. I picked the opposite 4 and went all upsets.

 

[ORRFForever]

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Well, let's see how good everyone is. I picked the opposite 4 and went all upsets.

I figured out how to shut it down at 9:30 a.m. - it wasn't so hard after all.

 

[Czechboy]

I figured out how to shut it down at 9:30 - it wasn't so hard after all.

Thanks.. sorry if I created work! On the Oiler's Nucks one.. they kept changing their votes as it went a along. I say close the poll before puck drop.

Eg. I may change my vote to Canada after 5 minutes.lol

 

[ORRFForever]

Thanks.. sorry if I created work! On the Oiler's Nucks one.. they kept changing their votes as it went a along. I say close the poll before puck drop.

Eg. I may change my vote to Canada after 5 minutes.lol

Ha, ha.

Don't be silly. Happy to do it.

 

[NyQuil]

Well, let's see how good everyone is. I picked the opposite 4 and went all upsets.

 

[juppy611]

Well so far Group A 2 and Group B 0. So I’m picking Finland and CZE for the other QF games.

 

[Czechboy]

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It's going poorly for me. But just wait till the Finn's and Czechs win. You will all owe me an apology.lol