Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
Unfortunetly it seems like we are always overmatched by the Canadians.
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2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
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uwbadgers14
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Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
mid to late 90's i thought we had better teams then canada... but lately that is true. Miller or Thomas will have to be sick nasty i think...
mid to late 90's i thought we had better teams then canada... but lately that is true. Miller or Thomas will have to be sick nasty i think...
scsutommyboy
Frozen four or Bust!!
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
Does anybody really care? Call me old school but the pro's in the Olympics is just wrong. I loved the world cup of hockey where they played on NHL ice with NHL rules, but the NHL in the Olympics does nothing for me.
Does anybody really care? Call me old school but the pro's in the Olympics is just wrong. I loved the world cup of hockey where they played on NHL ice with NHL rules, but the NHL in the Olympics does nothing for me.
Puck Swami
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Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
The Vancouver Olympics will be played on NHL-sized rinks and have NHL refs, although the rules are still international.
As for the pros in the Olympics, I don't agree with you there. That pro toothpaste is already out of the tube and has been for years.
The best players should be able to play for their countries in any sport. Amateurism is a bygone relic from the days when only "gentlemen" could afford to train all year, and working class athletes were relegated to pauper status because they could not afford to keep up. To make matters worse, Soviet Bloc countries were sending state sponsored "amateurs" that were ostensibly professionals and made a mockery of the amateur rules. The Soviet Hockey team, for example were "pros" in all but name. They were given Army officers' salaries (but no army duties other than play hockey), trained together 11 months a year full time and were getting better benefits than the general Soviet population (apartments, cars, etc.). We were very lucky to beat them in 1980.
If the NHL takes its players out of the Olympics in 2014 (which is a good possibility because the Olympics are in Sochi, Russia and becuase insurance is getting too expensive) we'll be sending a team of minor leaguers and college players to play against full time pros from the European Leagues, which will break their seasons for the Olympics. It will be a second rate tournament, IMHO.
The Vancouver Olympics will be played on NHL-sized rinks and have NHL refs, although the rules are still international.
As for the pros in the Olympics, I don't agree with you there. That pro toothpaste is already out of the tube and has been for years.
The best players should be able to play for their countries in any sport. Amateurism is a bygone relic from the days when only "gentlemen" could afford to train all year, and working class athletes were relegated to pauper status because they could not afford to keep up. To make matters worse, Soviet Bloc countries were sending state sponsored "amateurs" that were ostensibly professionals and made a mockery of the amateur rules. The Soviet Hockey team, for example were "pros" in all but name. They were given Army officers' salaries (but no army duties other than play hockey), trained together 11 months a year full time and were getting better benefits than the general Soviet population (apartments, cars, etc.). We were very lucky to beat them in 1980.
If the NHL takes its players out of the Olympics in 2014 (which is a good possibility because the Olympics are in Sochi, Russia and becuase insurance is getting too expensive) we'll be sending a team of minor leaguers and college players to play against full time pros from the European Leagues, which will break their seasons for the Olympics. It will be a second rate tournament, IMHO.
scsutommyboy
Frozen four or Bust!!
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
The olympics to me is more about the individual sports and the odd team sports. I don't want to see NHL or NBA players in the olympics. It's not a big deal either way, but I won't lose sleep if they don't play any more.
The olympics to me is more about the individual sports and the odd team sports. I don't want to see NHL or NBA players in the olympics. It's not a big deal either way, but I won't lose sleep if they don't play any more.
uwbadgers14
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Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
I guess thats a way to look at it but what's next, the ryder cup has to go to amateurs too. Its pointless for the USA and canada to pull pr's out of the olympics because the other countries won't do it.
This whole situation bothers me really. Those players have earned the right to represent there country. We go back to amateurs and you can kiss a medal goodbye for canada or USA ever again.
I personally enjoy the olympics, i'm a little upset that it won't be played on the olympic sheet, i think that would add a element to the games that you don't normally see in north america. We see 100 plus NHL games every year,it would be nice to see something a little different every 4 years.
I get confused why people don't get excited about the games just because its professionals. Its still representing your country, its still us against them. Its not like 1980 where there are political issues with it, but its still US vs Canada or Canada vs Russia and those are darn exciting games to watch at any level. I was at the WJC in Ottawa last winter and let me tell you, the start of that Canada vs USA game was UNBELIEVABLE! Everyone was so jacked up, the flag going around the arena, and the noise in there was as loud as anything i have ever heard before, i'm talking football, anything,it was defining and Vancouver will be the same way. It will be great for the sport and if USA makes a run at gold it could really change hockey in the states once again... And it won't matter if its pro's or amateurs on the ice its going to be a great event.
I guess thats a way to look at it but what's next, the ryder cup has to go to amateurs too. Its pointless for the USA and canada to pull pr's out of the olympics because the other countries won't do it.
This whole situation bothers me really. Those players have earned the right to represent there country. We go back to amateurs and you can kiss a medal goodbye for canada or USA ever again.
I personally enjoy the olympics, i'm a little upset that it won't be played on the olympic sheet, i think that would add a element to the games that you don't normally see in north america. We see 100 plus NHL games every year,it would be nice to see something a little different every 4 years.
I get confused why people don't get excited about the games just because its professionals. Its still representing your country, its still us against them. Its not like 1980 where there are political issues with it, but its still US vs Canada or Canada vs Russia and those are darn exciting games to watch at any level. I was at the WJC in Ottawa last winter and let me tell you, the start of that Canada vs USA game was UNBELIEVABLE! Everyone was so jacked up, the flag going around the arena, and the noise in there was as loud as anything i have ever heard before, i'm talking football, anything,it was defining and Vancouver will be the same way. It will be great for the sport and if USA makes a run at gold it could really change hockey in the states once again... And it won't matter if its pro's or amateurs on the ice its going to be a great event.
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uwbadgers14
Registered User
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
Blake Wheeler is another name that could possibly make it, he was great in his first year as a pro. 81GP, 21G, 24A, 45 PTS, and +36 :O
Blake Wheeler is another name that could possibly make it, he was great in his first year as a pro. 81GP, 21G, 24A, 45 PTS, and +36 :O
Rabid Gopher
Craving Championchips
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
What about Jordan Leopold and Paul Martin?
Come on...I'd like to see 5 MN defenders on the Olympic team
Goli
Ballard
P Martin
Leo
Johnson
What about Jordan Leopold and Paul Martin?
Come on...I'd like to see 5 MN defenders on the Olympic team
Goli
Ballard
P Martin
Leo
Johnson
Dirty
#BanBiddy
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
And we could lose to Austria or Latvia or Uzbekistan or something. Hooray!
What about Jordan Leopold and Paul Martin?
Come on...I'd like to see 5 MN defenders on the Olympic team
Goli
Ballard
P Martin
Leo
Johnson
And we could lose to Austria or Latvia or Uzbekistan or something. Hooray!
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
You will maybe see two of those guys on the team.
What about Jordan Leopold and Paul Martin?
Come on...I'd like to see 5 MN defenders on the Olympic team
Goli
Ballard
P Martin
Leo
Johnson
You will maybe see two of those guys on the team.
uwbadgers14
Registered User
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
Ballard and Johnson most likely....
Ballard and Johnson most likely....
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
I think he already knows that.
I think he already knows that.
uwbadgers14
Registered User
Re: 2010 Team USA Olympic Team - The Youth Movement
nhl.com has interviews from most of the US players at the orientation camp. Ryan Keslers is classic. Dudes hularious... the last thing he say's " Its gonna be a war" hahhaha total game on in Keslers eyes, hopefully the rest of them show up just like that....
nhl.com has interviews from most of the US players at the orientation camp. Ryan Keslers is classic. Dudes hularious... the last thing he say's " Its gonna be a war" hahhaha total game on in Keslers eyes, hopefully the rest of them show up just like that....