Re: US Junior Team cuts
I'm sick of the Canadian obsession with the USA though - give it a break. I'm going to laugh a lot if JMFJ makes Team USA because you know those clowns are going to boo him for ringing up Steve Downie still after the last few years.
Especially since Downie is on the up and up this season with TB. He now has, what, 9 goals? That's almost as many goals as he has cheap shots in his NHL career! Sorry, I don't condone JMFJ's hit on Downie, but the Canadians calling for his head is simply laughable based on the fact that JMFJ is yet to miss a single game due to suspension for illegal hits whereas Downie has almost a third of a season (maybe even closer to a half season) in suspensions thus far in the NHL alone.
There are individuals on the teams where the scores might be lopsided who nonetheless deserve to showcase their talents to the international community.
So in other words, there are cases when the letters on the back of the jersey are more important than the front?
Sorry RWtD, I disagree. Let the individuals showcase their talent by showing how they can produce in the clutch and be great teammates in a successful effort.
Some Canadians are like that. It's ok when they're the ones doing the beating. Not ok when it is the hateful, awful, mean spirited, capitolistic minded, greedy ******** that are the Americans.
It's why I've tempered my claim on UMN arrogance down quite a bit. UMN fans look like saints compared to Canadian Major Junior fans.
That looks like it could blind you.
45% alcohol? Seriously, Dirty, why drink the stuff? You could use it to take rust off of bumpers, sterilize surgical equipment...
The future of Latvian hockey isn't too bright apparently
Interestingly enough, Latvia has a large population of expatriated Canadians... and, stereotypically enough, they're all restaurant owners/operators.
..like you would know what the rest of the world cares about?? ... particularly when it comes to hockey.
The selection of the national junior team of Sweden was announced live on national TV in that country. Its important for important hockey nations. Only hockey minnows like the US, Switzerland, and Austria etc. have no idea that the best hockey played is during the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Olympics, and the World Juniors.
That's kindof a ballsy claim. Remember, the relocation of teams has yet to take a team from the US to Canada (I don't care HOW close Phoenix was to doing so). It's been the other way around.
Frankly, it's things like the World Juniors that make me giddy to be American. For all the crap Americans get from everyone for being boorish, xenophobic tools because we're proud of what our country has accomplished, it's good to see that the Canadians, constantly pointed out as who we should aspire to act like, are just as big of a group of *******s when it comes to something they think they own and should be proud of.
The fact that the biggest thing the Canadians will ever be able to point to is a junior hockey tournament, well, that's schadenfreude.
Hey now! Let's not belittle what little things Canada has over us. Other than Prescription Medicine, Cuban Cigars, alcohol at 18, admission to gentlmen's clubs at 18, and Hockey, they've got nothing on us!
Give them hockey superiority. They're like the Jan Brady of the Western Hemisphere.
, but I'm pretty sure there is no preview or mention of the tournament even if the score line from tonight hasn't been updated and this is one of the "Big 7" countries.
