Olympic Men's Hockey: Canada vs USA Part II

[Vinny P.]

Originally Posted by RchW

I've been to Pottsville several times. Yuengling is drinkable, certainly a little different that the typical American beer. I was going to be in Gratz and Hegins this week but my trip got postponed.

The drive(down) into Pottsville took a little getting used to at first. That is one hilly place.

Hilly? The entire east coast is that way, with the exception of a couple of plateaus. lol.

Up where I am from, it is even more so.

Far as American beers are concerned, it isn't the best beer here. It isn't even the best beer produced in the state of PA. Magic Hat makes some pretty good stuff. Sam Adams has some decent beers as well. But other than Guinness, Yuengling is usually my choice.

[Vinny P.]

Originally Posted by dudeosu

Sam Adams is a lager.

Since you are from Ohio, so I'll forgive you this.

No, people from PA call Yuengling "Lager." Walk into any bar in PA, say "I want Lager," you're getting Yuengling. If you want anything else, you have to call it specifically by name.

[Vinny P.]

Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

NBC reported it opposite of what was posted. They said Obama owes a case of Molson to the PM.

My bad.

In that case, Harper got the short end of the stick, as far as bets go. It's like betting a Mercedes Benz against a row boat....

[dudeosu]

Originally Posted by Vinny P.

Since you are from Ohio, so I'll forgive you this.

No, people from PA call Yuengling "Lager." Walk into any bar in PA, say "I want Lager," you're getting Yuengling. If you want anything else, you have to call it specifically by name.

I'll be sure to spread that bit of information that everyone outside of Ohio knows to the rest of the backwater state.

[Vinny P.]

Originally Posted by dudeosu

I'll be sure to spread that bit of information that everyone outside of Ohio knows to the rest of the backwater state.

Aight, I'm dependin' on you my man!

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by jaxmagicman

What is the point of "no touch" icing? I don't like that rule.

I like it. I don't see the need for guys to get absolutely destroyed, and as a result have limbs pointing in directions they weren't designed to point in, on an icing call. Don't get me wrong. I like clean shoulder checks. They're an integral part of the game, but somewhere along the way the players have forgotten that the guy they're laying out and sending into convulsions has a family and friends too. There's no accountability whatsoever. Look at the ridiculous rise in head shots in the last little while and the NHL's seemingly stubborn refusal to do anything time and again in the wake of the carnage. I'm not naive enough to think that players don't assume a large amount of risk every time they step out on the ice: they do. I just think the NHL is doing a piss poor job of protecting their assets/the guys the fans pay big bucks to see. It seems to have started when the instigator rule was put in: without policing amongst the players, the cheap shot artists were given free reign. Then when the players came back from the lockout it seemed the speed had increased ten fold, so that the collisions were ten times harder (ball park guestimate of course ). Maybe I'm out of step with the times and people want to see more stretchers and body bags. I'd rather see skill, offensively, defensively, and goaltendingly. Admittedly it's moving back in that direction, but it still has some room for improvement. Oh yeah, and eff Gary Bettman.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by RchW

Bobby Lu can't squeeze the puck!

If I were the US team in overtime, I'd shoot the puck in the zone, high on net and make him catch it.

Apparently Bobby had a bit of a blond moment and broke in new pads during the tournament. Maybe he broke in a new catching glove too?

[actionjackson]

Molson Canadian is absolutely the right choice for our Prime Minister. It's the beer along with Labatt Blue that most teenagers in Canada and their uneducated beer palates first got hammered on. It's as dull, lifeless, and limp as he is. To say the man has emotional depth or even a personality, is to say McDonald's is gourmet food, which is also to say Molson Canadian has flavour. Ugh, he is just plain embarrassing as a leader. Then again there isn't much opposition for him right now. I've never tried Yuengling, but it's a safe bet that an independent beer is gonna beat the tar out of a beer that has huge name recognition and is brewed by a huge corporation because an independent brewery will not last if the quality isn't there. At least Obama has good taste in beer.

Congrats to the USA on a great tournament. Ryan Miller for MVP...but taking this tournament's results and projecting them onto a tournament that will take place in four years is silly. So much can change. Putin and Medvedev are busy "re-assigning" those that were responsible for the "debacle" that was Vancouver. It's possible the re-assignments might include the bottom of The Black Sea, various gulags, Siberia, or Putin's personal judo dummy, but they'll have things straightened out by 2014 and the Fins, Czechs, Swedes, and Slovaks will be medal threats too. Remember that Canada and the US finished 7th and 8th in Turin, so a lot can change between now and then. It's great to see so much depth in international hockey using NHL players right now - makes for a better fan experience and makes the NHL look like high school hockey despite the fact that it's the same (smaller pool = higher calibre) players. Great stuff.

EDIT: By the way, all this talk of "massive underdogs" etc is a load or an invention of the master of media manipulation Brian Burke. When you have the best goalie in the world and five talented speedy players that are 23 or less (Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, and Bobby Ryan) plus "older" speedsters like Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise and a veteran stabilizer like Brian Rafalski, you have an excellent chance. I'm not sure how the "experts" can say on the one hand that goaltending is everything in a one game elimination tournament and on the other hand completely dismiss the team with the best goaltending, but nobody said the "experts" had to make sense or be consistent.