Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

[Maladict]

But that's not true.  The hockey tournament is #1.  All other sports are #2 or lower.

It's the only other winter sport I'll go out of my way to watch, I'll grant you that much.

[CountDeMoney]

Watched a little bit of the ice pursuit or whatever the fuck that is.  Teams of 3 chasing each other.  Pretty good.  Speed skating is definitely the most photogenic of winter games sports.

That one Polish chick from last night was so huge, at first I thought I was watching the Men's heats.  For a sport that relies on so much drafting, no wonder they're that good.

[Neil]

Looking at the score in Finland-USA, it seems like Carey Price might have broken the spirits of those American boys.

[alfred russel]

Looking at the score in Finland-USA, it seems like Carey Price might have broken the spirits of those American boys.

It broke my spirit. I can't watch anymore US hockey atm.

[Neil]

Looking at the score in Finland-USA, it seems like Carey Price might have broken the spirits of those American boys.

It broke my spirit. I can't watch anymore US hockey atm.

Ah yes.  The old 'glorious gold, so-so silver and shameful, shameful bronze' scenario.

[alfred russel]

Ah yes.  The old 'glorious gold, so-so silver and shameful, shameful bronze' scenario.

Not really. But we got the silver the last two times, and I was really into the run for gold. I thought we had a decent chance. It is hard to get excited for bronze when your big hope for the Olympics is crushed 24 hours before. If the game was next week, I'd probably feel differently.

Canada beating us all 3 times probably has a demoralizing aspect to it as well.

[Solmyr]

Finland.

[Neil]

Yeah, they seem demoralized.  They're just taking penalties pretty much non-stop now, and the Finns are converting those opportunities.

Still, good for Finland.  They had a good tournament.

[HVC]

Now its getting kind of sad.

[DGuller]

We can still come back.   

[Solmyr]

All these penalties. 

[alfred russel]

I do blame Yi for this. He knows from the college football thread that it is important to do things like flash the hook em horns sign and put a team flag on your car to create synergies for your team. Some of us tried this, but Yi destroyed our synergy by saying we suck. Well guess what Yi? Now we do suck. Congratulations.

[Neil]

Now its getting kind of sad.

Yeah.  This was the kind of beating that the US was putting on other teams through the round-robin.  It reminds me of Nagano, where Canada lost the semi-final and just didn't have the heart to play Finland in the consolation.

[Solmyr]

We can still come back.   

The Russians are rooting for the Finns.

[Neil]

I do blame Yi for this. He knows from the college football thread that it is important to do things like flash the hook em horns sign and put a team flag on your car to create synergies for your team. Some of us tried this, but Yi destroyed our synergy by saying we suck. Well guess what Yi? Now we do suck. Congratulations.