Olympic Excitement

[Drakken]

Slovakia should have put Miro Satan in a dress and put him out there.

Trust me, women's hockey have already enough butches and ugly dykes as it is. 

[PRC]

The irony being, of course, that VANOC made everything they could to make sure neither Quebec nor French were presented to exist in modern Canada during the ceremony, not even to rape natives - which we were (and still are) very good at.

In VANOC's bizarro-world, Quebec has simply sunken deep into the Atlantic Ocean with all (French) hands on board. Even Quacker ex-federal ministers under Trudeau and Chretien (like when Ottawa was at war with Quebec) were shit pissed off about that, and the Federal Commissioner for Official Languages wasn't amused.

And Wayne Gretzky over Gaetan Boucher = How many gold medals did Wayne Gretzky win, anyway?

If anything VANOC should have been more West Coast centric and fucked off with the maritime fiddles and the prairie gold shit.  Asia is more relevant to Vancouver than Quebec is and they should have concentrated on Asian settlers and the early days of BC.

[Grey Fox]

If one needs French at the Olympics they only need to go to Mcdonalds.

[Eddie Teach]

And Wayne Gretzky over Gaetan Boucher = How many gold medals did Wayne Gretzky win, anyway?

Dude, Gretzky is by far the most famous Canadian athlete in the world. I don't think Muhammad Ali was picked based on his Olympic performance either.

[Jacob]

And isn't the Silver medalist really a Canuck in Australian clothing?

Yea but he's a quitter. The dude is a fucking psychopath, tho

Sitting around the TV at a friend's place last night, and someone told me that he owns a company that makes the best quality mal- and spy-ware.  And the reason he quit the Canadian team was that he was told to chose between his company and his training; so he went to Australia where they'd let him keep both.

Dunno how true any of it is.

[Grey Fox]

And isn't the Silver medalist really a Canuck in Australian clothing?

Yea but he's a quitter. The dude is a fucking psychopath, tho

Sitting around the TV at a friend's place last night, and someone told me that he owns a company that makes the best quality mal- and spy-ware.  And the reason he quit the Canadian team was that he was told to chose between his company and his training; so he went to Australia where they'd let him keep both.

Dunno how true any of it is.

He left Canada at 14, that's young to have business, no?

Alright, apprently he started his business at 13.

[Jacob]

He left Canada at 14, that's young to have business, no?

They said that was the case (including leaving at 14 or 15).

[Drakken]

And Wayne Gretzky over Gaetan Boucher = How many gold medals did Wayne Gretzky win, anyway?

Dude, Gretzky is by far the most famous Canadian athlete in the world. I don't think Muhammad Ali was picked based on his Olympic performance either.

I know, but nonetheless irrelevant to the Olympics because Wayne Gretzky won no Olympic medal. Sure, the only reason he was chosen is because he is ROC's quintessal poster boy for hockey, but this does not concern Olympic sports - except that he was the Alexander the Great of ice hockey.

Gaetan Boucher won his Canadian medals against Soviet-backed sport machines full of testosterone and steroid injections, at a time that Canadians were quite content ending constantly at the bottom rung of the classment and got thoroughly humiliated in Montreal in 1976. And the dude was not even invited as one of the torch bearers, or even to be present at the opening.

Not only it is a slap on Boucher's face for what he did for Canadians Sports, for reasons totally obscure, but also on the whole Canadian speed skating team which we are expecting medals from, and who all expected Boucher to be at the forefront of the openings. All of them got interested to sports and inspired by Boucher, many of them watching him make his last rounds in Calgary with a broken ankle and his used knees to a 5th position finish.

Clara Hughes herself said that, at the time she was watching Boucher make his last race on TV, she was a rebel teen brat smoking a pack a day and having no goal in life, and she got so inspired that she started to train as an Olympic speed skater. I'd say the Canadian Olympic Team owes Boucher far more than Gretzky, because Canadians started to win in Olympic events far more often after him than before.

[Berkut]

And isn't the Silver medalist really a Canuck in Australian clothing?

Yea but he's a quitter. The dude is a fucking psychopath, tho

Sitting around the TV at a friend's place last night, and someone told me that he owns a company that makes the best quality mal- and spy-ware.  And the reason he quit the Canadian team was that he was told to chose between his company and his training; so he went to Australia where they'd let him keep both.

Dunno how true any of it is.

I thought he made his fortune on a spam company.

Which means he should be drawn and quartered, not given medals.

[Grey Fox]

And Wayne Gretzky over Gaetan Boucher = How many gold medals did Wayne Gretzky win, anyway?

Dude, Gretzky is by far the most famous Canadian athlete in the world. I don't think Muhammad Ali was picked based on his Olympic performance either.

I know, but nonetheless irrelevant to the Olympics because Wayne Gretzky won no Olympic medal. Sure, the only reason he was chosen is because he is ROC's quintessal poster boy for hockey, but this does not concern Olympic sports - except that he was the Alexander the Great of ice hockey.

Gaetan Boucher won his Canadian medals against Soviet-backed sport machines full of testosterone and steroid injections, at a time that Canadians were quite content ending constantly at the bottom rung of the classment and got thoroughly humiliated in Montreal in 1976. And the dude was not even invited as one of the torch bearers, or even to be present at the opening.

Not only it is a slap on Boucher's face for what he did for Canadians Sports, for reasons totally obscure, but also on the whole Canadian speed skating team which we are expecting medals from, and who all expected Boucher to be at the forefront of the openings. All of them got interested to sports and inspired by Boucher, many of them watching him make his last rounds in Calgary with a broken ankle and his used knees to a 5th position finish.

Clara Hughes herself said that, at the time she was watching Boucher make his last race on TV, she was a rebel teen brat smoking a pack a day and having no goal in life, and she got so inspired that she started to train as an Olympic speed skater. I'd say the Canadian Olympic Team owes Boucher far more than Gretzky, because Canadians started to win in Olympic events far more often after him than before.

Salt Lake City 2002. I don't care if the IOC doesn't give out medals to Team officials, he built that team.

But I agree, Boucher should have been there. Hell, Pierre Harvey should have been there.

[Grey Fox]

And isn't the Silver medalist really a Canuck in Australian clothing?

Yea but he's a quitter. The dude is a fucking psychopath, tho

Sitting around the TV at a friend's place last night, and someone told me that he owns a company that makes the best quality mal- and spy-ware.  And the reason he quit the Canadian team was that he was told to chose between his company and his training; so he went to Australia where they'd let him keep both.

Dunno how true any of it is.

I thought he made his fortune on a spam company.

Which means he should be drawn and quartered, not given medals.

I checked it out. All articles date from 2006 & relate to date from 2002 but he basically ran/owned AdsCPM.com which made Spyware.

[Ed Anger]

Slovakia should have put Miro Satan in a dress and put him out there.

Trust me, women's hockey have already enough butches and ugly dykes as it is. 

Zedno Chara on the women's team would be hilarious.

[Neil]

Does he, really? I was under the impression the Leafs went out and got the best GM and the best coach for their rebuilding phase, at least according to them that is. But isn't Wilson's reputation pretty solid, despite failing with Toronto yet again?

He was hired by Cliff Fletcher before Burke officially had the job.  Burke and Wilson are friends outside of the business though.  I don't think he has a solid reputation... other than showing up in one Stanley Cup final (lost to the Wings) when he was coaching Washington his teams have underwhelmed compared to their expecations exemplified by his time with the Sharks.

And Burke isn't that great either.  He had a good couple of years in Anaheim, but has generally been unimpressive.

[Neil]

And Wayne Gretzky over Gaetan Boucher = How many gold medals did Wayne Gretzky win, anyway?

Gretzky plays hockey, where a gold medal is worth a every other medal awarded at the Winter Olympics combined.

[Berkut]

And isn't the Silver medalist really a Canuck in Australian clothing?

Yea but he's a quitter. The dude is a fucking psychopath, tho

Sitting around the TV at a friend's place last night, and someone told me that he owns a company that makes the best quality mal- and spy-ware.  And the reason he quit the Canadian team was that he was told to chose between his company and his training; so he went to Australia where they'd let him keep both.

Dunno how true any of it is.

I thought he made his fortune on a spam company.

Which means he should be drawn and quartered, not given medals.

I checked it out. All articles date from 2006 & relate to date from 2002 but he basically ran/owned AdsCPM.com which made Spyware.

All the more reason he should DIAF.