pilldoc Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678195&navid=nhl:topheadsIn case anyone was interested here are the Divisions for the Olympics.Group A:RussiaSlovakiaSloveniaUnited StatesGroup B:AustriaCanadaFinlandNorwayGroup C:Czech RepublicLatviaSwitzerlandSwedenIntial reaaction, the United States in Pool A has has the easier games. Canada in Pool B might have the toughest. Just MO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 @pilldoc Looks like Group's C and A seem to be the best. Canada only has Finland to contend with. Norway is respectable but not really a threat, not overly worried about Austria either...lol. US has to worry about Russia and an improving Slovakia team. But Group C has the Czech and Sweden in there. Lativia will be crap and the Swiss will show moderate improvement. Seems like all the divisions only go 2 team deep, then it drops off to varying levels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dgill Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 @pilldoc Looks like Group's C and A seem to be the best. Canada only has Finland to contend with. Norway is respectable but not really a threat, not overly worried about Austria either...lol.US has to worry about Russia and an improving Slovakia team. But Group C has the Czech and Sweden in there. Lativia will be crap and the Swiss will show moderate improvement. Seems like all the divisions only go 2 team deep, then it drops off to varying levels. Group C also has the Swiss team. A team that is well known for upsets. I would not be surprised at all if the Czech's ended up bowing out and Switzerland taking the second position in the group. I feel at this point the Swiss are more then capable of being moderate. Canada barely beat them in 2010 (took them to a shootout) and are coming off a silver medal at the last WHC. The group that played this year is a good indicator of the majority of the players we will in Sochi. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Group C also has the Swiss team. A team that is well known for upsets. I would not be surprised at all if the Czech's ended up bowing out and Switzerland taking the second position in the group. I feel at this point the Swiss are more then capable of being moderate. Canada barely beat them in 2010 (took them to a shootout) and are coming off a silver medal at the last WHC. The group that played this year is a good indicator of the majority of the players we will in Sochi.Welcome old friend @Dgillhaha. I forgot you live in Halifax too. Nice win for the mooseheads eh? Pretty nice to watch the #1 and #3 overall picks their entire predraft season. I kinda prefer Drouin over Mackinnon(Even though Mackinnon is a beautiful Skater.) you must be beyond pleased to have grabbed Mack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Apparently there is some 67 year old Canadian guy who somehow made Team USA: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/usa-hockey-mistakenly-tells-67-old-canadian-made-234933413--nhl.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I actually found myself interested in watching the skeleton. Head first on a sled down a hill at 80mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 @Samifan Good call, the skelton is very exciting. Man, would it HURT to wipe out at that speed, I doubt they would even survive going head first like that, a gutsy sport is there ever was one! You could literally get killed just practising on any given day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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