That is the czech republic who picked an awful roster and left Pavelec from the jets in the press box.

I am a fan of Gary Thorne but he can't even get north american players names right, he would be a disaster in the olympics

I was expecting terrible, and it just be deadspin calling any athlete on skates a decent hockey player, but he actually looks pretty damn good out there. Better than I can do these days.

I would never boycott and I agree that it does not punish the athletes. It doesn't punish the Russians either. If anything it just punishes the South Koreans in 2018.

Both goalies will play in the 3 preliminary games. Slovakia and Slovenia are both shit so really the only question is who out of Quick and Miller gets to play Russia, which is the 2nd game.

There are also a large portion of hockey media (print media especially) who complain more about the sport, and want to change it, more than any other sport I follow. Especially when it comes to fighting in hockey there is such a disconnect between the fans and players and the media. It is a very holier than thou…

Of course there are good offenses in the west (ana, chi, sj in particular) but you dont think it is a little suspect that Quick, Jones and Scrivens (before his trade to Edm) were all top 10 in the league in Goals Against Average

I don't know about style being too different on big ice but what would worry me (it doesn't because I am from Canada) is that Quick plays behind the stingiest system int he league. Scrivens and Jones look like Vezina winners on LA.

The fact that Schneider didn't start told me the Devils treated this game as more of an event rather than an important game. I am guessing the call came from Lou Lam.

Out of all the hundreds and thousands of white athletes you could have possibly named you pick Harper, Favre and Manziel to make a point that white people get a free pass?

I think it also the only sport where you can be horrendously awful at it and still have the time of your life playing it.

So now its racist to point out that black people do not look like monkeys

The TSN podcast was fantastic and hilarious but yes I agree the Fox one sucks. It just lacks the fun the old one had.

One of the many reasons I wanted the Jays to actually succeed this year was so we could at least eliminate God Bless America for a few games

I think people hate the "voice of reason" in tv shows because they see it as getting in the way of the action or adventure. Unfortunately most of these voice of reason characters are women

A member of the media that does not like fighting and wants everybody to know it? I am shocked

A friend of my parents won a couple million in the lottery, he was already well off enough as it was. He did the things like buying a nicer car and a cottage on the lake but when it came to ordinary everyday things he never changed his ways. He would go to multiple grocery stores to find the best prices, book hotels…

A million times this

Like DC wanted to have a 24 hour thinking over period for tattoos I believe the same should be in affect for someone getting a customized jersey.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Ill respect anybody who is a fan of that band