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Originally Posted by shadows
I liken it to the "Dream Team" of basketball. Is there really a chance that the US team won't win the gold medal year in and year out? Sure, they had lost a couple of games, but those were during the round robin and the US didn't have any worries about being ousted from the Olympics!(of course, I could be wrong about said importance of those games.  ) |
Remember the men's "Dream Team" didn't win basketball gold in Athens 2004.
They lost twice (Puerto Rico & Lithuania) in the group stages and then lost to Argentina in the semi-final, before claiming the bronze with a revenge win over Lithuania. Bronze... oh the humiliation.
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Originally Posted by smc
But although I just rooted for Canada to win in the men's hockey, I really wish pros were not playing! It's just as bad as letting NBAers play basketball in the Olympics.
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Unfortunately with so many more European players now playing in the NHL there is no way the pros will be kept out of the Olympics. Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, etc. wouldn't want to go to the Olympics without their NHL stars.
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Originally Posted by smc
By the way, in case anyone is curious, I will root for Canada all the way to a gold in both men's and women's hockey. Not the United States.
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smc, why
"not the United States"?
Don't tell me the whole New England region has become a new Canadian Province since the weekend.
