OT: Nations Face-Off 2025

[goru1869]

Slavin is clearly the #1 D guy. He's made a case for the best in the world.

A lot of people feel Quinn Hughes is the best. Slavin reminded me of Brett Pesce with the way he was blocking shots. Glad this NHL break is over. My family and I are going to the Devil game tomorrow night. LET'S GO DEVILS!

 

[RUinBoston]

i don't understand why the professional teams would allow their top talent to play in such a rough tournament midseason. Injuries could cripple their chances for a great season.
Also, I was rooting for Canada ( as were most of my buds) when I heard some loudmouth yapping about the game.

I assume they figured players would treat it like an exhibition, not WWIII. Obviously the nutty political anti-canada crap could not have been predicted. But the Tkachck brothers probably could have been predicted. In the end, other than McAvoy, the injured players all seemed to choose their own fate, so there is that.

 

[NotInRHouse]

You've always been a douchy old man.

You're young though?

Seems like you fit the definition. You want to tell everyone else what to do and who to root for.

You must be bummed Russia wasn't in the game.

 

[T2Kplus20]

I said people can root for whoever they want. Was just pointing out the hypocrisy of the only-USA crowd not rooting for the US women's soccer team - it's also a big difference to be rooting against a team vs. for one.

I was rooting for Canada, not really against the USA, per se, as I've been a huge fan of US hockey for a long time. One of my favorite sporting events ever was watching the USA hockey team winning gold in 1980 and watching my Flyers spank the Red Army Soviet team in 1976 (the only NHL team to beat them). I also started rooting for Canada in 1972, during the Summit series with the Soviets, which Canada won 4-3-1, so I've had a long history of rooting for both Canada and the US in hockey. Also, the US wasn't really competitive on a professional level until maybe 30 years ago.

So, you tried to point out the hypocrisy of others while engaging in the same hypocrisy itself. Hmm, that's a new one even for you. LOL!

 

[jaydogsmooth1]

Rooting against your county, simply b/c you don't like someone's politics, is, and I'm putting it nicely, bitch shit
And that includes the hockey game night (Dems) or rooting against USA women's soccer b/c of Rapinoe (Reps)
Legit, 10/10 on a puss scale

 

[T2Kplus20]

Makar, McDavid. Who else would make the USA team from the the new states of East Canada and West Canada?

It was a great game between the US and North US! :)

 

[Ronnie_B]

Rooting against your county, simply b/c you don't like someone's politics, is, and I'm putting it nicely, bitch shit
And that includes the hockey game night (Dems) or rooting against USA women's soccer b/c of Rapinoe (Reps)
Legit, 10/10 on a puss scale

Bam!

 

[NotInRHouse]

It's defintely weird watching and rooting against the USA, I don't like them playing each other
World Cup 2006 when they played each other was especially uncomfortable

Re. the food, definitely need to preserve that
Can't live without it!

My grandfather was part of the invasion of Sicily and fought for the US. His father was born in Italy. That was a different time and we should be thrilled we're past it. I'm a citizen of both countries and proudly so. Both afford me the right to root for whom I damn well please. We should celebrate that. That is what he fought for. That is what I celebrate.

People saying otherwise are engaging in exactly the kind of behavior this country was formed to be a counterweight towards. People want to be told how to think and revere humans like gods, North Korea is right there and waiting. In the US, we had a war about this, the people who wanted a king lost.

 

[Caliknight]

So true.

You mean sp true lol

 

[jaydogsmooth1]

My grandfather was part of the invasion of Sicily and fought for the US. His father was born in Italy. That was a different time and we should be thrilled we're past it. I'm a citizen of both countries and proudly so. Both afford me the right to root for whom I damn well please. We should celebrate that. That is what he fought for. That is what I celebrate.

People saying otherwise are engaging in exactly the kind of behavior this country was formed to be a counterweight towards. People want to be told how to think and revere humans like gods, North Korea is right there and waiting. In the US, we had a war about this, the people who wanted a king lost.

Couldn't agree more
Thank God we live in a place where we can freely express our opinions and have freedom of speech

 

[Kbee3]

You've always been a douchy old man.

Your opinion means so much to me.

 

[Ronnie_B]

Your opinion means so much to me.

Not opinion. Fact.

 

[Kbee3]

Not opinion. Fact.

What you perceive as fact means so much to me.

 

[Ronnie_B]

What you perceive as fact means so much to me.

So why respond? People who truly don't care don't respond. Fact.

 

[Ronnie_B]

I guarantee what motivates people like Knee to root against their country, they're simple minded. They saw there was a high degree of patriotism for the hockey team and that was it. The chant of U-S-A is their kryptonite.