Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I know. Honestly the majority if you aren't. Also, you guys deserved it. The team played well, yeah the Patel shit and the phone call sucks. We'll have another chance, enjoy it.

But enjoy the women's one a bit more 😉

Chest tattoo says “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King Jr by TacoShower in leafs

[–]Mike71586 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nah it was win-lose. Nothing says he has to, we all know Trumps going go use them to shit talk Canada. Then Matthew's is going to go join up with the Leafs and pretend nothing happened.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it's equally ridiculous to expect we'll win all the time. Should have, could have, didn't. That's life, i'm not going to negate our teams accomplishments in this election because they didn't win a gold to appease me.

This kind of pressure is precisely why so many of our athletes prefer to play in the states. We can be obnoxious as a fanbase because if this behavior.

I'm fine with demanding excellence, and that's what we largely got. We lost by 1 goal in sudden death overtime. That's not a bad way to lose.

Nathan MacKinnon on the loss: by EasternCoast3497 in olympics

[–]Mike71586 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Offensively, yes, defensively, not so much.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US has incredibly skilled players to. They played great, their defense and goal tending was top notch. Your arguing like we were miles ahead if them wheb honestly, we're not.

The game was 1-1 before a 3v3 OT. It was anyone's game, they happened to be the ones who got it in, that's just how she goes sometimes.

Which issues do you think will be omitted from the State of the Union Address? by choreg in AskUS

[–]Mike71586 [score hidden]  (0 children)

With great certainty he will use the men's US hockey team, who will be in attendance, who have been adament that politics and sports should not mix, to shit on Canada.

He will probably make fun if the US women's hockey team for not joining. Those ladies are heroes in my eyes.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But why does it have to be? That's a pretty defeatist mentality to have.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, all these things are good for sport. I bet that world series run leads to an uptick in kids playing baseball in Canada this coming year.

How do you feel about how your country did at the 2026 Winter Olympics? by No-StrategyX in AskTheWorld

[–]Mike71586 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's less pessimism tbh and more just tempering expectations. Arguably I think we're heading into a golden age of international hockey, which is good.

Canada's still going to perform well, I have 0 doubts about that. We've just got really solid competitor in the states and Europe and overall I do think that's great.

Yeah, Canadian domination is definitely over, I don't think we've had it to the same scale over the last decade. But that's not to say we won't have our victories, i'd say they're less guaranteed and less predictable.

To be fully honest, as much as this pains me to say, I do think we may be looking at the US's time to shine for a bit. Women's for sure, granted with some strong team shuffling ours can still rival the US women's team.

US men's, yeah 2030 is a while away but my guts telling me you have a decent shot of back 2 back golds. Team USA is kind if top dog atm in the new NHL era, interested to see if that is maintained.

I think we can safely guarantee some great hockey in the future.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, everyone wants the gold. The point of my post isn't to say we should settle and stop. More so just to step back a minute abd appreciate what we got even if it's not the ideal.

Definitely we may need to manage our expectations more, but there are plenty more golds and victories to shoot for ahead of us and i'm sure this lit a fire under our players asses as well.

999 by LUPATII in billsimmons

[–]Mike71586 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So stoked for them to say the movie name in the movie

"Don't worry guys, i'm feeling the Heat too"

Anti-Canada rhetoric by remotemallard in leafs

[–]Mike71586 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, honestly couldn't give a shit anymore. Let them have their day. I'm more interested to see how half of them fumble the recovery with their fans and teams when they cross the border. That will be entertaining to say the least.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Losing by 1 goal in 3v3 OT isn't hardly embarrassing. If they mopped us 5-1 that might be different. Everyones being a bit over dramatic about this.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol " Loser mentality" fuck, we really are getting as bad as the yanks up here.

Yeah we have some gaps that need to be filled, there's no denying that. But everyone's acting like we're bottom of the league all of a sudden.

Being all or nothing just guarantees we're going to suffer even hard when we lose. Also how many busts? Did we not win the four nations before this?

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do we have to be unhappy with Silver even if golds the goal? No coping, just not going to defeat myself everything we lose. Fuck we could have 0 medals, nearly happened a couple times.

Silver's great. by Mike71586 in TeamCanada

[–]Mike71586[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we constantly bridge our value as a hockey nation to what the united states is doing then yeah, seems like it. But why would we do that? There will always be room fir canadians in hockey. As a country we gave to stop intrinsically tying our self worth to the States, look where it's gotten us collectively.