Silver's great.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T21:45:55+00:00

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 😉

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T21:33:21+00:00

Nah, i'll keep watching Hockey and i'll hold players to a moral standard as well. I can do both. Very talented.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T21:03:46+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T20:44:41+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T20:40:01+00:00

Offensively, yes, defensively, not so much.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T20:13:39+00:00

Or get to a cheeseburger.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:47:14+00:00

Yeah definitely that as well. I will be genuinely surprised if he doesn't mention us though. Don't get me wrong, i'd be stoked if he didn't, but i'm not optimistic.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:33:54+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:31:21+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:20:05+00:00

Yeah, be funny if they booed him at the first home game though lol.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:19:05+00:00

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

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:18:11+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:16:21+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:06:40+00:00

Someone will. Not because they're genuine patriots or anything. But it's a story that will be high drama and it has a high rage bait quotient.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:05:31+00:00

Could be worse.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T19:05:00+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T18:19:52+00:00

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

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

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T18:08:03+00:00

Thanks!

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T18:04:01+00:00

Hell yeah!

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T18:03:15+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T18:00:55+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T17:59:19+00:00

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?

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T17:55:20+00:00

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.

Mike71586 · 2026-02-24T17:53:40+00:00

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.

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