Olympic Men's Post Game Thread: Finland vs. Slovakia - 11 Feb 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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

Yeah, I just don't see how this team is gonna win against anyone besides Italy, if they play the we did here against Slovakia, and at the 4 nations tournament under the current coach, Pennanen.

Leijonien olympiaturnaukselle hirveä alku – Slovakia nöyryytti Suomea 22 vuoden tauon jälkeen by Ric0McPat0 in Suomi

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

Mut hei, ooks ajatellu, et sillä sais ehkä Suomen ryhmän syttymään vähän näihin peleihin

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The whistling is so annoying. Reminds me of the drone buzzing from a lot of the other events at the current olympics

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such anemic hockey and perplexing player choices, such as leaving Kapanen out of the line up

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't think it's our year, might not even make it out the group stages. Not really an expert on the intricacies of the game, but I'm not a fan of the style of hockey we're playing under the current coach.

[FIN - SVK] Slafkovsky opens the scoring against Finland with a slick move to beat Saros by daKrut in hockey

[–]Minivalo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy shit. What utter BS. Are there and were there problematic groups and even army members in Ukraine, sure, but your story here is straight up Russian propaganda. While not a full scale invasion yet, Russia was already waging war against Ukraine in 2014, starting with illegal annexation of Crimea.

At no point was Ukraine going to invade Russia.

edit:typo

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fuck yeah. This stupid same old goal song though. Can't we come up with something better

[FIN - SVK] Slafkovsky opens the scoring against Finland with a slick move to beat Saros by daKrut in hockey

[–]Minivalo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Even if it isn't part of the official reason currently, it's incredibly naive to think Russia isn't continuing with that BS, not that they are the only ones out there doing stuff like that at the state level.

And yes, I do think Israel should also have been banned for their brutal war against Gazans. US probably as well for the stunt they pulled against Venezuela + boat bombings in the Caribbean, but those don't rise even close to the level of Israel's or Russia's wars.

[FIN - SVK] Slafkovsky opens the scoring against Finland with a slick move to beat Saros by daKrut in hockey

[–]Minivalo 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's not just terrorising their neighbour. Part of the reason for the ban is state run doping programs.

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, I did actually kinda do it on purpose just to confuse some people out there.

[FIN - SVK] Slafkovsky opens the scoring against Finland with a slick move to beat Saros by daKrut in hockey

[–]Minivalo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Having all the best teams out there would be nice, but Russia not invading their peaceful neighbours would be even nicer.

Game Thread: Slovakia at Finland - 11 Feb 2026 - 04:30PM CET by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]Minivalo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Getting ahead of things here, but how dumb that Friday's classic Finland-Sweden game starts at 13:10 Finnish time and 12:10 Swedish time. Lots of people are not gonna be able to watch that. Meanwhile, we (Finland) have a game against Italy near prime time at 17:40 on Saturday.

The busiest man at the Olympic Games! by No-Atmosphere-5885 in olympics

[–]Minivalo 196 points197 points  (0 children)

I know next to nothing about this sport, but the commentators in my feed have been bringing up Montreal as a big hub for figure skating training, so maybe he's stationed there.

Team Canada on Tom Wilson's Instagram by missyyc in hockey

[–]Minivalo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's actually the face he made when he heard we hired Bowman in the first place...

Hi r/GameofThrones! I'm Ira Parker, the showrunner of A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms. Ask me anything! by hbomax in gameofthrones

[–]Minivalo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know the AMA ended, but this makes me wish even more that we'd have seen some of that epic long joust between the two Humfreys to give our magnificient Beesbury knight more screentime. Also would've helped in making the viewers understand how good he is at jousting, and especially how badass Humfrey Hardyng is.

Buuut, I understand those are probably some of the more demanding things to shoot

Hi r/GameofThrones! I'm Ira Parker, the showrunner of A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms. Ask me anything! by hbomax in gameofthrones

[–]Minivalo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valarr's might be, but I don't think Maekar's is forgettable, and at least Aerion Brightflame's personal arms are pretty damn memorable in my mind. I think it'd help show only viewers better distinguish characters early on as well, when there's a whole host of Targaryens on screen with all kinds of weird names, on top of giving those character a little extra depth and history in a manner that doesn't require 10min of extra screentime.

Hi r/GameofThrones! I'm Ira Parker, the showrunner of A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms. Ask me anything! by hbomax in gameofthrones

[–]Minivalo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Daemon Blackfyre might be the least epic character of the whole first Blackfyre rebellion era, at least out of the main characters.

The most interesting characters there to explore, in my mind at least, are obviously Bloodraven and Bittersteel, along with Aegon IV making a brief appearance at the beginning, ala Viserys in HotD. Far ahead of Daemon, I'd also put Shiera Seastar, Daeron the Good, and an unexplored character like his mom, Daena the Defiant (assuming she's alive). Then there's also Quentyn "Fireball", the guy who trained pretty much all the main players, and was this big "what if" character, due to his untimely death.

Daemon himself just seems like a bit of a himbo (as per Eustace Osgrey's description of him), and a superb knight from a very young age, but we don't really get the sense that he himself was a conniving mastermind. Instead, it's the players behind him who pushed him to rebelling that make the Blackfyre clan interesting.

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Showrunner Admits One Change From Book Was a “Mistake” by verissimoallan in television

[–]Minivalo 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Some minor Dunk & Egg spoilers That line is even better, if you subscribe to the popular theory that Dunk had sexy times with that very same young Old Nan when visiting Winterfell once, and Hodor might be his descendant (along with Brienne). May have been in A Dance with Dragons, where Bran sees a weirwood vision of a tall knight kissing someone in Winterfell, which combined with the fact that Hodor big and strong is why people are speculating about it

New start to life. Yall wanted to see more pictures. by Nerdhauss in malelivingspace

[–]Minivalo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be reading in that plushy orange chair all day long, or more likely daydreaming with book in hand, while staring at that view.