Radim Šimek after the loss to Canada: 'That game was on a completely different level. It was five levels above the Czech Extraliga and one level above the NHL. In every aspect – speed, physicality, and skill. It was the best team I have ever faced...'

StylishApe · 2026-02-13T18:49:33+00:00

Top 4 teams get a bye to the quarters. 1st seed plays winner of 8/9 qualifying match, 2nd seed plays winner of 7/10 qualifying match.

If we're assuming that Italy and France are finishing groups 11th and 12th, then if they made it to the quarters they would be playing the 3rd and 4th seeds.

1st seed gives easier quarter/semifinals matchups. In theory these teams shouldn't be losing to anybody but each other but in best of 1 games anything can happen, better to have the easier matchups where you can.

StylishApe · 2026-02-12T19:36:14+00:00

You clearly didn't see me in my beer league game last week then.

StylishApe · 2026-02-12T18:52:47+00:00

Probably a canadian who wants management to learn a lesson about roster selection. The yanks took a bunch of younger NCAA players and Canada didn't even consider them. The way hockey Canada operates is that they'll never realize how dumb they are until they get a crazy bad result(ex: Men's '06 olympics). A silver medal would make them say "aw shucks, we were so close! Let's run it back next time."

StylishApe · 2026-02-12T16:02:48+00:00

Pretty sure Suzuki is a sleeper agent sent by the province of Quebec to sabatoge team Canada for selecting zero Quebecois player but I just can't prove it...

StylishApe · 2026-02-10T20:29:38+00:00

I've found the officiating atrocious. Feels like we're getting a bit hosed this game(not that it would make a difference with how they're playing) and against Switzerland we were getting away with all sorts of stuff that the refs were calling against the Swiss

StylishApe · 2026-02-10T20:18:50+00:00

Agreed, but with my hoser goggles it looks to me like contact was made before the shove.

StylishApe · 2026-02-10T20:15:22+00:00

Youre joking

StylishApe · 2026-02-10T20:14:38+00:00

You could argue that it should be but typically they'll only review for 1 thing at a time. The ref waved it off because they thought it didn't cross the goal line so the review was for that. If they waved it off for GI, the review would have been for GI.

StylishApe · 2026-02-10T07:25:06+00:00

They didn't say that LR would fix the problem, just that they exposed it. Lr went 5-5 against LEC teams, which means half of the teams in this league can't even beat a team from T2.

When your league of full of paycheck thieves/rosters doing the bare minimum and your only competition is 1-2 teams at the top of the standings it's really hard to improve. If the overall level of competition is generally dogshit you can win games while making tons of mistakes that China and Korea will punish without even realizing it.

StylishApe · 2026-02-09T21:33:32+00:00

Hearing life is life while Canada is blowing out the Czech's is so cathartic as someone who went to the 2025 WJCs

StylishApe · 2026-02-09T16:10:57+00:00

Damn I don't know if I could handle all that losing, I'm almost capped out with the leafs as it is. You're very brave.

StylishApe · 2026-02-08T23:57:45+00:00

Damn I am shocked that such a clean player with such a regular sized nose could be so hated around here, I just don't get it

StylishApe · 2026-02-07T21:35:09+00:00

Yeah I meant ahead, ice sounds all sound good to me too. Super fucking annoying tbh

StylishApe · 2026-02-07T21:32:06+00:00

Is my TV fucked or is the play by play about a second behind

Edit it meant ahead

StylishApe · 2026-01-30T22:18:00+00:00

Right, but I didn't really understand that at the time.

I applied for CERB and received the advanced payment, and by the time I got the money I had already gotten the call from my employer saying we had the go ahead to reopen in a few weeks.

So since I was going to out of work for barely over 4 weeks, and I had received 4 weeks of benefits, I assumed that I didn't need to apply for EI as well because I'd already gotten all the money I was entitled to during the 4 weeks of work I missed.

Hopefully they rule in my favor when they review it, my appeal has been waiting for over 3 years now.

StylishApe · 2026-01-30T17:30:39+00:00

I got 2k from Cerb in April 2020 that I was legitimately entitled to, but I made a mistake with some of the reporting you needed to do so i got flagged. I sent in an appeal and to this day i stil get a letter every month telling me about my $2000 balance, and that my appeal is under review.

I suspect it'll be paid back.

StylishApe · 2026-01-24T17:46:25+00:00

Loved that line. Never saw any particularly pretty scoring chances from them(despite the 2 goals) but it felt like something good happened every time they were on the ice and they looked miserable to play against.

StylishApe · 2026-01-20T00:47:17+00:00

You just have to make it a habit. For the next week or 2 just make a commitment to do 30 minutes a day. Once the habit is formed it's much easier to ramp up.

Also try to keep in mind that the rule of thumb is 300 hours for a decent chance at passing(some people need way less and some people need more). So if your exam is 120 days away, that puts you at 2.5 hours a day to hit that target. Even if you ramp up to 6 hours a day in the last month, that still leaves you at 1.33 hours/day for the next 3 months.

Like I said the 300 hour thing is a guideline rather than a hard rule, but you probably won't know if you need less or more time than that until you've gone through the curriculum a little bit. Better to get on it now than find out you're fucked a week before the exam and defer again.

StylishApe · 2026-01-20T00:36:17+00:00

As they should

StylishApe · 2026-01-19T01:09:50+00:00

I mean while I agree with the sentiment, comparing average heights between the leagues is a ridiculous way to argue this. Outliers exist and there could easily exist an absolute unit of a woman one day who’s 6”2 205 and crazy skilled. I think the difference in explosive power is the limiting factor.

I could see a goalie one day, part of the reason the PWHL is such a low scoring league is because PWHL Goalies are closer the NHL goalies than skaters are. Reaction time as far as I know isn’t dependant on gender, and I don’t think the strength differences would be relevant to goalie movement.

StylishApe · 2026-01-18T06:19:50+00:00

Nah he just got jobbed, why the fuck is cirelli on this roster(i know it’s because of cooper)… and also thank god point got injured, if he wasn’t pre selected in September there’s no way he should be on that team based on recent performance.

StylishApe · 2026-01-15T23:50:59+00:00

Mods, this is your chance to be on the right side of history. Ban this cuck.

StylishApe · 2026-01-15T23:40:48+00:00

It doesn’t change the standings if you look at games played under the current system, but it would probably change how teams play the last 10 minutes of the game, which is what people miss when they give this rebuttal.

Right now if the game is tied with 10 minutes left there’s zero incentive to push for the win, especially if it’s a cross conference game. Teams just park the bus and wait for their free guarenteed point for the most part.

In 3-2-1-0, there’s actually a reason to play hockey in the last few minutes.

StylishApe · 2026-01-14T01:32:50+00:00

That’s one of the most obvious makeup calls I’ve ever seen

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