LGR4GM Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: You have to start somewhere. Give them 10-15 years. They have 1.5B people to draw from. No judgements on that but they shouldn't have an Olympic team. 20 years from, hell yea if they develop hockey players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 27 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: No judgements on that but they shouldn't have an Olympic team. 20 years from, hell yea if they develop hockey players In theory, correct. But as the host country they can put an athlete/ team in every event. And they will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mphs mike Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, pi2000 said: World Juniors is more entertaining IMO. Won't miss the Olympics. I've always loved the U20 and U18 worlds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Taro T said: In theory, correct. But as the host country they can put an athlete/ team in every event. And they will. I seem to recall a bunch of US citizens of Italian decent hockey players from NHL, AHL, and euro leagues playing for the Italy hockey team back in the day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Weave said: I seem to recall a bunch of US citizens of Italian decent hockey players from NHL, AHL, and euro leagues playing for the Italy hockey team back in the day. Isn't Italian hockey called bocce? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, woods-racer said: Isn't Italian hockey called bocce? I think that was the name of their 2nd line center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, Weave said: I seem to recall a bunch of US citizens of Italian decent hockey players from NHL, AHL, and euro leagues playing for the Italy hockey team back in the day. A lot of the European teams end up letting athletes of their heritage play for them in sports they'd otherwise be completely clueless in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Freaking covid. Sucks. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Official Now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eleven Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 17 hours ago, LGR4GM said: No judgements on that but they shouldn't have an Olympic team. 20 years from, hell yea if they develop hockey players It was the same in Nagano, if that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Owen Power is on Team Canada’s Projected Team. I doubt that Michigan would allow Power or Beniers to go with the risk of quarantine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 There are some pretty angry NHL players out there. Backstrom is one of them. Helleybuyck seems to be another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Eleven said: There are some pretty angry NHL players out there. Backstrom is one of them. Helleybuyck seems to be another. Not surprising. Some surely hoped it would not come down to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 The Best the NHLPA could hope for is An IOC Decision to postpone the games until 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, Eleven said: It was the same in Nagano, if that helps. And in Turin Italia. And in ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 The Chinese Olympic team needs all the help it can get. They are the 2011-22 Sabres of the KHL without the deliberate tanking and high-end talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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