kelownabomberfan

Two years in a row now they've gone with zero scoring power up front. The last time they fielded a team that had any chance of winning was the Connor Bedard year.

Sounds like that kid (Walton) should have been on the World Junior team. Maybe next year?

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Oh man Stanley, that was brutal.

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Crap...another OT loss on a dumb change...

Exactly, and yet all that money, all that training, and we get our ass kicked by Latvia and Czechia.

When they show the parents in the stands at the World Juniors cheering on their kid I always feel happy for those families that their son is playing for Canada, but I have to wonder as to how much that also fuels all the tens of thousands of other parents watching on TV and thinking "If I just spend another $10k on a private coach and another $40k on another year at that Hockey Academy then that's going to be me and my wife one day on TV"....

yes it's kind of a thing I see with hockey parents I know too - "If I don't buy the latest and greatest knee pads and all the other kids have them then my boy isn't going to make the NHL!!" - every tiny possible thing is now a competition - have to keep up. It's like all of these "cling ons" I call them, people who run these apps that for a large fee will post video of your kid that they promise they will show to scouts - the margins now are so small between most players that any little advantage may be the difference between getting drafted or getting an offer to a US scholarship, or so they are told and so they think. The money these parents are spending is just insane, I have to think a lot of them don't have much if any retirement savings as all disposable income is going into funding the hockey dreams of their children.

Future of Patrik Laine in Montreal: Alain Crête does not see him long-term with the Canadiens

When I started playing hockey all of my equipment was second-hand, purchased from a kid's parents. Do people still do this? I don't know if they even bother any more. There is a Second Hand Sports store here in Kelowna, but not sure how many parents bother buying second hand hockey equipment. To me now it's all the other costs associated - ice time, travel (gas, hotels) and the time. Hockey is a huge time eater for parents.

Yes, if the Bobby Orrs and Gordie Howes were born today at the same socio-economic level they were at in their generations, they'd have no hope of ever making it to the NHL as they never would be able to afford the equipment and wouldn't get on a hockey academy team as their parents couldn't afford the $30 - $40k per year fees and would just play house league and quit hockey at age 16. Hockey is the most elitist sport in the world now, I'd say.

SIMMONS: Canadian hockey is fine - Hockey Canada is not

Those awful orange helmets and unis yesterday reminded me of the old USSR uniforms from the 70's and 80's....what ugly dogcrap uniforms Anaheim has.

No he's not - the "shoot it right at the goalie and hope it goes in" seems to be his best move.

Hope that they are selling perogies and cabbage rolls at Canada Life tonight!

I'm going to try to stick to my New Year's Resolution - if the Bombers make it to a sixth straight Grey Cup (I can't believe it even as I type it as it is quite possible this will happen) this year, I'm not going to watch the game live. I'm going to wait until I see the score, and only watch the game if they win. I can't take a fourth year in a row of disappointment. That's what the Jets are for lol....

1988 Sean Salisbury says "hold my beer"...

Ok a win over Germany. Still didn't look good.

I thought that said Jake Thomas at first and almost fainted....

What was going on in that shoot out for Canada with all those dipsy doodle dekes that the Latvian goalie just sat there waiting for? Does no one teach these kids how to shoot anymore? In the words of the late Herb Brooks, the Canadians looked like a monkey humping a football out there tonight.

OMG 1-1 in the 3rd period. WTF

Latvia is taking it to Canada - didn't expect this!