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WAKE ME UP

>>75021292
NHL banning player participation

>>75021292
NHL isn't officially releasing players for next year

Shit fucking thread.
>no news
>no /hoc/
>no___ edition

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The more fucked up this corrupt international bandwaggon becomes, the better we look.

>>75021319
>>75021325
FUCK

>>75021334
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>>75021278
whats going on?

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>>75021367
NHL not going to Olympics

Russian sweep incoming

>>75021387
>furpuck
who gives a shit

>>75021319
>>75021325
So now the big draw is curling.
Awesome.

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>>75021387
>russian
implying

putin was behind this

>>75021397
it has been by far the most popular winter olympic event for a long time now.

>using a logo of a legitimate sport to entice anons into ur thread
i see what you did there

players should boycott the wcoh desu

>>75021558
Yeah. It was sad to see finnish players wearing the lion crest while not giving a shit about the game. Hadn't happened once before that tournament.

>>75021558
I hope they do.

WCHO is shit in its current format.

Just bring back the North American vs World game at the All Star game and let it be

Eh, I care more about olympic curling than olympic ice hockey tbhfam.

at least we have the canada cup

> Implying people actually watch Hockey in the Winter Olympics

im just here for the meme sports.

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the winter olympics is for qt curling anyway.

>>75022380
its probably the most popular event

The Russian players already said they would go to the OG regardless of the decision of the NHL. So Russia is already confirmed gold. I hope LA Kings let Kopitar go. They are shit now.

>>75022598
If it is, not by a huge margin.
Same as Association Football in the Summer Olympics. It's there because it always was, but doesn't really belong there anymore.

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Popularity of Winter Olympic Sports (2014) - The most popular event by far was figure skating, with almost three times as many users as the second most read-about sport, ice hockey. See more
USA Winter Olympic Sports (2010) - Freestyle skiing was the most popular Olympic sport among U.S. TV viewers in 2010, though ice hockey was the most discussed Olympic sport online. See more.

>>75022971
>india
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

were going to see another miracle on ice boys...

>>75023049
lol no
russia will have professionals
only teams with chances against them would be finland or sweden
college kids would get destroyed

>>75023074
The only difference between a college kid and an NHL rookie is the title. We have tons of talent. So excited. NHL once again made the right choice....

>>75023116
lmao
they won't be playing nhl rookies
they'll be playing pros that have years of experience and training
it'd be like 8-0 russia.

>>75022924

Well, football in the Olympics is for U-21 + 2 or 3 over 21 y.o players allowed. I think it's like that to preserve the spirit of blablabla and blobloblo.

There were no such olympic limitations in other sports because >other sports.

Anyway, why is the NHL chimping out? I imagine it being a bit of merchant jewry (muh players to play for muh league only) and a bit of general discredit and commercial disinterest for the Olympic games since the last 10-15 years or so.

>>75023140
imagine if fifa limited the world cup to u23
that's essential what we're seeing here because the olympics are hockey's world cup
but now gary is like nuhhh nhl doesn't get money from it so we're gonna restart the world cup even though nobody cares about it since the olympics are the pinnacle

>>75022924
hockey is much, much, much bigger than soccer at olympics

>>75022971
That's from just the first week, hockey doesn't get as exciting till the elimination round starts

>>75022971
>week 1
>Olympic hockey tournament lasts the entirety of the Games
>already second most popular when the games being played are literally meaningless

>>75023174
not that poster but there's always been a more or less standard:
>olympics = amateurs
>world cups = professionals
though this changes from sport to sport

>>75023174
It's not the same because the Stanley Cup is the pinnacle not the Olympics. It's fun to watch but no one puts that much importance into a 2 week tournament full of players who haven't gotten time to develop any chemistry.

>>75024118
dont the olympic hockey games get more viewers than the stanley cup? i mean theres a difference in format, but still

>>75021500
That's like saying the most popular shit in a septic tank

>>75024050
>>there's always been a more or less standard
No there really hasn't. I mean there used to be, but it just doesn't apply to the vast majority of evens at the Olympics nowadays

>>75021278
Good. Olympics are boring as shit.

>jewish owners being jews

fuckit who /pol/ now?

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Don't ever forget where the power in sports lies, goyim. It's not the athletes.

>>75021500
That's simply not true.

Figure skating rules the tv ratings. Hockey does better with men, I imagine.

>>75024474
fuck off

>>75022490
>>75021649
>>75021418

This desu. Women's curling is way more entertaining than hockey. Even men's curling is.

>>75024535
>defending this shit

i wonder who could be behind this post?

>>75024540
???
Not defending what they did, I hate the NHL and wanted hockey at the Olympics. Nice reading comprehension though. I was just telling you to keep your /pol/ shit out of here

>>75024564
You don't have to be /pol/ to see how ownership greed works.....nor notice the background of team owners.

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>don't know anything about nhl
>google nhl
>commissioner gary bettman
>Bettman was born to a Jewish family[9] in Queens, New York.
every fucking time

>>75024050
the world cup of hokkei is a complete joke with manufactured teams instead of actual countries participating.

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>wants to """grow the game"""
>is actually only interested in growing the game south of colorado

>>75024604
For what it's worth there is an entire demographic of people who live to make that update on Wikipedia pages, just because they know you're looking for it.

>>75024604
Im starting to notice this theme as well

>>75024644
Wonder who could be behind this post?

>>75024648
there's a reason this was a thing

https://mic.com/articles/145105/coincidence-detector-the-google-extension-white-supremacists-use-to-track-jews#.UCyPHYOW9

>>75024537
Gotta admit curling is pretty neat, I never gave attention to winter olympics until sochi, it was a mixture or tension, comfiness and hype.
Also it has good waifus, which is a nice plus.

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who the fuck cares about winter olympics lmao

>>75024640
>claim to grow the game in unexplored markets
>have biggest stage available, in the perfect time zone
>pull out of it because owners are scared for their money
this is so fucking pathetic

>>75024799
first world countries. completely understandable that you dont understand that.

>>75024825
>a fucking leaf

>>75023074

>college kids would get destroyed

You mean juniors, who are playing across Canada at a higher level.

>>75024838
wjc happens in january and olympics in february. i dont think chl teams will interrupt their schedule twice within a short period of time.

>>75024253
Normies watch because it's a rare event but it doesn't matter more to the players or any actual hockey fan. It's not at the level of the world cup for soccer.

>>75024893
are you retarded CHL teams dont interrupt their schedule for the world juniors

>>75024836
he is right though

>>75024825
>t. ling ling

>>75024987
>american flag
>says something blatantly wrong
>implying you are hockey fan
>probably hasnt even played the sport

High level international tournaments have been a staple of hockey for decades.

>>75024995
>pause schedule for a couple weeks
>not an interruption
really makes you blink

>>75025044
They dont though you fucking tard

>>75025007
>t. pedro "poor brown guy" hernandez

What about female ice hockey

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>>75024537

>>75026491
That exists?

Haha, Ovechkin said that he is gonna play for Russia anyway