Just putting up a chat space to discuss Team "Dream Team" Canada and their hopes at the Olympics.

I'm remaining CAUTIOUSLY optimistic as you look at the roster and, honestly, I get a semi.

At least Team USA looks young and weak-ish...though they always manage to weasel their way in...

The only other roster that scares the BEE-jeebus out of me is Team Russia: Ovechkin, Datsyuk and Malkin...with Kovalchuk, Fedrov and Semin on 2nd line? And Markov, Volchenkov and Gonchar on D??!

/cry!!!!

GO CANADA GO!

I *REFUSE* to cheer the stupid Pepsi cheer.

Team Canada's roster looks excellent. Yes, there are always players left off that could & should be there, but the 20+ guys going are a very strong team. Canada's biggest strength over all the other rosters (IMO) is their depth. When your 4th line center is Joe Thornton.....nuff said.

As for Russia, yes scary, BUT Canada will have to out muscle them all over the ice (which they can). By the way you forgot to mention Nabokov in nets.

I'd say that Canada & Russia should both medal.

Fuck the Olympics - in the heart!
Waste of taxpayers time and money.
I'm sure I've ranted about this before...

Honestly, I couldn't give a rat's-a$$ about the Olympics...I'm in it for the HOCKEY! It's like watching a whole WHACK of All-star games...

Well, maybe I might tune into Women's Doubles luge...but that's for ALTERIOR motives.

*COUGH*

You guys are all nuts. I LOVE the olympics. The torch passed right infront of my office a few weeks back and I had goose bumps. It's very exciting. Have a little bit of patriotic pride, will ya? Go Canada Go !

True Story: I'm at Deril's a few weeks back and he comes home from work all giddy and excited like a schoolgirl and says, "Wait til you see this video I took on my Blackberry!"
So I watch this little video of a crowd of people gathered for something-or-other, waiting for something to happen, and then BAM some guy runs by with the torch, and I was like, "Really? THAT'S what's got you so jizzypants?"
Deril argued that the odds of you ever seeing the torch live were minimal, and I countered that I personally knew three people who've run with the torch - how rare could it be?
Furthermore, who gives a batcrap?

OK - I firmly stand between Deril's jizzfest patriotism and Mitch's seething RAGE against the Olympic Machine...

I remain apathetic...I mean, I love my country and hope they do well but at the same time I DISlike the whole "Spirit of the Olympics" "bringing countries together" hoo-hah. It has NOTHING to do with sport and EVERYTHING to do with BUSINESS - the Olympics/Olympic Committee are in it to make MONEY, not for anything more noble than that.

On the same token - GO CANADA GO!