hockey, eh

[iikorni]

team USA won and I am devestated AMA

at least the habs are still not absolutely terrible

[acdw]

Canada had two bad days for sure. i was reading something about how silver is almost worse than bronze bc the focus is on the loss...

my kid also went to a hockey game today, the Baton Rouge Zydeco vs. [UNKNOWN TEAM]. they lost 6-2 lol

[iikorni]

lol, always sucks to lose a game but there’s always next time! and yeah canada really did have a rough one :(

there’s always the chance they bring back the cup, i say, trying to comfort myself and realizing there’s probably a better overall chance the avs literally become the nordiques for real

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when i was watching pirated NFL streams this season it was always through TSN and so i always saw a bunch of ads for hockey games and also hockey culture. one particularly moving one i looked forward to was the one about how kids keep ruining their homes playing so much goshdarn hockey because they love it so much and then it's an ad for a home supplies store

the phrase "Tonight, Canucks vs Canadiens" is stuck in my head too and i know it makes sense but also that's such a funny phrase because those are synonyms

[skalnik]

I don't watch much hockey, but I tuned in for this one since it got some hype. Feels like they could benefit from some full face shields but I guess that'd make the kissing harder

[iikorni]

pirated TSN streams are indeed peak content regardless of the sport, IMO - do enjoy watching a bit of football that way

also yes, face shields would likely be great for not taking a puck to the teeth but honestly i have to assume it would be like when they tried to introduce helmets, i.e you’ll have one guy join just before the cutoff, grandfathered in, and he’ll play until 2050 as maskless randy or some shit

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also yes, face shields would likely be great for not taking a puck to the teeth but honestly i have to assume it would be like when they tried to introduce helmets, i.e you’ll have one guy join just before the cutoff, grandfathered in, and he’ll play until 2050 as maskless randy or some shit

ogh did you see the one video where the guy gets his helmet bumped off of him just as a puck comes for where his eyes would be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMR-C9X3VCo

[iikorni]

also yes, face shields would likely be great for not taking a puck to the teeth but honestly i have to assume it would be like when they tried to introduce helmets, i.e you’ll have one guy join just before the cutoff, grandfathered in, and he’ll play until 2050 as maskless randy or some shit

ogh did you see the one video where the guy gets his helmet bumped off of him just as a puck comes for where his eyes would be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMR-C9X3VCo

woof, i hadn’t seen that. what a miracle it missed him. i did once see a game (habs v rangers this year) where a habs player accidentally jettisoned a puck into the face of a linesman though. looked so unbelievably brutal - he took it like a champ though, albeit he definitely left after that probably to see if he still had his teeth.

[skalnik]

also yes, face shields would likely be great for not taking a puck to the teeth but honestly i have to assume it would be like when they tried to introduce helmets, i.e you’ll have one guy join just before the cutoff, grandfathered in, and he’ll play until 2050 as maskless randy or some shit

I mean there was a dude who got a stick to the mouth during the mens olympic gold game! Brutal stuff. I imagine they could get kinda steamed up too which would be pretty annoying. I would root for maskless randy.

[iikorni]

also yes, face shields would likely be great for not taking a puck to the teeth but honestly i have to assume it would be like when they tried to introduce helmets, i.e you’ll have one guy join just before the cutoff, grandfathered in, and he’ll play until 2050 as maskless randy or some shit

I mean there was a dude who got a stick to the mouth during the mens olympic gold game! Brutal stuff. I imagine they could get kinda steamed up too which would be pretty annoying. I would root for maskless randy.

honestly so would I depending on which team drafted him. who knows, maskless randy might have already be playing.

i would assume steaming up would be an objection, along with every player who believes that losing a few teeth is the price of glory (or mediocrity) if you're playing in the NHL, which is undoubtedly a large contingent of them given the makeup. plus, it's the sport where (at least in the NHL) players are not outright thrown out for beating the christ out of each other but instead given two minute time-outs in the box (unless it's like, really bad or obviously antagonistic) so