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nomos

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streets everywhere are filled now, after the hockey game. it's like every city won the stanley cup.
 
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petergunn

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nomos said:
streets everywhere are filled now, after the hockey game. it's like every city won the stanley cup.
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which is cool... i feel like if we won and i went to the bar and said i was celebrating b/c of the hockey game, the bartender would say "what hockey game?"

i heard it was expected to be the most watched tv event in canadian history...

anyways, it was a hell of a game... the us did indeed seem quicker than the canadians and did not get smacked around like the europeans, but the canadians played up to their potetential for sure... to see a team full of superstars gel like the canadians did is rare... it def took a bit of line juggling, but these last three games, the canadian team has just been wicked...

both miller (tournament MVP!) and luongo played amazing and i think it really could have gone either way... a very nice moment for Crosby, as he was sorta MIA for a lot of this tournament...

i am bummed the US could not pull it out, but i am glad to see a gold medal game go down to the wire like that...
 
matt b

matt b

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Congratulations Canadia ((c)witless BBC commentator).

It was cringeworthy listening to Steve Cram, Matthew Pinsent and the Canadian skiier trying to sound like they knew what was going on. The BBC should have just got a feed from Canadian TV

Some Qs:

Why is Luongo so loved?

Is Crosby liked or loathed?



I thought the number 88 for USA was very good, but then I can't tell what's good and bad in this game. I have however, been to Wayne Gretsky's bar.
 
nomos

nomos

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keep in mind that i've barely watched the nhl in the last decade or so but...

i've found crosby to be a bit of a whiner in the past. i think that's a fairly common complaint. on the other hand, he might be the best player in a generation according to a lot of people.

luongo appeared on the scene when vancouver wasn't doing that well and he was something of a revelation. very skilled in net and seemingly a decent guy. during the olympics he was the underdog to the established brodeur, who had troubles, and he was also the hometown favourite in van.

on the game: very hard fought on both sides and i had a bad feeling going into overtime. but wow - that goal is likely to go down as the biggest since paul henderson against the soviets in 1972.

very encouraging for the US, though, going forward with such a young team.
 
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hucks

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Have registered for 2012 tickets. I will now come out of my £9.6bn closet and say - I am looking forward to the London Olympics. I like sport and I like large building projects.

I want to see the athletics, mainly. Like absolutely everyone else, I should think.
 
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The sport bit will be great. The rest is a swizz. Large building projects are fine if they don't displace people/destroy areas. Just very randomly:

http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/932
http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/930
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8556776.stm - typo there - 'taken' should read, 'stolen'.

I worked for a charity based in Newham (ie same borough as Stratford) from 2006-8, and there was no money available from the Olympics, either directly or indirectly, despite all the promises. Was pissed off with what they've done to Bow Back Rivers, too.

At least the World Cup sometimes (often?) uses stadia that are already there and being used...
 
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jenks

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Not sure if these are the official ones but I think they are really good - so much better than the official logo.

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/may/olympics-movement-posters

2012_olympics-pinp-thumb.png
 
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