>>>>>>God I love Ski Cross. Could be made even cooler with a biathalon kind of version where skiiers were issued handguns.
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>>>>>>2 man boblsled blows my mind. 100ths of a second determine winners. Brakeman is blind for the whole run.
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>>>>>>Slalom, downhill and superG fun because you can imagine doing that ( just a lot slower and more carefully)
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>>>>>>Snowboarding still implies a pact with the devil. (and really carves up a hill in ugly ways ... sorry, in my skiing heyday I had a bumper sticker that said "Long skis truck - short skis suck" )
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>>>>>>Did I miss the mogul skiing or is that still to come?
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>>>>>I watched a lot of the two man bobsled on Friday night. Was a little white knuckled the whole time after what had happened to the luger a week before on the same course. They looked like they were on the edge of wiping out half a dozen times a run. Separated by 100ths of a second, though, nobody was going to ease up.
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>>>>>There was one moment of humor, at least for me. One of the German teams came running out of the start hollering like banshees, all the way onto the sled. I immediately dubbed them Hans and Franz.
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>>>>>The snowboarding events sounded like a gimmick when they were first announced (before the Turin games?). But they are wildly entertaining to watch.
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>>>>>I will not mention hockey out of respect for the members from our host nation ;-) (Actually Canada could still win gold; they just have to win one extra game now).
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>>>>I'll mention hockey as a moment of "ha-ha" to the host country. ;) Besides we may not get another chance in the medal round. Our team has played above and beyond and it's difficult to maintain that high level, especially in the medal rounds.
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>>>Hmmm. What I was reading before the Canada game was they weren't playing that well. The scores weren't close but they weren't playing anyone. One of their opponents hasn't won an Olympic game in decades. IAC I was impressed by the way they played against Canada. If they keep that up I think they have a chance to medal. They still have to win another game to reach the medal round.
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>>It's not so much "If they" but "If Miller". The guy was simply a wall. Just like he is most of the times in Buffalo. Team Canada need a way to solve "Miller Time".
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>Yeah, he was amazing. Didn't Canada have about 15 shots on goal in the first period?
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>Brodeur OTOH was a bit of a sieve. Not that he had much help from his fellow defenders. Sidney Crosby was right in the middle of two U.S. goals, not in a good way either time. On the first one the shot actually deflected off his stick into the net. On the other one he was on the ice in front of the crease, along with two other guys, creating chaos there.
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>If they meet again the goalie performances could easily be reversed. It's hard to be as "on" as Miller was every game. And Brodeur isn't exactly some humpty dumpty.


Hey Mike,

I'd have to agree with most of what you say except for Brodeur's performance. He's not been himself this season. Prior to the Olympics, he's been average and I was surprised that he started the game against the US given his not so great play against the Swiss. Why does he insist on roaming and playing the puck? Just because there is no trapezoid doesn't mean that you should. It's time for "Bobby Lou" to step up and show him how it's done. After all, they're playing in his backyard!!!!

The entire Canadian team needs to wake up if they stand a chance of even getting a medal. My feeling is that they'd be lucky to get Silver, but, I so hope I'm wrong.

From what I've seen of Miller this season and last, he's more often "on" than not and that spells trouble if you're not on his team!!!