The best in the world

Here we go again.

I don't know how this is taking on the look of a sports blog, but hey, at least I'm passionate about something.

The Czech Republic just won the world championship of hockey. This means that this nation, about the size of South Carolina, is the best in the world at hockey. Canada begs to differ, but they're wrong.

What bothers me is that Canada is coming off like a bunch of whiners, stating that Canada didn't have Joe Sakic, Mario Lemieux, or Jarome Iginla.

Well, so what. Maybe these guys knew how good Czechia was, and they didn't want to get embarrassed. Don't forget, the Czechs didn't have Patrick Elias, Milan Hejduk, or that guy named Hasek, with whom the Canadians are quite familiar.

And since this was the year of the NHL lockout, there was no scheduling conflict. Every player in the world was available to play, unless they were injured (like Elias and Hejduk), or unless they didn't want to represent their country (like Sakic). So the champions this year are truly the best in the world, since the best were available.

Listen to the whine from the guy that was about the fourth best goalie in the tournament, Martin Brodeur:"Europeans are supposed to be exciting, flashy players, but you didn’t see that from the Czechs tonight". Jeez, Marty, the Czechs used Ivan Hlinka's system to systematically kick your ass that way at the Olympics in 1998, and for 3 consecutive years at the world championships. Why did this surprise you? Go put your biscuit in your wife's sister's basket or something.

All of the games in the elimination round were one goal affairs, with the exception of the two medal games. Canada failed to score against my tourney MVP, Tomas Vokoun. 95.4% save percentages usually get a gold medal, Marty.

The bush league Canucks though, thought that if they couldn't win the game, they could at least win the fight. Wrong.

Dany Killer Heatley decided he and Canadian captain (lead by example, bucko) Ryan Smyth would take out their frustrations on Vokoun and whoever else happened to be near the crease. In the heat of the moment, Vokoun evidently called Heatley by his popular nickname, Killer, and Heatley became unglued.

Vokoun tried to apologize to Heatley, but Heatley and Smyth showed what they are, and what the Canadian team was, in every definiton of the word.

Losers.

Comments

[Ashley Morris]

Everybody hates Ryan Smyth, even the Bud Boys!

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[Auth]

I can't believe the NY Times deetvod almost an entire page to yuppies and their angst over their ho-hum jobs and self-inflicted financial strain. Next time don't quit a steady job when you've got 2 kids to support. This is absolutely nothing like the people who got laid off and are suffering.