Oh how could I ever doubt our boys? Our Lord and Savior? Mike Babcock? How could I ever doubt Mike 'Jedi Mind Tricks' Babcock? and I knew we were going to win when I saw that Babs had on his McGill tie, wearing the McGill tie is like holding Nike in your hand, victory is yours for the taking!
Honestly though, this Team Canada gave me mini-heart attacks throughout the Olympics, they did not develop in to the steamrolling power house they were supposed to be and had to fight their way back into medal standings. And who would have ever guessed that the Americans, the Americans, would be one of the most successful teams of this tournament? Like who the hell is Eric Johnson? Ya know? And who would have guessed that Russia and Sweden would be kicked out, not even making the bronze medal game? WTH?
Also what a f*cking fairy tale ending when it was Our Lord and Savior Sidney Crosby, who was NOWHERE (ok a bit of a hyperbole but considering his calibre...come on now!) during this entire tournament, all of a sudden shows up during the gold medal game in OT to score the game winning goal, assisted by Jerome Iginla. How perfectly convenient? Now all of a sudden he's the new Paul Henderson. I love me some Crosby but overall this just wasn't his tournament...
Johnathan Towes and Ryan Getzlaf were beyond fantastic; Drew Doughty was also amazing, Patrice Bergeron couldn't be better; I even have nice things to say about Correy Perry but I won't actually say them, not going to ruin the irrational disdain I have for him, so just forget it , okay? And of course the usual: Dany Heatley, Jerome Iginla, Eric Staal, My husband Rick Nash, Patrick Marleu.
However why is Joe Thorton? Why is Chris Pronger? WHY IS?
Because my family and I on the edge of our seats: OMG a Slovakian has the puck. SHIT! Oh Snap a turn over! Heater's got the puck! OMG! OMG! OMG! and he passes it to Joe.Thornton.Oh. And its dead because nothing's going to happen when Joe has the puck.
Similarly, OMG! OMG! Canada has a power play against Russia! A Russian player blocks a shot! Getzlaf, gains control! Shoots it! Bryzgalov makes a pad save! Then puck rolls over to Chris.Pronger...does a one timer from the blue line. And its dead because nothing's going to happen when Pronger has the puck.
Why were they even on the team because every time one of them got the puck the play pretty much died, I mean Joe Thorton even fell numerous times, HE FELL! He's a professional hockey player, its his job to skate and he can't even remain vertical when receiving a pass? No wonder San Jose does terribly during the playoffs.
But let's not take away from the fact that Canada won the Gold Medal for Men's Hockey! You don't even know what this did for National pride, streets all over the country were packed with cars, and drunk people cheering and beeping because we won. I hugged and high fived strangers, all of us screaming in the streets, with our flags and red and white. This is a wonder because Canada is a HUGE country, this isn't some country that it takes hours to drive through, it could take 7-10 days to drive through Canada, not including Newfoundland, NWT, Yukon, and Nunavut, so to have a country this large spill on to the streets and celebrate the same thing, is effing crazy.
Sorry I didn't watch Six Nations, its Canada and hockey was on, you do the math. But some Tom Croft trivia for all of you: apparently he's terrible at Call of Duty, I totally believe this, who's he trying to fool? He's not killing anybody, even if they are virtual!
...well its true!
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