2026 Winter Olympics - Day 4 (February 10)

[NearPup 3,724]

18 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Not a great start for Canada against the US so far. They look terrible. 

I mean they’ve looked terrible all season. Silver may actually be a result worth celebrating for this team.

[Josh 12,387]

10 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I mean they’ve looked terrible all season. Silver may actually be a result worth celebrating for this team.

Yeah, I kind of knew this was going to happen. 
 

I hope our men can win gold, but it’ll be tough. 

[NearPup 3,724]

I do hope there is a reckoning with how the women’s team is run, because they have consistently been the second best program in the world for almost two decades, and a somewhat lucky Olympic wins in 2014 and the team performing very well in 2018 and 2022 have sort of covered that up.

[George_D 1,474]

How many choices exist for gold medals for Canada in the remaining snowboarding and freestyle skiing events?

[Topicmaster1010 5,911]

Hockey Canada better clean house on the women's national team staff after this tournament. This is embarrassing and the fact that this is happening against the US just makes it even more humiliating.

[orangeman 2,466]

5 minutes ago, George_D said:

How many choices exist for gold medals for Canada in the remaining snowboarding and freestyle skiing events?

IMO

 

Freeski: Men's moguals, dual moguls, ski cross. Women's big air, outside shot at ski cross.

 

Snowboard: Men's boarder cross, outside shot at slopestyle. Outside shot at women's slopestyle. Outside shot at mixed boarder cross. 

Edited 3 hours ago by orangeman

[Josh 12,387]

Just now, George_D said:

How many choices exist for gold medals for Canada in the remaining snowboarding and freestyle skiing events?

Some better of a chance than others

 

Viel and Kingsbury - Men’s Moguls and Dual Moguls

Schwinghammer - Women’s Moguls

Thenault - Women’s Aerials

Thompson, possibly Schmidt - Women’s Ski Cross

Howden mainly, but also Drury/Mahler - Men’s Ski Cross

Karker and Sharpe - Women’s Freeski Halfpipe

Mackay - Men’s Freeski Halfpipe

Urness and Oldham - Women’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air

Deschamps - Men’s Freestyle Skiing Big Air

McMorris and Spalding - Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle

Blouin? - Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle 

Grondin - Men’s Snowboard Cross

[Josh 12,387]

1 minute ago, orangeman said:

IMO

 

Freeski: Men's moguals, dual moguls, ski cross. Women's big air, outside shot at ski cross.

 

Snowboard: Men's boarder cross, outside shot at slopestyle. Outside shot at slopestyle. Outside shot at mixed boarder cross. 

Boarder cross? It’s snowboard cross buddy 

 

No chance in mixed team snowboard cross, our women have been awful the past few seasons and O’Dine withdrew so even if she’s an Olympic performer she’s not here. Grondin would need to open up a big gap. 

[Safe Dragonfly 48]

2 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Hockey Canada better clean house on the women's national team staff after this tournament. This is embarrassing and the fact that this is happening against the US just makes it even more humiliating.

It's sad how Troy Ryan has fallen, once being the hero behind the bench in 2022, to now being responsible for everything going on now.

 

Like I swear the main reason a lot of older players like Jocelyne Larocque and Natalie Spooner are still on this roster is because he himself wants them there, and I can confirm his influence on players that get picked for the roster is pretty big. Just look at the ice time that gives really, and almost every game the geriatric players get more ice time than the younger players. It's been going on for years now,

 

 

[orangeman 2,466]

3 minutes ago, Josh said:

Boarder cross? It’s snowboard cross buddy 

 

No chance in mixed team snowboard cross, our women have been awful the past few seasons and O’Dine withdrew so even if she’s an Olympic performer she’s not here. Grondin would need to open up a big gap. 

Anything is possible is BOARDERCROSS