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  1. 1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

    With the playoffs closing in, which is the part of the season I do kind of try to follow, I've got a question: what are the main story lines going on right now/this season? Like, is there a certain team that is massively underperforming and surprisingly in danger of not making the playoffs, is there a team that is a sensation this season, something like that :p 

    my personal takes...

     

    team overperforming compared to the pre-season expectations (and the past years results): Vancouver Canucks, definitely the biggest surprise of the year

     

    teams doing better than expected, but nothing special: Winnipeg and Nashville

     

    teams heavily underperforming (and basically out of the playoff race): Pittsburgh above all, then New Jersey

     

    at a lesser extent, also Minnesota, Seattle and Calgary also didn't match the early predictions

     

    the defending champions Vegas are also having a modest season, but they had been injury plagued and however they're still going to the PO, where they might be very difficult to beat

     

    the Chicago Blackhawks showing how difficult is to rebuild a team from scratch, even after drafting a generational talent like Connor Bedard (also because of a mangement not doing well with the other tech choices and too many injuries to some key players, tbh)

     

    individual efforts: Auston Matthews chasing the highest goal scoring performance since many, many years; the race for the scoring title between Kucherov, McDavid and McKinnon, all 3 reaching numbers rarely seen in the 21st Century

     

    but above all, the year in Canada has been dominated by the scandals surrounding the game of Hockey, both among the professionals (5 players charged with sex assault accusations) and the youth system (so many allegations to the so-called coaches and educators, lots of attempts to hide all the dirty stuff at the top level of Hockey Canada followed by resignations and dismissals of many propminent officials)...

    all in all, not a great year for Hockey in Canada

  2. Women's Olympic Tournament Schedule

     

    Day #1 - Saturday, July 27th


    14.00 NED vs HUN
    15.35 GRE vs USA
    18.30 ESP vs FRA
    20.05 AUS vs CHN


    Day #2 - Monday, July 29th


    14.00 FRA vs ITA
    15.35 USA vs ESP
    18.30 CHN vs NED
    20.05 HUN vs CAN


    Day #3 - Wednesday, July 31st


    14.00 NED vs AUS
    15.35 CAN vs CHN
    18.30 ITA vs USA
    20.05 ESP vs GRE


    Day #4 - Friday, August 2nd


    14.00 AUS vs CAN
    15.35 GRE vs ITA
    18.30 USA vs FRA
    20.05 CHN vs HUN


    Day #5 - Sunday, August 4th


    14.00 HUN vs AUS
    15.35 ITA vs ESP
    18.30 CAN vs NED
    20.05 FRA vs GRE
     

  3. Olympic Tournament Schedule

     

    Day #1 - Sunday, July 28th


    10.30 AUS vs ESP
    12.05 SRB vs JPN
    15.00 ITA vs USA
    16.35 CRO vs MNE
    19.30 FRA vs HUN
    21.05 ROU vs GRE


    Day #2 - Tuesday, July 30th


    10.30 AUS vs SRB
    12.05 CRO vs ITA
    15.00 JPN vs FRA
    16.35 USA vs ROU
    19.30 MNE vs GRE
    21.05 ESP vs HUN


    Day #3 - Thursday, August 1st


    10.30 GRE vs USA
    12.05 SRB vs ESP
    15.00 FRA vs AUS
    16.35 ITA vs MNE
    19.30 ROU vs CRO
    21.05 HUN vs JPN


    Day #4 - Saturday, August 3rd


    10.30 ESP vs JPN
    12.05 CRO vs GRE
    15.00 AUS vs HUN
    16.35 MNE vs USA
    19.30 SRB vs FRA
    21.05 ITA vs ROU

     

    Day #5 - Monday, August 5th

     

    12.00 HUN vs SRB
    13.35 AUS vs JPN
    15.10 GRE vs ITA
    18.30 CRO vs USA
    20.05 FRA vs ESP
    21.40 ROU vs MNE

  4. 1 hour ago, Pasolini said:

    I think some AIN athletes could  benefit from that. I can see they giving out 4 tripartite and 4 AIN quotas or something like that.

    no, AIN fencers won't get wild cards, but some of them will qualify through the Continental qualifiers

     

    I mean, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they get 4 places out of 6 at that tournament (still, we have to see who's gonna compete for them)

  5. 2 hours ago, Pasolini said:

    and i don't get how a country with 2 of the 5 best athletes in the world can't get a reasonable team. 

    it might happen...

     

    and it's not even the first time it actually happens

     

    in Rio, Italy didn't qualify the women's epee team despite having Fiamingo (undisputed no.1 in the world at that time, world champion and world cup champion in 2014 and 2015) and Navarria (who in 2016 was the no.2 in the world behind Fiamingo and had to miss those Olympic Games because of that same rule)

     

    p.s. to qualify the team, it's not enough being a "reasonable" team, in Europe you generally need to be among the 5 best teams in the world to qualify (look at Germany in the men's team sabre...they're no.6 in the world and despite that, they're out)

    fencing is one of the sports with the hardest qualifying pathways, it's easier to win a medal when you're in than qualifying for the Games

  6. 3 hours ago, Monzanator said:

    Kansas City Chiefs have signed Louis Rees-Zammit but let's see if he makes the 53 squad for the season (still five months away). I presume he would be useful in kick/punt returns but he has to avoid muffs or else he will be gone quickly (as was Jarryd Hayne during his 49ers adventure in 2015).

    surely the new kickoff rule will help him...he'll be more familiar than ever with the new formations that will be developed by the new rule 

  7. :NOR Elite Hockey League Playoffs

     

    Quarterfinals Results (Best-of-7 Series)

     

    Storhamar (1) b. Lørenskog (8)  4-0 (6-3; 3-2; 5-2; 10-1)

     

    Stavanger Oilers (2) b. Lillehammer (7)  4-0 (5-1; 3-1; 4-1; 3-2)

     

    Vålerenga (3) b. Stjernen (6)  4-1 (7-1; 5-4; 7-1; 1-5; 5-1)

     

    Frisk Asker (5) b. Sparta (4)  4-1 (1-2; 4-3; 3-0; 4-1; 3-2 OT)

     

     

    Semifinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)

     

    Storhamar (1) vs Frisk Asker (5)

     

    Stavanger Oilers (2) vs Vålerenga (3)

  8. 17 hours ago, hckošice said:

    Yeah, total disaster...

     

    Joj TV group (having Joj šport) and Markíza Tv group the main commercial TV networks companies in the country are leading a war against czech TV channels whom Slovak viewers watch more than slovak channels (it started mainly because of expensive movies and TV shows which people intended to watch on czech TVs - including me, I do not remember last time I watched a movie or Tv serie on slovak chennel lol, arguing they do not have the rights to show it in Slovakia while Slovak channels have to pay for the rights and none watch them but rather watch them on czech Tv channels...:p)

     

    This led to close some czech TV channels in Slovakia... but,

     

    then came Joj group which get the TV rights for the Ice Hockey Worlds and you know the issue they are furious people will instead watch the hockey worlds on Czech Sport Tv than on Joj šport which argue by paying a lot of money for these rights in Slovakia, while ČT Sport does not have the rights to broadcast in this country at all and blah blah blah... so they managed to convince sadly the Czech public TV to cut their sport channel for Slovakia...

     

    Yep, dumb and sad. People are generally extremely angry and pissed, many now are deliberately boycotting Joj and Markíza channels, but we can  not do anything, sadly Czech Sport TV is gone

    yeah, I read all the stuff on a Czech site (parabola.cz)

     

    I'm spent...I have to find out if I can buy another subscription with Czech registration :mumble:

    (not a fan of switching to online only services like Telly.cz, even if it looks top class)

  9. here's a list of all the Fencers from Countries eligible for the Tripartite Committee invitation currently ranked in the top 250 places of the World Ranking:

     

    women's Epee

     

    :ISV Susana Fornaris (WR = 66)
    :RWA Tufaha Uwihoreye (WR = 125)
    :COD Maryam Malikova (WR = 186)


    men's Epee

     

    :MLI Keletigui Diabate (WR = 78)
    :KUW Abdulrahman Almane (WR = 126)
    :KUW Abdulaziz Alshatti (WR = 175)
    :KUW Hasan Alfudari (WR = 183)
    :ISV Sanil Sharma (WR = 199)
    :ISV Kruz Schembri (WR = 205)
    :LBA Abubaker Reda Algadi (WR = 206)
    :LBA Abdussalam Abujtela (WR = 208)
    :LBA Mohamed Eljballi (WR = 209)
    :ESA Alexis Mauricio Molina Ceron (WR = 249)


    women's Foil

     

    :COD Maryam Malikova (WR = 115)


    men's Foil

     

    :MLI Mathieu Cheickh Jacques Prats (WR = 102)
    :LBN Philippe Wakim (WR = 145)
    :ISV Scott Lao (WR = 174)
    :KUW Alì Nasaar (WR = 177)
    :ESA Mihail Alejandro Salmeron Jimenez (WR = 215)
    :ISV Kruz Schembri*


    women's Sabre

     

    :ESA Odalis Judith Maldonado Delgado (WR = 168)
    :ESA Fatima Tobar (WR = 198)


    men's Sabre**


    :NIG Evann Jean Abba Girault (WR = 37)
    :ISL Andri Nikolaysson Mateev (WR = 157)
    :ESA Oscar Andres Anaya Ramirez (WR = 230)
    :ESA Ernest Douglas Hunter Doradea (WR = 231)

     

     

    * he has no ranking in Foil, but he's young and very talented...I wouldn't be shocked if he does qualify at the Pan-Am Continental tournament

     

    ** NOT counting the guys from :KUW, as they already qualified a man in this weapon

     

     

  10. 12 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

    They could do only mixed teams:

    Option a: 1 or 2 female Sabre/foil/epee + 1 or 2 male Sabre/foil/epee fencers -> 3 team events

    Option b: 1 male/female epee fencer + 1 male/female Sabre fencer + 1 male/female foil fencer -> 2 team events 

     

    More nations that can realistically win a medal (= better tv ratings) + less athletes -> win-win for the IOC

    don't give those idiots such "great" ideas :facepalm:

     

    Fencing is good as it is (and the team events are the best in every individual sport)...they only have to recognize that now it has become one of the most well spread sports around the world, with a lot of Countries from every Continent capable of winning medals in any International competition and therefore give more space to it

     

    no changes, just more athletes!

  11. 1 hour ago, intoronto said:

    Yup.


    They need to change it to the first 4 spots are awarded to the 4 continents, and then the top 4 remaining teams, not the other away around

    they should just enlarge the field to 12 teams (and get rid of those non-sports like breakdance, artistic swimming & co. to make space for that, if they simply can't do it straight forward)

  12. 1 minute ago, Josh said:

    Going to my first ever NHL game today! :cheer::yes

     

    Fingers crossed the Canucks can clinch their spot in the playoffs today. 
     

    I’ll share some pictures when I get back :d

    I'm sure it's gonna be a wonderful experience! enjoy!

     

    (I'm a bit envious...the NHL "in place" is the one of the two big Hockey events I'm still missing in my life -the other, of course, are the Olympics, but I hope to make up for that in less than 2 years :d)

     

    p.s. 

    Quote

    Fingers crossed the Canucks can clinch their spot in the playoffs today

    or maybe not :p

     

    go Kings, go! :cheer:

  13. the NFL is taking seriously the LA 2028 challenge...:rolleyes:

     

    to help their players practicing for that event, in fact, they just banned also the hip-drop tackles :hairpull:

     

    https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-vote-to-ban-hip-drop-tackle-at-annual-league-meeting

     

    after all the banned defensive plays of the past years, with this one now they're as close as it gets to a true flag football league :pope: :p 

  14. 8 hours ago, Jan Linha said:

    I cant believe what just happened. :CZE made it to the final and secured a team spot in Paris 🥹🥹🥹🥹. I shed a lot of happy tears for them. 

    and :BEL Neisser Loyola can join the party, too

     

    he looked so sad and destroyed yesterday after losing the final vs :FRA Cannone because he knew he wasn't going to Paris (at least in that moment), but now I guess his mindset has completely turned around :d

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