Josh

have announced their first 6 players for the 4 Nations Face-Off. United States Quinn Hughes - Vancouver Canucks Matthew Tkachuk - Florida Panthers Auston Matthews - Toronto Maple Leafs Adam Fox - New York Rangers Charlie MacAvoy - Boston Bruins Jack Eichel - Vegas Golden Knights Canada Connor McDavid - Edmonton Oilers Nathan MacKinnon - Colorado Avalanche Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins Brayden Point - Tampa Bay Lightning Cale Makar - Colorado Avalanche Brad Marchand - Boston Bruins Sweden Victor Hedman - Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Karlsson - Pittsburgh Penguins Gustav Forsling - Florida Panthers Filip Forsberg - Nashville Predators Mika Zibanejad - New York Rangers William Nylander - Toronto Maple Leafs Finland Juuse Saros - Nashville Predators Esa Lindell - Dallas Stars Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Stars Aleksander Barkov - Florida Panthers Mikko Rantanen - Colorado Avalanche Sebastian Aho - Carolina Hurricanes

Too lazy to do the calculations myself

Provisional Olympic team after Day 5 (40 athletes) Men Track 100m - Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, Fred Kerley 400m - Quincy Hall, Michael Norman, Chris Bailey 1500m - Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Hobbs Kessler 10000m - Grant Fisher, Woody Kincaid, Nico Young 4x100m Relay - Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, Fred Kerley 4x400m Relay - Quincy Hall, Michael Norman, Chris Bailey Field Shot Put - Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, Payton Otterdahl Pole Vault - Sam Kendricks, Chris Nilsen, Jacob Wooten Combined Decathlon - Heath Baldwin, Harrison Williams, Zack Ziemek Women Track 100m - Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry 400m - Kendall Ellis, Aaliyah Butler, Alexis Holmes 800m - Nia Akins, Allie Wilson, Juliette Whittaker 5000m - Elle St Pierre, Elise Cranny, Karissa Schweizer 3000m Steeplechase - Valerie Constien, Courtney Wayment, Marisa Howard 4x100m Relay - Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry 4x400m Relay - Kendall Ellis, Aaliyah Butler, Alexis Holmes Field Hammer Throw - Deanna Price, Annette Echikunwoke High Jump - Vashti Cunningham, Rachel Glenn Discus Throw - Valerie Allman, Veronica Fraley Combined Heptathlon - Anna Hall

De Bues Stafford is probably out?

NHL Awards Ted Lindsay Award: Nathan MacKinnon Calder Trophy: Connor Bedard Norris Trophy: Quinn Hughes Vezina Trophy: Connor Hellybuyck Hart Trophy: Nathan MacKinnon

Would be such a shame if he misses out. He was only .07 off getting the standard a couple of months ago, and in a 5000m that’s really small.

As expected, Gleadle fails to qualify in women’s javelin throw. Had hopes for her with her recent 61m+ throw, but of course not.

Something about this track… don’t think we’ll see a single solid time all week long

Mediocre women’s 3000m steeplechase final. McCabe 9:32.92, Yee 9:42.07, and Fetherstonhaugh 9:43.13. Yee should qualify for the Olympics through the Road to Paris rankings.

He will probably pair up with Dabrowski for mixed doubles. Probably doing triple duty.

defeat 3-1

I haven’t watched any of their matches besides the one against (Canada), but judging by their 6-6 record, wouldn’t you say they’re in bad form? (and we’re only a month out from the Olympics) Of course like I said earlier, records aren’t always a good indicator of how well a team is playing… Actually, Brazil is playing quite well today, but maybe that’s because they’ve made a whole of improvements since then.

Also, Malaika Mihambo contracted COVID after the European Championships, and will be absent at the German Championships (still expected to be at the Olympics)

Christopher Lemaitre (athletics) https://x.com/TrackGazette/status/1806389938872562017

take set 1 over 25-18 Maybe switch some of the players for the start of set 2 (Bednorz in?) Edit: Nope

It’s not only about the record, but about their level of play, through not only here but the Olympic Qualifiers. Actually I might have been overreacting about the Japan game today, just disappointed.

Brazil? Edit: OK… maybe you’re right on that Slovenia are realistic medal contenders IMO (although I’d agree that they’re a tier below, but I don’t think the gap is as big as you), and I think US should be a tier below Slovenia with Muagututia on their team. Germany (who have rested Krick and Grozer a lot) might be an outside chance, but they’ll need a lot of luck. And as for Canada, we’ll see…

YESSSSSSSSS DAK IS BACK ON THE CANUCKS!!!!! $3.25m AAV/4 years. https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ujrEBNr1O/?igsh=cW0yODliMHl3N242

How often have you watched our men’s team play? Just saying…

Yeah this team has no chance at an Olympic medal…

Not really surprising, both have said months ago that they wanted to go to the Olympics. But good to see that they’re keeping their word.

Tennis team announced! https://www.instagram.com/p/C8uaBZXgKxX/?igsh=MXh4azJ5eWVndng0bQ== Raonic and Andresscu will both be at the Olympics.

Amour not Armor Even that was disappointing honestly, there’s no real notable names that she beat to win the bronze.

Jesse Lumsden (former Canadian Olympian) is now Canada’s high performance director. https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/detail/three-time-olympian-jesse-lumsden-to-lead-bobsleigh-canada-skeletons-high-performance-program