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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The men's hockey tournament just isn't meaningful. I'm not really too upset.
Over the moon happy for the short track team.
Watched the last several ends of the women's curling game. The Jones rink were lucky the score was as close as it was. It was evident with almost every shot that they are playing with no confidence. This is not a case of the rest of the world getting better, they're just playing poorly. Such a shame, she is a great champion. I really don't see how they magically turn it around, although a win against Denmark would give them two shots at a medal.
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Yeah, the women's game, Canada's been behind for awhile now. Since 2009 Canada's only won the Worlds twice, 2017 Homan and 2018 Jones. That's 2 out of 12. And you can add 2014 Olympic gold by Jones. That's it. And Einerson finished 6th last year in Calgary barely qualifying Canada for the Olympics. And like the World Junior hockey, Canada hosts every other year. That should be an advantage.
So if Canada doesn't make the playoffs two straight Olympics, I think there needs to be a re-think. Are the teams playing too much, are the burnt out from grand slams? Do we need to get rid of the tradition of provinces and have the Scotties and Brier just the best 8 super teams in Canada?
Gushue I think is okay, but barely. And the men have been better, 5 out of 12 plus 2010 and 2014 gold.