the rockem sockem days of hockey are old, stale, and lack in the knowledge of how to safely play a
tough rough game that is full of risks, in a way that saves players their sanity in later life.
the players now are bigger, faster, more talented, better equipment, better goalies, and the groping,
holding, and hanging onto players is over, one must have to skate now, and figure the game out, and
if they can't play very well, they won't be there, as fighting is slowly becoming less tolerated
than it use to be, but as the less talented player is gone, the game is now a highly talented,
fast game that has made its way to other countries on a more equal level than ever before, and
just because canada won't win all the time, doesn't mean less, it means more, that more and more
countries can play the game at the same high level, which means better things for the game.
i think it is a very healthy situation when this, or any other hockey tournament gets under way, with
all countries believing they have a chance, and canada's fans not being so nieve that they still think
their team must win, and if they don't there is something wrong.
come on, get with it, move forward, it is more fun now for everyone.
