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Probably a good time to be an avid bike rider as average gas prices in GF have jumped nearly 20% over the past week.

16 teams play tomorrow, so there are a lot more than 5 with games, including Eichel in LA. So, it's also not a travel thing. I mentioned the Minnesota players because of the local ties.

Brock Faber is the only one raised in Minnesota who is in DC. Brock Nelson is back in CO.

Having all the ice events in Nice will be nice. It was quite the journey to get to curling events in Italy unless you dedicated full days to that and snow events. Except, they're going to close up the soccer stadium, divide it in half, and create two 17,000 seat hockey rinks. The sight lines if you're not in the seats on the sides are going to be miserable.

Gotta think Eruzione is cheering for Canada so he stays relevant and can come out of the woodwork every 4 years

If they're assholes for silently protesting in 2021, you probably shouldn't google ways the US flag was disrespected that year.

Why would you expect anything different? They're representing their country on the biggest stage.

Unless desperate for points, teams would park the bus for the first five minutes of OT the same way it often happens in the last handful of minutes in a tied game. That one point is more important than giving up all 3. I hate 3v3 but in a tournament like the Olympics where TV and money drives everything and there are only two rinks (realistically one once you get to the semifinals) it just doesn't work like an NHL playoff overtime. Switzerland and Sweden went to OT. Imagine if they go into 3 or 4 OTs before a winner is decided. That shifts the US/Canada game to at best a midnight local time start where public transport would shut down an hour before the end of the game. You suddenly have 12,000 fans stranded in an arena that is currently in the middle of nowhere with no realistic way to get to their hotels. For this type of tournament, 3v3 works even if it's not "real hockey."

You're complaining about Fenton being absent yet you want him to be the conference lead for all sports except for football?

Sweden's only loss was to Finland which was a bigger upset than Slovakia over Finland. Sweden needed to beat Slovakia by 3 but gave up a late goal to win 5-3.

Hence, they're on a record-breaking streak. They beat Canada 5-0 and are unbeaten against Canada in the last 7 games. As I said, outside of the top 2 teams, the rest of the field is significantly better than in previous years.

Sure, if you think the USWNT was trying to dominate a u15 team rather than use it for a friendly against a fast team as an opportunity to better find their weaknesses on D after losing in Rio. But, I guess that doesn't make headlines.

The quality of play from the teams outside of US/Canada is the highest it has ever been thanks to more opportunities in ncaa and now the PWHL. That league is also extending the careers of some of the best players who used to have to give up the sport to be able to make a living. The US is on a record-breaking heater the past year but that doesn't diminish the gains made by other countries which will narrow the gap.

Yet you didn't mention that you had given up watching so it's weird to provide a why to something you haven't written. Instead, you make a misogynistic comment, get called out, and then claim you were just giving reasons.