Goddam Czechs @Reggie_EssentPoor inferior Canadians. Too Bad so sad.
Quit whining, Canadian loser!
Regardless of the outcome, I think what's wrong with the game in Canada is it's become way too expensive for working or middle class families to participate in now @Reggie_EssentQuit whining, Canadian loser!
USA! USA! USA!
Regardless of the outcome, I think what's wrong with the game in Canada is it's become way too expensive for working or middle class families to participate in now @Reggie_Essent
Back when I played it as a Kid, the town actually supplied children with hockey equipment so they could play the game. Or at least rent it out so it was affordable. But now the costs are thoudand$ of dollars making it prohibitively expensive for families on a budget. There was a proposal from a Canadian politician to provide subsidies for families so more children could participate in expensive sports like Hockey.
Unless they get the participation rate up in Canada again, the country might continue to slip. It's noticeable that Canada's 2 best players were Sidney Crosbie and Connor McDavid. Neither are that young anymore. Somehow, I think the averaqge of the US team was younger, particularly their star players.
Anyways, you look at the rosters and the players are White and usually come from well-to do families now.
Likewise, no secret that the best basketball players are Black or baseball players are Latino, because as kids they can afford to play those sports.
Canadian Hockey has go back to a time when a Kid with a branch woo played on a pond could get a start in the game, like Johnny Bower.
Joe's been infected with the envy-based Leftist Mind Virus.Kids can still play on the pond for free, Senile @Joe.
It costs a lot to play at the rink. It costs a lot for the proper equipment. At the elite level the coaches get paid well (yes, even in divisions as young as 10U).
So what?
How do you think the USSR created all these Super Hockey Teams iin the 1970s-90s to compete with the NHL Lex @The Prowler ? The Soviet Government pumped billions into recreational and Olympic sports.Kids can still play on the pond for free, Senile @Joe.
It costs a lot to play at the rink. It costs a lot for the proper equipment. At the elite level the coaches get paid well (yes, even in divisions as young as 10U).
So what?
Kids can still play on the pond for free, Senile @Joe.
It costs a lot to play at the rink. It costs a lot for the proper equipment. At the elite level the coaches get paid well (yes, even in divisions as young as 10U).
So what?
How do you think the USSR created all these Super Hockey Teams iin the 1970s-90s to compete with the NHL Lex @The Prowler ? The Soviet Government pumped billions into recreational and Olympic sports.
Likewise Hockey Development doesn't exist in a vacuum in Canada .
We have Hockey Canada which gets funding from the Federal Government.
So you're full of malarky Prowler, if you don't think governments have a hand in funding hockey in these countries.
Hockey like any form of high level organized sports is a Big Industry which the State has a hand in.
You also own Canada in the pedo president department too, congratulations!!DUH..The United States Of America owns Canada in snow/ice/cold weather related sports and hockey, basketball, football, baseball, track and field, gymnastics, pickleball, tennis, golf, baseball, rugby, football and racing.
It is absolutely not out’ve reach, any kid that wants to play, that has parents that care that thier kid wants to play will find that the Canadian tire jump start program is all to eager to help poorer kids outThat did not address what I said and asked, Senile @Joe.
I know a lot more about Hockey Canada than you, you idiot. I played in leagues under the Hockey Canada umbrella and I was a Hockey Canada certified official.
You are all over the place, Senile @Joe. Like usual. Why does it matter if hockey is expensive to play and out of reach for many middle and lower class people? Why does it matter if Canada wins gold or not?
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It is absolutely not out’ve reach, any kid that wants to play, that has parents that care that thier kid wants to play will find that the Canadian tire jump start program is all to eager to help poorer kids out
I didn’t get full funding as I worked, but I didn’t meet the threshold for zero help, I appreciate so very much how they helped my kids we even wrote them a letter of thanks at one pointYou are a addressing that like a parent who is not a lazy, complaining fuckwit unwilling to fill out a few forms or make a few phone calls.
Someone like Senile @Joe....? He would rather bitch and moan.
You sponged off the taxpayers so your kids could play hockey?I didn’t get full funding as I worked, but I didn’t meet the threshold for zero help, I appreciate so very much how they helped my kids we even wrote them a letter of thanks at one point
Actually I’m a tax payer you retard, and the jump start program is from donations and it has blossomed into a beautiful thing as my kids got scholarships and will soon be tax paying citizens themselves you stupid fuckwit, stick to having a Pedofile president and stfuYou sponged off the taxpayers so your kids could play hockey?