Mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more!
If all our stars would align, or perhaps our numbers would come in, 46 % of those of us currently employed would walk away from their jobs for something else. Such is the state of our employment happiness these days.
called "Work Canada" by consulting firm , has been conducted over the last few years and the picture of an increasingly frustrated workforce is being painted for us. Only 43% stated that they thought that their place of employment was a good one, a 12% decline since the survey was last taken two years ago. No growth and no advancement in the workplace are making us a rather surly lot of worker drones.
There is serious disenchantment with working conditions and prospects as workers feel under appreciated and over worked. Not surprisingly money talks, as many workers don't believe that they are being compensated properly for the amount of work they are expected to perform.
The Work Canada study of the disgruntled comes out at the same time as a survey comes out showing that the much ballyhooed jobs explosion, trumpeted by many a politician may not be all that it seems.
Many of the "new" jobs are temporary, part time or casual jobs, with little or no benefits.
The Survey called " ", takes a look at the restructuring and downsizing of the last twenty years and how it has impacted on Canadian Society. The most talked about finding is the fact that wages over the last twenty years are not on any kind of an upward trend, in fact for new hires there is a decided decline in the salary structure.
With the increased use of temporary workers comes a problem for the future, many of the temps are not covered by pension plans setting up a potential problem come the .
Not included in these studies, but a personal bug a boo of mine is the increasingly meaningless that the government trots out every month. Since they track only those on an active claim, l've always wondered what happens to all those people that exhaust their claims.
Do they just disappear into the night, never to be reported on again? My suspicion (and a non scientific one I admit) is that there is a vast underlying unemployment rate, that goes unreported. The people that have exhausted their claims may find work, most likely part time or underground, may end up on social assistance or most likely will siphon off their and monies until things turn around.
But they go unreported for as long as they and their money can hold out.
Next time you read of the Unemployment rate in your home town, just take a moment to wonder how many more are really unemployed or underemployed. And then wonder just how we're going to finance a livable wage for folks let alone pensions for everyone, if many are not working or at least not making enough to contribute to their own long term security.
Then ask yourself if our politicians truly have any idea as to what is going on in this country!
When the only real financial planning left is to buy tickets for the ever increasing and jackpots, then perhaps we need to take a look at how things are working, or in many cases not working!
That's a lot of doughnuts!
Time to put some coffee on and get to work! Stephen F. Cooper has been tapped . Cooper who most recently took over the duties of the much reviled , will split his time between energy and donuts for the next little while.
which is considered by some to be the gold standard of Donut shops (But not in Canada, eh!
Where will always rule!!!
) has suffered some drastic stock reversals in the last few years. Combined with an SEC investigation and a bit of corporate reporting shenanigans and the situation at Krispy Kreme is about as appetizing as a three day old .
They've tossed former out like some three hour coffee and brought in Cooper to perk things up at the donut shops.
Joining Cooper will be Stephen Panagos who is his partner at their turnaround company Kroll, Zolfo, Cooper. They hope to put their thirty years of taking over troubled companies to use in the land of coffee and donuts.
But turnarounds don't come cheap!
Panagos will make 695 an hour to solve the chain's problems, Cooper himself will earn 760 dollars an hour, plus expenses to make the bottom line as black as an their .
If things don't go too well, they could always pay them in donuts I guess. Cooper's 760 an hour, if paid in donuts at (if he's taking the ), translates into 1520 donuts an hour.
They get a little less if they choose one of the available at a Krispy Kreme counter for 65 cents a donut. Cream and sugar for the coffee would be a perk one suspects!
The Essentials of Jan 17-23, 2005
With so many souls requiring saving one would think the gang at , led by the increasingly off the wall would "focus" on the Bigger picture of the human spirit. Why do we have racism? Why do we have wars? Why do we let our differences divide us? How about some answers for hunger, earthquakes and tsunami's to name a few of the major perils of our age.
For reasons known only to the inhabitants of the loopier side of the Christian right, all of those issues can wait, , apparently the major threat to all that we hold dear (well more to the point all that the Good Doctor holds dear).
Following in the footsteps of those , Tinky Winky and Barney the Purple Dinosaur! We are apparently being led down the road to ruin by the Sponge! Who apparently is so devious, so conniving, that he has somehow
It's to make you want to laugh, if only they apparently weren't so damn serious about their beliefs, these nutty little folks that seem to find hidden meanings everywhere and seem pre-occupied with controlling the minds our little ones, filling them instead with the contents of their little minds.
In a world filled with hate and hurt, it seems that the real question of the day is the status of a sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea! What possibly can go through the minds of people who take a seemingly innocent children's television program and .
I'm not a huge devotee to the SpongeBob brigades (I sadly waste my morning watching the bad things we do to each other courtesy of the news programs) , but I have seen the .
It seems like your typical kids cartoon, the gang have some adventures and everyone learns something positive by the time the credits roll. I believe if Mr. Dobson is looking for a reference the tone for the show would be "Love thy Neighbour", perhaps he's read that somewhere!
Mr. Square pants is a hit with the kids in my boys class and from the shows I've watched, exhibits a pretty basic code of life, treat everyone as an equal, with tolerance and love.
Obviously a scary message that must be stopped before it gets too widespread.
As Doctor Dobson no doubt realizes if we begin to realize that we aren't so different after all and accept each without judgment, then whoa baby, maybe we've learned a few things from a guy named Jesus. Surely we can't allow that to happen, whatever would we need the middlemen like the Doctor for!
There are days when you wonder if the followers of Doctor Dobson and his organization have actually read the teachings of Christ and introduced themselves to a Bible.
There's much important work to do on an earth that seems oh so very troubled, railing on about the cartoon happenings under the sea with a sponge in short pants and his pals seems like a daft way of doing the Lord's work!
Spongebob Square Pants may be living in a pineapple under the sea, but if anyone is all wet, it's the folks taking the ravings of Doctor Dobson seriously.
One just imagines God shaking his head in wonder at what passes for intelligence down on the ole third planet from the Sun!
Thursday, January 20, 2005
When George W. Bush he will set in motion the final four years of the Bush Presidency. While Democrats bemoan the idea that it coulda, woulda, shoulda been their guy, the Republicans will claim hold over Washington for four more years. And possibly set the stage for continued dominance over the American political landscape for years to come.
Following the , the Bush Inaugural speech is , both in America and around the world.
The speech which apparently went through twenty one re-writes before being delivered to the President, follows in a long line of inaugural speeches. Most of which were quickly forgotten, banished to the dumpster of history due to boredom, lack of message or just plain bad writing and even worse delivery.
there really haven't been many speeches given on the 20th of January following an election, .
George Washington's second speech in 1793 probably did, being the shortest one ever made at 135 words, he no doubt won over many a disgruntled voter with his brevity of message.
More recently certainly fired up the imagination back in 1961, daring American's to dream along with him, bear any burden and meet any hardship To a degree, recaptured some of that oratorical magic with his debut speech in 1981, when he called for the government to serve the people and not the other way around. But for the most part these political agenda setters, tend to be tedious and hardly provide a glimpse into any great dreams or missions planned.
The concept of Inauguration day itself has also taken on a life of its own, from simple beginnings it now runs over three days, features everything from rock bands to marching bands, gala dinners to fireworks and seems to cost more to organize than some countries have for a national budget.
will be on record, ca ching, ca chinging in, at 40 million dollars, plus 17 million for security to ensure that the concepts of freedom and liberty don't get interrupted by .
There's much to be learned from the surrounding Inauguration day, but if there is one thing that George Walker Bush should learn from history it's this: Make your speech short and dress warmly, use the unfortunate as your barometer of bad!
Harrison arrived in Washington for his Inaugural speech in 1841, gave the longest speech in Inaugural history, clocking in at 90 minutes and then went on a walk of the parade route, without benefit of hat or warm clothing on the bitterest of cold days. His walk into the driving ice storm would prove costly. One month later Harrison succumbed to pneumonia ending his presidency.
The speech can bore or it can soar, it all depends on the President, his writers and his material. But for George Bush there is a hard act to follow, , all touched the right points, defining their presidency and developing their legacies. George Bush gets to define his and it begins at noon!
The kids are alright, but the parents..
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Another in a spate of ugly experiences surrounding Minor Hockey in Canada. This time out of Toronto where the father of a nine year old minor hockey player, found himself in court this morning after an incident over the weekend.
Dad it seems found himself in disagreement with a coach's decision to bench his son for a couple of shifts, due to a missed practice (apparently a common coaching practice). Instead of discussing his concerns away from the game, the father instead jumped the glass at the bench and . Eventually other parents pulled the man off of the coach, who regained consciousness and then continued on with the game, so as not to cause more distress to his players.
After the game he discussed the situation with his players, trying to reassure them that the world had not really gone mad. While he was providing a positive role model for the nine year olds, the man who choked him spent the night in a Toronto police lock up, pending his appearance in court today.
Greater Toronto Hockey League officials called it one of the most shocking events that they've had to contend with, but it's certainly .
Just last December a hockey Mom shocked an arena to parents and players of an 11 year old match up. There have also been scattered incidents of parents duking it out in the stands over controversial plays and situations, much to the distress of the players on the ice and officials in minor hockey.
Mind you it's not just hockey, pretty well any sport or activity involving kids can bring out the worst in parents, between the child's enjoyment and the adults expectations.
At the moment Hockey Canada is running commercials reminding parents that . Go back a few years and there used to be a commercial on TV when I played minor hockey that urged parents to stick around and watch the games.
Sadly, we seem to approaching the point where we'll see commercials suggesting that parents just drop the kids off and come on back after the game!
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Essentials of January 10-16, 2005
First it was Junior sensation sweater , now its the actual person who will be missing in action! Crosby's Quebec Junior team the announced today that Crosby, the number one attraction in Junior hockey at the moment, will not take part in Wednesday nights from Vancouver.
Crosby's junior handlers claim that the Junior phenom is suffering from some sort of a back injury sustained in the World Junior Championships and thus couver. This despite the fact that he recently completed four of five games for the Oceanic in the Quebec League.
The decision of course is feeding a slew of rumours about the situation, the feeling by some commentators (mainly based in the West see the for the 8 am sportscast on Monday for a sample) that Crosby and his agents, handlers and hangers on are using the back problems as a convenient way to avoid the Prospects game. The theory being, that as the number one pick in the upcoming draft (if one actually takes place) Crosby would have everything to lose and nothing to gain by taking part in the extremely competitve game.
Instead the suggestion is that he would be better off taking a pass on the game, preserving his status as the definitive number one choice and all the rewards that it would provide.
Such is the state of hockey these days, Junior players are skipping showcase games and off ice commentators are finding conspiracy theories with every breath. And injuries may or may not be what they seem.
My How we long for the days of an actual game to watch!
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Waiting for Pictures!
Podunkians of the world wide web anxiously await the arrival of some photos from our friend at . For his home base is now famous across North America and wherever satellite signals are available!
After of we are sure that the incognito film crew will be busy scouring in search of that now famous Winnipeg landmark, the Welcome to Winnipeg sign: "Welcome to Winnipeg, we were born here!
What's your excuse!"
We also hope to see visuals of that Manitoba pharmacy chain Dudley Do Drugs.
We're sure that once the thaw comes sean will busy taking pics galore, we anticipate our first photo what June or July?
Another reason for Danny to keep the flag UP!
Haven't really commented much on the "Mouse that Roared" activities of . While I understand the frustration of Newfoundlanders at (you ain't alone byes and gals), the silly ass act of taking the flag down from all buildings seemed a tad childish.
Fortunately Mr. Williams finally stopped stamping his foot and called an end to the flag flap, .
And Danny you made you decision not a moment too soon!
Out of Ottawa today is news that the , , most recently force commander of our Afghanistan expedition..
Something that Mr. Williams seemed to forget during his Maple Leaf distemper was the fact that a good portion of our are proud Newfoundlanders, who wear that supposedly despised symbol on their arms when they go about the cause of keeping us safe and addressing worldwide humanitarian concerns.
By taking the flag down around the province, the Premier of Newfoundland was in effect, dismissing the efforts of his own sons and daughters.
Perhaps a chat with Lt. General Hillier might help Mr. Williams in understanding the concept.
If he's in the mood for a little home work, Danny might also find helpful, particularly the last paragraph of the History section.
Democracy is all about speaking out when you feel wronged, addressing your concerns in a mature fashion. Danny, make a point if you must and be a tad more creative next time please, but don't do it at the expense of the people who put far more on the line each day than a mercurial politician!
CBC pulls the plug on Hockey Day in Canada!
An unusual announcement (and one destined to not be very popular) from the CBC today, the extremely well received feature known as has been . Victim apparently to bureaucratic stupidity in the absence of money making NHL hockey on television this year.
In the last five years the CBC has turned over the main network on a Saturday in February, to explore our love and passion for the game. Usually set in some small town somewhere in the frozen expanse of Canada, the day long celebration would link coast to coast to coast, featuring items from burgs of all sizes big and small, just dropping into the local rink to see what was up.
would be the host of this national check up on the state of the game and the grass roots, can do attitude that makes it so great.
Of course the day long adventure was anchored by NHL hockey, three games featuring all Canadian match ups, played back to back with our little vignettes liberally broadcast throughout the games. The beauty of Hockey Day in Canada was not the actual NHL games; but the pride that every small town involved would take in showcasing their local heroes, their local rink and the local characters that make Hockey the beloved sport of the nation.
Somehow that message has escaped the bean counters at the CBC, who one assumes feel that without the star attractions there's no show! But one wonders if they don't have it all backwards at the CBC (not that this would be the first time that has happened!) if ever there was a year to keep a tradition alive this would be it.
There is no doubt a serious cash flow problem at the CBC without the cash cow that hockey was to the network. And while the absence of the actual pro games on the network would be hard to program around, there would have been ways to keep the spirit of Hockey Day in Canada alive and maybe send a message to the likes of Mr. Bettman, Mr.
Goodenow and their respective representatives that they do not control our game.
Hockey Day could have featured a period of a junior game, a period of a university game, an old timers game, women's hockey, a high profile minor tournament, the options are endless. To counter the lack of NHL hockey on the ice, perhaps a serious debate on the issues separating the two sides.
Turn lose their battalion of experts, commentators and reporters and put everything out there for us to examine.
Lets face it, if there's no hockey by February there won't be any hockey this year. What better chance to find out just how things got of the rails than to dedicate a day to problem and maybe offer solution.
More importantly by showcasing the game as it is enjoyed in communities across the land, we would be showing that nothing is bigger than the actual game played on ice, any ice, anywhere!
Instead, the CBC just washes its hands of a valuable possibility and what had become a national tradition. One hopes that common sense returns to the public broadcaster and they take advantage of an opportunity to make a difference in the debate.
From the reports coming out today, the staff at the CBC are dismayed at the decision, expressing frustration with a broadcaster that seems to have lost its way of late.
Memo to CBC Programming: Listen to your employees and listen to the viewers.
Hockey Day in Canada was much more than a bunch of pro hockey players on the ice, it was a mirror into the country.
Which the last time anyone checked, was exactly what the CBC was supposed to be all about!
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By way of our friend sean at comes a wonderful piece of satire directed at those hard suffering British Columbians to the south of Greater Podunk, who as we speak, struggle through the wrath of Mother Nature. Sean sent me a copy of an e mail he received and I found it so entertaining that I have decided to add some resource links and share with the pounkian community.
From the mind of of the comes this gem of how we handle snow on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Anyone with access to BCTV, CTV in BC, CBC and assorted local radio stations will find some of the following almost too close to the truth, a fine line between reality and parody no doubt...
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PREPARE FOR ATTACK OF THE KILLER SNOWFLAKES
Chronology of a crisis, Vancouver Island-style.
5:35 p.
m. predicts two to five centimetres of snow will fall on Victoria within a 24-hour period. reads the forecast on-air, turns white and faints.
5:40 p.m. issues immediate appeal for federal assistance.
promises to send in the .
8:45 p.m.
Victorians begin queuing at , leaving vehicles in line overnight to be first served in morning.
10:15 p.m.
It turns out B.C.'s last army base, , closed in 1998.
Martin promises to send in navy instead.
10:20 p.m.
announces deployment to San Diego and Hawaii for "security reasons." Conservative Leader suggests prime minister call Quebec advertising agencies to shovel the snow, "since that's where the Liberals are spending all our money anyway."
6:22 a.
m. Temperature plunges. Word spreads that man found ice on windshield.
Curious neighbours gather to watch him scrape it off with a . One motorist, a former Albertan, claims use of mysterious "defrost"switch on dashboard can aid in process.
8:15 a.
m. Terrified downtown skate boarders lose toques to menacing mob of balding, middle-aged men. "We tried to run ," they say, "but those made us fall down.
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9:30 a.m. sell both of their snow shovels.
Islanders begin cobbling together implements made from kayak paddles, umbrellas, plywood, cookie sheets and boogie boards.
10 a.m.
Golfers switch to orange balls. cricket players, anxious not to repeat the ugly "snowblower incident" of the , switch to orange uniforms.
Noon.
Word of impending West Coast snowfall tops newscasts across Canada. report epidermic of sprained wrists related to viewers high-fiving one another.
1:20 p.
m. call in grief counsellors. Grief counsellors refuse to go, citing lack of .
2:30 p.m. Rush hour begins an hour early as office workers come down with mysterious illness and bolt for home.
is compounded by large number of four-wheel-drives abandoned by side of road.
2:50 p.m.
and docked. No way to travel between Island and rest of the world. Times Colonist headline: Mainland Cut Off From Civilization.
3:22 p.m. Prime Minister Martin announces Canada's rapid response team can be on the ground within six months.
"We can't leave Victoria to deal with 225 centimetres of snow on its own," he tells Lowe."Um, that's two-to-five centimetres, not two-two-five," replies the mayor. The prime minister hangs up.
3:33 p.m. responds to crisis by installing in homeless shelters.
3:45 p.m. announce weather-related delays will push completion date back to July 2008.
4: 10 p.m. At behest of , authorities begin adding Prozac to drinking water.
4:15 p.m. Fears of food shortage lead to alarming scenes of violence and looting.
riot across the city, except in , where residents hire caterers to do rioting for them.
4:30 p.m.
Bracing for the arrival of snow, the city is gripped by an eerie stillness reminiscent of . Search lights comb darkening sky for first sign of precipitation.
4:48 p.
m. Panic ripples across region as word comes in that first flakes have fallen on the . False alarm.
"Flakes" turn out to be nothing more than spores released by . An uneasy calm returns to city.
5:40 p.
m. , shaking uncontrollably, tells viewers that snow warning has been extended. This weather pattern could go on for days.
Mercury plummets to levels. is declared. Victoria-area politicians announce plans to establish emergency command centre aboard once it reaches .
A sure sign that the end is nigh?
So those annoying phone calls from Columbia House may not get the hang up treatment in the near future. When those massive mailings arrive every couple of months offering 5 DVD's for 49 cents, you'll be fighting the kids for those little stickers for your mailing card. All because of the mail order business.
No more dumping that massive envelope from Col House into the recycling bin right away, instead go get the bifocals strengthened, the better to make out the images on those tiny little postage stamp like DVD covers.
Across North America the Columbia House magazine may get as dog eared as a favourite old copy of Playboy.
Just think the next time you get a call from the helpful gal at Columbia House she'll be breathlessly telling you the virtues of Prom Queen showdown, Voracious Vixens, et al. Instead of the recitation of the music or mainstream movie stars of the day you'll be tempted with summaries of the latest of the efforts from the seedier side of Hollywood.
You may actually find yourself listening through the entire list, (sorry I missed the first ten could you repeat them please, slowly) before curtly dismissing her from your phone line. And just imagine the fun around the kitchen phone when the little ones listen to you place your first five orders!
Only question remaining for the legal beagles at Col House will such phone calls qualify as a 1 800 version of Adult entertainment as found in your local yellow pages?
And if so are they breaking any CRTC rules by listing the lust?
made a move for civil debate today when they offered , "the opportunity to pursue other ventures", sending the bow tied conservative commentator .
Carlson, who seemed to specialize in high pitched and occassinally nasty sparring of late, found himself at the blunt end of a Jon Stewart salvo on the . While Tucker exits stage uh right, I guess, his program altogether, allowing the remaining contributers to to become a calmer more substantive part of CNN's brand. The plan apparently is to keep the three remaining personalities, but give them punditry duties without the Crossfire banner.
Right winger Bob Novak and left leaning Paul Begala and James Carville will still offer up their view of the political scene, though they'll be doing in a less controversial and decibel reduced format.
Crossfire of course is one of the long running fixtures of the early CNN era, probably reaching its zenith of bombastic overdrive when and used to tee off at each other.
While the folks at may like their volume, it appears that CNN is aiming for more insightful content.
For Canadians that are going to miss the noise, hang in there, our ever popular are apparently letting you have FOX News very shortly. Tucker was never a shy guy about taking his shots at Canada (whether he had the facts correct to back him up or not), so most likely a spot at FOX would be right up his resume. Though there are reports that he may land at , a network he apparently has been in discussion with for a few months now.
And if all else fails Tucker, I hear (soon to be available in Canada as well) is hiring too, so the options are endless!
"Winter nights are long, Summer Days are Gone, Portage and Main, fifty below!
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forever immortalized a Winnipeg winter with their tribute to cold weather a few years ago. And I can't help but hum along as I read the , showing the fact that balmy is twenty degrees warmer than on this crisp Wednesday!What do hundreds of polar bears know, that hundreds of thousands of Winnipeggers don't?
I'm sure Sean at can shed some warm light on the situation for us!
Things must not be going well in negotiations (if negotiations is the right word for this lack of discussion) between the NHL and the NHLPA.
The usually ever optimistic Wayne Gretzky, Sunday night at the World Junior Hockey Championships in North Dakota.
Pinned down in the press centre, Gretzky expressed fears that not only this current season may be in jeopardy, but the beginning of the 2005-2006 one as well. Explaining that the players don't get paid from April to September, he suggested they would be less than interested in going back to work promptly in September, having survived over a year without pay what would be a few more months, possibly stretching over two years!
Not a rosy picture to greet the New Year is it!
Unless things have been happening under deep cover of secrecy, there seems to have been no effort made by either side to resolve the impasse, get back to a table and settle things as soon as possible. The clock is ticking, .
The end of January the last window of opportunity for North American pros to scramble aboard that European league lifeboat.
Should the two sides not make any progress by mid month, expect a swarm of North Americans to be stocking your favourite Swiss, Swedish, German and Italian league team. Before you know it you do may be chanting !
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Bring on the Bears!
Somehow it seems fitting that this will finish off with a one game, winner take all showdown between . With all due respect to our American friends, particularly as they've been such decent hosts this past week, but Canadians live and breathe for the chance to measure up hockey wise against the Nation to the North of us.
While a Canada/US matchup would have been boffo for the box office and would still have brought TSN some incredible TV ratings, don't think for a minute that everyone involved in Team Canada isn't licking their lips for the chance to go line for line with the Russian juniors.
Ever since we first started skating on the same ice surfaces as the Russians there has been something incredible about taking on the sons (and I guess now daughters too) of to name a few of the past leaders of empires past and present. Despite our now common familiarity with players from Russia in both the pro and amateur ranks there is still that extra feeling when they pull on their national sweaters and line up for the opening face off.
From , through the , to the , and the measure of Canadian hockey is always best answered with a victory over the Russians. A loss can send us into therapy and royal commissions for years, a win and all is well in the Great White North, our step is quicker our smiles brighter. Silly yes, but the importance of the game takes on much more intensity when the Red and White matches up with the Big Reds (now tastefully dressed in touches of blue and white as well!
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Tuesday night, another chapter in the great rivalry will be written. Team Canada has looked rather impressive thus far, with less coverage of the Russians we're not quite sure what kind of team will show up. This will be the ultimate pressure game for our young juniors, having not won a gold medal since 1997 there was more than enough to think about, you add on the arrival of the Russian team and we double our fun.
Brent Sutter and the assistants have done a remarkable job of keeping the team focused on the task at hand. They have cut through this tournament like a machine (comparisons to Russian teams of days gone by continue to be proclaimed) each player knowing his place, taking to his duties without missing a beat. The chance of nerves affecting this crew seems rather slim, instead we should sit back and prepare for a terrific display of hockey.
The at the end of their semi final game, a mistake in my mind. Despite the relative ease that Canada had in this tournament, they never once seemed to waste their time with that kind of silly behaviour. Russian was quick to the press on Sunday, busy reminding Canadians that they have never defeated the Russians in a Gold Medal game, making Sutters' job that much easier for Tuesday night.
The Russians had best have gotten the taunting thing out of their system, as they most likely won't be given much of a chance to replay it against Canada. If the Canadians stick to their game plan, stay focused on the prize there's more than a better chance we'll be hearing at the end of Tuesday night! !
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