| Okay, so I have spent how many weeks plopped in front of the television, watching hours and hours of Olympics? Even if you take watching every single men’s hockey game (being unemployed gives you that kind of time), I'll never get the rest back. So I might as well share with the world my thoughts during those medal ceremonies.
- Did the Olympics occur in Turin or Torino? I’m really confused on that one.
- Speaking of confusing, since when did medals turn into donuts? From what I heard, they probably taste better than the food served to the athletes. It's Italy! How can the food suck?
- Even people not watching the Olympics know about the "Chad vs. Shani" debacle. Chad, let it rest. He never even wanted to do the relay. Here's hoping we don’t have to hear from “the Paris Hilton of Speed Skating” for another four years. Congrats Shani.
- Did you JOINBODE.com? Look, Nike, if you are going to overhype an athlete before the summer games, can I apply? Because I won as many medals as Bode Miller, and I’m pretty sure I can party as hard as him, 'cause that’s all he did.
- Maybe I never paid attention in the past, but why does every U.S. Olympian resemble a movie star now? They are all good looking. Well, not all. The snowboarders were a bit rough. Especially that Flying Tomato fella.
- I paid the most attention to the Men’s Hockey tourney. Congrats to the Swedes. But really, no medals for North America? I knew the U.S. would have problems scoring goals, but Canada? Maybe in 2010, we can combine countries.
- Even though the ratings were down, I bet that if you took a poll, 100% of the people with HDTV’s tuned into the Olympics. Why? Because we’ll watch anything in HD.
And with the end of the Olympics, comes the end of the NHL Olympic break. Here is what I think will happen down the stretch to the Stanley Cup playoffs:
In the East, the top seven teams are a lock: Hurricanes, Senators, Rangers, Sabres, Flyers, Lightning and Devils. As of this ranting, two points separated four teams for the final spot: Canadiens, Leafs, Thrashers, Bruins. Take Montreal out due to goaltender problems. Toronto just won't have it. Atlanta’s surging offense should be able to push them into their first ever playoff.
In the West, the race isn’t as exciting. Look for the current eight teams to move on: Wings, Stars, Flames, Predators, Canucks, Avalanche, Kings, and Oilers.
As for the Stanley Cup winner? I'll keep with my preseason prediction of the Calgary over Philadelphia.
Lastly, I’m geeked over the baseball season approaching. Look out next month for my predictions on who the Yankees will beat in this year’s fall classic.
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