Canada The Best in Hockey and Healthcare

The Winter Olympics came to a close and lots of records were broken in the Vancouver Games.  Team USA set a record for total medals, thank God for the X-Games events and the host Country Team Canada set the record for Golds.  Plus the Canadians showed that they still own hockey winning gold in  both the Mens and Womans. 

I'm sure Canada is breathing a sigh of relief especially those who work with or live near Ugly Americans.  No one does a victory lap like Americans do and couple that with the way those "woman" in Canada acted after beating Team USA, I would have been prank calling Canadians all night long. So you better be thankful for Sidney Crosby right about now.  

Canada feels about hockey the way the United States feels about basketball, although, Mr. James Naismith was actually Canadian (only Steve Nash apparently knew this).  We freakin own basketball and when we didn't, it pissed us off real bad.  So I understand how the Canadians must have felt when they lost last week to Team USA.  Give the American team their due they played with tons of heart and goaltender Ryan Miller was "standing on his head" (hockey lingo) until the Crosby goal. 

Bigger issue for me and others who like the Washington Capitals is Sidney Crosby continues to f-everything up for us. In the last year he and the Penguins eliminated the Caps on their way to a Stanley Cup and now he scores the decisive goal in the Gold Medal Game of the Olympics.  Did I mention he's only 22 years old?  He's in the Eastern Conference and he is on the franchise that owns (Penguins) the Caps in the Post Season.  He is an absolute pain in the ass!  

For many here in the States hockey is over until the next Olympics four years from now.  The fans that will stick around will likely see one of the more unpredictable finishes thanks to the two week break and a schedule that continues to cram games together. The NHL apparently trying to Capitalize on the Olympics decided why wait to get back at it and will play a game Monday night, Detroit @ Colorado.  Coach Mike Babcock you just won Olympic Gold what are you going to do?  Sorry Coach no time for Disney World your Red Wings play the Avalanche on the road.

Tomorrow, We tackle why the NFL Combine should be on the LOGO Channel.