4 Nations Face-Off

[Stoner]

23 minutes ago, Sabres73 said:

Huh? It was obviously showing support for Canada's sovereign independence, and more a shot at Trump that the changed lyric "that only us command" obviously shows. Chantal supports Canada. Great job!

Too lazy to Google it but she also changed the one line of French she sang. At the very beginning. 

[shrader]

4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

Interesting that the article calls it "botched" when it was a deliberate change. Agree with it or not is your choice but it wasn't "botched", she changed it to ONLY US command as an obvious message. This is the first place I've seen it viewed negatively. It's gotten positive reactions overall. 

The parts that were botched were all those extra notes she added in at various parts for no reason whatsoever. 

[shrader]

@Sabres73, so you’re saying that you enjoyed that horrific attempt at stylizing the anthem? I call it an assault on my eardrums. 

[Sabres73]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

@Sabres73, so you’re saying that you enjoyed that horrific attempt at stylizing the anthem? I call it an assault on my eardrums. 

Yes, I thought it was fine, particularly the message it conveyed. 

[Sabres73]

You don't like the message that Canada doesn't want to be annexed by your fascist country? I don't effin' care Mr. Eye Rolls. Sorry about the loss of your democracy.

[Porous Five Hole]

52 minutes ago, Sabres73 said:

You don't like the message that Canada doesn't want to be annexed by your fascist country? I don't effin' care Mr. Eye Rolls. Sorry about the loss of your democracy.

Listen man, we all have nothing but love for Canada.  Literally no one wants to eff with y’all. The vast, vast majority of the board agrees with you.  
But you don’t need to be a 🍆 to the group because some internet stranger eyerolled you about Chantal singing a crappy rendition of your anthem. Regardless of the lyric switch, that was an objectively terrible anthem. No one could sing along because she was a diva.

Don’t let the stupid political noise paint a crappy picture of our love for you. 
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Edited yesterday at 05:28 AM by Porous Five Hole

[shrader]

12 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

Yes, I thought it was fine, particularly the message it conveyed. 

I’m not talking about the lyric change. Did you listen to the rest of the anthem? It was the worst I’ve ever heard other than someone who can’t actually sing. If only I had mentioned that in my first post… oh wait, I did. 

[Ogelthorpe]

12 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

You don't like the message that Canada doesn't want to be annexed by your fascist country? I don't effin' care Mr. Eye Rolls. Sorry about the loss of your democracy.

The United States of America is not a democracy.  It is a constitutional republic. Maybe you should educate yourself

[mjd1001]

53 minutes ago, Ogelthorpe said:

The United States of America is not a democracy.  It is a constitutional republic. Maybe you should educate yourself

To be fair, in most civics and history classes I grew up taking, 'constitutional republic', 'representative republic', 'representative democracy', and 'democratic republic' have all been used to descrive the government of the United states. I think the last two, having 'democracy' and 'democratice' as words in their title, lead one to use 'democracy'.  Its accepted not only socialy, but aslo in academia. 

So while it isn't wrong to say it is a constitiational republic, Democracy is widely accepted, with some derivitive basis in accuracy based on the above.

13 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

You don't like the message that Canada doesn't want to be annexed by your fascist country? I don't effin' care Mr. Eye Rolls. Sorry about the loss of your democracy.

Also, to be fair on the other side of it....the democracy wasn't really lost in the last election.  The country is getting what it, as a form of democracy', chose.

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, Ogelthorpe said:

The United States of America is not a democracy.  It is a constitutional republic. Maybe you should educate yourself

A Constitutional republic, is a form of democracy. 

[Demoted]

I thought this was a thread about the games instead it's about politics. SHAME!!!

[Crusader1969]

23 minutes ago, Demoted said:

I thought this was a thread about the games instead it's about politics. SHAME!!!

If it wasn't for politics the tournament wouldn't have been what it was. 
 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

On 2/22/2025 at 1:05 PM, Thorner said:

You can call it bigger than Hendersons if you want, too: you’d still be wrong. You are in the vast, VAST minority. Crosby’s is considered bigger, but you don’t agree personally. That’s ok! 

you literally can’t find polling online that doesn’t have the Sid goal vastly ahead 

I live in Halifax - the birthplace of Crosby, MacKinnon and Marchand (we don't brag too much about him .. 😉).  

I can assure you that no one here gives a fiddler's fart about 2010.  1972 was the height of the cold war, so that was a bit different, but similar to today in a way.

[JujuFish]

On 2/21/2025 at 4:17 PM, Thorner said:

It’s not that he isn’t bad if you want to win the cup. It’s that we have proof he’s good enough to be your best player when you win the cup 

“I’m so sad we had to settle for a guy capable of leading the Stanley cup playoffs in points while playing a dominant 2 way game”

Eichel was never dominant here. He has clearly continued to mature his game in Vegas.

That said, McDavid is the best player of the generation, and it's foolish to think we didn't have to settle for Eichel.  Downright lunacy.

On 2/21/2025 at 3:37 PM, klos1963 said:

Right,  you just keep whining about the draft of 10 years ago. 

Ah yes, I keep whining. I made one *single* post about it, which offended you. Now, go search through my post history and tell me when was the last time I whined about it.

 

[French Collection]

11 hours ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

I live in Halifax - the birthplace of Crosby, MacKinnon and Marchand (we don't brag too much about him .. 😉).  

I can assure you that no one here gives a fiddler's fart about 2010.  1972 was the height of the cold war, so that was a bit different, but similar to today in a way.

Canada had punched above its weight during WW2 but was fading militarily. The Cold War was on and this was an opportunity for our country to contribute. CCCP was a juggernaut in international hockey that we had yet to face on a best on best. To come down to the last 34 seconds in a must win game on foreign soil was a big moment.