Winter Olympics 2026

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Anyone hear following the Olympics? Favorite sport, curling? lol

1,146 medals up for grabs in 116 medal events.

I don't follow hockey enough to know if the USA is the favorite or not.
 

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Anyone hear following the Olympics? Favorite sport, curling? lol

1,146 medals up for grabs in 116 medal events.

I don't follow hockey enough to know if the USA is the favorite or not.
I try to watch curling. I'll watch the hockey too.

I think Canada is the favorite but the USA is right there and I dont think it would be a shock to win.
 

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best time zones. Can watch all day at work. Anything missed will be on prime time
 

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Skimo. I ski and I mountaineer and the ski mountaineers are the craziest people for combining both. I doubt it translates well to TV but I will definitely watch.
 

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Anyone hear following the Olympics? Favorite sport, curling? lol

1,146 medals up for grabs in 116 medal events.

I don't follow hockey enough to know if the USA is the favorite or not.
I like the winter a bit more than the summer... and yes, I freaking love curling. Hockey is by far the most hyped for me, though.
 

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Curling rules. Love hockey of course. All the bobsledding and skeleton events are fun too.
 

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Last time and only time I watched was with the original dream team. Other than that it's kind boring for me but I respect other people's choice to view them.
 

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Winter I think is more interesting, and exciting.
My favorite Olympic events are the pool in the summer and then,.... It's just a collection of almost everything in the winter. I could not care less about the track and field week of the summer... just me.
 

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I've attended 2 Winter and 1 Summer Olympics. Love them. Favorite winter events I saw were large hill ski jumping, 4 man bobsled and hockey. Favorite summer events were swimming and boxing. On TV I'll watch everything.
 

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Love the Olympics, best 2 weeks of sports ever. I remember Vonn having more of a mental battle during the games rather than physical issues
 

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I like the winter a bit more than the summer... and yes, I freaking love curling. Hockey is by far the most hyped for me, though.

Nice to have the pros back and we are due to win. Brock Nelson is from Warroad MN. His uncle and grandpa were on the two US gold medal teams. Time to shine!
 

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Canada vs USA in men's hockey is going to be outstanding, with Sweden icing a fantastic squad as well.

Canada has an enormous advantage up front with their forward group and boasts the world's best defenseman, but USA has the edge in overall defense and a sizeable edge in goaltending. Should be another outstanding matchup, as it was at 4 Nation's when Canada was without Macklin Celibrini and Shea Theodore and USA was without Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy. Both teams also had questionable omissions, with USA leaving high scoring snipers Jason Robertson and Cole Caufield off their squad, while Canada chose to leave young phenoms Matthew Shaefer and Connor Bedard back at home.

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltending for both squads...

Canada 🇨🇦

Celebrini-McDavid-Marner
Crosby-Mackinnon-Reinhart
Hagel-Suzuki-Point
Marchand-Bennett-Wilson
Horvat
Stone

Makar-Toews
Morrisey-Theodore
Sanheim-Parayko
Harley
Doughty

Thompson
Binnington
Kuemper

USA 🇺🇸

Tkatchuk-Eichel-Tkatchuk
Boldy-Matthews-Guentzel
Larkin-Hughes-Thompson
Keller-Trocheck-Connor
Miller
Nelson

Hughes-McAvoy
Werenski-Jones
Slavin-Faber
Sanderson
Hanifin

Hellebuyck
Oettinger
Swayman
 

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Robo not being on the team is a story for a reason.... I cannot believe he didn't make it.
 

IrishInOntario

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Robo not being on the team is a story for a reason.... I cannot believe he didn't make it.
I can't either. As good as the American defense and goaltending is, in order to compete with Canada you have to have high octane scoring ability and Robertson is the best U.S. goal scorer. When a guys like Trocheck and Miller make the team and Robertson doesn't, it leaves you scratching your head.
 

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Canada vs USA in men's hockey is going to be outstanding, with Sweden icing a fantastic squad as well.

Canada has an enormous advantage up front with their forward group and boasts the world's best defenseman, but USA has the edge in overall defense and a sizeable edge in goaltending. Should be another outstanding matchup, as it was at 4 Nation's when Canada was without Macklin Celibrini and Shea Theodore and USA was without Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy. Both teams also had questionable omissions, with USA leaving high scoring snipers Jason Robertson and Cole Caufield off their squad, while Canada chose to leave young phenoms Matthew Shaefer and Connor Bedard back at home.

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltending for both squads...

Canada 🇨🇦

Celebrini-McDavid-Marner
Crosby-Mackinnon-Reinhart
Hagel-Suzuki-Point
Marchand-Bennett-Wilson
Horvat
Stone

Makar-Toews
Morrisey-Theodore
Sanheim-Parayko
Harley
Doughty

Thompson
Binnington
Kuemper

USA 🇺🇸

Tkatchuk-Eichel-Tkatchuk
Boldy-Matthews-Guentzel
Larkin-Hughes-Thompson
Keller-Trocheck-Connor
Miller
Nelson

Hughes-McAvoy
Werenski-Jones
Slavin-Faber
Sanderson
Hanifin

Hellebuyck
Oettinger
Swayman
Watching South Park, I've learned that Canada is utterly evil and must be stopped in all areas, including hockey.

Hopefully we get another miracle on ice.
 

IrishInOntario

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Watching South Park, I've learned that Canada is utterly evil and must be stopped in all areas, including hockey.

Hopefully we get another miracle on ice.
You don't need another miracle. Your squad is neck-and-neck with ours. You simply need Hellebuyck to play big when it matters most and someone the likes of Matthews, Eichel or Boldy to carry the load offensively in the Big moments.
 
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