| 2026 Mens Olympic Team [message #848876] |
Mon, 08 December 2025 19:21  |
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 Skookum Jim
Messages: 5593
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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So.. apparently the IOC has totally f'd up the hockey facilities in Italy..
Construction is late.. still not functional.
I criticize the NHL all the time.. but they have been after the IOC since the summer about the facilities.. and the IOC just brushed them off.. arrogant clowns that they are..
Rink is 4 ft. SHORTER than an NHL rink.. why?.. how?.. does nobody review a design drawing?
The TWO rink facilities they have built there.. are not intended to operate as rinks after the games.. so.. the ice plants they will install are TEMPORARY units .. not permenent.. so the integrity of the ice during the games is very much in question.. based on their incomptenec in building the rink the likelyhood the ice plants are undersized and will experience major operating bugs when running continuously at full capacity .. is very high.
There is real potential the NHL will refuse to play and the Olympic hockey will play somewhere else.. maybe even North America.. easier.. all the players are here alreaady. F the money grubbing IOC.
They have 8 years to build this thing and its a total F up.. should have been operating a year ago and hosting test events..
[Updated on: Mon, 08 December 2025 19:22]
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