World Cup of Hilarity

Hockey and sports news websites seemed to have ramped up the chatter today regarding the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.  While the handful of articles I sampled this morning were largely informational, speaking of the various teams that will participate and the appointment of Peter Chiarelli and Stan Bowman as managers of Team North America, TSN was quick out of the gate with what appears to be the first of approximately 9,826,371 internet articles projecting the lineups of the various teams.  The article itself is pretty straightforward and I'm not going to pay too much attention to their predictions until at least the 9 millionth article is posted but, oh man, the comments section below the article is chock-full of comedy gold.

This lad doesn't seem to realize that Team Canada and Team USA players will all be age 24+, as Team North America has exclusive dibs on those 18-23 year-old players.
It will be interesting to see if McDavid can play himself onto this team.And at whose expense.  My guess would be Duchene or O'Reilly.

There seems to be a bit of confusion as to what Team North America is for.  Will there be Mexicans?
Where's McDavid?
Conner will play his way onto this team and replace Taylor Hall
Now, I wonder which one of these centers Sean Monahan is supposed to supplant? Ha ha ha
Maybe they're in Mexico, having fake I.Ds made so they can play for Team Canada?

You may be surprised to learn that this poster has a Leafs logo on his avatar-thingy.
I'm really surprised that Dion Phaneuf and Bernier are not on this projected roster.  There is no doubt in my mind that they should be on Team Canada.  Why?  Phaneuf is an excellent D-man, a bonifide leader and an excellent hitter.  And as for Bernier, he's a Vezina Calibre Goalie.
One would expect a presumed Leafs fan has watched a game or two the last few seasons, as Phaneuf successfully led Toronto to a "bonifide" (sic) 15th-place last year.  As for Bernier, I intend to refer to him exclusively as VCG from here on.

Ryan orally plays for team BUG??
I don't even know how to respond to this.
Ummm, I think Ryan O'Reilly plays for Buffalo, not Bulgaria.
Ah, there we go, at least partly.  I'm still concerned about anyone except horn players that are playing "orally".

At least these guys were trying to be funny.
NDP candidate in Montcalm riding is in favour of Quebec national teams.  Does the NDP and Tom Mulcair endorse this position?
No Mike Richards?  The nerve of Team Canada not wanting Mike Richards on their team!
I love it when my sarcasm is served with a dash of current events.
m really surprised that Dion Phaneuf and Bernier are not on this projected roster. There is no doubt in my mind that they should be on Team Canada. Why ? Dion Phaneuf is an excellent D-man , a bonifide leader and an excellent hitter. And as for Bernier , he's a Vezina Calibre Goalie.


Where's McDavid?

It will be interesting to see if McDavid can play himself onto this team. And at whose expense. My guess would be Duchene or O'Reilly.

It will be interesting to see if McDavid can play himself onto this team. And at whose expense. My guess would be Duchene or O'Reilly.

It will be interesting to see if McDavid can play himself onto this team. And at whose expense. My guess would be Duchene or O'Reilly.

It will be interesting to see if McDavid can play himself onto this team. And at whose expense. My guess would be Duchene or O'Reilly.

54 minutes ago

rye'n...

if they weren't doing this ridiculous young guns thing mcdavid would be on this team.