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Lady Business With The Continental- SOCHI STYLE

2/17/2014

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The Continental

Oh hey, DGWUS readers, it’s me again, prepare to be greeted with some hot sports takes birthed straight from the fertile shores of my femininity.  If you live under a rock, or decided to sleep in on the only Monday in February that’s worth living for the US women’s hockey team beat the Swedes 6-1 with the US outshooting their opponents 70-9.  So scores took to twitter declaring it time to eliminate women’s hockey from the Olympics because parity doesn’t exist. 

Presenting my rebuttal, in easily digestible SEO optimized list form, it’s the only way to have discourse these days:

1. Sweden is a country of  9.5 million to the US’s 314 million! As of 2011 Sweden had 3,245 female players which is about as many kids go to high school at Williamsville North/South/East total.
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2. The Slovakian men lost to the US men 7-1 but no one gave a shit about parity then, probably because of the novelty of cheering in earnest for Ryan Callahan hadn’t worn off.  It’s more exciting to watch players we recognize versus faceless women we MAYBE only catch during the Frozen Four.

3. The parity argument again is a sexist sham, specifically Men’s Basketball.  In 17 tournaments the US Men won gold in 14, silver in 2 and bronze in 1; that 2004 bronze team was a ~national embarrassment.~

Point Differential of US by year: 12: +191 08: +161 04: +29 (they were murdered for this) 00: +146 96: +177 92: +229 (Dream Team)

— The Defenseman (@TheDefenseman) February 17, 2014
(@thedefenseman also points out no one had differentials above +50)

4. Before 1998 Canadian women won every World Championship but that year the US women won gold in the first Olympics that had women’s hockey and those teams have been pretty evenly matched since.

5. The US hit parity with Canada despite the fact WE DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT WOMEN’S SPORTS!  How many jokes use the WNBA as its punch line? How quickly did the Women’s Professional Soccer league fail? Who can name the winningest college basketball coach of all time?  But we sure as shit remember Brandi Chastain diving into the ground in her sports bra, because we always have the time of day to objectify women athletes. 
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My ONLY great sports memory from 1999
6. The primary reason the US has great women's athletics now is Title IX.  It took legislation to force universities and high schools to afford equal athletic opportunities for girls and boys.  Forty years after Title IX women’s participation in sports has increased 980%.
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7. OMG! THIS! WIN!

Avg age Team Sweden = 22.6 Team USA = 23 NHL = 27.5 Imagine how good they can be if given a chance to continue to develop post college #CWHL

— Caitlin Cahow (@OchoCahow) February 17, 2014
8. College is largely the only opportunity women have to play since pro leagues have largely been such a massive failure or entirely ignored.  The Canadian Womens Hockey League (which nine US roster members are a part of) doesn’t pay players, it covers: travel, ice fees, uniforms, and some equipment.
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9. Hockey presents specific economic challenges for all players: it’s extremely cost prohibitive.  Ice rinks are money pits to build and keep running,   For players to get to the rink, the ice time, equipment involved, league fees, etc, it adds up to a six figure hobby pretty quickly for travel players.  This point is also why there is a lack of diversity in hockey IMO but that is for another day.
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In a Nutshell
10.  Latent sexism, like latent racism is easy to deny and men have a really hard time getting past it, fuck, it’s something I struggle with too.  Critical thinking is something we should all strive for, the fastest way I’ve seen this happen for men is to have a daughter, but going to the library and picking up books by Audre Lorde or Judith Lorber is WAY cheaper.

My opinion is also biased: my 11-yr-old daughter plays hockey. Women's Olympic hockey gives her something to aspire to.

— Kevin Snow (@kwsnow) February 17, 2014
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Swan Song

2/7/2014

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The Barrister


I could wait on this, but I won't. Better writers than I with less acute emotional nonsense will tackle this, perhaps even here, and they'll do so with appropriate timing, eulogizing the player's departure when it becomes reality as opposed to jumping the gun with a preemptive shot of woe. 

Yes, I'm woeful at the idea of losing this player. When it happens, I'll probably (definitely) cry. I'll put on my circa 2010 Miller jersey and silently laud the memories he gave us while cursing the franchise that wasted his immense talent; a franchise that chose eyes-slammed-shut-there-will-be-better-days hope followed by incredible mediocrity followed by riding Vezina coattails followed by, we're told, suffering. Though it was all suffering, after all... watching a team achieve so very little while being led by one of the absolute best in the game.

Maybe watching Miller play with a better team will confirm what we've always known but what has been clouded by a squad so verifiably shit: that the dude has massive, bona fide chops. That all the talk of Henrik or Marty or Roberto or Quick was fine and all, but this player we had at our disposal was legit. Maybe watching him these next couple weeks will give us that confirmation. Fitting, then, that our goodbye starts in earnest while the rest of this nation of hockey fans can cheer with us. We're going to have to get used to other people cheering for him, and at least we get to give it one more shot.

I gave so few shits when Pominville left, perhaps a few more, but barely, when Vanek left. I was sad about Briere and Drury, but I was also incredibly stupid and thought that the team's magic remained fit to be sowed.  So, then, now? Left anticipating the likely departure of a player who stood taller for me than each of those guys is a feeling of hardened love for a team that is little else than a complete fucking waste, making it so very difficult to resign myself to watching Miller skate for another club and another fan base. 

We're fans, nothing more. Our money doesn't buy us anything except an open door and a seat, even if we wish to think we must be given more.  We deserved no better than we got these last eight years.

But Ryan Miller definitely did. 

And maybe that's all that's left when a player so good and so utterly hung out to dry is on the verge of leaving your club ... a community of shared disappointment and regret, desperately wishing that Miller might stay and, more importantly, that the Sabres would finally make it worth his while.   
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Sabres News: Salary Arbitration, Development Camp & Olympic Squads, Oh My!

7/6/2009

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The Apologist

MacArthur Accepts Salary Arbitration
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According to a statement from the NHL Players Association, forward Clarke MacArthur has accepted salary arbitration with the Buffalo Sabres.  Typically a player must have four years of NHL experience to be eligible for arbitration, but since MacArthur signed his first contract after turning 20, that term is reduced.

MacArthur just finished his first full season with the Sabres, but with no numbers to gasp at.  He finished the year with 17 goals & 14 assists in 71 games (Side note: he only missed three games the entire year, due to injury).  Over at Die By The Blade, this blogger has calculated MacArthur's worth to be in the $1-2 million range based on other players with similar season stats. 

Assuming blogging calculations aren't good enough for Tom Golisano to write a check out to, the Sabres & MacArthur will now have a hearing with a neutral third party to decide what salary he'll receive.  Once the hearing makes it's decision, the team will have 48 hours to either accept the deal or release MacArthur as an unrestricted free agent.  Our guess is Clarke will be back on the bench next season... but Lord only knows what sort of difference that will make.


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