Olympics Vancouver 2010

The winter Olympics are finally here!! I know that they started a few days ago but I am still so excited that they have started. I absolutely love the winter Olympics. I am sure that most of you can figure out why without me saying why. It's obviously because of hockey! The only bad thing about the Olympics is that the NHL is on a 2 week break for them.

I am excited though because 3 of the Avs' players are representing their country! Paul Stastny for the USA, Peter Budaj for Slovakia and Ruslan Salei for Belarus. I want all three of those players to win the gold medal but only one can. Hopefully the US can bring home a medal if not the gold.



The hockey is going to be so tight this year though. Team Canada and Team Russia are probably the two favorites. Canada has Sidney Crosby, Martin Brodeur and Eric Staal. They have a lot on offense and an amazing goalie so it will be interesting to see if they can come home with a medal on home soil. Russia has three of the leagues best scoring guys that you could ask for. With Alex Ovechkin leading the way and Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk right behind him.

The United States has a pretty good chance though. They too have a lot of talent surrounding them. Leading them in goal is Ryan miller who is having an awesome season so far with the Buffalo Sabres. Other than Stastny, there is Zach Parise, Patrick Kane, Chris Drury and Jamie Langenbrunner on offense.

I am so excited for the hockey part of the Olympics to start tomorrow! It's going to be a fun competition between the teams! Hopefully the US can come home with the gold!