Saku Koivu to carry olympic torch

Bit of a random selection for a torchbearer but pretty cool.

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Hey, who'd you rather see, a multi medal winning Olympian who came back to his profession after beating cancer or Will I Am?

Good for Saku.

I'd rather see a Brit do it. If you really wanted to get a hockey player to carry it, Tony Hand would have been a good shout.

Yeah can't say I understand the reasoning behind picking a Finnish hockey player who plays in California especially when his sport is to do with the winter olympics not summer!

Still at least ice hockey gets some kind of recognition I suppose?

Granted it is a little left field. I'm actually disappointed that you're not down in Hillingdon representing me and cheering him on today, Homer!

I did consider going there and throwing some ducks at him

I would have paid for you to go down and throw ducks at him!

Wonder if he will get any mention on the british news channels.......

rugby-leafhockeyrocker wrote:Wonder if he will get any mention on the british news channels.......

Probably something along the lines of Bob Koivu....who the hell is he? (judging by the winter olympic commentators ability to say hockey names!)

or a Finnish celebrity (judging by the fact the beeb had no idea what ice hockey was during the games)

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=638581

So there you go...Saku is member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission.

Read the comments of the story. Not often Jack the Ripper gets a mention on nhl.com....

Hmmmm this could be the subject of one of our quiz questions.....

What do Saku Koivu, the summer Olympics and Jack the Ripper all have in common?