It's downright Canuck for Canadians to recognize when the competition is "ragging the puck" during a hockey game. And Canadians may be reminded of ragging the puck while watching the maple syrup-slow progress of negotiations between Canada and the US on removing the "Buy American" provisions currently in Obama's stimulus bill.
As hockey fans well know, ragging the puck is the act of retaining the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score as a deliberate tactic intended to run the time on the clock.