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Canada actually played well against Russia but Nabokov had a great game and Russia was strong that year.
Luongo should have started every game.
It was not 1991 leaving Yzerman home or Messier in 1998 (Oates-Francis at other moments)
Who outside rookies in their prime, healthy, did Canada leave out.
Spezza-Staal traveled.
Marc Savard, Cheechoom, old Kariya ?
Of the top 15 Canadian players with the most points in the 2006-2007 season:
Thornton
Crosby
Heatley
Savard
Sakic
Lecavalier
Spezza
Staal
Marleau
St-Louis
McDonald
Cheechoo
Iginla
Kariya
Richards
The rooki Crosby, Savard, McDonald, Cheechoo, Kariya missed. Cheechoo-Crosby season start were not like the second half.
Lot of player picked over the left out of that list were not less talented (Nash, Gagne), maybe Boyle would help with no Niedermayer but him and Campbell are not like not having Coffey or Bourque like of some previous teams.
Changing the Draper, Smyth for Brind'amour, Smyth for that version of Kariya, you still have that group playing defense... put the 2010 or 2014 Canada Ds in there, change Sakic and Iginla for their 2002 version, Brad richards for Olympics Toews, Bertuzzi for a big time scorer and Draper-Smyth-Doan do not look like an issue anymore
Kariya became "old" Kariya really early in his career, his last top 10 in points was in 2000 and he never got close after 2003.He was not "old" then, as someone said