Team Canada - Favorite Player

Mine's Heatley.

Brendan Morrison

Mine's Heatley.


I agree :handclap:

Simon Gagne

Heatley for me also. Followed by Luongo.

Martin Brodeur :bow:

Brendan Morrison for sure.

Mike Fisher

Ryan Smyth and Brenden Morrow.. I just love all-round forwards who bleed their guts out out there.

Alexander Ovechkin, Canadian goal net tester.

Jose Theodore on the best on best...

Souray for this tournament

I'll give my favorite player for each country.

Russia: Kovalchuk
Slovakia: Chara
Czech Republic: Havlat
Belarus: Kostitsyn
Germany: Hecht
Slovenia: Kopitar
Sweden: Zetterberg
Finland: Jokinen
Ukraine: ??????
Kazakstan: Antropov
U.S.A.: Dipietro
Switzerland: Streit
Austria:?????
Latvia: Skrastins
Denmark:?????

Ed Jovanovski for me, with Simon Gagné being a close second.

Jovanovski too!

Heatley and Doan

Morrison --> Brodeur --> Smyth

1. Fisher :bow:
2. Thornton
3. Smyth

USA: Martin
Latvia: Tambeljevs
Slovenia: ?
Czech Republik: Straka
Germany:?
Switzerland: Aebischer :bow:
Kazakstan: ?
Sweden: Rhodin
Finland: Hentunen
Danmark: Damgaard
Ukraine: Shirjajev
Russia: Ovechkin
Austria: Brandner
Belarus: Koltsov and Kopat (Salo) :sarcasm:
Slovakia: Lintner :bow:

Simon Gagne, then Kirk Maltby.

Brodeur and Nash

Ryan Smyth - all action, gung ho superhero!!

Ryan Smyth - all action, gung ho superhero!!

"Whoa.... Must be Burt Reynolds or something..."

Awesome name.

Heatley and Smyth have been favourites since they broke onto the scene. I've also taken a liking to both Hannan and Regehr.

Heatley and Brodeur.

Jovo, then Morrison, then Morrow.

Gagné for me !

Gagné for me !

Ditto

Thornton baby!

Thornton, Doan, Heatley, Smyth, and Redden.

HM to Nash, Turco, Brodeur, and Regehr.

The Monster Nash for me..!

Look left.

Heatley, then Smyth

Heatley and Doan

Same here. I wish they played for my team. I love em.

Rick Nash.

Brodeur
Thornton/Jovo/Mo

Ryan Smyth

Gagne

Shane Doan -- great player, even nicer guy.

Shane Doan

I forgot Doan. I really like the guy. I'd give up alot to have him on my team.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/nemesis15/canadajersey.jpg

Check the name on the Canada jersey in the centre.

Away from Canada, Marco Sturm would by far be my favorite, but he's not playing at the World Championships this year.

Heatley and Nash

Jose Theodore on the best on best...

I agree very much there...

Alexander Ovechkin, Canadian goal net tester.

Word up.

Robyn Regehr :)

Well Fisher is my third or fourth favorite overall so he gets my vote but this team Canada has so many players i really like.

Ryan Smyth
Patrick Marleau
Robyn Regher

Love this team hopefully they take it.

Heatley and Brodeur

What makes you guys "like" a player? Is it their skills or personality?

Heatley: Stopped liking him as much after he demonstrated he's a moron and got Dan Snyder killed... are we forgetting this??

Ryan Smyth: Has heart, but might be the dumbest athlete in the world. His interviews offer zero insight and have the highest cliche/sentence ratio in hockey. I remember listening to him talk about the CBA and he had nooooo idea what the hell he was saying.

What happened to liking players with charisma?

My "favs" are brodeur and Doan. Both are insightful and funny when speaking to the press. Both are quite skilled.

Rick Nash and Joe Thornton !!

Rick Nash and Joe Thornton !!
:clap: also Heatley

Heatley and Nasher!!!!!

Rest of the World:

Sweden: Mats Sundin
Russia: Pavel Bure
Czech: Patrick Elias
Finland: Teemu Selanne
Germany: Marco Sturm
Slovakia: Pavol Demitra
USA: Mike Modano

Simon Gagne dropping the mitts today vs. Latvia. Definitley a suprise. :) Brodeur looked sharp and the team appeared to be improving.

Simon Gagné :handclap:

Fisher!!!

I like Hannan (he's the one on my jersey, if you didn't click the link) because 1) He's from near where I'm from. 2) He's really really god and doesn't get a lot of exposure for it. 3) I tend to root for/like players and teams that few others like. That's why I picked Sturm as my favorite NHL player off of San Jose when I could've picked Marleau or Nabokov or someone more prominent. That's why I Pick Germany as my favorite international team outside of Canada (well, that and my 1/4 German heritage), and why I picked Hannan as my favorite Team Canada player.

The only time I've bucked my underdog trend is liking Brule and Meszaros on the Giants.

What makes you guys "like" a player? Is it their skills or personality?

Heatley: Stopped liking him as much after he demonstrated he's a moron and got Dan Snyder killed... are we forgetting this??

Ryan Smyth: Has heart, but might be the dumbest athlete in the world. His interviews offer zero insight and have the highest cliche/sentence ratio in hockey. I remember listening to him talk about the CBA and he had nooooo idea what the hell he was saying.

What happened to liking players with charisma?

My "favs" are brodeur and Doan. Both are insightful and funny when speaking to the press. Both are quite skilled.

I think most people love him for what he brings on the ice wich is some of the best talent in the world.

"Ryan Smyth: Has heart, but might be the dumbest athlete in the world. His interviews offer zero insight and have the highest cliche/sentence ratio in hockey. I remember listening to him talk about the CBA and he had nooooo idea what the hell he was saying."

Sure, he isn't the most intelligent player when it comes to the media, but show some respect. Many players who spoke about the CBA have been too pro-NHLPA. For example, Iginla's comments haven't been great, but does that make him a moron?

Dumbest athlete in the world? Give your head a shake. :shakehead

Ryan Smyth: Has heart, but might be the dumbest athlete in the world. His interviews offer zero insight and have the highest cliche/sentence ratio in hockey. I remember listening to him talk about the CBA and he had nooooo idea what the hell he was saying.

lol, I think this is the reason a lot of people do like him. He has a child-like innocence about him, and he comes off as a big lovable goof in interviews

I have a tougher time finding someone on this Team Canada I don't like.

Top 3
Doan
Fisher
Souray

Alexander Ovechkin, Canadian goal net tester.
Hahahaha, good one Rob!!! Seriously though Heatley is my fave on the team.

Doan by a mile, and a half

I love the way Brodeur tends goal but if you are talking about personalities remember this guy slept with his wife's sister a couple years back.

I love the way Brodeur tends goal but if you are talking about personalities remember this guy slept with his wife's sister a couple years back.

Better than the puck bunnies which service the rest of the players!

Simon :yo:

Thornton, Nash, Brodeur

Heatley.

Simon :yo:

He's on the top of my list as well. I like Doan and Nash too.

Thornton by a mile! :yo:

Hannan, Nash, Marleau

Joe Thornton's my favorite. Other guys on the team that I'm a big fan of are Doan, Smyth, Morrow, Heatley, Walker, Jovo, Regher, Hannan, Redden, Phillips, Marleau and Brodeur. I like the rest but not as much.