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...As of how they have played up to this point
Sakic-Thornton-Iginla the amazing talent line #1
Heatly-Spezza-Gagne the amazing talent line #2
Richards-Lecavlier-St. Louis the chemistry line
Staal-Tanguay-Bertuzzi the "grinders"
Kariya
Blake-Pronger the bone-crushers
Redden-Regher the reliability pair
Jovanovski- Niedermayer the point-getters
Foote
Brodeur
Turco
Luongo
Let me be first to say that this thread does not belong here. There is an international hockey forum.
Roccoman 12-08-2005, 01:54 PM Let me be first to say that this thread does not belong here. There is an international hockey forum.
let me be the first to say that if you cloned Iginla & Lecavlier & Redden you would only need to find a goalie.
wilka91* 12-08-2005, 02:09 PM and here we go, the "my Team Canada roster" thread number 35,678!!!
NyQuil 12-08-2005, 02:25 PM and here we go, the "my Team Canada roster" thread number 35,678!!!
It could be worse.
It could be another Ovechkin-related thread.
Crosbyfan 12-08-2005, 02:35 PM It could be worse.
It could be another Ovechkin-related thread.
Thread Idea:
Could AO make team Canada?
NyQuil 12-08-2005, 02:38 PM Thread Idea:
Could AO make team Canada?
Bleh, Crosbyites are no better. ;)
I want to hear about a rookie who isn't named: Crosby, Ovechkin, Svatos, Bochenski, Phaneuf, Lundqvist, Meszaros, Seabrook (is he a rookie?)...
Anyway, thread's in the wrong place, lock it down.
banana phone 12-08-2005, 02:54 PM Offense:
Gagne - Sakic - Iginla
a mix of everything on this line, and the three have tremendous chemistry and skil. Each player brings something else to the table, and they would mesh extremely well.
Heatley - Richards - Lecavalier
Richards is a very smart player, and could playmake for these two snipers. Heatley has shown that he deserves a spot on this team, and Vinny is one of the most naturally skilled players in the world.
Nash - Thornton - Doan
Provided Nash can come back, this would be a great checking line. Thornton proved in the WC that he can shutdown other players, and Doan is also solid. Nash would provide the scoring threat on this line, and it would be a big (but fast) line for opposing teams to deal with.
Crosby - Spezza/Staal - St. Louis
This would be a great energy line, as Crosby and St. Louis are INSANE skaters, as well as solid defensive players. Both centres deserve to go, and it is a toss-up for me.
Defense:
My top 6 would be:
Blake, Pronger, Regehr, Jovanovski, Redden, and Niedermayer.
7th spot to Phaneuf.
Goalies would be Brodeur, Luongo, Theodore/Turco/Cujo.
Vanucks 12-08-2005, 03:09 PM ...As of how they have played up to this point
Sakic-Thornton-Iginla the amazing talent line #1
Heatly-Spezza-Gagne the amazing talent line #2
Richards-Lecavlier-St. Louis the chemistry line
Staal-Tanguay-Bertuzzi the "grinders"
Kariya
Blake-Pronger the bone-crushers
Redden-Regher the reliability pair
Jovanovski- Niedermayer the point-getters
Foote
Brodeur
Turco
Luongo
Well, as long as each line has a nickname, then we should be set for the gold....
Thread Idea:
Could AO make team Canada?
yes.
slats432 12-08-2005, 03:32 PM Gagne-Sakic-Iginla
Nash-Spezza-Heatley
Richards-Lecavlier-St. Louis
Smyth-Thornton-Bertuzzi
Morrow(Yeah...surprise pick.)
Redden, Regher
Blake, Foote
Niedermayer, Pronger
McCabe(I know..another surprise)
Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph(Can't ignore his great season. And I hate the guy.)
HellsBells 12-08-2005, 03:36 PM Staal-Tanguay-Bertuzzi the "grinders"
I'm sorry but this is hilarious.
Tanguay & Bertuzzi grinders ?? Tanguay's as soft as hot butter and Bertuzzi doesn't know the word defence.
I'm sorry but this is hilarious.
Tanguay & Bertuzzi grinders ?? Tanguay's as soft as hot butter and Bertuzzi doesn't know the word defence.
note the quotations...."grinders"
russ4king 12-08-2005, 03:51 PM Alright, here is my take:
Forward Lines
:
Heatley - Spezza - Iginla
Gagne - Thornton - Staal
Crosby - Sakic - Smyth
Peca - Draper - Doan
Defence:
McCabe - Neidermeyer
Pronger - Jovonovski
Redden - Regehr
Spare forwards: Lecavalier, Savard
Spare D: Phaneuf
Goalies:
Luongo
Brodeur
Turco
SOL: Blake, Foote (both past their prime) Bertuzzi, Hannan, Stuart, St. Louis, (not playing well this year) Nash (injured) Joseph (Doesn't like being 3rd string goalie.
Crosbyfan 12-08-2005, 03:57 PM yes.
You have an eye for talent!
Raging Bull 12-08-2005, 04:06 PM Alex Steen - Mats Sundin - Eric Lindros
Darcy Tucker - Jason Allison - Jeff O'Neill
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Kyle Wellwood - Nik Antropov
Chad Kilger - Matt Stajan - Mariusz Czerkawski
Tomas Kaberle - Bryan McCabe
Carlo Colaiacovo - Ken Klee
Staffan Kronwall - Aki Berg
Eddie Belfour
Mikeal Tellqvist
CANADA'S TEAM BABY!
:sarcasm:
You have an eye for talent!
LOL.I think anyone could see his talent.
Oilerfan120582 12-08-2005, 04:09 PM Mine:
Gagne-Sakic-Iginla
Heatley-Spezza-Staal
St. Louis-Thornton-Crosby
Smyth-Lecavalier-Richards
Doan
Pronger-Blake
Niedermeyer-Redden
Foote-Regehr
Phaneuf
Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph/Turco
phlacheesesteak 12-08-2005, 04:22 PM at least some of u guys put captian canada on your rosters :shakehead
russ4king 12-08-2005, 04:23 PM It amazes me why so many people are putting Lecavalier, St. Louis and Richards in the lineup. The fact of the matter is none of them is having a great season. with the talent on that team, and the new rules (which should benefit all of them) only Richards is playing at a point a game pace. Not to mention that all three are one dimensional players.
Lecavalier should make it, but the others, I doubt.
And why are so many people putting Sakic on the top line? Maybe 4 or 8 years ago, but sakic today is no longer top line material. Granted he still has skill, there are other ahead of him at centre like Spezza, Staal and Thornton.
Coburnfan05 12-08-2005, 04:29 PM ...As of how they have played up to this point
Sakic-Thornton-Iginla the amazing talent line #1
Heatly-Spezza-Gagne the amazing talent line #2
Richards-Lecavlier-St. Louis the chemistry line
Staal-Tanguay-Bertuzzi the "grinders"
Kariya
Blake-Pronger the bone-crushers
Redden-Regher the reliability pair
Jovanovski- Niedermayer the point-getters
Foote
Brodeur
Turco
Luongo
Heatly-Spezza-Gagne the amazing talent line #2
I love that line.
Coburnfan05 12-08-2005, 04:32 PM Alex Steen - Mats Sundin - Eric Lindros
Darcy Tucker - Jason Allison - Jeff O'Neill
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Kyle Wellwood - Nik Antropov
Chad Kilger - Matt Stajan - Mariusz Czerkawski
Tomas Kaberle - Bryan McCabe
Carlo Colaiacovo - Ken Klee
Staffan Kronwall - Aki Berg
Eddie Belfour
Mikeal Tellqvist
CANADA'S TEAM BABY!
:sarcasm:
He did say the olympics not the Spengler cup. :sarcasm:
joe_shannon_1983* 12-08-2005, 04:50 PM Here is who I think will/should be picked:
*Lemieux* - Sakic - Iginla
Gagne - Richards - Heatley
Draper - Thornton - Bertuzzi
Smyth - Lecavalier - Doan
St.Louis
Pronger - Niedermayer
Blake - Foote
Redden - Jovanovski
McCabe
Brodeur
Luongo
Theodore
*If Lemieux decides not to go, then Crosby will get chosen.*
P.S. - It would be great to see Paul Kariya on the team. He is my favourite player. It would be a great Christmas gift to see him get chosen. But I just don't see it happening.
joe_shannon_1983* 12-08-2005, 05:09 PM Something I found interesting from Gretzky:
"I think the biggest change on our team today compared to 2002 and over the years is that (in 2002) we could take centremen and move them to the wing," he said. "You can't move them to the wing now (in 2006). We have so many good wingers now, there's no room to move them.
"We have centres now and we have wingers, and that's the way it's going to be."
"Everybody wants to add guys to the team," Gretzky said. "And that's great, but who gets taken off? We can only have seven defencemen. We can only really have four centremen and unfortunately, when you add guys, you have to take guys off and that's where it becomes really difficult."
Is Gretzky dropping subtle hints that Crosby, Spezza, and Staal will be left off of the team? Is Gretzky trying to gently let everyone down, everyone who wants these young players on the team?
I just can't see any of those 3 players supplanting Sakic, Lecavalier, Thornton, and Richards at centre. And with possibly only 4 centreman being taken, that translates to no Crosby, no Spezza, and no Staal on the team.
Alex Steen - Mats Sundin - Eric Lindros
Darcy Tucker - Jason Allison - Jeff O'Neill
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Kyle Wellwood - Nik Antropov
Chad Kilger - Matt Stajan - Mariusz Czerkawski
Tomas Kaberle - Bryan McCabe
Carlo Colaiacovo - Ken Klee
Staffan Kronwall - Aki Berg
Eddie Belfour
Mikeal Tellqvist
CANADA'S TEAM BABY!
:sarcasm:
I think he meant for 2006, not 1967.
Sotnos 12-08-2005, 05:34 PM It amazes me why so many people are putting Lecavalier, St. Louis and Richards in the lineup. The fact of the matter is none of them is having a great season. with the talent on that team, and the new rules (which should benefit all of them) only Richards is playing at a point a game pace. Not to mention that all three are one dimensional players.
Lecavalier should make it, but the others, I doubt.
That's not what Quinn was implying when he was in town last week. :)
Shane 12-08-2005, 05:40 PM I'm sorry but this is hilarious.
Tanguay & Bertuzzi grinders ?? Tanguay's as soft as hot butter and Bertuzzi doesn't know the word defence.
That's ridiculous. I'm sure Bertuzzi knows the word defence. Unfortunately, he thinks it's slang for "the fence".
arrbez 12-08-2005, 05:50 PM That's not what Quinn was implying when he was in town last week. :)
That's true, I think they'll all be there. But I also think that based on their play this season that no more than one or 2 of them should go. They havn't been bad, but there's been guys who have been a lot better so far
Instead of those chumps, I say we put Avery, Tucker, and Barnaby as our third line. :bow:
Vanucks 12-08-2005, 06:00 PM That's ridiculous. I'm sure Bertuzzi knows the word defence. Unfortunately, he thinks it's slang for "the fence". :biglaugh: Nice.
Lecavalier Sakic Iginla
Gagne Spezza Heatley
Bertuzzi Richards St Louis
Smyth Thornton Marleau
Staal
Niedermayer Pronger
Redden Blake
Regher McCabe
Phaneuf
Brodeur
Luongo
Belfour
Captain Jerome Iginla
Assistant Joe Sakic
Assistant Scott Niedermayer
Assistant Rob Blake
My team Canada.
borrachon 12-08-2005, 06:51 PM I don't really care as long as Brodeur is the #1 and Bertuzzi watches on TV.
David 12-08-2005, 08:27 PM If I were picking the team...
Iginla/Sakic/Gagne
Crosby/Spezza/Heatley
Draper/Doan/Smyth
Thornton/Lecavlier/Richards
Spare - Nash
Blake/Foote
Niedermeyer/Reghier
Pronger/Redden
Spare - Bouwmeester
Brodeur
Theodore
Luongo
My explanation for some of the choices.
Crosby and Thornton over Stall and St. Louie.
If you base the team selection on performance to date, Stall clearly gets the call. However, Stall brings a lot of the same qualities that Thornton brings...and at this point, I'd take Thornton over Stall and Thornton also has more international experience than Stall.
On the big ice surface, Crosby's speed, agility and tenacity will be a key asset. I think that Crosby's explosiveness and enthusiasm will benefit the team sort of like Theo Fleury did in previous Olympics. While the rest of the team takes time to re-learn to play on the international ice and get going, Crosby's natural ability will kick in right away like Fleury's did and give our team a fighting chance in the early goings. I think that Crosby will be better in this regard and faster than St. Louis, who hasn't been as dynamic as during his MVP season.
Also, Crosby's shootout prowse will be more important than Stall's or St. Louis'.
Nash over Bertuzzi and Stall
Nash doesn't really belong there based on this season and I think that it will be a while before he gets going but I would prefer him over Big Bert since Nash's shown that he fits in very well with Thornton. Also, Bert has not shown that he can play at this level, on the Interanational ice, let alone shown that he can excell in the new NHL so far.
Nash is more of a goal scorer while Stall is more of a all around player. We need more snipers on this squad since most top players for Canada are centres or converted centres who are more set up oriented.
J-Bo over Jovocop and McCabe
Although he hasn't shown it this year, JBo has shown at the last World Cup that he could be better than most of the defensemen listed here and certainly better than Jovocop who was mistake prone at that tournament.
I'm not sure McCabe has enough natural talent to quickly learn to play on the international ice at this level of play. He's scored a lot of points in the new NHL but at least in my mind, verdict is still out on him and he's more one dimensional than all the others listed here.
JBO doesn't score alot yet, but he's a better defender than the two listed here and he's more all around. Also, this would be key for the next Olympics to have a young guy like JBO get some experience. You might argue Phaneuf but as good as Phaneuf is, he's still very green and has shown that he can compete at this level on the Olympic ice...and frankly, JBo is a better all around defenseman at this point.
Theodore and Luongo over Joseph
As good as Joseph has been this year, he's always struggled when put on the high pressure, must win situation. Sorry to say because he's a super guy but Joseph's just not a winner. He blew it at the '96 World cup, he blew it at Salt Lake City and he's blown it on lesser stages during his NHL career. There are also bitter feelings between Joseph and Quinn and the rest of the coaching staff no matter who denies it.
Theodore has won in internation tournaments before. I believe he was the last Canadian goalie to win the Gold at WJC before last year's all star squad.
Same for Luongo. Although he's only won a Silver on a favoured team at WJC, he's learned how to win and has won Gold at World Championships and proved that he can handle the pressure at last year's World Cup as well.
So there it is. My team if I were Wayne Gretzky.
The Hamburglar 12-08-2005, 08:56 PM Crosby/Spezza/Heatley
.
Heatley would get a hat trick every game with those two guys passing him the puck.
Hedberg 12-08-2005, 09:04 PM G: Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Marty Turco
Injury Replacement: Curtis Joseph
D: Rob Blake, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Ed Jovanovski, Wade Redden, Robyn Regehr, Dion Phaneuf
Injury Replacement: Bryan McCabe
F: Simon Gagne, Joe Thornton, Rick Nash, Jarome Iginla, Joe Sakic, Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards, Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Smyth, Shane Doan, Patrick Marleau
Injury Replacement: Eric Staal
Edit: I'm surprise no one has Shanahan on their roster. He has lots of goals this year
Chfan 12-08-2005, 09:38 PM Kariya's not even in 1 list??? :shakehead
barfy2000 12-08-2005, 09:48 PM Captain Jerome Iginla
Assistant Joe Sakic
I hate to burst your bubble, but Sakic will be captain if Lemieux doesnt play....Jaromes time will come, dont worry..
oh and even though i dont like the guy that much, Bryan McCabe deserves a spot on the roster, even if it is only as 7th dman.
David 12-08-2005, 09:49 PM Heatley would get a hat trick every game with those two guys passing him the puck.
And that would make me happy!
wildone26* 12-08-2005, 09:54 PM Nash-Thorton-Gagne
Heatley-Spezza-Iginla
Richards-LeCavalier-Sakic
Smyth-Lemieux-Draper
Spares: St. Louis, Bertuzzi, Tanguay, Marleau, Staal
Pronger-Niedermayer
Foote-Blake
Redden-Jovanovski
Spares: McCabe, Haanan, Rhegher
Luongo #1
Brodeur #2
Theodore #3
My first so-called spare is the 13th forward, 7th defenceman, or even 8th defenceman if they go with only 12 forwards. After that they are in order if there are injuries.
CB420 12-08-2005, 11:23 PM I hate to burst your bubble, but Sakic will be captain if Lemieux doesnt play....Jaromes time will come, dont worry..
oh and even though i dont like the guy that much, Bryan McCabe deserves a spot on the roster, even if it is only as 7th dman.
yeah thats what I think to, hands down in Mario does feel he can play by the time feb. comes around, but if hes not playing he will decide tho after he gets healthy from his heart problem thing, but he hasent made any decison yet tho, Gretz said today they are gonna meet with Mario and crew tomorow and probably know more then, but yeah Joey Sakic wears the C, Buranby Joe :D
Coburnfan05 12-09-2005, 08:30 AM Lecavalier Sakic Iginla
Gagne Spezza Heatley
Bertuzzi Richards St Louis
Smyth Thornton Marleau
Staal
Niedermayer Pronger
Redden Blake
Regher McCabe
Phaneuf
Brodeur
Luongo
Belfour
Captain Jerome Iginla
Assistant Joe Sakic
Assistant Scott Niedermayer
Assistant Rob Blake
My team Canada.
Sakic, Niedermayer, Blake, Pronger, Smyth,or Foote should all be the captain over Iggy.
Viflux 12-09-2005, 10:44 AM Not to mention I've never heard of Jerome Iginla.
Macman 12-09-2005, 10:50 AM Not to mention I've never heard of Jerome Iginla.
You serious?
katodelder 12-09-2005, 11:03 AM Tanguay-Sakic-Iginla
Gagne-Thornton-Doan
Draper-Lecavalier-St. Louis
Smyth-Richards-Heatley
Crosby
Pronger-Blake
Niedermayer-Foote
Redden-Regehr
Jovanovski
Broduer
Joseph
Luongo
therealdeal 12-09-2005, 12:18 PM You serious?
Its Jarome, not Jerome.
:)
Charge_Seven 12-09-2005, 01:52 PM He did say the olympics not the Spengler cup. :sarcasm:
I'll take whatever Cup I can get right now...
Iginla for Mayor 12-09-2005, 02:05 PM Nash, Draper, Maltby, and Peca have no right having their names mentioned here.... unless Nash comes back from his injury and scores 4 goals a game until olympics... then maybe... team should be this:
Tanguay- Sakic- Iggy
Gagne- Thorton- Doan
Smyth- Spezza- Heatley
Lecavalier- Richards- St. Louis (this line, although ont performing that well this year, has amazing chemistry... plus they seem to have a winning history together)
Extras should be LW- Kariya , C Marleau, Staal RW- Bertuzzi....
Defense should be:
Foote- Blake
Pronger- Neidermayer
Redden- Regher
Extras should be Jovo and McCabe
Goalies should be:
Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph (he has earned it this year)
big_steve 12-09-2005, 09:06 PM I expect the team to look something like this:
Simon Gagne-Joe Sakic-Jarome Iginla
Rick Nash-Joe Thornton-Dany Heatley
Brad Richards-Vincent Lecavalier-Martin St. Louis
Todd Bertuzzi-Kris Draper-Shane Doan
13th Forward: Sidney Crosby
Chris Pronger-Scott Niedermayer
Rob Blake-Wade Redden
Ed Jovanovski-Robyn Regehr
7th Defenseman: Adam Foote
#1 Goalie- Martin Brodeur
#2 Goalie- Roberto Luongo
#3 Goalie- Curtis Joseph
alecfromtherock 12-09-2005, 11:29 PM I am in agreement that Marty, Vinny and Richards should stay together as on Olympic line.
Gagne Sakic Iginla is a popular choice for the first line and few can disagree with that.
Mario should do ala Stevie Y. And step down from the team.
That leaves 2 forward lines to be filled.
Thornton and Spezza should be the other 2 centres with Staal as the 13th
Gagne Sakic Iginla
Smyth Thornton Bertuzzi*
Kairya Spezza Heatley
Marty Vinny Richards
Staal
* couldn’t think of anyone else(Ryder possibly but his chances are slim, 2010 mark it down :) )
Spezza and Heatley both deserve to be on the team and playing on the same line.
D and the goalies seem pretty well covered.
Canuck21t 12-10-2005, 11:16 AM Simon Gagné - Joe Sakic - Jarome Iginla
Rick Nash - Jason Spezza - Dany Heatley
Vincent Lecavalier - Brad Richards - Martin St-Louis
Eric Staal - Joe Thornton - Patrick Marleau
13th Forward: Sidney Crosby
Scott Niedermayer - Bryan McCabe
Wade Redden - Rob Blake
Chris Pronger - Dion Phaneuf
7th Defenseman: Jay Bouwmeester
Martin Brodeur
Roberto Luongo
Curtis Joseph
If Rick Nash is still not healthy, add Alex Tanguay or Paul Kariya.
Shane 12-10-2005, 04:23 PM Burnaby Joe for Captain. If he isn't, I'll cheer for another team.
Ronald Pagan 12-10-2005, 04:34 PM Sakic wears the C.
Iggy and Neidermayer with the As.
big_steve 12-10-2005, 04:44 PM Here's the team I would go with.
Simon Gagne-Joe Sakic-Jarome Iginla
Ryan Smyth-Jason Spezza-Dany Heatley
Rick Nash-Joe Thornton-Shane Doan
Brad Richards-Vincent Lecavalier-Martin St. Louis
13th Forward: Kris Draper
^^^
Gagne-Sakic-Iginla would be the top line while the other three are in no order.
Chris Pronger-Scott Niedermayer
Rob Blake-Wade Redden
Ed Jovanovski-Robyn Regehr
7th Defenseman: Adam Foote
^^^
No change from the team I predicted earlier.
#1 Goalie- Martin Brodeur
#2 Goalie- Roberto Luongo
#3 Goalie- Curtis Joseph
Bruin Stain 12-11-2005, 09:31 AM at least some of u guys put captian canada on your rosters :shakehead
i agree if we don't take smyth i'm going to puke.this guy does it all.
Lecavilier_4 12-11-2005, 09:41 AM Gagne - Sakic - Iginla
Nash - Richards - Heatley
Smyth - Lecavalier - St. Louis
Thornton - Madden - Doan
Extra: Spezza
Pronger - Niedermeyer
Blake - Redden
Jovanoski - Regehr
Extra: Boyle
Brodeur
Luongo
Extra: Joseph
RingWraith 12-14-2005, 04:58 AM I don't understand how some players being listed here keep getting rementioned over and over. One-dimensional players that had one good season, or are on some once in a lifetime hot streak don't deserve to be even mentioned in this thread. Or at least not more than in one instance. This is the freaking OLYMPICS, not some NHL fling with Columbus or St. Louis.
I have great reservations about moving players from their natural position(s) while there are over abundances of experienced and skilled players very capable of filling the voids. Certain players should not be forced into roster slots just for the sake of having their name on the ice. That's ridiculous, and unfortunately something that Team Canada organizers and fans seem to be gearing towards. Why? I have no freaking clue.
Kariya - Sakic - Iginla
Gagne - Thornton - Heatley/Shanahan
Heatley/Shanahan - Richards - St. Louis
Smyth - Marleau - Doan
Extra: Bertuzzi/Nash
Rob Blake
Scott Niedermayer
Adam Foote
Wade Redden
Ed Jovanovski
Robyn Regehr
Extra: Chris Pronger
Brodeur
Turco
Jospeh
wildone26* 12-15-2005, 11:31 AM Now that it seems certain Rich Nash will have played ZERO hockey at the time they make the selection, it is impossable for him to be picked for the team I would imagine. Wouldnt that be right? :dunno:
joe_shannon_1983* 12-15-2005, 12:05 PM Now that it seems certain Rich Nash will have played ZERO hockey at the time they make the selection, it is impossable for him to be picked for the team I would imagine. Wouldnt that be right? :dunno:
Impossible? No. I think he still has a decent chance at being named. Which is too bad considering the fact that he shouldn't be named due to all of the players he would be keeping off.
flambers 12-15-2005, 12:05 PM Now that it seems certain Rich Nash will have played ZERO hockey at the time they make the selection, it is impossable for him to be picked for the team I would imagine. Wouldnt that be right? :dunno:
nope, I bet he is selected for the team. If I remember correctly Ryan Smyth was named last time and he had a broken ankle at the time.
wildone26* 12-15-2005, 12:23 PM Impossible? No. I think he still has a decent chance at being named. Which is too bad considering the fact that he shouldn't be named due to all of the players he would be keeping off.
If he had played some hockey before now, and been playing well I would have no problem with him being picked, he was awesome at the World Championships last year, and the summer evaluation camp. However now is too late IMHO. Atleast that is how it SHOULD be. Given that Crosby supposably deserves to be on the team over Staal and Spezza, and that Rick Nash supposably deserves to be on the team playing almost no hockey this fall, the criteria they are using to pick the team escapes me at this point. :dunno:
therealdeal 12-15-2005, 12:49 PM If he had played some hockey before now, and been playing well I would have no problem with him being picked, he was awesome at the World Championships last year, and the summer evaluation camp. However now is too late IMHO. Atleast that is how it SHOULD be. Given that Crosby supposably deserves to be on the team over Staal and Spezza, and that Rick Nash supposably deserves to be on the team playing almost no hockey this fall, the criteria they are using to pick the team escapes me at this point. :dunno:
The more I hear guys like MacKenzie and other reporters talk, the more I think that Nash will be on this team.
He doesn't exactly deserve it because of this NHL season, but he is amazing, the Olympics are over 2 full months away, baring another random injury he should be back in full form. Also, he's a winger, that helps him a lot.
wildone26* 12-15-2005, 12:56 PM The more I hear guys like MacKenzie and other reporters talk, the more I think that Nash will be on this team.
He doesn't exactly deserve it because of this NHL season, but he is amazing, the Olympics are over 2 full months away, baring another random injury he should be back in full form. Also, he's a winger, that helps him a lot.
Well if they name Nash to the team he had better produce well or there will be questions over whether he should have been included considering his long layoff with two seperate injuries this year. If he does get picked hopefully he plays with Thorton again. The one full games, and two half games he has played he has not even scored a point as well, and he is not really a 2-way player, but then again neither are Crosby and Spezza who seem to be getting more attention than Staal who is, so :dunno:.
joe_shannon_1983* 12-15-2005, 01:00 PM If he had played some hockey before now, and been playing well I would have no problem with him being picked, he was awesome at the World Championships last year, and the summer evaluation camp. However now is too late IMHO. Atleast that is how it SHOULD be. Given that Crosby supposably deserves to be on the team over Staal and Spezza, and that Rick Nash supposably deserves to be on the team playing almost no hockey this fall, the criteria they are using to pick the team escapes me at this point. :dunno:
I think that they might end up picking a team based on hype, favouritism, marketing, and media/fan pressure. That may end up being their criteria for picking the team.
That is how you could end up seeing some of the players picked that end up being picked, all while other deserving but less hyped and less glamourous players get left off.
wildone26* 12-15-2005, 01:08 PM I think that they might end up picking a team based on hype, favouritism, marketing, and media/fan pressure. That may end up being their criteria for picking the team.
That is how you could end up seeing some of the players picked that end up being picked, all while other deserving but less hyped and less glamourous players get left off.
Sadly you are very likely right. I dont recall past Team Canada's being picked that way, or atleast feeling they were. Sure there was a debatable choice or two, but you really got the feeling they tried their very best to pick a team on merit, who were the best players to fill the alloted spots, or who were the players that fit a specific "role" better than others. This years edition, especially with all the "newbies", relatively speaking that is to the elite game, from all rumours and hints, seems to be one that will based more on what is promotable, marketable, who has the right connections, and who has that "image" right now.
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