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[Razorskin]

Six of the eight defenseman on Team Canada have more points than Rick Nash. WHY IS HE ON THE TEAM?

HE'S A MASTODON DAMMIT

 

[SpectreFire]

Not really surprised by Kunitz and Nash. They're banking off chemistry with Crosby and past performance from Nash.

 

[Socreges]

No Staal?

I don't think anyone's too surprised by Staal's absence. Hasn't had a great season and he's a center in a country with many amazing centers. Got bumped by wingers.

I think he's also struggled with injuries?

 

[MeBecomingI]

Duthie isn't letting Yzerman off the hook. Yzerman looks really uncomfortable here.

Smith? Ugh.

 

[yankeehater]

He's played 15 more games than Nash, it would be bad if he didn't

Even if you factor for those missed games G is averaging more points per game, plus it seems odd to take the guy that has been more injured.

 

[GSG Flash]

I think Lucic should have made it over Nash. He's a much better player at this point in time IMO.

And I still can't believe Kunitz made the team. It's painfully obvious to everyone that he's the beneficiary of playing beside Crosby, with Crosby being a player who can develop chemistry with any hockey player on the earth.

 

[Entropia]

I don't think anyone's too surprised by Staal's absence. Hasn't had a great season and he's a center in a country with many amazing centers. Got bumped by wingers.

I think he's also struggled with injuries?

He had the incident this summer at the World Championships (playing for Team Canada!) with the knee-on-knee from Edler. Though much like Nash, Staal is a "Team Canada" guy, so that's why I'm surprised he wasn't chosen.

He didn't exactly play himself off the team like Ward did (though he really did have injury issues).

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Duthie isn't letting Yzerman off the hook. Yzerman looks really uncomfortable here.

Smith? Ugh.

Smith will never see the ice.

 

[ukas]

7 Rangers made Olympic teams: Callahan, Stepan and McDonagh for USA, Nash for Canada (which I don't get), Lundqvist and Hagelin for Sweden, and Zuccarello for Norway.

Blues have 8

 

[calder]

Giroux and Nash are good examples of the simple fact that being hurt for a month is a LOT better than just sucking ass for a month during the selection process.

 

[Curufinwe]

When do we get the behind the scenes article with all the juicy quotes bashing the players who got left off?

 

[A Serious Man]

Kunitz is a good penalty killer, will throw his body around and knows how to play with skilled players. His best year was the year he was on a line with Malkin and Neal while Crosby was injured. Not saying he should have made it but I can see why. He's a role player that can score.

 

[kassatsu]

Jesus... cry more. Your Olympic team is fucking stacked.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Listening to Yzerman, I think affirmative action got Subban on the team. "He shoots the puck", let me talk about something else

 

[MeBecomingI]

Smith will never see the ice.

Unless one of the other two suck ass. In which case we are fuuuuucked.

 

[Socreges]

Did Duffy and Babcock colour coordinate? This is bizarre

 

[Coldnoodle]

Unless one of the other two suck ass. In which case we are fuuuuucked.

Cheering for Mike Smith.....ughhhhh

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Subban and Tavares is guaranteed gold medal.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Unless one of the other two suck ass. In which case we are fuuuuucked.

I wouldve liked the third spot to go to a goalie who won't play but who could possibly be the future back up/starter in 2018...kinda like how Quick was the third string for USA in 2010.

 

[calder]

Unless one of the other two suck ass. In which case we are fuuuuucked.

You realize the third goalie is not the backup right? This isn't an 82 game season, this is a short tournament. Mike Smith, along with Rick Nash and one other guy, is likely to watch the entire tournament in a suit and tie.

 

[Var]

At least my loyalties won't be divided between my Captain and my country now.

 

[Buba Big Guns]

So here's Russia:

Sergei Bobrovsky
Semyon Varlamov
Alexander Yeryomenko

Anton Belov
Alexei Emelin
Andrei Markov
Yevgeni Medvedev
Nikita Nikitin
Ilya Nikulin
Fedor Tyutin
Slava Voynov

Artem Anisimov
Pavel Datsyuk
Denis Kokarev
Ilya Kovalchuk
Nikolai Kulemin
Evgeni Malkin
Valeri Nichushkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Andrei Popov
Alexander Radulov
Vladimir Tarasenko
Alexei Tereschenko
Viktor Tikhonov

Solid team, surprised no Semin.

 

[MeBecomingI]

You realize the third goalie is not the backup right? This isn't an 82 game season, this is a short tournament. Mike Smith, along with Rick Nash and one other guy, is likely to watch the entire tournament in a suit and tie.

No shit. But you also need to be careful in case of injury or lack of performance. Not sure Smith could be that guy if it came to that. We saw how quickly Brodeur was replaced in 2010.

 

[DopeyFish]

^ if semin isn't scoring, what else is he good for?

 

[ActStriker]

Jesus... cry more. Your Olympic team is fucking stacked.

.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

^ if semin isn't scoring, what else is he good for?

Pregnancy and facials

 

[Merguson]

^ if semin isn't scoring, what else is he good for?

He can play the drums?

 

[OriginofHysteria]

So here's Russia:

Sergei Bobrovsky
Semyon Varlamov
Alexander Yeryomenko

Anton Belov
Alexei Emelin
Andrei Markov
Yevgeni Medvedev
Nikita Nikitin
Ilya Nikulin
Fedor Tyutin
Slava Voynov

Artem Anisimov
Pavel Datsyuk
Denis Kokarev
Ilya Kovalchuk
Nikolai Kulemin
Evgeni Malkin
Valeri Nichushkin
Alexander Ovechkin
Andrei Popov
Alexander Radulov
Vladimir Tarasenko
Alexei Tereschenko
Viktor Tikhonov

Solid team, surprised no Semin.

I hope Kulemin makinh the team makes him play better for the Leafs. I mean he's been solid already but maybe we can get that 30 goal scorer out of him.

 

[calder]

No shit. But you also need to be careful in case of injury or lack of performance. Not sure Smith could be that guy.

But why are you saying if one of the top 2 is bad Canada is fucked? Because Smith is the third goalie, not the backup.

Besides, if Price is bad for a couple of games and gets replaced and then Luongo shits the bed then guess what, tournaments already over.

 

[zedge]

Jesus... cry more. Your Olympic team is fucking stacked.

:lol Canadian first world problems. Our goalies are kinda shit though..

 

[ZeroGravity]

I wish they could put together a team of all the Canadian snubs, and have them actually beat the main roster.

 

[MeBecomingI]

But why are you saying if one of the top 2 is bad Canada is fucked? Because Smith is the third goalie, not the backup.

Besides, if Price is bad for a couple of games and gets replaced and then Luongo shits the bed then guess what, tournaments already over.

I meant to say both. If both Price and Luongo get hurt or can't perform, it would come to Smith. There are enough games for that situation to occur. Is it likely to happen? No. But Smith is a strange choice. But I digress.

 

[LevelNth]

Kuni / Sid / Stammer
Sharp / Toews / Tavares
Perry / Getz / Duchene
Benn / Bergy / Marleau
--
Carter / Nash

Keith / Webs
Piets / Bou
MEV / Drew
--
PK / Ham Ham

Lu / Carebear / Smith

PP1: Tavares / Sid / Stammer / Keith / PK
PP2: Perry / Getz / Toews / Piets / Drew

I think we're doing ok boys.

 

[fallout]

Holy shit at the negative hyperbole in this thread. I don't agree with all of it, but some of the reactions in here are pretty over the top.

Giroux and Nash are good examples of the simple fact that being hurt for a month is a LOT better than just sucking ass for a month during the selection process.

I see a lot of people complaining about Nash's points, but he missed over a month with a concussion. His PPG is a bit concerning, but he's played well since coming back.

 

[Cat Party]

Only mind boggling decision for Canada is Nash. Plenty of deserving players were going to get left off either way.

 

[calder]

I wish they could put together a team of all the Canadian snubs, and have them actually beat the main roster.

That... would actually never happen lol. There's half a really solid team left over, but let's not go crazy.

The whole "canada could field two teams that would challenge for gold" was always an exaggeration imo. Canada can field one great team and then have a pretty solid B team that could hypothetically, with a bit of luck, give Finland a scare in the quarter finals.

 

[Fata1moose]

Happy Duchene made it, go Canada!

 

[fallout]

Only mind boggling decision for Canada is Nash. Plenty of deserving players were going to get left off either way.

I'm a little more surprised at the Carter pick, but ... eh, if you want a good natural goal scorer, he fits the bill.

 

[KingHenrik30]

Even if you factor for those missed games G is averaging more points per game, plus it seems odd to take the guy that has been more injured.

Giroux's early drought hurt him

 

[MeBecomingI]

I'm so happy for Sharp though. Good for him.

 

[CrazedArabMan]

I'm glad about no Hedman (he's been bad for Team Sweden and isn't as good on big ice) and no Lehner makes sense but I'm disappointed Zibby didn't make it. Kruger is meh.

Roster and my speculation on lines beyond the confirmed center positions:

Sedin-Sedin-Steen
Zetterberg-Backstrom-Eriksson
Franzen-Berglund-Alfredsson
Landeskog-Kruger-Hagelin
Silfverberg, Jimmie Ericsson

Karlsson - Ekman-Larsson
Kronwall-Ericsson
Hjalmarsson-Oduya
Tallinder, Edler

Lundqvist
Enroth
Gustavsson

6 of those players are on one team, ONE!!!

And yet we still suck, not even an olympic roster can save us. :/

 

[Cat Party]

That... would actually never happen lol. There's half a really solid team left over, but let's not go crazy.

The whole "canada could field two teams that would challenge for gold" was always an exaggeration imo. Canada can field one great team and then have a pretty solid B team that could hypothetically, with a bit of luck, give Finland a scare in the quarter finals.

Canada could ice the two best groups of forwards. Goalies and defense is a different story.

 

[Lone_Prodigy]

Seems alright. Some bubble players made it, some didn't. Nice to see Hamhuis on the team.

 

[jello44]

At least my loyalties won't be divided between my Captain and my country now.

I never have this problem.

 

[Delryk]

Just heard Galchenyuk is out for 6 weeks

 

[ZeroGravity]

That... would actually never happen lol. There's half a really solid team left over, but let's not go crazy.

The whole "canada could field two teams that would challenge for gold" was always an exaggeration imo. Canada can field one great team and then have a pretty solid B team that could hypothetically, with a bit of luck, give Finland a scare in the quarter finals.

Probably not, but when Switzerland can take Team Canada's A team to a shootout, it's really not that far-fetched.

 

[Solo]

Jeff Carter and Chris Kunitz? And no Martin St. Louis or Claude Giroux? What?

Solid team otherwise though.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Probably not, but when Switzerland can take Team Canada's A team to a shootout, it's really not that far-fetched.

Jonas Hiller was pretty much the reason why it went that far.

 

[alexthekid]

That... would actually never happen lol. There's half a really solid team left over, but let's not go crazy.

The whole "canada could field two teams that would challenge for gold" was always an exaggeration imo. Canada can field one great team and then have a pretty solid B team that could hypothetically, with a bit of luck, give Finland a scare in the quarter finals.

if they tried to make 2 even teams, Both would be favourites

Canada could ice the two best groups of forwards. Goalies and defense is a different story.

Nah, i would say that centers and D are their deepest positions.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

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