MardyBum
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at least it's a prove they want the best team, and not just as many countries as possible, as has been suggested million times.
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If they wanted the best team they should've replaced Bellemare with a better player.
at least it's a prove they want the best team, and not just as many countries as possible, as has been suggested million times.
Among NHL players, there is not so much to pick from. Mueller, Yannick Weber, Holzer, and Marincin are the only other with some games in the NHL last season. And Ehrhoff or Seidenberg deserve to be there. They are incredibly experienced and is still solid defensemen.Also it would've been smarter to say replace some of the older players like Seidenberg with young players like Mirco Müller . Just an example pretty sure there are a couple of other young player that would be more fitting than washed up players way past their prime. Not the single one of the older players even had a good season.
I wonder why they didn't pick Lars Eller, Zemgus Girgensons, or Mikhail Grabovski for a Center position? They have only four centers on this team and Bellemare should be a healthy scratch.
I wonder why they didn't pick Lars Eller, Zemgus Girgensons, or Mikhail Grabovski for a Center position? They have only four centers on this team and Bellemare should be a healthy scratch.
Among NHL players, there is not so much to pick from. Mueller, Yannick Weber, Holzer, and Marincin are the only other with some games in the NHL last season. And Ehrhoff or Seidenberg deserve to be there. They are incredibly experienced and is still solid defensemen.
For you guys following Team Europe, where do you see Leon Draisaitl in the lineup?
Should be third line center, when there's only 4 centers on the team.
X - Kopitar - X
X - Nielsen - X
X - Draisaitl - X
X - Bellemare - X
This team is valued 85.5M in caphits and it's higher in player value than Finland (~68M) or Checzs (~71M) have.
Canada TOPs the tournamnet with ~150M valued team, but USA (~130M) isn't far away.
"I thought it was a good idea to put another competitive team together," Ehrhoff said. "It's just a fact that some of these nations wouldn't be as competitive if they were by themselves. So to put another good team like Team Europe into the tournament, I thought it was a good idea.
"Hockey players are very proud and very competitive athletes. Even though we are not representing our own country, we still will fight for the team and represent Team Europe well."
"It's always special," Draisaitl said. "As a young kid, you want to play for the national team and represent your country. With Team Europe, I think the World Cup is as big of a stage as there is in world hockey, and I feel really good to be a part of it."
I can predict lots of players boycotting this squad. What i perfectly understand. Streit already said he would dislike play for a team like this. I cannot see how players could be motivated to play for this strange team.
Maybe players who love to play?
Maybe players who love to play?
I'll be following the results just out of curiosity, but zero emotions for team Europe.