Olympics: Canada Roster Announced

[Freudian]

Very good team. Will be hard to beat.

 

[smokes lets go]

i can see this team from a DRW pov. playing against kieth-seabrook and toews last year and how well they did as well as how awesome morrow played in that playoffs against detroit the other year before he tore his acl last season.

 

[Ticonderoga]

Really surprised Jbo is not on the team.

I like the forward core but not so much the D.

This is a interesting team, beatable by some of the other big clubs.

 

[theaub]

My background.

GREAT WHITE LINE WOO

I wish I had skills like that so I could do a Toews/Keith/Seabrook one

 

[Espen]

No Ryan Smyth? No Marty St.Louis? No Brad Richards?

Wow....

 

[Peacock]

You know what, the more I look at the roster the more I like it. My biggest gripe was with the no St-Louis, but I kinda like the structure of this team.

 

[tiredman]

No St. Louis ?
Staal ? That's the biggest surprise for me.

 

[Vote for Rory]

love the picks, with guys like Yzerman, Babcock, Ruff and Hitch behind the picks, you know they are the rights choices.

 

[Meganuck*]

Wow. I'm shocked there's no Penner.

 

[Smokies430]

No Gretzky or Messier ?? And this team is sunk with no Habs players

 

[NDiesel]

I wonder how many people who are saying Bergeron doesn't deserve to make it have actually watched him play and aren't looking only at is stats...

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

Seriously replace Bergeron and Toews with Horton and Weiss.. jesus!

Bergeron and Toews will likely be shutdown forwards and have the fifth and sixth highest faceoff percentage in the NHL.

Can Weiss and Horton play in a shutdown role?

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Oops. Totally forgot guys, no discussing hockey on the hockey discussion board.

Remember, the people whose job it is to do these things are never wrong. That is why every team wins the Cup each year.

Hey, that guy's favorite pastime is complaining every time someone has a different opinion than him, I wouldn't worry about it as some people only post on message boards to agree with each other.

 

[Siberian]

I understand this is a team that is built with Russian roster in mind. Which line is the one to play against Ovechkin? I thought Doan did a good job on Ovechkin when they played last time, so without him who would take on that role?

 

[Myke]

Wow. Staal and Bergeron over Fisher and St.Louis? Not if I was choosing. Rest of the team looks great of course.

WIth the calibre players left off the team I am unsure if Fisher was given any heavy consideration.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Morrow is the only questionable one from my POV...

I think it was down to him and Shane Doan. They obviously wanted a gritty, crash and bang type that can also chip in some offense.

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

I'm getting pissed off looking at the Russia forwards...

 

[BlackAces*]

Agree - I think he is interchangeable with Doan to some extent, and they only put one of them on there.

I like this team. They are very young, but they definitely aren't short on big game experience. There's also a decent amount of chemistry pre-existing (the 2005 WJHC team - Crosby, Getzlaf, Perry, Bergeron, Richards, Seabrook).

Yeah, I like the team. This team will be very fast, and very skilled. I like the fact that some of our young guys will feel comfortable grabbing that leadership role, because it is up for grabs, and they are all capable.

The more I look at the roster, the more I like it. I am really starting to like the Bergeron pick.

 

[Coach Travis]

Where is Stamkos?

Learning how to play defense?

 

[joe89]

not with this depth

Depth and depth, it's not exactly superstars taking his role which I guess was my point.

 

[CherryToke]

If you compare team Russia forwards versus team Canada, Russia wins hands down. Brodeur will have to stand on his head for us to win gold.

if you compare D cores it's Canada hands down.

 

[Ohashi_Jouzu*]

I don't really understand why anyone would be upset at the inclusion of Eric Staal. The guy is a freaking monster who had a rough start to this year but come on, he's a great player.

Known versatility as a winger probably also an asset. I don't think he would have been picked as a centre, seeing how the team is put together and knowing the depth at that position, but the fact he can play there if need be (line juggling, injuries, etc) was probably a bonus in his favour.

 

[MortUWary]

If you compare team Russia forwards versus team Canada, Russia wins hands down. Brodeur will have to stand on his head for us to win gold.

...and if you factor in Canada's D, that will suppress some of Russia's forwards. Now, calibrate Canada's forwards against Russia's D, which is probably fourth best of all of the Nations and I think your point becomes moot.

 

[vippe]

why is doan canada? the same reason why smyth is called "captain cannuck"...because his NHL team sucks so much and never makes the playoffs, that's why he's represented canda so many times at the world championsips?

while i do think doan probably should be there, calling him canada is dumb

He has been there for every coach who has ever called on him. That could not be said for any other in the roster. He has always been there and should be premiered for it.

 

[Chain Attack]

Corey Perry
Sidney Crosby
Ryan Getzlaf
Mike Richards
Patrice Bergeron
Brent Seabrook
Shea Weber

The core of Canada's 2005 world junior team, becomes the core of Canada's 2010 Olympic team. That team won Gold, btw. One of the best junior teams we've ever sent to the tournament.