Olympics: Canada Roster Discussion (Roster in post 1)

[jj cale]

agreed.

The World Cup was not ridiculous. It was a bit hokey, but at the end of the day it was a best-on-best tournament.

Carter bleeping Ashton??? My God.

The NHL dropped the ball on this one, and the players should have supported Ovechkin way, way more than they did.

Bot the players and NHL loused it up big time, shame.

 

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[TheBeastCoast]

Those are terrible lol

 

[thadd]

I'm going to assume the lighting is bad because they look like garbage.

 

[Canuckistani]

You can see how much Canadian fans care about olympic hockey this go around just by this thread. Have not even filled up a page where with NHL players this would be a mile long already.

It just doesn't matter anymore does it?

What a joke that tournament is going to be no matter how many European fans will try to tell us differently.

You think the world cup was ridiculous? Wait till we get a load of the **** coming with this stinker.

And I thought last year's "world cup" was a fiasco. It really seems as though the NHL and IOC are on a quest to turn international hockey into a complete joke.

Can you imagine soccer having the Euro Cup include a team of players whose nations didn't qualify, another team of under-24s (robbing national teams of the talent), and then having the various leagues back out of the FIFA World Cup and turning that event into a worthless collection of no-names?

No serious sport would allow that.

 

[wej20]

PA Parenteau got released from his PTO by the Wings, what chance he's on the team?

 

[De Montreal]

Brooks Laich is another name we should throw in.

Anyone know if Chris Lee made the team out of LA camp, speaking of the Kings? If not, he's a lock for Team Canada.

This is not gonna be an exciting lineup in any case.

Edit: Just saw he was cut from the Kings. Too bad for him, but good news for Canada. He's gonna slot in the top 6 easily.

 

[Eye of Ra]

René Bourque is on fire. 6 points in 4 games (4 goals) in SHL.

 

[Rob]

One thing is for certain. I won't be watching a single Team Canada game at the Olympics. It will just be too depressing.
Not even sure if I will watch any games at all.

 

[Frank the Tank]

One thing is for certain. I won't be watching a single Team Canada game at the Olympics. It will just be too depressing.
Not even sure if I will watch any games at all.

Not that the IOC cares as long as they have nations willing to meet their exhorbibent demands, but I won't be watching either. It remains sad that the IOC decided to change the terms of a working relationship and cost us the chance to watch Crosby and McDavid on the same team.

 

[Canuckistani]

Not that the IOC cares as long as they have nations willing to meet their exhorbibent demands, but I won't be watching either. It remains sad that the IOC decided to change the terms of a working relationship and cost us the chance to watch Crosby and McDavid on the same team.

The IOC deserves as much blame for this as the NHL, and by the looks of it they will pay a very steep price. Hockey fans will not tolerate a garbage product after what we've had since 1998, and I suspect ratings and sponsorship will suffer accordingly.

Also they've had the bad luck of Trump vs North Korea threatening to turn the Korean peninsula into a firestorm, which is obviously having an adverse affect on ticket sales.

 

[JackSlater]

The IOC deserves as much blame for this as the NHL, and by the looks of it they will pay a very steep price. Hockey fans will not tolerate a garbage product after what we've had since 1998, and I suspect ratings and sponsorship will suffer accordingly.

I doubt that the IOC cares a lot. The ratings are probably not going to be all that different outside of Canada. I also doubt that the IOC's decision actually caused the NHL's decision not to go (after over a decade of threatening to leave and the IIHF basically mitigating the IOC's refusal to pay insurance) but it clearly didn't help.

 

[dino200022]

Not quite Crosby Mcdavid down the middle but I, for one, am excited to see amateurs play Olympic hockey again.

These are still professionals sunshine....just not NHL professionals

 

[LDN]

This will be great for these players. A great opportunity to showcase their skills. Some of these guys had/have high potential, but didnt get the chance to make the big show

 

[Brownbeard]

Yeah, it will be. It'll really suck for us not having NHL players there. I always looked forward to this tournament.

Maybe it'll still be good, though, because it'll be interesting to see how teams do without NHL talent.

 

[patnyrnyg]

And I thought last year's "world cup" was a fiasco. It really seems as though the NHL and IOC are on a quest to turn international hockey into a complete joke.

Can you imagine soccer having the Euro Cup include a team of players whose nations didn't qualify, another team of under-24s (robbing national teams of the talent), and then having the various leagues back out of the FIFA World Cup and turning that event into a worthless collection of no-names?

No serious sport would allow that.

How does the "sport" stop it. How can "hockey" force the NHL and IOC to come to an agreement for the players to go.

Seems to me the NHL is on a quest to control the best-on-best International hockey. They have the best players under contract, well ~90% of the best players. Get rid of the 2 non-national teams and the World Cup could be a great tournament.

 

[patnyrnyg]

You can see how much Canadian fans care about olympic hockey this go around just by this thread. Have not even filled up a page where with NHL players this would be a mile long already.

It just doesn't matter anymore does it?

What a joke that tournament is going to be no matter how many European fans will try to tell us differently.

You think the world cup was ridiculous? Wait till we get a load of the **** coming with this stinker.

I remember a few months ago reading on here that people were going to boycott watching NHL games during the Olympics.

 

[Chileiceman]

I expect Team Canada to finish with a silver. Russia of ocurse is the odds-on favourite for a gold. In looking at the Karjala cup roster (https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/t...-18/karjala-cup/stats/team-rosters?teamid=606) , most of the roster are players who are stars in their European leagues, and the grand majority are playing in the KHL. It's a shame Nigel Dawes is now a Kazakhi, he would have been the team's best goal scorer.

Without NHL players it's going to be a pretty tight tournament. Teams that are usually minnows, like Norway and Germany will really benefit, as most of their squad isn't in the NHL to begin with. I think the only team that's going to get spanked every game is South Korea, but even they've been making progress recently (though that's mostly to do with North Americans becoming citizens). I imagine Justin Azevedo would have been selected had he not been injured. One of the more surprising ommissions is Darren Dietz, who is having an excellent season for Barys Astana. Defense looks to be somewhat of a weakness for Canada. I imagine there will be a fair number of NHL pro scouts at these games. It's a grreat platform for players who hope to return (or just make it in the first place) to the NHL

 

[Eye of Ra]

the team to karjala cup:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/a...cup-roster-team-usa-preps-for-deutschland-cup

 

[4thline]

What's the story on Zach Whitecloud, is this a guy that's quietly on NHL radars as well?

 

[Reeps]

My attempt how team Canada lineup could look like
(some of the current UFAs could join this team if they decide to play in Europe)

LW - C - RW
W.Wolski - J.Azevedo - B.Kozun
M.Ellison - D.Roy - R.Bourque
M.Raymond - N.Spaling - D.Setoguchi
D.King - K.Chipchura - M.Talbot
Extra: A.Ebbett, L.Vey, R.Klinkhammer, D.Paille, M.Lapierre, R.Garbutt, T.Beck.

LD - RD
S.Despres - K.Klein
C.Barker - M.Gragnani
C.Colaiacovo - M.Noreau
Extra: J.Schultz*, B.Bellemore, M.Kostka, D.Dietz.

G
Scrivens
Brust
McIntyre
Extra: Poulin, Irving*.

*On a AHL only deal.

 

[jj cale]

Well, it's a regular Joe guy on the internets opinion but I question whether young kids like Suzuki,Kyrou and Mekar will be there. Can't see them taking inexperienced young guys like that but you never know.

 

[Reeps]

I know there are a lot of roster predictions out there, but I think this one is going to be pretty close. It's a combo of the CHL, KHL, SHL, NLA.

Please check it out and let me know what you think!

 

[Reeps]

Well, it's a regular Joe guy on the internets opinion but I question whether young kids like Suzuki,Kyrou and Mekar will be there. Can't see them taking inexperienced young guys like that but you never know.

I think the raw talent that they posses is much needed on a team of mostly washed up old guys

 

[jj cale]

I think the raw talent that they posses is much needed on a team of mostly washed up old guys

Point taken but they will be going up against talented more experienced guys from russia, Finland,Sweden even Switzerland...................thats asking a lot from 18 year olds.

I doubt Hockey Canada goes this direction, it would take a Mcdavid/Crosby level prospect to get on this team at 18 I think.