WJC: 2015 — Canada Roster Talk (Part III)
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True, but it is worth pointing out that a guy like Gauthier, as much as I was never a fan, would be on the team for an entirely different purpose anyway. Dal Colle was going head to head with the likes of Crouse and Ritchie, neither of which impress me. Seriously, what is it about Crouse? Guy is 17 and his stats don't indicate a special player at all. Surely there was a 19 year old who could do what he does.
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The raging success of last year's Fighting Lunchbuckets (Anderson, for starters) was licence for the perpetuity of that philosophy.
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The kind of team that has lost us medals is the kind of team with one or two lines that can score.
Maplebeasts
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This is becoming a run on issue for the WJC's. Morin over Fleury is a travesty. Same with Gauthier and Crouse over MDC.
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So Crouse and Ritchie both made it. Over Dal Colle.
Congrats Hockey Canada! Good thing they got lucky with send downs, otherwise I think the Americans would run roughshod over the poor ********.
Congrats Hockey Canada! Good thing they got lucky with send downs, otherwise I think the Americans would run roughshod over the poor ********.
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Gauthier does have a role on this team -- PK, faceoffs, the fact that if he makes contact with another player they go down. He is also a clean player.
BUT.
Dal Colle should be on this team. Good bottom 6 lines in the game of hockey have both defensive presence and offensive presence. For all the Leafs fans here, we can attest what Panik has done to our 4th line, helping add another dimension
PS.
One right decision was Crouse -- looked good out there.
BUT.
Dal Colle should be on this team. Good bottom 6 lines in the game of hockey have both defensive presence and offensive presence. For all the Leafs fans here, we can attest what Panik has done to our 4th line, helping add another dimension
PS.
One right decision was Crouse -- looked good out there.
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Its amusing how many people can't grasp the idea that MDC and Goat were competing for different positions.
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Exactly. Last team that won the Gold for Canada had three lines of non stop offensive firepower AND a fourth line that had freakin' Evander Kane on it.
thought theyd keep dalcolle over one of ritchie/crouse
surprised they cut fleury, genuinely thought it would be between morin/heatherington guess they wanted the big defenders as there is enough potential offense and skating ability on the back end
all in all these decisions can be justified, dal colle will be the shocker but in the end it is pretty understandable, very tough to do
surprised they cut fleury, genuinely thought it would be between morin/heatherington guess they wanted the big defenders as there is enough potential offense and skating ability on the back end
all in all these decisions can be justified, dal colle will be the shocker but in the end it is pretty understandable, very tough to do
Maplebeasts
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Not at the expense of MDC though. We need scoring depth, not Gauthier and Crouse.
Crouse earned his spot.
I really doubt Dal Colle will make that much of a difference when all is said and done. He is a good player but he isn't the end all be all for this team.
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