Biggest snub '06 Canada. Staal, Savard, Crosby or Spezza

[shelf]

Biggest snub out of these 4 players.

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[jetsforever]

That was Crosby's rookie season right? One could argue he was unproven but he still had 102 points that season.

 

[daver]

That was Crosby's rookie season right? One could argue he was unproven but he still had 102 points that season.

You think they could have made him the 13th forward to give him a chance to earn a place on one of the 4 lines. He might have shaken up the complacency that plagued that team.

 

[BostonBruins11]

Savard was just coming off 100 pts and 96 pts seasons

 

[SillyRabbit]

They all should’ve made the team. Crosby was the most obvious choice, they messed up by snubbing him.

 

[DearDiary]

They should've called Toews up from juniors

 

[shelf]

That was Crosby's rookie season right? One could argue he was unproven but he still had 102 points that season.

He had 33 points in 33 games when the roster was announced.

 

[LeafsNation75]

It has to be Crosby.

It was also Ovechkin's rookie season in the NHL and at least he made the Russian team that year.

 

[ESH]

Savard was just coming off 100 pts and 96 pts seasons

No he wasn’t

 

[GirouxCouturier]

Matthews overlooked in this thread

 

[Ctrain2k]

It has to be Crosby.

It was also Ovechkin's rookie season in the NHL and at least he made the Russian team that year.

Russian team was weaker and he's also a year older.

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

At the time I remember thinking probably Staal, I believe he and Spezza were both top 5 in league scoring when the team was announced though. In hindsight its Crosby because of the way he turned it on the 2nd half of the year and then well.. became the dominant player he has been ever since, but at the time of the actual announcement to me its still Staal. The guy put up 100 that year and then led the playoffs in scoring to win the cup.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Matthews overlooked in this thread

Matthews is Canadian?

 

[Ctrain2k]

Matthews overlooked in this thread

Matthews is Canadian?

And he was like 8 during those Olympics lol

 

[Sky04]

It has to be Crosby.

It was also Ovechkin's rookie season in the NHL and at least he made the Russian team that year.

huh? The difference is that Canada always has a much more competitive pool to select from.

Crosby only played 30 games into the season it's understandable they didn't pick him.

 

[Sky04]

Savard was just coming off 100 pts and 96 pts seasons

......... ok so first of all you looked at his penalty minutes not points, second of all I didn't realize 2007 came before the 2006 Olympics.

 

[AngelDuck]

Lol at Doan, Nash, and Bertuzzi over some of those guys

 

[Regal]

Team Canada never takes players like Spezza and Savard and wouldn't have taken either even if the team was picked after the season, so it really comes down to Staal or Crosby. Sid wasn't really among the leaders at the point the team was taken but ultimately I think his talent was undeniable and if the management team was smart they should have known what they had in him and the type of energy a young player like him would bring to the team.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Lol at Doan, Nash, and Bertuzzi over some of those guys

Wasn't Doan selected since he was on the 2004 World Cup of Hockey team?

 

[YesCubed]

people forget that kris draper was selected to the 2006 olympic team and played in every game for Canada

 

[Spawn]

At the time I remember thinking probably Staal, I believe he and Spezza were both top 5 in league scoring when the team was announced though. In hindsight its Crosby because of the way he turned it on the 2nd half of the year and then well.. became the dominant player he has been ever since, but at the time of the actual announcement to me its still Staal. The guy put up 100 that year and then led the playoffs in scoring to win the cup.

I remember thinking the same thing regarding Staal and Spezza being the two biggest snubs. But it was 12 years ago now, so it's tough to honestly remember.

 

[Sky04]

The problem with the selections is that this Olympics is that selections were made 30 games into a season right after a lock-out so it was hard to gauge which players fell off within that year by default they went with a lot of players from the Gold Medal 04' World Cup team thinking the ice surface wouldn't matter as much.

 

[Langdon Alger]

people forget that kris draper was selected to the 2006 olympic team and played in every game for Canada

As long as they didn’t name Maltby too. They didn’t name Maltby, right?

 

[LeafsNation75]

As long as they didn’t name Maltby too. They didn’t name Maltby, right?

No he was not on the Olympic team.

 

[LeafsNation75]

people forget that kris draper was selected to the 2006 olympic team and played in every game for Canada

Just like Doan was, I'm going to assume Draper made it because he was on Canada's 2004 World Cup of Hockey team.