Agreed. Canada made so many bad roster decisions this year. Nurse was the worst, but there was also:
Jarry and Comrie left off for Paterson and Fucale, also no 3rd goalie brought over.
Emile Poirier was left off was a big one for me too
There also needed to be a mechanism for McDavid to basically make him the 13th forward/PP weapon. Right now he's being depended on way too much and the pressure is clearly getting to him. In the last game, Sutter should have kept playing him OR committed to the benching and NOT put him in the all important shootout.
They left Beauvillier, Connor Brown, and Verhaege all off too
You couldnt be more off. Fucale is shaky at best. And Sutter needs to get guys like Petan and Leier going, they need to be contributing, not sitting on the bench. Should have taken Leipsic and put all three together on a line. Also leaving Nurse off the team in favour of Pelech and Bigras is a debacle of monumental proportions.
Bob Nicholson should be tied to a horse and dragged through a cactus patch.
Link for a stream please when it's available
Yep. Don't forget Domi who has been playing unbelievable since the roster was announced. Time and time again we see Canada make dumb roster choices. This is a single elimination tournament played on big ice, not a best of 7 series against the same team on North American Ice. But Canada brings lunch bucket players like Anderson, Gauthier, Rychel. Leier's not better than what they left off the team, even Horvat looks too slow for the big ice.
You can't tell me with a straight face that Taylor Leier is a better opition for an offensive role than Connor Brown, Max Domi or Carter Verhaege.
I'm with those who were surprised that Poirier didn't make the team. Aside from that I don't have a problem with the roster they just need to play better to be honest. There is more than enough talent on this team to win the tournament.
So how did we lose to the czechs?
Czech's scored when they had to. Canada wasn't that great defensively either. Paterson wasn't bad but wasn't as good as you'd like your no. 1 goalie to be in a one game elimination tournament.
I'm with those who were surprised that Poirier didn't make the team. Aside from that I don't have a problem with the roster they just need to play better to be honest. There is more than enough talent on this team to win the tournament.
To be fair, Domi was really struggling at the time and did not warrant a position on the roster. So in hindsight, wouldn't have taken him.
However, I would have left off Anderson, Rychel, Leier, maybe even Gauthier for Poirier, Brown, Verhaege, and one of Beauvillier or Laurent Dauphin. Kinda preferred Gauthier over Dauphin
You couldnt be more off. Fucale is shaky at best. And Sutter needs to get guys like Petan and Leier going, they need to be contributing, not sitting on the bench. Should have taken Leipsic and put all three together on a line. Also leaving Nurse off the team in favour of Pelech and Bigras is a debacle of monumental proportions.
Bob Nicholson should be tied to a horse and dragged through a cactus patch.