koko27 said:No McCabe, no Crosby , no Staal and no Spezza for team Canada
"We won't necessarily take the best players in the league right now after 30 games in the NHL season," he said. "You have to consider a lot of things - how they performed under pressure in the NHL playoffs, Olympics, World Cups or world championships.
"It's hard to judge how (the young players) would perform under pressure like the Olympics. We have to determine if they're ready for the next level. We think they are, but they haven't competed in NHL playoffs or Olympics before."
But he said team management would consider the young players' performance at events like the world junior championships, even though it was at a lower level.
"They're having great seasons now, but the main question is are they ready for the next level?" he added.
I also think that.koko27 said:No McCabe, no Crosby , no Staal and no Spezza for team Canada
koko27 said:I just have the feeling that Gretsky will go with the veterans, you can't have 7 centers in your team and I think that Lecavalier Sakic Thornton and Marleau are locked.
If I'm right the team would be
Gagne Sakic Iginla
Nash Thornton Heatley
Richards Lecavalier St-Louis
Smyth Marleau Doan
Extra : Draper
Niedermayer
Pronger
Blake
Foote
Jovanovski
Redden
Extra : Regehr
Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph
koko27 said:No McCabe, no Crosby , no Staal and no Spezza for team Canada
koko27 said:I just have the feeling that Gretsky will go with the veterans, you can't have 7 centers in your team and I think that Lecavalier Sakic Thornton and Marleau are locked.
If I'm right the team would be
Gagne Sakic Iginla
Nash Thornton Heatley
Richards Lecavalier St-Louis
Smyth Marleau Doan
Extra : Draper
Niedermayer
Pronger
Blake
Foote
Jovanovski
Redden
Extra : Regehr
Brodeur
Luongo
Joseph
I believe he came to Canada as a baby or very young age with his parents. He grew up in Canada I believe.esaks said:Is Heatley from Canada? I thought he was from Germany or something
Smyth2Hemsky said:I believe he came to Canada as a baby or very young age with his parents. He grew up in Canada I believe.
pei fan said:Crosby is a lock.
Where do you guys come up with this? Did anyone see Darryl Freakin Sutter(the most unlikely suspect to be a Crosby fan)say that he would "definetly" take him and he listed several reasons.It was during a chat with Ron Maclean on hockey night in canada.I'll tell you one thing. When I guy like Sutter thinks that ,there is no way in heck Wayne Gretzky is going to leave the guy off the team.Live with it.wildone26 said:Yeah becaue Lemieux pimped him onto the team, otherwise he would be a 5% longshot at best.
wildone26 said:Darryl Sutter is one person, that is all. He is also the brother of a guy who is heavily involved in the junior hockey program, and promoting people who come out of that recently, no bias there? If you dont like me saying Crosby would only make the team since Lemieux pimped him on too bad, it is the truth, and I will keep repeating it, especialy if he makes the team.