WC: Team Canada 2024

[Nakawick]

That is correct. First US was in Prague and Canada in Ostrava. But a few weeks later they changed. And Canada "promised" to go with a good squad. But this was about 8 months a go.

What? How does Canada promise anything? Who is speaking on behalf of Canada? Lol

 

[garbageteam]

its also a funny rule , the host can change 1 team to the other group

I mean that's doing the US dirty though. They're also short on interested players and you could move the needle on one or two key guys by going to Prague over Ostrava.

 

[Nakawick]

Why would they do that? Is Canada that big of a crowd draw?

 

[jj cale]

Rick Nash seems to be applying the Alexander Keiths approach to building this team............slowly, carefully, taking the time to get it right.

 

[therealdeal]

Rick Nash seems to be applying the Alexander Keiths approach to building this team............slowly, carefully, taking the time to get it right.

Hard to know what’s happening now, quite a bit of radio silence! Would be hard to keep big names under wrap for this long.

 

[jj cale]

Hard to know what’s happening now, quite a bit of radio silence! Would be hard to keep big names under wrap for this long.

absolutely no word.

Meanwhile the U.S fans are as giddy as 13 year old girls in 2010 seeing Justin Beiber make an appearance at their junior high school.

Ugh.

 

[therealdeal]

The US looks great, we can admit for now we’re a little jealous!

 

[jj cale]

The US looks great, we can admit for now we’re a little jealous!

That's a good team, best they have ever sent. Of course they could have been sending squads like this every year for quite some time now but the response to the call was dreadful, they would get an odd big name here and there but that's about it. This year x-mas has finally arrived for their fans.

 

[ORRFForever]

Meanwhile the U.S fans are as giddy as 13 year old girls in 2010 seeing Justin Beiber make an appearance at their junior high school.

Americans are a confident people. I wish Canadians (NOT directed at any one poster) were the same.

 

[jj cale]

Americans are a confident people. I wish Canadians (NOT directed at any one poster) were the same.

I'd be confident too with that team.

 

[JackSlater]

Rick Nash seems to be applying the Alexander Keiths approach to building this team............slowly, carefully, taking the time to get it right.

Hopefully those who like the team like it a lot.

 

[ORRFForever]

I'd be confident too with that team.

I agree with the title...

Canadians Are Too Insecure to Be Proud

To be Canadian is to always feel just a little different than the cool kids. How can we compete when every one of us is an immigrant, or descendant of immigrants, and the mix of who we are changes constantly?Maybe we're asking the wrong question. If we took a closer look, we might find that...

www.huffpost.com

 

[jj cale]

Hopefully those who like the team like it a lot.

 

[NyQuil]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/actor-known-for-beer-ads-sentenced-on-child-porn-charges-1.760783

 

[jj cale]

I agree with the title...

Canadians Are Too Insecure to Be Proud

To be Canadian is to always feel just a little different than the cool kids. How can we compete when every one of us is an immigrant, or descendant of immigrants, and the mix of who we are changes constantly?Maybe we're asking the wrong question. If we took a closer look, we might find that...

www.huffpost.com

We're a strange bunch, I think it's the weather.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/actor-known-for-beer-ads-sentenced-on-child-porn-charges-1.760783

Hopefully the cons will deal with him slowly, carefully, taking the time to get it right.

 

[ORRFForever]

We're a strange bunch, I think it's the weather.

I agree, we're odd.

I just don't understand why we NEVER feel good about our teams. NEVER. Every year, every tournament, we feel our team is garbage. It's a shame.

 

[jj cale]

I agree, we're odd.

I just don't understand why we NEVER feel good about our teams. NEVER. Every year, every tournament, we feel our team is garbage. It's a shame.

Because in hockey we always feel we are under siege by everyone else,............................which we are.

 

[ORRFForever]

Because in hockey we always feel we are under siege by everyone else,............................which we are.

Fair enough. I still think it's a shame.

 

[jj cale]

Fair enough. I still think it's a shame.

Our fans tendencies doesn't concern me much, winning games does.

 

[ORRFForever]

Our fans tendencies doesn't concern me much, winning games does.

It's just hard to read. If it was one tournament, one year, I'd say fine, but it is EVERY TOURNAMENT. You can set your watch by it.

Oh well, no one is forcing me read HF so....

 

[JackSlater]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/actor-known-for-beer-ads-sentenced-on-child-porn-charges-1.760783

We don't bring that up thank you.

 

[jj cale]

That was an odd post I thought.

 

[Playmaker82]

With the days passing by, I think that a "yes" from any big players (Crosby, Huberdeau) would have been picked up by some of the known journalists. Therefore, unfornunately it could look like a no-show.

Under those the rest on the list is kind of "B-" (Mangiapane, Tippett), "C" (Fabbri, Bunting, Frost, Sanheim) or youths (Guenther, Fantilli, Foerster, Benson, Zary, Greig, Walman++).

With the notice that not one player from Arizona/Utah has been elected by any country yet, it seems like they are locked up for now for understandable reasons.

With all this in mind, I think its ok to wait for the first teams to come out of the playoffs before releasing any squad as

Isles is 0-3
Tampa Bay is 0-3
Caps is 0-3
Dallas is under 0-2 after two home games.

This could open up players like Barzal, Horvat, Dobson, Pelech, Pulock, Strome, McMichael, Hagel, Cirelli, Duclair, Point, Stamkos, Johnston, Stankoven, Wedgewood, Harley, Benn, Duchene, Seguin ++.

When looking on that list I kind of understand why Rick Nash and the others choose to wait a bit as they are missing a good couple of players especially in the Top 9.

McCANN - X - BEDARD
X - COZENS - X
MERCER - X - X
TANEV - X - X
CELEBRINI

Defense is better locked with

BYRAM - PARAYKO
POWER - (GUHLE)
OLEKSIAK - Zellweger?

But a couple of Isles on D would have made it even stronger and better.

Then Wedgewood could take the spot behind Binnington in goal.

 

[NyQuil]

I agree, we're odd.

I just don't understand why we NEVER feel good about our teams. NEVER. Every year, every tournament, we feel our team is garbage. It's a shame.

I don’t agree.

I’ve been pumped about some of our teams in the past.

 

[Jimmy71]

Rick Nash seems to be applying the Alexander Keiths approach to building this team............slowly, carefully, taking the time to get it right.

Us bluenosers get this for sure lol