Was Mrazek expected to make the Czech (or Slovak?) team?
Pretty clear the Detroit brain-trust and coach still has a thing for Rick Nash. Wish they had a thing for Jeff Carter when he was on his way out of Columbus.
Nash is the only guy I firmly believe doesn't belong on Team Canada.
Think a lot of people have forgotten that Kunitz played with Getzlaf before his move to Pittsburgh and is quite familiar with three of the other forwards up front.
Who is the best Canadian scorer ever in big ice tournaments?
Yeah, it's Rick Nash.
Are we talking a single tournament there? If so in any case hasn't been that great since 07-08. Since that point he has had two mediocre WC and two pretty terrible playoff runs.
Rick Nash's three big runs in WC at no point did he lead the team in scoring.
By the way this distinction belongs to Heatley really but obviously his game has fallen completely apart. However, Nash's game has fallen off enough it should be concerning.
Sweden will probably be playing with Kronwall - Ericsson at D. Is that Detroits first pairing? How do you rank their season so far?
Watched last Rangers game yesterday and he scored twice and was nothing but great.
I suspect this years Olympic hockey won't be as exciting as 2010. Team USA just doesn't look very intimidating. Maybe they will prove me wrong, but Canada should dominate.
The amount of talent Team Canada possesses on and off the ice is scary.
What kinda irks me is that J-Bo is apparently good enough for the team Canada roster, which Holland and Babcoack both have a say in the selection of, but they didn't think enough of him to outbid St. Louis to get him. We still desperately need a player like J-Bo in Detroit, but instead we have Quincey.
The (rumoured) cost would have been Sheahan+Jurco+ 2013 2nd (Nastasiuk) if Calgary had accepted the offer, if KH outbid St. Louis Jaybo would (again allegedly) cost Jurco+Sheahan+1st (Mantha)
Jaybo is good and I'd like him on the team but I don't think I'd give up our 2 best forward prospects and Sheahan (still promising for a bottom 6 role) for Jaybo when he had a massive caphit and was performing poorly in Calgary.
I wouldn't give up Jurco and a 1st either, but I still think we could have bested what Calgary got from St. Louis without sacrificing the future of the team. It's all water under the bridge at this point. I'm just frustrated with our defensive corps at the moment. I know Holland has tried to acquire players (Edler, Jaybo, Suter) but he just hasn't got it done. Every move he's made or didn't make recently with trades and FAs has been terrible, except for DeKeyser and Alfie.
Anyone making a Howie Team USA avatar??
The (rumoured) cost would have been Sheahan+Jurco+ 2013 2nd (Nastasiuk) if Calgary had accepted the offer, if KH outbid St. Louis Jaybo would (again allegedly) cost Jurco+Sheahan+1st (Mantha)
Jaybo is good and I'd like him on the team but I don't think I'd give up our 2 best forward prospects and Sheahan (still promising for a bottom 6 role) for Jaybo when he had a massive caphit and was performing poorly in Calgary.