Comments on: Team Canada Hockey Preview

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:35 +0000

Joe Thornton should not make the team. I am a die hard team canada fan and thornton does not do it for me. He has never produced in the playoffs. I also think heatley would be more of a disturbance than a produce. Toews should be on the team and if Tavares lights it up prior to the olympics there’s no reason he shouldn’t be on the team. What is the deal with not having the hockey cananda logo on the jerseys, that’s bull

By: Julien

Julien — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:28 +0000

hello ???? have you forgot joe sakic?????

By: bud

bud — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:24:58 +0000

Olympic hockey and figure skating are always played on international-sized ice, even when hosted by North America.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:48:14 +0000

Crosby, Richards, Carter, Savard, Heatley, Lecavalier, St Louis, E. Staal, Toews, Nash, Doan, Thornton, Getzlaf, Iginla

Bouwmeester, Pronger, Niedermeyer, Weber, Phaneuf, Green, Seabrook

Luongo, Brodeur, Mason

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:49:21 +0000

FORWARDS
L1- Lecavalier Crosby Iginla
L2- Heatley Thornton Getzlaf
L3- Toews Savard Doan
L4- Nash Staal St.Louis
Xtras- M.Richards, Spezza

DEFENSE
L1- Phaneuf Green
L2- Campbell Pronger
L3- Weber Bouwmeester
Xtra- Boyle

GOALIES
G1- Luongo
G2- Brodeur
G3- Price

By: harry

harry — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:44:10 +0000

FORWARDS DEFENSE
L1- Lecavalier Crosby Iginla L1- Phaneuf Green
L2- Heatley Thornton Getzlaf L2- Campbell Pronger
L3- Toews Savard Doan L3- Weber Bouwmeester
L4- Nash Staal St.Louis Xtras- Boyle
Xtras- M.Richards, Spezza
GOALIES
G1- Luongo
G2- Brodeur
G3- Price

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:04:24 +0000

Gagne Crosby Iginla
Heatley Getzlaf Nash
Lecavlier Thornton Carter
Morrow Richards Doan
Spares: Staal, Perry

Phaneuf Green
Weber Niedermayer
Pronger Bouwmeester
Spare: Boyle

Luongo
Brodeur
Mason

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:06:27 +0000

Canada will probably win Gold, but on D they need Green And Phaneuf, Boyle and Keith,and Weber and Brian Campbell(Extra:Boumeester and Pronger)

L1-Carter,Crosby,Iginla
L2-Nash,Getzlaf,Richards
L3-Savard,Toews,Gagne
L4-Lecavier,Sharp,Marleau

#2 or 3 goaltending in tournament

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:59:36 +0000

FL 1 Simon Gagne Joe Thornton Jarome Iginla (c)
FL2 Rick Nash Sydney Crosby Vinny Lecavalier
FL3 Dany Heatly Ryan Getzlaf Jeff Carter
FL4 Brendan Morrow Mike Richards Shane Doan

extras Spezza and Sharp

DP1 Dion Phaneuf Shea Webber
DP2 Robyn Regher Jay Bouwmeester
DP3 Mike Green Chris Pronger

Extras Dan Boyle and Duncan Kieth

Goalies

Martin Brouder
Bobby Lou
J.S Gigure

I left guys like Scotty N and Joe S of because I just wasnt sure if they would be in the league still.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:48:02 +0000

Savard did at least get mentioned, but there’s just so many good centers that Canada has, it’s hard to make room for him. Even you listed three centers before him and four more after him. I don’t think Canada is going to take that many natural centers. Even with my choices, I think I’m stretching it. Although Savard may bump a guy like Toews off.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:35:21 +0000

Why is Marc Savard rarely mentioned in these posts? He is consistently at or near the league lead in assists (at least for the last 3 years) and could do wonders on a line with 2 bigger guys who can score (Getzlaf, Iginla, Carter, Nash, etc).

Sakic, unfortunately (especially because he grew up in Burnaby) shouldn’t be playing as there will be better players to choose from a year from now. There is PLENTY of experience on this team already, missing Sakic would not hurt at all (even though I LOVE this guy and he is truly classy).

Even though he’s older, if Brodeur stays healthy (once he comes back) until the Olympics then Yzerman will probably let him decide if he plays or not. If he can’t go at all, for whatever reason, the goalies will probably be Luongo and then Giguere with either Price or Mason as the third. I chose Giguere only because he has much more experience than the other 2 (including the pressure of a Stanley Cup), and would be more composed if he was needed. Price or Mason would go just for the experience and probably wouldn’t see any ice time.

My picks:

1. Crosby
2. Iginla (captain)
3. Thornton
4. Lecavalier
5. Savard
6. Heatley
7. Getzlaf
8. Toews
9. Carter
10. M Richards
11. Nash
12. any one of Gagne, Staal, Marleau

1. Phaneuf
2. Campbell
3. Pronger
4. Weber
5. Green
6. Boyle
7. Bouwmeester

I only left off Neidermayer because he’ll be a little older/weaker/slower in 2010. There are plenty of D in this list who already can skillfully quarterback the powerplay and more than compensate for him. It’s a younger group, but still with a little experience and any one of these guys can play both offence and defence. My top 2 on the power play would probably be Phaneuf and Green, with Boyle a close 3rd. Hell, who cares – all these guys play on their teams top power play anyway and could easily do the job. It’s hard to make a bad choice in Canada.

By: Sean Fitz

Sean Fitz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:01:46 +0000

Forwards L1. Lecavalier Crosby Iginla
L2. Heatley Thornton Getzlaf
L3. Toews Savard Carter
L4. Nash Marleau Doan
Xtra (Gagne)

Defense L1. Phaneuf Green
L2. Neidermayer Campbell
L3. Weber Boumeester
Xtra (Boyle—mostly for PP)

Goal: 1. Luongo 2. Mason 3. Brodeur
Coach: Julien or Babcock.

= Gold Medal for Canada!

By: Waqar

Waqar — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:18:52 +0000

Do you think Canada has a better chance of winning over Russia
Why or why not?

By: --lol--

--lol-- — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:04 +0000

i agree with you AJ but not with the goalie part

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:47:28 +0000

Aj, are you insane?

By: aj

aj — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:51:27 +0000

1.Crosby
2.Lecalvier
3.Iginla
4.Heatley
5.Nash
6.E Staal
7.Thornton
8.Gagne
9.M Savard
10.Getzlaf
11.Toews
12.Carter
Spares:Spezza/Doan/Richards

1.Phaneuf
2.Boyle (might win the norris this year…notable exception)
3.Weber
4.Campbell
5.Green
6.Bouwmeester
7.Keith
8.Burns
spares:Regehr/Pronger

1.Luongo
2.Price
spare:Giguere

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:13:36 +0000

i think burns should get a shot

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:02:55 +0000

Mason has been awesome this year, and Turco still looms, but I can’t put either in my Top 5 right now. the depth Canada has in net is pretty amazing though.

I’ll agree with bud and say Brian Campbell warrants a mention. I didn’t include him becuase he does what Boyle and Green do, and I prefer those two. But he’s in the discussion an probably should have been mentioned in the article.

By: bud

bud — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:37:20 +0000

I like the looks of this. One d man not mentioned is brian campbell of chicago. He has to be in the mix. The forwards look to be right on. The only one i speculate about is toews. He could lose a spot to staal or savard or many others. Fairly bang on though.