bwahha
too bad sam!
LOLOLOL

fail!!!!

its ok, i'll just ban you later.

hahahaha ownage

*hides* ahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahhhha
Anton Rodin is a rampage at the WJHC
another swede in the nucks organization!

CAN vs. SWISS 6-0 !!!!!

I like Edler, but I can see why Team Sweden would go with Oduya, Ohlund and Murray over Edler. Murray is an extremely hard hitting, physical, crease clearing defenseman, while Ohlund and Oduya are both very defensively responsible shut down type guys with a physical edge. Murray, Oduya and Ohlund offer something Edler does not and I'm guessing they wanted a more physical D to take on bigger teams like Team Canada.

Tallinder over Edler is debatable, but I guess they went for experience with Tallinder's track record of playing for various Swedish national teams over the years.

2007 Stanley Cup Finals , Game 4, end of the 2nd period. Alfredsson winds up and fires the puck directly at Scott Niedermayer. His excuses for doing it were BS, and I don't buy into the whole "heat of the moment" thing either. and as a captain that's something you just don't do (to the other teams captain and our future Team Canada captain no less). I lost all respect for him after that. I'm glad Scotty got the last laugh.

SWE does not = Swiss

FAIL!!

My bad

for my 6000th post...I will post my ideal team for Canada, probably will get fails left right and center for this one and its LONG

GOALIES

1.Brodeur
2. Luongo
3. Fluery

Give the ball for Marty to run with it, he's gonna have one element that other goalies might not develop on no more and thats the ability to play the puck behind the net. He will be very active at that and it will allow Canada to gun faster. I think these are locks to make the team

Defense

Pronger/Weber
Neidermyer/Boyle
Duncan Keith/Brent Seabrook

Doughty

This gives the team some the defensemen that can SHUTDOWN yet be that anchor on the PP. Keith and Seabrook are are massive shutdown pair. Doughty as the 7th man, give him some experience being around the men, but for sure, he like the rest have the ability to shut the door yet be a stud offensively. This seems to be the trend with the D as more teams reveal their olympic rosters

FORWARDS

Iginla Crosby Nash
Perry Getzlaf Stamkos
Marleau Thornton Heatley
Smyth Doan Richards

Martin St.Louis

Probably a questionable lineup. I have a big issue with Thornton, and its been showing in the month of december. I dont care how many points he puts up a night, but the fact that he doesnt move his legs is hurting hte production of heatley and Marleau, those two can be better, BUT they have awesome chemistry and deserve to be here. If Getzlaf is ok to go, than this line could be a threat. Stamkos can absolutley play the wing. and if Getzlaf isnt ready to go, Stamkos can slot to teh center and St.louis can come in.
The Richards Doan Smyth line should provide the grit and play a big shutdown game if asked to. You could also see what I have as the top line to play a more defensive role if they have to. Doan can play wing is Richards can center the line. They both work

St.Louis as the 13th forward becuz he's a SMART hockey player. I decided to leave out Jeff Carter only becuz well, scoring 46goals last year doesnt mean your a smart player. Stamkos i feel has better vision for the ice, and along with Crosby, should be the two leading Canada into the future. Vinny..thats too bad, like big Joe, the laziness in his game where he just for whatever reason decides to stop skating is a liability.

the biggest thing about this team is SIZE. All the D can play a physical game along with the forwards. The forwards, as big as some of them are, can play a very fast and finesse game when needed to.

I wonder how many of these I will get right. probably only the goalies hahaha.

^ take out seabrook add in green and take out smyth from forward add in st.louis = i agree

its 1 - 1 calgary vs edmonton...

i hope edmonton wins, steal 2 points from the flames for us.

imo E. Staal is a must, players like that are the kind of players you need in a tournment like this

he's a player you look past prior performance and take regardless because you know he'll play his heart out

He scored 2 goals and 3 assist tonight. Another strong night from him.

it is infact true
but its the pressure from the likes of Hockey Canada maybe
who knos
Jordan Staal is an example, he can be the other shutdown forward on a PK and still make an impact over the likes of the proven smyth/doan tandem..

how many of the "chosen" can infact play a two way game and how they accept their role on the squad will make or break a medal for team canada

the first point is based on looking at how the other squads have built their squad so far.

the flame won..god damn it

:fuuuuu:

oh well

i am not a fan of Nazem Kadri.

Ovie gonna be Caps captain now?

Russia's forwards look something like this:

Ovechkin - Datsyuk - Semin
Kovalchuk - Malkin - Afinogenov
Morozov - Zinoviev - Zaripov
Radulov - Fedorov - Kozlov

Anybody know anything about those KHL'ers?

Morozov use to play for the Pens back in the Jagr days. PPG player in the NHL imo.

Snippet of an article that sums up Yzerman's approach.

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/new...id=wgsportsnet